Warns He May Urge Eisenhower To Bolt
Denver reports co chief of Colorado Ike for President forces vows to launch a third party bid if Taft is railroaded at the GOP convention. L M Pexton, close ally of Eisenhower, says he will personally call on the General to bolt if delegates are unfairly seated, otherwise he backs the party's choice.
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Denver
Colorado
Eisenhower
Taft
L. M. Pexton
Pexton
Sigma Delta Chi
Man Held Facing Wife Murder Charge
A Middle Paxton township man, George Crisswell, 28, is jailed in Dauphin county awaiting trial for the shotgun killing of his 32-year-old wife Edith Grace last Sunday night. He pled not guilty at a hearing and was ordered held without bail after the alleged motive arose from a pigeon hunting trip.
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Harrisburg
Paxton Township
Dauphin County
George Crisswell
Joseph Armstrong
Edith Grace
Crisswell
Mammoth steam shovel theft foiled by tire blowout
East Chicago Indiana report says intruders attempted to steal a mammoth steam shovel but a tire blowout caused the machine to bog down, ending the heist. No injuries reported. Police investigating the failed theft and reviewing security footage.
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Chicago
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Erie officer and state patrol veteran dies after illness
Augustine Kettren once attached to the State Police barracks died in Edio after six weeks of illness. Born January 19 1896 in Blandsburg Pa he was married to Mary Raffette and served as Bedford Police Chief before joining the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board in 1940. He was transferred to Erie two years ago and is survived by his widow, daughter Elaine, four sisters and three brothers. Services will be held Thursday morning at Pifers Funeral Home Punxsutawney.
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Margaret Sheehan Kettren
Mary Raffette
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Bedford
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Erie
Elaine
Pifers Funeral Home
Punxsutawney
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