Weather and city notes mix with wartime sales and events
A roundup includes council meeting tonight as temperatures rise and Labor Day plans form. Fire destroys a barn on a macadam road north of town. The Rex theatre hosts acts like Singer's Midgets and Rita Ressler leads Expo contest with one week left. Montgomery Ward reports July sales up 16.8 percent from 1932. Local barber shops set new hours and prices, and a pet deer wanders Corry streets. Stock trends show dull activity on NYSE. beer taxes noted as four months since legalization.
Pinchot Road work expands as Corry crews move
Corry firemen join county outing and milk drive while a two mile Oil Creek road stretch south of the city receives top surfacing to Selota and the northern concreate work begins on Sciota north of Corry. Melvin Amy leads crews finishing north sector as south stretch is coated with star oil and await completion.
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Pinchot Road
Corry
Big County
Lindsey Hollow
Warren County
Titusville
Spring Creek
West Spring Creek
Sprig Creek
Tunavile
George Stowe
Congord Township
Casey's Corners
Darraw's Corners
Isnyth
Melvin Amy
Sciota
Highway Department
NRA Blue Eagles Rally In Corry To Back NRA Drive
Corry residents showed strong support for the Roosevelt administration re employment program as NRA Blue Eagles symbols appeared on storefronts and homes. Local leaders urged all employers to cooperate. a park gathering included speeches by Mayor England Attorney Scott and Olin Bracken with plans for intensified investigations and job creation ahead of fall welfare needs.
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Corry
Roosevelt
Bes
Margianal
NRA
National Recovery Administration
Corry Credit Exchange
Frank ‘S England
Walter H. Scott
J. J. Desmond
Olin Bracken
Special milk train carries product from local dairy hub
A special train assembled by the Hire Railroad shipped 848 cans from the Dairymen's League plant, with Clymer adding 292 cans. Three cars of milk were sent east, picking up cars at Jamestown Randolph and Steamburg, destined for Binghamton and Jersey City as the milk strike persists.
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Carry and Clymer
Dairymen’s League
New York
Southermer
New
Jamestown
Randolph
Steamburg
Binghamton
Jersey City
New York State
Mayor Swoboda Arrested Over Bribe Attempt in Hacine Wis
Mayor William J. Swoboda of Hacine Wisconsin was jailed after a bribe charge linked to a gambling syndicate seeking city control. He allegedly offered a bribe to keep the chief of police from acting, vows to rule if needed, and faces related accusations.
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William J. Swoboda
Hacine
Wis
Mystery cloaks Gotham murder in secrecy and scandal
Police pursue a tangled case in which Mitchell’s interrogation was revealed by Paris dispatches. Inspector Gallagher denies requests. Two women questioned include Miss Magnihilde Almskaar and an unnamed blonde linked to nude photos at Sanborns office. Police barred from Sanborn’s $13,754 weekly room as MCA executives resist search.
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Mitchell
Paris
Iid
John J. Gallagher
Sts
Quy
Magnihilde ‘Almskaar
Dunborn
Sanborn
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association
Sanborn Familly
Moose Expedition Heads to Alaska From Philadelphia
An expedition sponsored by the Philadelphia Free Natural History Museum sets out for Alaska to hunt for the Kenai moose, the world's largest. Led by Nicholas Hiddle and Harold T. Green, curator, the party travels to Seward and then goes by horseback toward the Kenai Peninsula. Mr and Mrs Perry Mead of Wirren are visiting at the Ross Mead home this week.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Free Nefurdl Museum
Alaska
Nicholas Hiddle
Harold T. Green
Seward
Kenu Peninsula
Perry Mead
Wirren, Mee
Ross -Mead
Firemen’s Association Outing Draws 5000 at Lake LeBoeuf
Shattering attendance records, Erie County Firemen’s Association drew 1,000 at Waterford with contingents from Corry Union City and more. Events included row boat heats egg throwing and a water battle won by Lawrence Park and Corry. Wesleyville beat Corry 1 to 7 for the softball crown as dancing and fireworks capped the night.
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Stanford Hose Company
Wesleyville
Erie County
Youndeer Piremen
Waterford
Leon Brown
BRIB
Erie County Firemen's Association
Lake LeBoouf
Corry
Union City
North West
Harborcreek
Mill Village
Buinbaro
Laurence Park
Fairview
Albion
North Girard
Watertown
Benton and
Paul
Simpson
Gibson
U! Waterford
Girard
Muljlen
Lawrence Parks
Corey
Corryites Re-Elected by John Brown Assn
Mrs Bessie Heatwimsteai of Seattle Wash and J 2 Desmond of Corry were re elected President and treasurer of the John Brown Memorial association at the annual reunion near New Richmond. Philip H Dewey of Harrisburg a former secretary of internal affairs was the chief speaker, noting Browns abolitionist life and linking his deeds to abolition before the Civil War. Hon Thomas J Prather of Meadville presided, crowds enjoyed a picnic, and music by the Brown Hill band complemented the day.
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Bessie Heat Wimsteai
Wash
Corry
J. 2. Desmond
New Richmond
Blanche Amy
Philip H. Dewey
Harrisburg
Dewey
Pennsylvania Slave Grange
Brown
Spearer
Thomas J. Prather
Meadville
Crawford County
Bunneda
New Richmond Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Brown Hill Band
Four Train Riders Die In Wreck Near Portage Pennsylv
Four men hitching a ride on a Pennsylvania freight train were killed and two injured when the engine and 20 cars derailed near Portage Pennsylvania. Railroad officials sought identifications an hour after the 1:18 p.m. accident. none of the crew were hurt. Cause of the derailment remained undetermined.
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Pittsburgh
Pennnsylvania
Portage
Pennsylvania
Prohibition Dept Fires 252 Employees in Three States
In Philadelphia on August 7, Joan D. Pennington announced the discharge of 252 prohibition department workers in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland as of August 8. About half are expected to be reappointed to a new division of investigation, following telegram notices from Major A V Dalrymple, national disinter of prohibition.
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Philadelphia
Joan D. Pennington
Prohibition
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Prohibition Huredu
A. V. Dalrymple
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City Council
Hake
Ty Hightring
Associated Gas & Electric System
Singer
Rex
Cleveland
Rita’ Ressler
East Pleasant Street
Rex Theatre
V. F. W. Post
Harold Brunner
Erie
Corry Fair
Dunkirk
Montgomery Ward
Warren Barber Shops
Sth
15Th
16Th
Pennsylvania Volnteer Infantry
Conneaut Lake
Erie Railroad
Arthur Lyman
West Church Street
E Bistesw
Jimmy McAvoy
Edward Metz
George Kinley
Ivan South
Walter Dees
Arthur Corbman
Western Pennsylvania
Barbers’ AssansHon
Johnsonburg
NIRA
West Columbus Avenue
Parisa Dnd
Matadam Hill
North Corry
Sitbcks
Department of Commerce
A. Hetten
Pennsylvan
Devissee
David L. Lawrence
Pittsneh
W. Spring Creek
NRA ‘Blue Eagles
DOT Corry
Mayor
Swobods
Mystery Cloaks
Doane Hardware
West Main Street
Corryites
John Brown
Pennington
Arabia
Indust
Wil Pritts Eivil
Ohio
A.A.A
Ford
Sibio
Santet Veg
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