WPA Wage Scale Reform Reorganizes Erie District Office
State Administrator Col. Philip Mathews announced reorganization of Works Progress Administration offices in the Franklin district and a new wage scale for Erie County. Unskilled wages top at 62.00 monthly, with higher rates for skilled and technical workers. other counties follow tiered scales. Appointments include McGill, Post, Boundy, Johnston and more to operations, timekeeping, employment and personnel roles.
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Works Project Administration
Congress
Col
Philip Mathews
Franklin Ifice
WPA
Istrict
Franklin
Erie
Erie County
Crawford
Elk
McKean
Venango
Warren
Franklin District
Charles F. McGill
Edgar M. Post
Dean M. Boundy
Victor C. Johnston
Anthony J. Lucas
Charles (. Wageoner
Harold R. Carleton
Lewis T. Dias
Milla M. Smart
John W. Ely, Sr
Helen D. White
Thomas M. Tobin
Twenty four graduates to enter colleges in fall
Large representation of the 1939 graduating class plans to enroll in colleges and training schools for the 1934 term. Ruth Bennett will attend the University of Michigan, Dotina Bertram at Edinboro State Teachers College, and others from the Corry High School list to enter Penn State, Bucknell, Allegheny, Cincinnati, Taylor University and more. Continued on Page Three.
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Paide Graduatine
Garry
Howard J. Sheen
Corry Higa
Ruth Bennett
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Dotina Bertram
Edinboro State Teachers College
Edinboro
Robert Brown
Pennsylvania State College
State College
Kenneth Burr
Westminster College
New Wilmington
Mary Castor
Stephens College
Columbia
John Dearing
Allegheny College
Meadville
Keli Henlon
University of Pittsburgh
Erie
Glare Hillstrom
Bucknell University
Lewisburg
Austin Johnson
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Ohio
Gertrude Johnson
Taylor University
Upland
Ind
Minna. Kamber
Pittsburgh
Marlin Keppel
Manlius School
Manilise
Hicard Lindsley
Maryville College
Myers Resigns From Unemployment Board Post
Robert J. Myers, doctor and member of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, resigned at Gov. Arthur H. James's request. Fellow member George H. Prendible was asked to resign but had not decided. Prendible earns 8500 dollars yearly. A successor will be named for a six year term.
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United
Harrisburg
Robert J. Myers
Camp Him
Ehalemap
Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Arthur H. James
George H. Prendible
James
George H. Earle
Prendible
Myers
Indictments Against Late Mayor Quashed in Philadelphia
United Press reports that indictments charging former mayor David Wilson with misbehavior in office were quashed by Judge Harry S. McDevitt. The cases, tied to gambling and vice inquiries, were first quashed then reindicted, with Wilson's counsel seeking further quashing of the second set.
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United Press Philadelphia
Davis Wilson
Harry
McDevitt
Phila
Melpile
Wilson
Junge McDevitt
Nazis charge Polish anti air fire on three German planes
Berlin reports three German passenger planes were fired on by Polish anti aircraft batteries. One aircraft narrowly escaped destruction while a fully loaded Luftansa D ABHF with crew and 17 passengers including four children was targeted. A Polish warship fired as the planes passed 14 miles off the Baltic coast.
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United Press Berlin
Mmeht
DNB
Balliy
Work for Relief Project Starts Today In Corry
The city launched new work for relief programs with twelve men to replace the elevator at Corry hospital and other tasks. Delays in personnel setup pushed the start to next Monday, with about one hundred workers expected for street, weed cutting, and brick paving projects. An NYA effort began on Spring Street to clear brush, aiming to improve access to the airport amid rising traffic.
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NYA
Feller
Corry Hospital
Stanley H. Nichols
Comineheed
Spring Street
Vote on plan to end milk strike in Utica
The Dairy Panniers Union votes in general convention today on a settlement plan for the milk strike affecting shipments to New York. The plan, agreed in New York, would compensate 15,000 producers across 30 upstate counties and parts of Pennsylvania and Vermont with about 1.5 cents per 100 pounds of milk, replacing the former 1.50.
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United Press
Utica
Dairy Panniers Union
New York
Union
Heaith
la Guardia
Union Verivéation
Upstate
Pennsylvania
Vermont
European markets ease amid political nerves
European markets were less nervous today though on the edge, reacting to European political developments. New York stocks opened quieter. London shares fell at the open or later rallied on rumors of a German Soviet non aggression pact with guarantees against German aggression in Poland or Romania.
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New York
London
Poland
Rumania
Small Powers Move for Peace in Northwestern Europe
Aug 23 Brussels reports that seven neutral Northwestern European powers led by Belgium plan a radio address by King Leopold or Premier Hubert Pierlot to urge peace. A general declaration calls for solidarity and mutual defense while inviting other neutrals including the United States to join a peace campaign. In Lapaz Bolivia President Gen German Busch was gravely wounded in an accidental shooting.
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United Press Brussels
Europe
Leopold
Hubert Pierlot
Oslo
Belgium
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Holland
Luxembourg
United States
Lapaz
Bolivia
German Busch
Cobb Sets New World Speed Mark 369 Miles Per Hour
John Cobb drove a 600 horsepower Railton Red Lion to set a world speed record on the Bonneville salt flats 368.85 miles per hour on the one mile center timed mile from south to north. On the return run he averaged 366.97 miles per hour to secure the record after losing the previous title to Byston the prior day.
