Regular Oil City council meeting and local notices
Regular meeting of Oil City Council Monday evening. Corry Public Schools resume after ten day recess on Monday morning. Democratic rally at the Grand Theatre building Monday evening. Railroad moves to gain control of another trucking firm opposed. Card tournament planned by Veterans of Foreign Wars at St Edward's ball next Wednesday. Special church services conclude at First Methodist Episcopal church. Weather brings unseasonable cold with snow flurries. mild later forecast. Primary registration rush at Erie courthouse. no further registration dates. City officials seek property owner cooperation to keep ditches clear.
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Oil City Council
Taster
Corry
Claus
Veterans of Foreign Ware
St. Edward's Ball
Paul Quinlisk
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Taylor University
Corry Church
Youths Plead Guilty to Easter Fire Alarm Ringing
Kane April 18 two 16 year old youths Carl Johnson Elk avenue and Mitchell Reid East Kane pleaded guilty to ringing an Easter morning fire alarm. They were arraigned before Justice Emile Stenger and released on bail set at 800 dollars to appear in June. Police report others are under suspicion with potential further charges.
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Emile Stenger
Mach
Key
Smethport Man Fatally Injured After Tire Change
Keane April 18 Smethport resident Henry Otto died at 2 45 PM in Bradford Hospital after an automobile struck him while he was changing a tire on a road between Ormsby and Clyde. Driver Morest Nourse of Smethport was cited in the incident. State Police investigation ongoing into back injuries and leg fracture.
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Smethport
Henry Otto
Bradford
Morest Nourse
Otto
State Highway Patrol
Ormsby
Clyde
Bradford Hospital
Ex-DuBois Resident Sentenced 15 Years
Gerald Arthur Hughes aged 37 pleaded guilty to assaulting a nine year old girl and received a 15 year sentence in the West Virginia penitentiary. Hughes a storekeeper at the Tygart Valley Dam project, formerly lived at DuBois Pennsylvania. Judge H W Dent imposed the sentence after the defendant initially pleaded innocent and collapsed during indictment. Prosecutor J Holt urged maximum punishment.
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Grafton
W. Va
Gerald Arthur Hughes
West Virginia
Hughes
J. ©. Holt
Tygart Valley
H. W. Dent
DuBois, Pa
Proposal for half percent PA land tax for schools
Harrisburg April 18 A proposal to levy a half of one percent surtax on all Pennsylvania land values to fund schools was presented as the only equitable tax method by Julian P. Hickok Philadelphia math instructor in Gratz High School He argued that income or sales taxes would burden home owners and industry while a land tax would exclude improvements and allow exemptions for public religious and charitable land He offered no yield estimate due to lack of reliable statewide land value data and suggested state collection with distribution to school districts Also heard were Dr. William H Weiss Bethlehem superintendent who urged uniform real estate assessments and E L Enright Bethlehem school board member who backed uniform assessment efforts
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Ross Downing
United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Joint Legislative Educational Costs Survey Commission
Julian P. Hickok
Philadelphia
Gratz High School
Henry George
Hickule
Hickok
William H. Weiss
Bethlehem
Weiss
E. L. Enright
Wells
Fourteen Year Old Burglary Suspect Nabbed in Punxsutawney
A fourteen year old former Erie youth was arrested at 80th and Brandes streets by Detectives Hvis jer Barber Englert and Scalise in connection with a Easter Sunday burglary at a Punxsutawney drug store. He admitted acting as a lookout while two companions burglarized MeansiLaur Drug Store for about $200 and said he received $89. He had $23 when captured.
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Erie
Woman awarded eight thousand four hundred in crash verdict
In Ridgway a jury awarded Mrs. Sue Frost of Highland eight thousand four hundred dollars for her husband Chester Feast’s death in a head on crash with Charles Kannel, a Cleveland inventor. Kannel, absent, faced funeral costs and court costs. Mrs. Frost had sought seventy five thousand.
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Wang
Sue Frost
Highland
Chester Feast
Mae Verdivl
Charles Kannel
Cleveland
Ridgway
Kanne
General Kane Highway
Here
Frost
Hannel
Trost
In Harrisburg Morey J Potter Reports Relief Savings
State Relief Administrator Kant de Schweinitz told a joint legislative committee that relief costs were cut by 8.8 million dollars between September 7, 1835, and March 24, 128, due to rejected applicants and dropped families. Hefty admin costs were cited as offset by these savings, with 117,411 applicants rejected and 217,968 families dropped for ineligibility during the period.
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Chislers
Morey J. Potter
United Press
Harrisburg
Kant de Schweinitz
Joint Legislative Committee
Veller
Miles Horst
Palmyra
Uelug
Thug Seeks Pardon After Inn Robbery
Harrisburg pardon board announced a decision on Dominick Thomasulo's plea after the Longview Inn roadhouse robbery near Kane. The attempted hold up ended with one thug beaten by Axel Cleer. three men were arrested, convicted, and sentenced to 10 to 20 years.
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Hornis
Harrisburg
State Pardon Board
Prion
Dominick Thomasulo
Longview Inn
Staton
Kane
Axel Cleer
Grant 200000 For Erie Harbor Improvements
Erie April 1. A $200000 harbor improvement program was approved. Bids will be sought soon and work should start by June 15. James K. Shiels, secretary of the Erie Chamber of Commerce, announced after returning from Buffalo where he conferred with Lt. Col. J. A. O'Connor and harbor authority. The plan includes 21 foot depth at the eastern harbor end, widening 200 feet north of the ore docks, and eliminating about 12 acres where large boats have grounded. The harbor project ends a long fight and follows renewed effort by the chamber port and harbor committee led by P. J. Grant.
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Erie
James K. Shiels
Ero Chamber of Commerce
Buffalo
Joseph Kennedy
And
Harbor Authority
Gol
J. A. O'Connor
U. S. Army
Shields Sai
Chamber
P. J. Grant
Grant
Shields
Washington
Col. O'Connor
Shiekls
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Philadelphia County Citizens Committee On Schools
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