French Creek Picnic Draws Large Crowd Despite Heat
BRENCH CREEK Aug. 12 The sixth annual French Creek picnic at Town hall and grounds drew a crowd likely near a thousand with guests from Bradford Harbor Creek Wattsburg Erie Ripley Sherman Olean Jamestown Corr Devatur Til and Manter Kana. Activities included sports contests with modest cash prizes a salad making contest and a big feature baseball games. Local officials and residents touted the event as one of the largest attended with volunteers, refreshment stands, and a program of music and speeches in a large tent.
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Brench Creek
French Creek
Cutting
Bradford
Harbor Creek
Wattsburg
Erie
Ripley
Sherman
Olean
Jamestown
Corr
Devatur
Til
Manter
Kana
Amos Sweet
Lehman Green
Edna White
Ben Ueckers
Ralph Williams
Miner’ Green
Helen Sweet
Evelyn
Leonard Wroblewski
Ty Ed Guminick
Gary Wallace
Labor trouble threatens Erie WPA projects
Organized labor may block Erie WPA work as 11 street car track removal projects totalling about 250000 dollars await clearance. The Mine Central Labor union backs wage-scale protests led by the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor, with a statewide petition to Roosevelt. The first project, 25000 dollars, was handed to District WPA supervisor Bernard J. Cochran for completion. seven thousand dollars to be shared by the city and street car company. Ten more projects follow, aiming to start promptly.
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Mine Central Labor Union
Pennsylvania
WPA
Bernard J. Cochran
Clarence K. Pulling
Cochran
Pennsylvania Security League
Roosevelt
Kane girl hurt in auto crash at Atlantic City
Kane Aug 12 Miss Helen Batach 21 Kane High School graduate is recovering in an Atlantic City hospital after an automobile went over a bank into a river in central New Jersey. She rode with three others when the car lights failed and the vehicle struck the embankment and river edge.
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Kane
Helen Batach
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Miss Batach
Syra~cuse
Riv
New Erie School Chief Opens System Survey
Rie Aug 12 Herman Grose newly elected Erie school superintendent begins a full survey of the system covering financial education and administration. He aims to visit people and buildings and be thoroughly acquainted before the new school year. Directors welcomed him at the hoar offices after informal talks with teachers.
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Rie
Erie
Herman Grose
Court to rule on new income tax law in September
Harrisburg August 12 The state Supreme Court will likely test the constitutionality of the 1939 graduated income tax law in September. If upheld, the measure would raise about 16 million dollars a year for state aid to school salaries, lowering real estate taxes for schools. The tax would impose 2 to 8 percent on individuals with income above 1000 for singles and 1600 for married or head of families, with 400 deduction per dependent.
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Harrisburg
State Supreme Court
Charles J. Margioti
Commonwealth
Five State Police Stations Closed
United Press reports that for economic reasons five state police sub-stations have been discontinued at Huntingdon Somerset Morrinville Gaeton and Emporium. Superintendent Major Lyn G Adams says resources can be concentrated in thickerly populated areas while several troops remain in operation across the state.
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Harrisburg
Huntingdon
Somerset
Morrinville
Gaie-ton
Emporium
Lyn G. Adams
Bedford
Uniontown
Washington
Hollidaysburg
Altoona
Ebensburg
Bloomsburg
Towanda
Milford
Stroudsburg
Death of Mrs. Sarah Austin
Mrs. Sarah Austin died Saturday evening at her daughter Mrs. C B Steadman's East Columbus avenue home after a week long illness from a stroke. Born June 10 1847 in Ellery New York she married Spencer Austin in 1875 and lived in Gerry N Y until his death. Survived by son John A. Austin a sister Mrs Omfaa Smith two granddaughters and six great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 15 p m at Baptist church following noon prayers at her daughter's home burial in Gerry Cemetery.
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Sarah
Austin
C. 8
Steadman
East Columbus Avenue
Austin Wes
Ellery
N. Y
James and
Mary Selfridge Backer
Spencer Austin
Arcade
Gerry
Cerry
Union Grange
Jamestown
Grace United’ Brethren
Christchurch
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Babcock
Rose Gleason
Josha Hogenboom
Decatur
Tewon Hall
Charlotte Allen
Satsburg
Wilhelmina White
Ruth Smith
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Marguerite Vander. Schastt
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Sevond
Redping
Glenwood Park
Will Gabriel
Ellen Redding
Laurence Redding
Henry More
Geneva Hubbard
Ila Jean
Lannie Reding
Mable Redding
Libbie Moré
Nellie Redding
Hinckley
Franklinville
Llen Redding
Quinn Smith
Warren
Lucas Gleason
Carlton Teed, Jr
RIB
Worka Progress Administration
Kane Girl Hurt
INN
J. Crash
Ted
Miss Batsch
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Root’s Furniture Store
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United Press
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Paul W. Millspaw
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