Weather and local notices from Corry area spring events
A busy Corry scene reports wildlife at Tindley Lake with large white birds seen by locals and a dull stock market in New York. The week promises showers early, then milder days and a cooler end. Church and civic events include St Johns Beth’s service by Rey. Carl Heidt, NBC soloist Rose Bampton’s broadcast from Bradford, and code enforcement meetings in Washington. Local officials discuss dumping on vacant lots, Pinchot’s candidacy remarks, American Legion planning in Erie, and two experts set for a fishing gear exhibition. Red Cross and national convention broadcasts are noted, along with trout poaching actions and stream patrols. Appomattox anniversary, 4-H garden meeting details, and a Penn State speaker outline a busy spring agenda for youths and families.
B P W Club Leader Dorothy Heneker Speaks Tonight
Miss Dorothy Heneker exclusive director International Federators of Business and Professional Women Geneva Switzerland will speak at the district meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club tonight in Hotel Corty. Dinner at 6 30 p m features vocal selections and violin numbers by local artists.
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oPrends
Europe
Dorothy Heneker
International Federators of Business and Professional Women
Geneva
Switzerland
Business and Professional Women's Club
Corty
Columbus Dam Gets Approval Under AWD Setup
April 7 report from Arle H. Biddle, executive director of the relief works division, states first week of labor checks under the new AWD arrangement will be issued next Wednesday if possible. Projects approved include Youngsville borough streets, Clarendon and Sugar Grove streets, Pine Grove water line, Columbus dam, Warren court house interior and Beaty field grading, and other road, sewer, and school projects across multiple townships and boroughs.
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Warren
Arle H. Biddle
Relief Works Division
Laoor
Court House
Youngsville
Brokenstraw
Old Road
Pittsfield
Clarendon
Sugar Grove
Changilers Valley
PLAN CONSTRUCTION THREE TOLL BRIDGES
Harrisburg pa april. Ar rangements by Samuel Lewis state secretary of highways announced today for introduction of bills giving congressional approval for construction of three proposed toll bridges across the Susquehanna river. Bridges would be self equitable projects and depend on $3 719 012 Public Works Administration funds. loan request filed recently under 1938 special session legislation.
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Wacu Cress
Harrisburg
Samuel Lewis
State
Susquehanna River
Public Works Administration
Lewis
General Assembly
Scribes Probe into F D A Fishing by Roosevelt Probe
Miami April 7 an extraordinary piscatorial committee will investigate President Roosevelt s fishing activities Roosevelt welcomes the probe and sails Monday aboard the Nourmann to institute special proceedings They will inquire if the chief executive is selling fish stories or if Elliott s report was correct The second item notes British Columbia extending minimum wage to domestic servants and gardeners with 200000 more for old age pensions
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Annecross
Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Cuban
White Horse Newspaper
Nourmann
Elliott
Pither
Victoria
Western Ontario undergraduates accused of gullibility
United Press reports at the University of Western Ontario where Prof. N C Hart of botany branded students as suckers and professors as liars. He said lectures contain eight to eighteen outright falsehoods and that textbooks average 120 mistakes per book.
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United Press London
University of Western Ontario
N.C. Hart
Botany
Thul
Lars. Hart
Juvenile Degree of Honor Unit In City Installed
A juvenile branch of the Degree of Honor Protection Lodge was instituted in the city yesterday afternoon by Miss Mabel Reichardt of Pittsburgh. Officers appointed include president Betty Jean Krone and vice president Keith Hixon, with Ruth Beckwith as secretary and Barbara Jane England as usher. Mrs. Munde Colby named juvenile director. The Degree of Honor Protective Lodge met later in the Masonic Temple with candidates initiated, Horace Brynolfson and Mrs. Laura McGlasson present. The event featured vocal numbers by Mr Reichardt and Mrs. Larson, followed by games and refreshments.
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Degree of Honor Protection Lodge
Mabel Reichardt
Pittsburgh
Betty Jean Krone
Edna Mixer
Betty Stewart
Eeith Hixon
Barbara Jane England
Helen Hovey
Bernice Robbins
Helen Howard
Ruth
Beckwith
Wthel Beckwith
Altumn Colby
Importation of Milk Feared In Harrisburg
Harrisburg April 7 The Milk Control Board set prices faced by large Pennsylvania manufacturers may trigger imports as dealers press for a drop from 2 93 to 1 80 per hundredweight to cut costs. Hershey Chocolate officials protest high wholesale prices and warn milk could be bought from other states if prices stay costly.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Milk Control Board
Harrisburg Mill Dealers Association
Aarocidtian
Hershey Chocolate ,Corporation
Four killed in foggy Dunkirk Lake Road crash near Dunkirk
Four people died and two were seriously hurt in a Lake Road collision four miles east of Dunkirk. Investigators blamed fog and slippery pavement after two cars, driven by Stanley Tofel of Dunkirk and George Reid of Silver Creek, collided at dusk. Coroner Blood took charge. victims and injured were treated at Dunkirk hospital.