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Cobb
Walied
Bonneville Saltflaws
Utah
John Cobb
Cob
George E. Ty Eystort
London
Byston
Americans Warned as Europe Travel Curtailed
Washington reports the state department warns American citizens traveling to Europe amid rising tensions. Acting Secretary Sumner Welles notes embassies in France and Poland have urged Americans to return home if possible. The Roosevelt vacation ends early. he will depart the Tuscaloosa for Sandy Hook then travel to Washington.
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United Press
Washington
State Department
Europe
Sumner Welles
France
Poland
U. 5
Roosevelt
Sandy Hook
N. J
Work-for-relief law expands public aid requirements
Relief clients must accept jobs offered under a new work-for-relief system. Abled recipients who refuse work will be dropped from relief rolls. Dependents may receive charity subsistence. Counties must appoint work-relief review committees to check eligibility. Justifiable nonattendance includes illness, transport issues, or late notice. The state has 3224 full time jobs across 220 projects with 8000 people already employed or set to begin this week.
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Department of Public Assistance
Wiew
Annenberg 10 Face New Count News Summary
A federal grand jury in Chicago investigating a monopoly in horse race information services did not indict Annenberg or associates under Sherman Act. It did indict a perjury count against Philadelphia publisher Annenberg and three associates for allegedly trying to suborn perjury in testimony by Clarence J. Ferguson of the Philadelphia Police Department.
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Univeres
Chicago
Aus i
Bookes
Annenberg
Philadelphia
Ainenberg
Clarence J. Ferguson
Philadelphia Police Departments
Vice
VeW Drum Corps to Participate at Meadville
Corry's junior V F W bugle and drum corps expected to compete in the junior division of Meadville's Northern Pennsylvania Firemen's Association parade. The event draws delegates and a large parade Saturday with bugle and drum corps contests. Other entries hail from OU City, Bradford, Natrona, Butler, Corry, and several out-of-state groups.
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Corry
Pennsylvania
Charles Smarenberger
Pred Carman
Wold
American Legion Corps
Munhall
Fievette
Sharpsburg
OU City
Bradford
Natrona
Butler and Corry
Youngstown
Lakeewand and Conneaut
Wife Slayer to File New Appeal in Florida Supreme Court
Paul H Mardorff convicted of stabbing his wife Hthel to death January 17 in Miami faces a Florida Supreme Court appeal filed by Nis attorney J B Patterson ofPt Lauderdale Mardorff a former UniontownPa type setter learning to be a Unotype operator was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death in April to die in the electric chair
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United Press Miami
Frn
Paul H. Mardorff
Hthel
Florida Supreme Court
Nis
J. B. Patterson
Pt. Lauderdale
Mardorff
Uniontown
State Checks Scheduled For September in Pennsylvania Education Aid
Auditor General Warren R. Roberts announced that state checks totaling several million dollars will be mailed in September to second and third class school districts for teachers salaries extension and special education. Disbursements cover amounts for various districts including Erie Bradford Kane Warren Grove City and others with total allotments around six million two hundred thirty five thousand seven hundred eighteen dollars plus extensions and special education funds.
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Corry
Warren R. Roberts
Department of Public Instruction
Roberts
Schuylkill J
Northumberland
Towhich i
Pennsyarnia
Men
Grenville
Grove City
Shuiron
Franklin
Warren
Pennsylvania to distribute 200000 teaching cards for rating system
The Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction proposed printing two hundred thousand cards for a state teacher rating system. The measure aims to provide security for educators under tenure amendments passed by the legislature. A special committee approved the plan, noting rural areas will receive cards with a view to future revisions and improvements. Clarence E. Ackley, superintendent, said distribution begins as schools reopen.
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Pennsylvania
Department of Public Instruction
Aptis Public Instruction
Clarence E. Ackley
Boy 14 Admits Slaying Playmate With No Motive
Rich ard Jensen, 14, was captured by radio patrols in Venice after a manhunt in the Modlrose district. He admitted his identity but refused to give a motive for the killing of 12 year old Billy Williams. Billy was found under a house with a crushed head, stab wounds, and a copper wire around his neck. he died shortly after at a doctor's office.
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Ney Primaven
Los Angeles
Sheriffs Office Today
Richard Jensen
Billy Williatsie
Venice
Modlrose
FV. Gosselin
Bate
Mienara
Frances Jensen
Billy Williams
Billy
Hitler firm on return of Danzig and looming war
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler warning that any delay or misstep could plunge Europe into a broad conflict over Poland. British and French leaders press for clarity as Germany and the Soviet bloc move toward strategic alignments while King George VI and Queen Elizabeth prepare for royal duties amid escalating tensions.
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London
Bilinin
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Seek More Funds for Erie Home
Pittsburgh August 23 A dispatch from the Disabled American Veterans asks Governor James for increased late allotments to admit 300 more inmates to the Erie Soldiers and Sailors Home The letter notes only 200 veterans are housed though capacity is for about 230 and cites 1939 40 state funds for care. Bedford PA August 1 John Parks of Bellwood killed while working on a new highway when struck by a crane boom near Here.
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Pittsburgh
Hetry Rigin
Pennsylvania
Arthur H. James
Erie
Rivlin
Bedford
Johi Parkaaz
Bellwood
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Great Britain Today
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Osing George
Berlin
Robert Myers
James Ousts
Unemployment Compensation Board
VEW
Northern Penn’s Firemen's Association
Auditor General
Boy
Danzig
Torey
Nevile
Joachim von Taubeitenp
Moncow
Amfort
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Hiller
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