Edinboro student to star in stage play amid town notices
Miss Cartberg a Spartansburg sophomore at Edinboro State Teachers College will play Charlotte Parratt in Quility Street at the college, with a Wrightsville dance contest planned May 11 featuring Slim and Jack's Gang from KDKA and a prize trip to a broadcast. City Council meets next Monday. oil production slips. juror pay rises move forward. Postmaster Farrey to speak on Jefferson at WJZ.
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Louise Garlberg
Spartansburg
Edinboro State Teachers College
Charlotte Parratt
James Barrie
White Swan Ball Room
Wrightsville
Slim
Jack
KDKA
E. E. Murray
Youngsville
Athea
James A. Farrey
Philadelphia
WJZ
Pitt Band to Be Heard Here Thursday at Corry High
University of Pittsburgh's student concert band will perform in Corry High School auditorium Thursday at 1 15 p.m. The Pitt band, renowned for brilliant appearances, includes 14 B flat clarinets and a full brass and woodwind section. The four day tour covers northwestern Pennsylvania and New York.
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Pitt Band
University OF Pittsburgh
Pitt
Corry High School
Will the Pill
Pennsylvania
New York
Removal of Illegal Signs Along Highways Boosts Safety
Secretary of Highways Warren Van Dyke reports 10,014 illegal signs removed in 1936 with state districts listing detailed counts for 1937 and 1938. The campaign targets cardboard and small signs obstructing sight distances, while larger poster boards under lease are often permitted with owner consent. Public cooperation is urged to maintain highway safety.
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Warren van Dyke
Harrisburg
Department of Highways
Crawford
Erie
Forest
Mercer
Venango
Warren
Centre
Clearfield
Clinton
Elk
Cameron
McKean
Potter
Columbia
Lycoming
Montour
Northumberland
Snyder
Sullivan
Tioga
Union
Bradford
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Pike
Susquehanna
Wayne
Wyoming
Berks
Carbon
Lehigh
Monroe
Northampton
Schuylkill
Bucks
Chester
Delaware
Montgomery
Dauphin
Juniata
Lancaster
Lebanon
Mifflin
Perry
Adams
Cumberland
Franklin
York
Bedford
Blair
Cambria
Fulton
Huntingdon
Armstrong
Butler
Clarion
Indiana
Jefferson
Allegheny
Beaver
Lawrence
Westmoreland
Fayette, Greene, Somerset
Washington
Une
Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters
Four men indicted in bonds theft ring
A federal grand jury indicted four men including a disbarred lawyer and three brokers for transporting and selling 54000 dollars in bonds stolen from Louisville Kentucky and San Antonio Texas.
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Boston
Louisville
San Antonio
Tex
Manville Man Sentenced to Life in Attica Prison
Erie resident Verger Neeley received a sentence by Judge Lee L. Ottaway for stealing journal brass from a railway cave near Westfield. He must serve not less than ten years and not life. Neeley has prior felony convictions. Charles Leo Nellis pleaded guilty to the same charge with a prior felony, sentence deferred.
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Manville
Verger Neeley
Erie
Lee L. Ottaway
Attica
Neeley
Railway Cave
Westfield
Charles Leo Nellis
Eric
Roosevelt relief message delayed to early next week
The White House announced that President Roosevelt will deliver his special relief message to Congress for the 1938 fiscal year, with delivery likely postponed until early next week. The delay comes as lawmakers await further briefing and context on emergency relief needs.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Heavy Decline in WPA Rolls Under Way in Erie District
Erie April 9 report by district director Barnard Soehran says private employment rise is shrinking WPA rolls. Projected national funding may extend WPA for another year but local counts show 8528 on WPA projects, down from 14,000 in March 1936, with a natural decline anticipated by July 1.
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Erie
Barnard Soehran
Vefedural Relief Agency
WPA
Roosevelt
Congress
Tin Ithe
WEA
Cochran
Pennsylvania
Third Instructor for Vocational Shop Here
Expansion of the vocational education department of Corey Public Schools was approved by the Board of Education. Clyde M. Tite of Jersey Shore was engaged as instructor for the 1937-38 term at a salary of 1620 dollars. He has six years experience in Bangor and is a Penn State graduate in industrial education. The district awaits final WPA approval to complete the shop project and reopen.
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Board of Education
Barnes
Monroe
Concord
P.T. A
Charles Huberta
Karl E. Morrison
Hatch School
Erie
Corey Public Schools
Uren
J. R. Dearing
Clyde M. Tite
Jersey Shore
Te En- Bageu
Bangor Pwolie
Uuate
Penn State College
Eyle
Ford to Market Modern Transit Bus in Cleveland
Samuel R. Johnson and M. R Dil pens of Cleveland become exclusive distributors for the new Transit bus in the Corry area, with the Transit Bus Corporation of Cleveland formed. A promotional campaign will start to introduce the bus, seating 25 passengers with 24 stands and designed for economy, speed, and safety.
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Cleveland Firm
Samuel R. Johnson
M. R Dilpens
Euclid Avenue
Cleveland
Nest Purd Transit
Corry
C. 3 Seyffer
Ford Motor Company
The
Transit Bus Corporation of
Johnson and
Gibbons
Ford
Akron
Detroit
Ford Moto Company
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Thomas Jefferson
United States
Oil City
B. J. Henry
State Highway Patrol
Captain Henry
New Castle
A. W. Rauscher
Crawford County
Franklin Street
Titusville
Pittsburgh
Herbert A. Mook
8. A. Sisson
Erie County
Stanley E. Anderson
Meadville
Boyd Overdorff
Allegheny College
Mr. Anderson
James Sullivan
John Westley
Raymond ‘Manufacturing Company
International Association of Machintata of the Aero Supply
Clolcle
First Avenue
United Press
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center Street
Penn
Alkalize
GEZ
Pwietest
U.D
Loz
Kantleek
Uate
Chi ‘Dianu
Rena Pallenteli
Inforoversoyene
Diamond SY
Pennsylvania Gas CO
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