Chester Inspectors Probe For Housing Decay Signs
Chester inspectors led by James Sharp tour a three story brick row house to document neglect and code violations. They note missing plaster cracked walls broken sash cords and unsafe wiring as they urge the landlord to make comprehensive repairs.
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Chester
Isabel Brannon
Daily Times
Highland Avenue
2Nd Street
City Department of Public Safety
Chester Creek
Public Safety
James Lamb
James Sharp
William Smeck
Sharp
Charles H. Mercadante
Mercadante
Smeck
Stanley Szymanski
Garland Anderson
Anderson
Szymanski
Apology Helps Radwell Avoid Jail in Assault Case
A Norwood man, Thomas J. Radwell, pleaded guilty to assault and obstructing an officer after shoving kicking and spitting at Patrolman Robert Goldsborough. Judge Francis J. Catania ordered a $200 fine and one year probation following a public apology.
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Norwood
Darby Township
Francis J. Catania
Thomas J. Radwell
Essex Road
Radwell
Robert Goldsborough
Folcroft
James Hamm
Goldsborough
Anthony Raffo
Catania
Resident Questions Land Bid for Four Walnut Street Lots
A Morton resident questioned the school board Monday night about rejecting his $1,000 offer for four delinquent tax lots on Walnut Street. The board cited the absence of the solicitor and another member and said the offer was insufficient. The board had previously decided the offer was not adequate.
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Morton
Fearman Alexander
Walnut Street
Mervin Thomas
Alexander
Lewis B. Beatty
Beatty
Thomas
Delaware County Commissioners and Borough Council
Margaret Tarr
McElwenny Brothers
Glenolden
Robert L. Payton
School board ordered to clean up vacant lot near Harding and Sycamore
The board of health issued a final notice to the school board to clear high grass and weeds from a vacant lot adjoining school property at Harding and Sycamore Aves. The board accepted the notice without comment and faces possible legal action if not compliant.
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Morton
Board of Health
Harding and
Sycamore Aves
Borough Council
McCormick Visits Indiantown Gap to Rally Democrats
McCormick arrives at Indiantown Gap military post near Harrisburg and tells crowds he came to make Pennsylvania safe for Democrats. He plans to send irregular dispatches to the wives of reserve unit comrades as a service.
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McCormick
Indiantown Gap
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Free test offered on crockery radioactivity
A Delaware County official offered free testing of orange colored crockery for radioactivity after a Somerton couple found their dinnerware radioactive. Radiological officer Walter Frost urged residents to contact him for quick tests noting uranium oxide may be present but in harmless amounts.
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Delaware County
Walter Frost
Trites Ave
Nowood
Somerton
Frost
Youth Held In Killing Of Duck In Chester
Samuel Marusco, 20, of 400 block W 3rd Street, is held for court on burglary breaking and entering and willfully and maliciously killing a domestic animal. He allegedly forced entry into Mrs Margaret Decker’s home at 52 E Chelton Road and killed a pet duck. Prosecutor John Veit of the Delaware County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Decker filed the case.
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Margaret Decker
E. Chelton Road
John T. Veit
Delaware County Society For the Prevention of Cruelty of
Decker
Veit
Marusco
Memorial service honors 28th Division dead at Hill 204
A memorial service by the Delaware County Post 14 of the American Expeditionary Force will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the veterans monument in Crozer Park Chester to honor the first men of the 28th Division killed on Hill 204 in France on July 1 1918. Eleven men from Companies A Phoenixville and B Chester attacked Hill 204 and were killed. eight local 1918 combat deaths are also honored. Speeches by Maj Gen Arthur D Kemp retired State Sen Clarence D Bell Judge John V Diggins John H Long and Col John S Shenkle.
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Delaware County Post 14 Society
Arthur D. Kemp
Clarence D. Bell
Delaware County
Upland
John V. Diggins
John H. Long
Society
28Th Division
John S. Shenkle
Brothers jailed in payroll theft and related crimes in Chester
A 26-year-old Chester man, Major Palm, pled guilty to the $1,300 Ridley Township furniture store payroll robbery and received 24 1 2 years in Broadmeadows Prison. His brother Joseph L Palm, 22, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods and drew 3 to 23 months in county jail.
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Media
Chester
Ridley Township
Broadmeadows
Francis J. Catania
Fred Palm
2Nd Street
Palm
Joseph L
Charles McElwain
Elder Palm
Ronald Parker
3Rd Street
Jerry Hampton
MacDade Blvd
Buchanan Ave
Florence Ward
George S. Johnson
Jefferson Street
Philadelphia
Catania
Eastern State Correctional Institution
Johnson
Newtown Square
Clarence Brown
Block
14Th St
Chester Township
Brown
Group Opens Drive To Aid 2 Families
Nassau Civic Association collects money clothing and furniture for two Ridley Township families burned out of their homes Sunday. Donations accepted door to door in stores and at Nassau Swim Club clothing at Christ Church Ridley Park. Edward Hermann family 215 Acres Drive lost possessions. Walter Geirs family suffered partial losses. families staying with relatives.
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Ridley Township
Nassau Civic Association
Nassau Swim Club
Christ Church
Nevin St
Ridley Park
Edward Hermann
215 Acres Drive
Walter Geirs
Civic Association
Fireworks Arrests youth in Chester for explosives
Chester police arrested 16 year old Joseph Alonso of 200 block Houston Street on a charge of possessing fireworks. Officers responding to complaints of youths exploding fireworks behind Wetherill Elementary School found four cherry bombs and two packs of firecrackers. He was held for juvenile authorities.
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Chester
Joseph Alonso
Houston Street
Wetherill Elementary
24Th
Upland Sts
Alonso
Overbrook Golf Club Fire Kills Employee
Radnor police say they have nothing positive yet as they question suspects in the Overbrook Golf Club fire that killed Ellis Bullock a 21 year old Philadelphia kitchen employee. Police report about $6500 in cash and checks stolen from the club office and damage estimated at $250000 with the blaze set in three parts.
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Radnor
Overbrook
Ellis Bullock
Philadelphia
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City Health
Charles R. Mercadante
AEF
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