Corry School Board Accepts Lawson Resignation and Names Replacements
Corry public school board accepted Miss Marion Lawson's resignation from the tutor high school staff and appointed Miss Janette Blakeslee to fill the Junior High vacancy. The board also named substitute Rebecca Bell for 1938 49 at a salary of 1010, with committee duties to draft resolutions and prepare the formal notice.
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Lucile Blakeslee
Rebecca Bell
Corry
Board of Education
Orpha Qvescot
Parkhurst
Mmi Udi
Lawson
Fasilty
Hoa
Lawann
Canneltin
Hong
Lambing Jeler
Charming
Rebcca Bell
Sayre High Welluo
Rainbow State
nMege
Forecast: Burnishing recovery by boosting business activity
United Press reports Assistant Secretary of Commerce Richard Patterson Jr predicted that the economic rebound would accelerate in the coming months as fiscal spending boosts confidence. He said across the nation reports show business expanding and investment increasing.
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United Press
Washington
Richard ©. Patterson, Jr
Two miners die from deadly gas in abandoned shaft
In Minersville Pennsylvania on August 9 two men aged 45 and 52 died after deadly mine gas rose to the surface due to a sudden atmospheric change. Edward Woll died near Jouhn Forsa while attempting to reach him. Autopsy details are not provided. In a separate incident in Acton Virginia on August 8 Charles B. Smith of Altoona Pennsylvania was killed by a street car while walking along a Washington Highway.
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Minersville
Here
Jouenh Forsa
Edward Woll
Minersvie
Actictian
Charles B. ‘Smith
Altoona
Syeatarday
Nazi Slain by Refugee in Prague Border Area
Berlin reports a Sudeten German party member was fatally stabbed at Hartmanitz in Czechoslovakia, described as a major incident in German-Czech tensions. Foreign observers note Berlin police are concerned as Germans face danger under the Prague regime amid rising hostilities.
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United Press Berlin
Noa
Hartmanitz
Czechslovakia
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Census Shows 1 455 City School Children Enrolled
The recent city school census reported 1 455 children aged 5 to 17, with 749 boys and 706 girls, and 56 Millerstes who cannot read or write English. Aliens numbered 56, including 22 men and 4 women, and the census noted shifts in Concord and Fair View districts.
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Board of
Ducation
Ralph S. Dewey
Harold Wolfe
Donald Watson
Tumor High
Bess Shea
Supt
Dewey
St. Edward's Parochial School
Corry
Mother slays two children in Fredericton tragedy
In Fredericton New Brunswick Mrs Otin Nilen a young farm wife is reported to have attacked two of her children with a butcher knife killing the elder daughter aged six months and injuring another child while reportedly stabbing herself. She was in critical condition in a hospital. The third child Dahaj four was found in a barn with severe head wounds. Authorities call the act insanity and investigate the motive.
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United Press
Dahaj
Man Dies in Bethlehem Steel Blast Furnace Disaster
Probable asphyxiation listed as cause of death for John George Mihsl 29, trapped under hot metal in a blast furnace at Bethlehem Steel Canada plant. AM clothing burned, body badly burned. Four others injured in the accident at the plant in Johnstown.
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Frese
Johnstown
John Conway
John George Mihsl
Cunada
Bethlehem Steel Company
Roosevelt to address three talks as primaries loom
President Roosevelt returns from vacation to confront Democratic battles in Georgia South Carolina and Maryland with a possible purge of incumbents while stumping for Barkley in Kentucky and facing primaries in Ohio Idaho and Nebraska. Arkansas and others stage state and congressional nominees amid noisy campaign.
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Houston
Florida
Roosevelt
Georgia
Pacific
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
Georgian
South Carolina
Maryland
Sorel
Walter PF. George
Ohio
Robert J. Bulkley
George White
Idaho
James P. Pope
Administration
D. Worth Clark
Arkansas
Hattie Caraway
Jom J. McClellan
Nebraska
Erie Man Takes Own Life in City Jail
Alex Mysnyk 28 WPA worker hanged himself in his cell a hour after his wife jailed him on a disorderly conduct charge. Twelve days earlier Herbert Lininger 60 also hanged himself in the same city jail while held on similar charges. Mysnyk used a belt and was found within minutes but died at the hospital.
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Drie
Alex Mysnyk
WPA
Mysnyk
Herbert Lininger
Crippled Youth Stages Liedown Strike in Wilkinsburg
In Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania a 28 year old disabled youth Joseph Unterrainer began a walk in strike inside the municipal building demanding promised medical care for injuries keeping him bed ridden for ten years. His mother Mrs Margaret Unterrainer says the family is impoverished and aided his protest with the help of his brother.