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Lake Road
Second Gulf
Dunkirk
Stanley Tofel
George Reid
Silver Crear
Dea
Peter Ceranowicz
East Second Street
William Reid
Tackle Street
Silver Creel
Frank Reid
Christy Stret
Silver Creek
Roy Barber
R. F
Westfield
South Martin Street
Yars Old
Jacke Street
George
Worke
Judge Cites Grand Jury For Criticism In Dillinger Case
The judge cites the grand jury amid criticism over its handling of Dillinger related issues. The jury found the county jail adequate when guarded but commented on politics tainting the escape narrative. Local attorneys question naming, while a state supreme court appeal remains possible if convicted.
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State Supreme Court
Nice
Murray
Indiana
E. J. Davis
Wetter Government Association
Chicago
Grand Jury
Tate
Dillinger
Michigan City
Grown Point
John Dillingen
Brand
Hen egg stem discovery in New Britain tale
In New Britain Connecticut a farmer named Howard Hylek reported a hen laid a two round egg with a stem like protrusion about half an inch long. The odd egg feature drew local curiosity and prompted a brief farmyard recount.
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New Britain
York Faces Increased Sentence for Crimes
Amos York Corry faced a harsher sentence after pleading guilty to breaking and entering and larceny in Erie. He is set for re arraignment Monday before Judge Rossiter to consider a longer term. Frank Pless Erie 25 received a split sentence of up to 10 years in the Western penitentiary and 14 months to three years in an Allegheny County workhouse after pleading guilty to multiple charges. Kenneth Spears 21, paroled after pleading guilty to receiving stolen goods, remains tubercular and will be sent to an institution.
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Amos York
Corry
Erie
Rossiter
Frank Pless 25
Western Penitentiary
Allegheny County
Kenneth Spears
Am Instituton
Huge Waves Engulf Norwegian Villages During Disaster
On Aslesund island the fjord towns of Tafjord and Fjeero were hit by three massive waves up to twenty feet high. Dozens of houses were destroyed and many villagers drowned or missing. Rescue teams searched wreckage as residents prayed for the dead and a church service was held for the departed.
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Aalesuind
Aslesund
Norway
Norddalsfjord
Fjeero
Tafford
Tafjord
Taiford
Bjoerra
Gattle
Spanish Vets Host VFW and Auxiliaries Social
Lieut Clyde D Wilcox Post Spanish American War Veterans and auxiliary entertained Lieut Archie Thompson Post Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary members with bingo cards and visiting at the VFW home last evening. Fifty five guests enjoyed a lunch of sandwiches pie jamoda and coffee served by the auxiliary.
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Clyde D. Wilcox
Archie Thompson
No Arrests in Ridgway Case Reported
Ridgway April 7 continuing investigation into Vincenzo Ferrara murder. Police questioned several family members including Mrs Ferraro at the Ferraro residence on North Broad Street. Neighbors were quizzed. findings not disclosed. Investigators: Chief James Leyer county detective Leo Werner state policeman Private Hertzel Kane barrecks.
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James Leyer
Eile
Leo Werner
Private Hertzel
Kane Barrecks
The Gurkhas famed for physique and marksmanship
Describes the Gurkhas as splendidly built and wiry, renowned shooters, among the best fighters in the world. Notes their skill with the kukri, a heavy knife used for many tasks, including fighting and combat.
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County Music Contests Held at Erie Friday
Corry High School to compete in Northwestern Pennsylvania district finals at Oil City April 20–21 with band and Bernard Bennett winner in flute contest at Erie. Corry glee club runner up to West Millcreek at Academy High. Miss Maris Sennett second in violin solo. Results list multiple winners in orchestras bands solos and choruses across Harborcreek Union City Millcreek Edinboro Strong Vincent and others.
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Oil City
Bernard Bennett
Corry High School
Erie
Corry
Corry High
West Millcreek
Academy High School
Maris Sennett
Cory High
Union City
Harborcreek
Ruth Keller
Roy Dipple
Riverett Herrick
William Nagle
Strong Vincent
Oryal Hatch Union City
Winfield Smith
Athiun
Douglas Pope
Hlois
Cummings Harborcreel
Ida Lorraine Cummings
Millcreek
Edinboro
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Tindley Lake
Wight
Ising
Rose ‘Bampton
Metropolitan Opera Company
NBC
Golclock
Bradford
P. A. Hillstrom
Corry-Jamestown Manufacturing Corporation
Washington, D. C
Mr. Hillstrom Ia
Sovernor Pinchot
Gils
U.S
Staion Edeca
Educa~ Fio
American Legion
Tile
Legion
Rei Cross
Pennsylvania Ish Commission
Joseph A. Aaron
James K.bell
Thomas H. Jenkins
Washington
James K. Bell
Appomatox Court House
Harrington
Pennsylvania State College
Glee Club
B.P.W
Black
Joseph Sherrick
Heneker
Alice Messinger
Florence Lindquist
Lawrence ‘Thomas
Alice Freno
Ethel McCray
Mildred Denton
Flora Inman
Columbus
F.D.A
Corry Lodge
York
V.F. W
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Citizens National Bank
Federal Reserve System
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