Automaker Output and Local News From Corry Area
Ward reports show this week’s automaker output at 18 365 units, above last week’s 12 955 and near last year’s 18 700. Packard unveils four 1940 models One ten One twenty One sixty and One eighty with improved features. Pennsylvania unemployment payments dip to 1 401 306 in 123 185 checks, total benefits now 112 264 842. PRR posts July net income 5 586 485 and gross revenue 94 976 070, up from 1938. Corry and Meadville hosts firemen parade with over 2 600 marching. Wattsburg fair prep underway. Penn State summer relief work planned for city. Erie to switch to Eastern Time on September 4. A license filed for Brunigan Tanner marriage. Car accident on South Street causes minor damage. Corry exhibitors prepare Wattsburg Fair displays. City relief work to hire 100 workers for pavement repair and weed control.
Erie school district trims staff for 1939 40
Erie August report shows 35 fewer teachers and two fewer clerks than in 1938 39 with a total salary saving of 50100 50. Superintendent Grose said only two new hires were made to fill vacancies and 17 of 23 previously dismissed teachers returned, six remaining as substitutes to qualify for state aid. Summer resignations retirements and sabbaticals reduced staff further with four retirements seven leaves and one sabbatical. Two home economics appointments cut the remaining figure and two clerkships stay open. Resignations included Mary Leary Sullivan Burton elementary Gwendolen Horaman and Sylvia Aro of Washington elementary.
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Erie
C. Herman Grose
Grose
Lsted
Mary Leary Sullivan
Burton
Gwendolen Horaman
Sylvia Aro
Washington Elementary
Prothonotary Candidate Carlton Range Visits Garry Friday
Carlton P Range a Democratic prothonotary candidate visited Garry Friday to rally support. A former Carry resident, Range worked at U S Radiator, has lived in Union City Elgin and Erie, where he has spent the last eleven years with Weil McLain. He bases his campaign on efficiency economy and courtesy and has drawn favorable response across the county including Corry and Victorson.
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Carlton P. Range
Carlton P
Carry
Range
Garry Friday
U. S. Radiator Corporation
Union City
Elgin
Erie
Weil-McLain Comppany
Corry
Victorry
More Work for Relief Projects Are Approved
Erie county relief work expands with 55 people already employed and 57 more slated to begin by next Tuesday. Current projects include Corry hospital employing 12, Venango and Harborcreek townships, 18, and Lawrence Park, 19. Planned starts next Tuesday cover Wayne and Union townships and Zem Zem Hospital for Crippled Children, 25. City departments consider a safety unit for firehouses. about 50 to weed city areas. Relief manager Edward Neiner praised timely participation and cooperation, noting only one refusal to date.
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Brie
Erie County
Svork
Corry Hospital
Venanko Township
Harborcreek
Lawrence Park
Wayne Township
Sarah Reed Home
Union Township
Zem Zem Hospital
Louise Home
Wesleyville
Harrelebes
Mnare
Edward Neiner
Neiner
Stiffer Driving Tests Urged by Pennsylvania Police Chief
Col. Lynn G. Adams, head of Pennsylvania motor police, urged stronger driving exams to cut accidents and deaths on state highways. He cited inexperience and untrained drivers as primary causes and proposed a six month training course. The plan, developed with the revenue safety bureau, would use tests inspired by Philadelphia and Pittsburgh motor clinics, with a start date not yet known.
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Lynn G. Adams
Pennsylvania
Adams
Revenue Department Safety Bureau
Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Erie County Institutions Care for 456 July Residents
Erie County welfare report shows 456 Erie and county residents housed in local institutions during July, up from 452 in June. The total includes 297 children, 214 at the county home, and 880 county patients in Pennsylvania mental hospitals or joint state care, with 637 at Warren State Hospital, 166 at Polk State Hospital, one at Dixmont, one at Werhersville, and five at Selinsgrove State Colony.
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Erie
Erie County
Barton Killiman
Erie County Institution District
Erle County
Pennsylvania
Warren State Hospital
Polk State Hospital
Dixmon
Werhersville
Sel- Minsgrove State Colony
Federal aid to tenant farmers in Pennsylvania announced
The Federal government plans to spend 433 554 this year to aid tenant farmers in 12 Pennsylvania counties. Each of several counties will receive 40000 for farm rehabilitation, with other allocations including Centre 25000 Susquehanna 10000 and Franklin 35000. Total nationwide spending reaches 1275000 for farm rehabilitation.
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Harrisburg
Alg
Tenany
Pennsylvania
Mifflin
Cumberland
Berks
Green
Northumberland
Lycoming
Lancaster
Centre
Susquehanna
Franklin
Erie Diocese Schools to Open September 5
The Erie Catholic diocese announced the 1939-40 first semester calendar. There are 72 institutions in 13 counties with 16,547 students last year and expected to exceed 17,000 this year. - The diocese includes two colleges, a junior college, 29 high schools and 47 grade schools.
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Erif
Bele Qwill Baits DL
Joseph J Wehrle
T. D
Robert B McDonald
Department of Education
Erle
Erie
Pennsylvania
The
Erie Dioese
Father Wehrle
Father McDonald
Harrisburg
Rattlers Hunt Hobbyist at Saratoga Estate
Dick Garrod, 19, of Saratoga California, keeps rattlesnakes on a family estate. He reportedly handles about 50 rattlesnakes to date and pursues this hobby as a life passion with ample opportunity for exercise and practice.
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Saratoga
Cal
Dick Garrod
Naty A
Tobby
Man Indicted in Slaying of Baby Daughter
Washington Pa August 26 A Fallowfield Township man named Ooty Young was indicted today on a murder charge for shooting his one year old daughter Ada Marlene Young in June 18 final. The grand jury resumed a live bill against Young after he killed the child believing her death would pave a heavenward path. He claimed the child died several days later.
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Washington
Ts Horngher
North Clymer Man Held After Jamestown Traffic Incident
Jamestown August 25 Raymond Boolton of North Clymer was arrested yesterday afternoon at Fairmount and McDunnels avenues on charge of driving while intoxicated. His car rear ended a vehicle driven by Miss M Wample of Lincoln Street after her car had been stopped for a traffic signal. Police say Miss Wample alleged that a request by Colton did not hold.
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North Clymer
Jamestown
Ray Boolton
Fairmount
McDunnel Syenuies
Wille
Mss M. Wample
Lincoln Street
Erie Man Near Death After Being Struck by Car
ERIE Aug 26 Richard B Weber 90 of Ash Street was hit by an automobile at 26th and Ash Streets around 10:10 PM Thursday. He suffered a fractured skull and facial injuries, was unconscious, and reported near death at St Vincent's hospital. Driver Nick J Verdecchia 26 of East 26th Street was not held.
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Verdecchia
Weber
Bakelite Named After Its Inventor Bakelander
Bakelite is an artificial resin named for its inventor Baekeland. It is produced from phenol and formaldehyde.
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Baekeland
Bright lights urged to warn pedestrians in daytime
Wilmington Delaware August 26 President W Floyd Jackson of the Delaware Safety Council urged motorists to turn on bright lights to attract pedestrians rather than use a horn. He said sound direction is uncertain but bright lights catch the eye immediately even in daylight.
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Wilmington
Del
W. Floyd Jackson
Dela Ware Safety Council
Asthma Cure Claim Promises Refund for Trial
A notice advertises a new scientific discovery named " Brestheasy " for asthma or hay fever. It offers guaranteed satisfactory results or money back and invites readers to write E English in Rouseville Pennsylvania or call 2568-5 for a free trial.
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Rouseville
City
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