Firemen parade prep as board meets this evening
Falk and warmer forecast as West Washington street hosts junior V F W bugle corps rehearsal for Saturday’s Firemen parade in Mendyvile. Rail freight climbs to a yearly high with 674237 cars loaded in the week ending last Saturday, up 9140 from prior week and 16353 from year ago. Police seek two shoplifting youths reading about Tank Walton. Corry theft suspect John Rath wanted. Studebaker stolen from Kenneth Knapp. Marriage license filed in Erie county court. Youngsville fair opens with strong attendance. wraps Saturday. Check forgery warns issued after several imitated Warren Dairy Association checks pass. Pennsylvania business improves for July over June. Misspelled word contest winners named. Class B Ladies Bowling League planned. Six-year-old Shirley Rae Barnes operated on for a fractured arm. Weekly merchandise award won by Shirley Rae Barnes winner. Wiseman named YMC A industrial secretary for the state.
Seed potato certification shows record acres logged in 1939
Harrisburg reports 1164.5 acres entered for inspection and certification in 1939, second-highest since 1920, with 60 growers across 14 counties. Russet Rural leads varieties, while leafrolls and potato aphids threaten yields. overall seed fields are in good condition and a fair crop is expected.
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Harrisburg
Bradford
Butler
Zambria
Erie
Indiana
Lehigh
Mont ‘Og
Northamptons
Perry
Potter
Somrset
Sullivan
Warren
York
Pennsylvania
Nittany
Mason
Pennigan
Bliss
Triumph
Insh Lobblers
Chippewa
Green Mountains
Spaulding Rose
Summer Work in Schools Nearing Completion
Summer cleaning and improvements have been completed at all buildings except the Senior High. Clare R. Morson, chairman of the Board of Education property committee, announced that school properties are being prepared for the opening of the 1939 40 term on September 6. Remaining tasks include finishing the Senior High basement classroom, installing new seats, and final touches in the Washington building such as a new concrete entrance that can be enclosed in winter.
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Clare R. Morson
Board of Education
Mr. Anderson
Emall
Wich
Washington Building
Morton
Mendola Brothers Sentenced to Five to Ten Years
Joseph Mendola and his brother Frank Mendola of Rochester New Jersey received a five to ten year term in the Western Penitentiary at Pittsburgh after pleading guilty to unlawful breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony and unlawful use of high explosives. They were on parole from New York state prison when caught attempting to blow the safe of Epp Furniture Co. on July 28. Judge J Orin Waite noted the defendants' prior records and warned parole possible after five years if conduct improves.
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Erie
Joseph Mendola
Frank Mendola
Rochester
N. J
J. Orin Waite
Western
Pittsburgh
Mendola
New York State
Epp Furniture Company
State Street
Waite
Mendota Brothers
Walker Acts Raise Age of Minor Delinquents to 18
Harrisburg August 25 Welfare Secretary FE Arthur Sweeny hailed the Walk er Acts as Sept 1 effective raising from 16 to 18 the age of minor delinquents under juvenile court jurisdiction. The 1939 legislature sponsored by Sen John Marker of Allegheny was backed by social welfare groups and jurists.
Giant Snow-Cruiser Tire Weighs 700 Pounds Across Diameter
The largest tire ever built for Antarctic use was constructed here for the United States Antarctic Exposition. The tire weighs 700 pounds and spans 810 feet in overall diameter.
Japs Abandon Foreign Plan In Shift After Pact
Tokyo officials say Japan will shelve its European policy. A cabinet meeting approved abandoning the plan tied to anti communist Europe and the Axis coalition. Japan will pursue an independent policy guided by its government’s moral views regardless of the international scene. Soviet German pact cited as factor.
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Tokyo
Tuyan
Kozo Ola
Catinet
Europe
Japan
Italy
Germany
Basia
Russia
Acorry Cases Listed for September Term
Four cases from this situary sched led for presentation to the grand jury of the September term of court. It was announced day, though there was a possibility of settlement in one of the PSUF cases. All focal cases due scheduled for presentation to the grand jury on September 14. Subpoenas for witnesses were Toft will fivel pollen by County Detective LeRoy Search ae a vist to the city Wednesday. Pallee announced the following cases, with the number of real witnesses called for each case. Robert Chane indecence expostu Pleven witnesses, James Buell, west and battery, one witness James Mefvoy malicious mischief, three witnesses. Tey Brewer maintaining a gambling house, seven witnesses. It was considered probable settlement would be sought in the Buell case before the grand jury.
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Grand Jury
PSUF
LeRoy Search
Pallee
Robert Chane
James Buell
West and Battery
James Mefvoy
Buell
Funds for home missions decline at Lions Chautauqua
The secretary of promotion for the General Council of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America told an audience at the Institute of World Missions that funds for home missions are steadily dropping. He noted older church buildings, built before 1928, face financial strain and cannot actively support missionary work, amid a low mood.
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Chautauqua
BH. Limouve
General Council
Presbyterian Clirch
United States of America
Institute of World Missions
Hendelest
Chautauqua County Fair Opens Labor Day Plans Revealed
Granges across Chautauqua county prepare pen oil project exhibits for the county fair opening Labor Day in Dunkirk. Pomona and four juvenile granges will present plays and exhibits. Twenty three grange exhibits cover every section of the county and will be displayed in the county building with projects from Lombard Ross Gerry Frewsburg Ellington Canal Hanover Proctor Sheridan and Vila?
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Chautauqua County
Dunkirk
Te Granges
Pomona
Hulhd
Grange
Lombard, Ross, Gerry
Frewsburg
Eilington
Canal
Hanover
Progonii
Sheridan
Philadelphia appoints H La Barre Potts secretary of the athletic commission
H La Barre Potts of Philadelphia, a former deputy sheriff, is named secretary of the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission. The board announced the appointment on August 25.
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Philadelphia
H. la Barre Potts
Pennsylvania Athletic Commission
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V. F. W. Bugle
West Washington Street
Mendyville
Association of American Rail Toads
Western Auto Associate Store
Tank Walton
John Boland, Jr
East Main Street
Rex Theatre
American Federation of ‘Teachers
Buffalo
American Federation of Labor
Committee of Inustrial Organization
United States
Donald &. Phillips
Union City
Katherine Fuller
Wattsburg
Warren County Dairy Association
Pennsylvania State College
R. D
Rose Clubbutt
Corry R. D
Berths Brant
Columbus
Gertrude McKay
Grace Pitt
Spring Creek
Shirley Rae Barnes
Raymond Lares
Hamot Hospital
Erié
Ted McCray
Higin
Splesiold’s
Lindsley’s Pharmacy
Elmer
Wiseman
Meadville
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BG ‘Henneau
Callies
CLUB
Wieners
Hamburg
Frank Mendela
Wattsburg Fair
Comedy and Thrills
WLS
Berlin
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Sebile
Americ
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