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Wey
Wilkinsburg
Turtle Creek
Joseph Unterrainer
Margaret ‘Unterainer
Hie
Wut
Open Route 6 Opens Between Corry and Union City
Route 6 between Corry and Union City opened after barriers were lifted as Baldwin Brothers finished widening and resurfacing from the city line to Range's Corners. Liogle Construction completed Range's Corners to east of Union City earlier, with berm work ongoing and some sections still under finishing touches. The widened highway is described as the best condition in years and welcomed by motorists.
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Corry
Unioh City
Stestel
Baldwin
Range's Corners
M. Liogle Construction Company
Union City
Eral Daiys
Gily
Min Village
Harrisburg approves $25 million relief appropriation
In Harrisburg on August 9 a $25 million appropriation to relieve unemployment neared approval by the US legislature. The measure, intended to spare election-year cuts or special fund borrowing, cleared the House and went to the Senate, which granted first-reading approval. A proposed constitutional amendment to bar future special fund raiding was introduced in both houses. The relief fund, supplementing a $188 million 1937 budget, relies on collections and may cover needs only until the 1889 legislature convenes in January.
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United Press
Harrisburg
House
Senate
Chinese Gain Encouragement Through Russia Front
Chinese resistance to the Japan invasion stiffened as Japan contacted Russia on the Siberian frontier. The Soviet stern stance in the Changhufeng hill clash on the Manchukuo border is said to have weakened Japan’s push toward Hankow while both sides reinforced positions and planned for possible renewed engagements if diplomacy fails. Field Marshal Vasily Bebut er took personal command of the Soviet Far Eastern army.
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Siberian
Japan
Russia
Changhufeng Hill
Manchukuo
Yaigtae
Hankow
Changhufeng
Mercury Climbs Sharply Then Drops Through Day
The weather story notes a rapid rise in temperatures during the morning followed by a late day high near 81 degrees. A cooling trend set in as the afternoon progressed, dipping into the mid 60s before rebounding late morning.
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Mercury
Finances Improve for Corry School District
Corry School District finances show improvement after last month’s meeting. Board announced repayment of $2000 borrowed to cover teachers salaries and Mr Geiger reported sufficient funds on hand to meet all current obligations and the remaining salaries.
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Corry
Board of Education
Geiger
Senior High to Erect Big Clock and Tower bells
Work to erect a large clock at Senior High continues with brickwork and tower braces on three sides. The clock will be 10 feet in diameter, include a 1000 pound bell, and strike hourly and half hourly. Projected completion before the school year starts. dedication planned after installation.
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Aftetinsnery
Faewa
Vo M
Sandburg
Tour
Waduention
Lanl Everning
Citizens Warwen
Muni
Jason Smith
Six Per Cent Tax Penalty Question Raised in Ward Meeting
Thomas Garrity of Grovestruct charged with six per cent interest on delinquent 1957 school taxes. Board members debated legal penalties dating to 1935 and 1934, noting five per cent shown on records. A committee including finance, solicitor, and president will investigate and report at a future special meeting.
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Bosxid
T He
Thomas Garrity
Grovestruct
Lnto
Seatl
G. H. Gordon
Aald
Finance Committee
Corry crowd to gather for annual city picnic and reunion
A large turnout from Corry and nearby areas is anticipated for the town’s annual picnic and reunion at Colimbus. The Cory band will provide music during the afternoon, with R. W. Reynolds as secretary of the Warren MC delivering the keynote address.
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Corry
Colimbus Formorion
Cory Band
R. W. Reynolds
Warren
MC. A
Anticipated Enrollment Rise at City Senior High School
Preliminary figures anticipate about thirty more students at the city's Senior High this year as Ralph F. Dewey, superintendent of schools, coordinates openings for the new term beginning September 11. He notes possible changes to the high school program while kindergarten and primary enrollments may dip. a new law allows attendance of all under 17 before September 1. Parents are reminded that six years old by February 1 may enter first grade and that birth certificates must be shown on the first day of school.
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Arent
Witely
Dewey
Administration suffers another blow in inquiry
Harrisburg Aug 9 Chief Justice Kephart stayed the Dauphin County grand jury probe into graft in Gov. Earle’s administration until September. The House committee declined to proceed, pending court rulings on impounded evidence and two contested special acts aimed at moving the inquiry from grand jury to a five-member legislative committee. Kephart ordered further showings on a writ of prohibition and potential vacating the impounding order, with appeals by Attorney General Bard and Rep. Cohen. The court could be unable to convene before the September recess.
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Morey
Potter
United Press
Harrisburg
John W. Kephart
State Supreme Court
Dauphin
Charles J. Margiotti
Edguard Friedman
Dauphin County
Carl B. Shelley
Kephart
Schaeffer
Supreme Court
High Court
Lehneiter
Yerjs Comity
Paul N. Schaeifer
Grand Jury
Guy K. Bard
Herbert £. Cohen
York
Cohen
Mkyphart
Dinger
Dauphin County Crims Sndis
Schaetter
Tla
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