City and County Briefs Mixed with Local Notes
Reorganization and regular council meetings announced for tonight. December term court opens with 105 cases over two weeks. Vehicle deliveries in late November rise to 7246 units, up from prior periods. Car ransacked on West Pleasant Street with no valuables taken. Immaculate Conception masses planned at St Elizabeth’s and St Thomas’. Community farm meetings set for Warren County December 6–7 to organize 1929 conservation program. Deputy Game Protector Don Miller returns to Corry after deer country patrol. October Pennsylvania business activity 15.4% below 1987, building sector strongest gain. Burton Second Hand Store fire caused smoke but little damage. Driving-privilege withdrawals 261, restorations 104 in week to Nov 28. Corry Bikes caravan to Warren for joint lodge meeting. several from Corry to be initiated. Senator Clyde Herring to discuss Profit Sharing on WJZ. State finance committee reports 497,995 receipts and 445,454 expenditures in November elections. FCC will take no action against CBS and Orson Welles scare program. Gertrude Sutton, 14, hospitalized after auto accident near Pittsfield. her father Charles Sutton injured. Erie County coroner probes death of 16-year-old Harold McCarthy in county jail on forgery charge.
Philadelphia Supreme Court upholds city income tax
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Philadelphia's 11-2 percent income tax constitutional, requiring workers to pay on wages and business income. The decision also upheld a related Central Delaware County Authority provision, with conditions for self liquidating projects and adequate funding. Mayor S Davis Wilson backed the tax plan, which aimed to fill a city budget gap.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Today
High Tribunal
S. Davis Wilson
Wilson
Buder
Robert C. White
John W. Kephart
Delaware County
Seals Celebrate 82nd Christmas Seals Sale At Thanksgiving
The 1938 Christmas Seals debut at Thanksgiving mark the 82nd U S. sale. Aimed at completing a full set a collector needs thirty or more varieties. The 1938 issue features a mother and two children lighting a Christmas candle in Victorian costumes. Lloyd Cac of New York designed the artwork. The four corner corner sheets show different portraits of tuberculosis pioneers Laennec Koch Trudeaty and Winther Holboell. A special souvenir sheet with one regular seal, priced at 25 cents, supports a year round tuberculosis program. Two double barred crosses appear on the sheet a rarity since 1919 and 1923. Collectors obtain Christmas Seals from 40 foreign countries as a hobby.
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New York
Portraita Bf
Laetnes
Koch
Germany
Trudeaty
Winur Holboell
Tom
Postponement of Gas Gadget Law Announced
Officials announce a delay to enforcement of the gas gadget law amid legal challenges. The suit, filed by the Harrisburg Gas Co, argues the appliances and costs exceed allowable limits and question the act's validity.
STATE RELIEF LOAD DROPS
The week ending November 26 marked a seventh straight weekly drop in DPA general assistance rolls with 1,224 fewer cases affecting 4,870 people. Net closures totaled 6,551 cases, 22,438 people, while 223 new cases covering 17,968 people opened.
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Deny Line Will Be Abandoned in Ohio Valley Trip
Dunkirk Pa Dec 5 New York Central officials returned by special train after inspecting the Dunkirk to Titusville line denying a planned abandonment. The group led by vice president Tr D Staybuck included Risley Leffler and Wrawley with local supervisors Shoemaker and others.
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Probe by Grand Jury Delayed in Dauphin County
The Dauphin County grand jury, convened to investigate Gov. G. H. Marle and 12 Democrats, received a temporary release from the case. An appeal filed by Attorney General Guy K. Third prompted the stay, delaying action in the grand jury process.
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Enind Jyey
Memorial Services Held by Elks in Corry
Memorial services by the Elks featured Exalted Ruler Richard Smith leading officers. The Corry Civic Orchestra conducted selections under L. V. Thorogood with soloists Charles Lyons and Miss Zella Carroll. Lyons sang The Voice to the Wilderness and Courage, Carroll sang This Day, and a trumpet solo accompanied by the orchestra was noted as a highlight of Corry Elkdom’s storied memorial programs.
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Corry
Farmer Fatally Beaten After Robbery Near Vanderhilt
Connel ls ville Dec 5 Fay ette county detectives and the coroner seek the cause of death of Henry B Foster 69 a farmer near Vanderhilt found Saturday night beaten and robbed Chief Detective John C Wall suspects he was lured to the location A nephew Ray Foster 26 told police the victim had five twenty dollar bills in his pocket when he arrived in town Saturday night
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Connellsville
Fayette County
Henry B. Foster
Vadderhilt
John C. Wall
Foster
Ray Foster
Memorial to Joseph Grimaldi at Pentonville
A memorial tablet stands outside Grimaldi's former home in Pentonville England to honor Joseph Grimaldi renowned nineteenth century clown who died in 1837 after a life spent amid hardship and crime.
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Pentonville
England
Weavers Use Mirrors to Watch Tapestry Progress
A fragment from Col lier's Weekly notes tapestry weavers must monitor progress in mirrors facing the front of the loom. The entry describes the watchful process as essential to ensure accuracy and alignment during weaving.
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Collier’s Weekly
Violet Family Has Many Shades In Print
A fragment notes Violet family diversity in colors and names, highlighting an expressive range of shares and creative expression within the community.
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Violet
Violet Say
Dew as Tears for Jerusalem Mourners Reported
Dew formed on the Western Wall after the destruction of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A D is described as tears shed in sympathy with Jewish mourners, a superstition noted by Collier's.
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Solomon's Temple
Jerusalem
Collier's
Death Penalty for Counterfeiting Mentioned
The article notes that under the Coinage Act the penalty for counterfeiting is death, and this also applies to Mint employees who alter coinage with fraudulent intent. It adds that the death sentence has never been imposed on a Mint employee and that the counterfeiting laws were amended to make penalties less severe.
County Budget Battle Faces $84 360 Levy Cut
County commissioners hear a 1939 budget plan urging $84 360 in expenditure cuts to retain the levy. Proposed reductions target departments including a rural hospital while some officials warn a deeper cut may strain essential services. Governor Missouri law remains cited amid fiscal pressures on allocations and future year planning.
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Willi Satturday
Willi
Willis
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