Opening of 1938 Pennsylvania trout season noted
A busy Pittsburgh Erie area item list covers spring events including trout season opening in Pennsylvania, a City Council meeting, General Electric orders totaling 65.38 million dollars, an Erie public exhibit by the Business Service Club, spaghetti dinners at Progressive Republican Club, and Saturday dances. Also reported are measles quarantines, Passover observances, lively fishing conditions on Wrench Creek, civil service appointments, coal distribution data, a state lottery fraud probe, liquor pamphlets, electrified freight service by Pennsylvania Railroad, a WPA allotment for naturalization petitions, and regional business activity trends with bids for rural road projects in Brien County.
Postmaster Is Honored In Columbus Area News
Columbus April 14 Miss Gertrude Carroll of Harrisburg spends the week at home. Services at Community church Sunday April 17 include Sunday School at 2 p m and church at 3 p m led by Rev. H Ray Harris of Corry. Visitors and social notes follow with references to local residents and events in Warren county and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Gertrude Carroll
Harrisburg
H. Ray Haris
Corry
John Dutton
Elma Waller
Irma Gordon
Dean
Clare Gordon
Irma
McKean
Fran Faulkner
Tionesta
Jamea Hall
Virginia Robson
Carlton Curtis
Frank Hanwood
Edith
Belle Valley
Arthur Miller
Clarence More
Doris
Durwood
Mary Sturdevant
Erie
Freda Moore
Audrey
Winnie Smith
Waterford
Frank Crosby
Ellen Blanchard
Frank Dodd
Merle Dodd
Warren County
Warren
Verne Smith
Dela Armstrong
Gerald Faulkner
Alta Maude Paulkner
Youngsville
Amy Ohrn
Lenius Carlson
Arthur Carlson
Lillian Anderson
Jamestown
N. Y
Marie Carlson
Tidesrun
Ostergotland
Sweden
Charles Swanaim
H. Strachman
Swansea
Mass
Westfield
N.Y
Norman Scholton, Jr
Bluebirds
Emma Carroll
Florence Damon
Zella Carroll
Fred Hass
Tommy
Annie Haas
Braddock
Dutton
Mins
A. C. Ensworth
See Sharp Increase In WPA Rolls In District
Erie district in northwestern Pennsylvania reports a rise in WPA employment from 9,900 to potentially over 10,000 as projects expand. Mercer, district manager, notes no strict cap and pending approvals in Erie County and five other counties. A new athletic field grandstand project awaits Washington and may allow Sailor baseball at Athletic Field later this season. Several hundred workers have shifted from direct relief to private industry, and more projects are expected to be approved as soon as funds permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Tre
Pennsylvania
Albert G. Mercer
Reie
Harrisburg
Mercer
Washington
Bris
Ryresvalley
Tie Sailor
Athlettc Field
Erie County
Road Building Program of Pa Now Under Way
Pennsylvania’s 1938 road plan, costing nearly 100 million dollars, includes district highway upgrades and new construction. Contracts let and more than 24 million planned. South Penn highway upgrade eyed for month’s end. Maintenance spending totals about 81 million, with overall highway outlays near 180.5 million for the year. Motor fund balance stood just over 26 million, with new revenues expected to cover the budgeted 77.5 million. Chief Engineer Samuel W. Marshall predicts the balance will drop to about 9.9 million by December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Highway Department
Urnpike Commission
South Penn
Tnis
Samuel W. Marshall
Hobby Behind World Trip Sends Collector Abroad
In Mount Clemens Michigan Tules Charlneau, once a youth in the navy, preserved a lifelong passion for miniatures. Now a 25 800 piece collection drives him to explore the world afresh, with displays and travels reflecting his global hobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Cliemens
Mich
Tules Charlneau
Charge Dems Use Highway Autos in Poll Drive
Harrisburg April 15 State Senator G Mason Owlett presented documentary evidence to Attorney General Charley J Margiotti alleging Democratic use of automobiles to aid their campaign and challenged the Democratic gubernatorial candidate to prosecute the guilty. Owlett noted a county senator claimed a list of Democratic workers instructed on daily car departures from Tioga County to Wellsboro Court House to register voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
G. Mason Owlett
Charley J. Margiotti
Phe ‘Tio
U.S
James J. Davis
Uination
Margiotti
LIKELY LIFE FORMER LION HUNTER CONFESSES ERIE THEFT
In Erie, William J. Melton, 47, of Pittsburgh, confessed to robbing Steele's cafe of 459 cash on March 12. He faces a life term as a fourth offender after admitting the burglary and will be charged with larceny. Police say the confession followed grilling by Chief Christoph after Melton was arrested as a suspicious person. He claimed a desire to “get this off my chest” and signed the confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rie
Whiliam J. Melton
Pittsburgh
Steele
State Street
George Caristopa
Mellon
Christoph
Bergearus
William Donahue
John Reagan
12Th
Peach Streets
Chistagh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glen
General Electric Company
Business Service Club
Public Auditorium
Arthur Jackson
Progressive Republican Club
HS. Burlingame
Margaret Snow
East
Wayne Street
Judy Jerme
Congress Street
Garry Gill
Wrench Creek
State Department of Public Assistance
Hugh Dblan, Jr
State Employment Board
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Asgist
Commission
Hartford
Conn
State Insurance Department
Owen B. Hunt
Hunt
Liquor Central Board Today
Harkey Relter
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Philadelphia
Harris—sburg
Perryville
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Crawford and Erie Complex
Wirle County
Crayford Cotnty
Phcay of Business Research
University of Pittsburgh
Roy 8. Brownmiller
County Construction Company of
Carnegie
Tike
Frankd'a
Craneville
Briecounty
Columbus News
Nellie Nelson
Bertha Stockton
Nathan Dodd
Natale
Ray
Henry
Westlyville
Natalie Dodd
Holinboro
Edinbury State Teachers College
Marl Wickwire
Bridge Club
Delia Armstrong
James Hall
Prank Crosby
Mmisses
Rutland
Bon-Ton Rug Cleaner
E. Doane Hardware
Bologna
Smart Spring
Barnes and Carrig's
Barnes and Carrig
Center St
Corry, Pa
Dems
United Press
Erie Cafe
Salinas
Cal
Steve Avilacan Mellon
Potter
Coats
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
Johnson
Dr. Hall
Mennen’s
Dr. West
Mennen
Colgate
Miller’s Pharmacy
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