Wattshirg Fair and band concert headline city events
Partly cloudy conditions persist as Wattshirg Fair continues with a city park band concert this evening. Elks convention actions in Portagille select Bute for the 1842 gathering and invite Sunbury to host in 1943. William Best of Greenville receives a $200 scholarship award among high achievers in home cities.
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Pennsylvania
Elks In
Portagille
Bute
Sunbury
William Best
Greenville
DuBois Plans Big Labor Day Celebration Parade
A DuBois Labor Day parade will feature 16 crack bands and drum corps. The Bradford American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, winner at Bellefonte and Clearfield, joins Johnsonburg, New Bethlehem, and State College junior corps among entrants. Clearfield Legion band and Kitanning American Legion drum corps are also slated to compete.
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Dubois
Bradford
American ‘Legion
Bellefonte
Clearfield Fair
Johnsonburg
Bethlehem
Hare
State College
Kittanning American Legion
Legion Bana of
Clearfield
60¢ Haircuts Voted At Erie
Members of the Erie Barbers' Union voted unanimously to continue the new prices for adults and children. The scale is 80 cents for adults and 50 cents for children, an increase of ten cents. Shaves remain 25 cents. no change in that price. The decision followed a prior month’s announcement and was made at the Central Labor Union hall chaired by Joseph Caccamise.
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Erie
Erie Barbers’ Union
Bott
Central Labor Union Hall
Joseph Caccamise
Outbreak of Polio claims 17 lives in Penna
The Pennsylvanian polio outbreak has 17 deaths and around 250 cases to date. Health officials led by Dr J Meare Campbell warn September could bring a surge, with school closures ordered in ten counties and extended summer vacation if needed. Regions most affected are central and eastern counties, including York, Dauphin, Cumberland, and others. western areas remain mostly clear.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Eylvanie
J Meare Campbell
Bureau of ‘Health Conservation
Campbell
State Health Department
Ntil
Ferndale Borough
Johnstown
State Department
Tle
York
Dauphin
Cumberland
Adams
Franklin
Lancaster
Montgomery
Lebanon
Schuylkill
Northumberland
Sunbury
York County
Milk price hike eyed by Erie farmers amid this month
ERIE August 27 Erie County farmers and the Erie Cooperative Milk Association officials announced a second price increase in milk per hundredweight as distributors absorb two cents per quart beginning September 15. Association president John A. Barney said farmers want producers to uphold a July agreement calling for the August 1 rise and another boost on September 15.
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Erie
Erie County
Erie Cooperative Milk Association
John A. Barney
Jamestown Plans Conference on Pay Hikes for City Workers
The Jamestown City Council will hold a special conference to review pay raise requests from employees in four city departments. President Samuel A Sizeth said each request will be considered individually. The groups include Jamestown General Hospital Welfare Department treasury and comptroller office staff seeking increases.
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Jamestown
Samuel A. Sizeth
Jamestown General Hospital
Welfare Department
City Treasure Department
Comptroller's Office
Grand Old Man of Oil Dies From Injuries
Bradford, Aug 27 John Weir Ventine longtime oil industry figure known as the grand old man of the oil industry died yesterday from injuries in an automobile accident four days earlier. He served 12 years in Pennsylvania oilfields. Nearby, Frank Beller postponed Peninslope Borough school opening as a precaution after a suspected case. Harrisburg cancelled Labor Day water sports and closed the municipal bathing beach, with school postponements possibly affecting the football season and practice plans.
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Bradford
John ‘Weir Ventine
Tulsa
Pennsylvania
Oiields
Frank Beller
Peninsole
Johnstown
Harrisburg
Cy. Campbell
Big Storm Knocks Out Kane Street Lights for Hours
A severe electrical storm struck Kane late Tuesday, causing a blackout across Hilltop for about an hour. Lightning damaged several transformers, knocked out street lighting and some Bell Telephone lines, while floods lifted a manhole cover near Chase Street, creating a hazardous roadway. no serious injuries reported. Ruth Dial of Cincinnati narrowly avoided the opening as crews recovered the cover.
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Kane
Aug
Taghlie
Lown
Bell
WNY
Chase and
Rege Sirees
Ruth Dial
Cincinnati
208 Miles of New Road Finished in Pa in 1941
Harrisburg reports 208 miles of new roads completed in Pennsylvania during the 1941 construction season as of August 27. District progress shows 271 miles in District 8 and 28.35 miles in District 1, with 188.60 miles under contract and 88.08 miles finished by 1941 contracts. WPA and state forces also contributed to paving and surfacing, while records note bridges and widened base work.
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Harrisburg
Department of Ighwayw
Department
Contrailors
District 8
Hiarrsburg
Contin
Dene
District 1
Prantlll
Wilts
WEA
Departmert
Tiber
Venice
Two Boys Die In Auto Collision At Wilkes-Barre
A double fatal crash near Wilkes-Barre killed two boys and injured three others. Bernard Tl ah Jr of Kingston and Lenny Royer of Herwick Delinski were among the victims. details remain unclear as investigators sort through names and ages.
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Wilers-Barre
Deall
Treat
Bernard Tlah, Jr
Kingston
Lenny Royer
Herwick
Delinski Toys
George
Deliakd
Wilkes-Barrt
Bat
Uct
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Richard H. Priebertshauser
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F. Clair Ross
Ross
John D. Flanigan
Charles Brink
James Brink
Ethel Brink
Joyce Ann Fuller
Second Avenue
First Ward
Philip Wakte
Wright Street
Securities Commission
Washington
Utility Act
Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation
West Washington Street
First Avenue
Paul Blake
West Wayne Street
Burlingame
Kelly
Bisha
East Main Street
Charles Hubertz
Davison Funeral Home
North Center Street
U. 8
Eile
J. 8. Marines
Orrin K. Belden
Spartansburg
Harold W. Swart
William R. Patterson
West Washington Treet
Virgil Vernon Warner
Westchurch Street
Gerald Underwood Proctor
New Cumberland
U. S. Army
Penna
Associated Press
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Steel Corporation
General Motors
Aluminum
General Foods
Wes
Pennsylvania Association For Moderation and Law Enforcement
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Philadelphia
Hilltop
Highway Department
France
Kadija Lewis
Stverkrau
Spingen
Saperunite
Mra
Curete Parker
Lit Histon
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