Anniversary of first Atlantic cable message observed
Reports from Oil City and Meadville note heavy showers that cooled a heat wave. Colia Gas and Electric Corp reports June quarter net income per common share at age cents versus seven cents prior year. six months ended show 44 cents per share, 36 cents in 1925 period. Several hundred Masons head to Conneaut Lake Park for Zem Zem annual family outing. Don Paulson named for Bank of Corry vacancy after Hobart Blanchard resigns to attend Bible school. United Engineering and Foundry six months to June 30, 1936 profits of 1,298,232 up from 552,703. Herbert H. Muench Jr., wins national soap box derby in Akron. A $2,000 scholarship awarded to a student. WPA recreation department plans city race. No damage from tire on vacant shed roof. blaze extinguished. Route 6 traffic lightens. no serious weekend accidents. Chief Manigan returns from vacation. Jack Whiteley notes fishing at Findley Lake. Governor Narle to give relief address from Philadelphia at 4:80. Jack Dempsey may referee Strub-Woods at Rice Stadium Friday. Meadville judge Kent addresses Northern Pa Firemen at Conneaut Lake Park. Bashora reports rising business activity in eastern and central Pa. retail up 66% since 1933, wholesale 60%. Huber’s speeding crash with Geer leaves no injuries. Tomorrow Louis Sharkey fight to air on CBS. Coe to serve, Hsing to comment. Frank Nikowski discharged from Corry hospital after skull fracture from farm accident near Clymer.
Eight Officials Urge Roosevelt Support At Rally
Eight prominent federal and state officials urged unity among Democrats to back Roosevelt in the next election at a large tri-county rally in Conneaut Park on Saturday afternoon. Speakers included David Lawres, Oscar Chapman, Emma Guffey Miller, D. J. Driscoll, Thomas Buchanan, Charles N. Grosby, and Warren Van Dyke, with attendees from the district.
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United Support
Democrats
Roosevelt
White House
Conneaut Take Park
David ¥. Lawres
Oscar Chapman
The
Interior
Emma Guffey Miller
D. J. Driscoll
St. Marys
Thomas Buchanan
State Public Service Commission
Charles N
Indict Negro for Coeds Murder in Asheville
Buncombe county grand jury indicts Martin Moore, a large African American male, for the July 16 murder of Helen Clevenger, a New York University honor student, at Battery Park hotel. One charge is murder, another first degree burglary, with the death penalty possible on either. Sheriff Laurence Brown and seven witnesses testified as the case heads to Superior Court in Asheville.
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United Press
Asheville
Buncombe County
Grand Jury
Martin Moore
Battery Park
Helen Clevenger
New York University
Moore
Laurence @. Brown
Teachers Seek Constitutional Rights in Pa
The Pennsylvania teachers federation meeting in Philadelphia adopted two resolutions. The first urges withholding funds from districts where teachers are dismissed in violation of constitutional liberties, citing rights to association, marriage and professional status, religious beliefs, race, and endemic freedom. The secretary Howard Ader said the measure may gain national support to counter repression of thought in schools. The second resolution asks Congress to reaffirm its authority to assess constitutionality of state laws.
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Américan Federation of Teachers
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Mary
Moward Ader
State Group
National Federation
State Federation
Congress
Plan Expansion Cash Relief System In Pa
United Press reports Harrisburg plans to overhaul the state emergency relief program. The plan would substitute general relief and close about 47 county offices to six disbursing centers in Harrisburg Wilkes Barre Erie Pittsburgh Altoona and Philadelphia. The SERB aims to have the system operating with staff cuts before September 41. Direct cash relief has been granted in Philadelphia and Allegheny counties the last year and a half.
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Harrisburg
Wilkes-Barre
Erie
Pittsburgh
Altoona
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Drunk drivers called greatest menace on roads
Dr. Seale Farris of the University of Alabama told a Southern Traffic Officers training school audience that drivers who have had a few cocktails or highballs pose the greatest highway threat. He said accidents cluster around cocktail hour and that lightly intoxicated drivers are overlooked longer, making them more dangerous than those who are sober.
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United Press
Tuscaloosa
Ala
America
Seale Farris
Bimingham
University of Alabama
Farris
Southern
Dr. Harris
Youth Drowns and Two Are Killed in District
A youth drowned after stepping into a railroad path near James and a man misjudged a locomotive distance. Another fatality occurred when Louis Scott, 5% Clarendon, was fatally struck near Warren by Ralph Smith, 30 War-1, who was not held responsible as Scott reportedly stepped in front of the car.
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Rae Laer
James
Sian
Louis Scott
Clarendon
Warren
Ralph Smith
Scott
Smith
Couple wed at Kinzuua Friday in Wattsburg area
Adsan Kent and Beatrice McCray wed at Kinza on Friday with Rev Archie Gibson presiding. Kent, son of Clyde Kent, is a WPA foreman and class of 1930 graduate. McCray, daughter of Warner McCray of Lovell’s Station, teaches at Elgin and will continue this winter. They plan a wedding trip to Watkins Glen and other scenic spots.
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Wattsburg
Adsan Kent
Beatrice McCray
Kingua
Archie Gibson
Wallsburg
Nna
Clyde Kent
Miss McCray
Warner McCray
Fight Looms Over Newly Bought Vote Machines
Aug 17 payment of 46 vote machines contracted for may involve county commissioners in a court fight. Controller Harvey M Willis refused to recognize the contract on grounds commissioners failed to provide payment. He warned there is no available balance in budget appropriations to pay for the machines. The contract was signed by Commissioners Elton H Blair and Thomas W Flatley, with the manufacturer likely to demand payment.
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Harvey M. Willis
Elton H. Blair
Thomas W. Flatley
25 000 Expected To Attend State Legion Meeting
Five speakers including Governor Barle and Chief Justice Kephart will headline the 18th annual Pennsylvania American Legion convention in Johnstown. Delegates from Legion and auxiliary groups converge as headquarters are set and sessions begin Thursday morning with memorial services. The gathering includes Legionnaires, auxiliaries, Forty and Eighty Eighty, and Sons of the Legion. A fishing rod with concealed reel is also noted in a separate brief from Hollister California.
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Pennsylvania Department
American Legion
Johnstown
G.f Bergman
Imer C. Carrier
Justin Butters
Livya Stowe
Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Sons of the Legion
Lessonnaires
Earle
The
Homer Chaillaux
National Americanization
Edward A. Hayes
Naions
Grandmother challenges 54 grandchild claim in Tulare
In Tulare California Mrs M Borges 63 counters a Los Angeles woman who claims the world grandmother champion title with 54 living grandchildren by listing her own tally at 40 and presenting a challenge to the rival claim.
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Tulare
Calif
M. Borges
Los Angeles
Borges
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Natonal Bank of
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Herbert H. Muench, Jr
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WPA
Sam ‘Baumgartner
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John D. Manigan
Little Jack
Findley Lake
Frank Whiteley
Crystal Ice Company
Erie Railroad
George H. Narle
Jack Dempsey
Maxie Strub
Chuck Woods
Rice Stadium
O. Clare Kent
Northern Pennsylvania Firemen's Association
Ralph M. Bashora
Labor and Industry of Pennsylvania
Paul S. Huber
Buison Park
Clifford Geer
R.D. 4
Centerville
Lincolnville
Joe Louis
Jack Shar- Key
Columbia Broadcasting System
Charles Francis Coe
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