Union City Greenhouse Fire Causes $12,000 Loss
Early today Union City suffered its second major fire in under 48 hours. Rex ford A. Brown’s greenhouse on the Titusville road was destroyed, with about $12,000 in losses and no insurance. Wiring is suspected. One section measured 15 by 25 feet, the other 20 by 16 feet. Stocks valued around $5,000 were also lost. The adjacent Brown property narrowly escaped damage. A nearby mill of Union Coal and Supply Co. on South Main Street burned Sunday, with about $60,000 loss but fully insured.
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Union City
Rexford A. Brown
Titusville
Brown
Pire
Ion City
Union Coal and Supply Company
South Main Street
City to Study Refinancing of Indebtedness
Director of Finance Fred Weaver will prepare a report on the city's indebtedness and present it to City Council for consideration of proposed refinancing. A Pittsburgh bond house previously discussed refinancing to reduce yearly interest, but no formal action was taken. City Solicitor advised delaying definite steps until possible enabling measures from the state legislature, and Council ordered a formal report for five ver sion of available actions.
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Fred Weaver
Connertion
Wth
Pittsburgh
Bitine Kincaid
Corryites Named for March Jury Duty Selection
Three Corry residents were chosen for jury duty for the March term of court. Frank Austin, William D. McWlroy, and Howard Van Tassel will serve, with others from eastern Pre county including Charles Ackerman, Thrift Cayton King, and James Marvin from Union City. The term opens Monday, March 18.
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Coreyites
Furéra
Tl Pont
Ap Satay
Tre
Sought for Murder of Retired Teacher Howland Flees State
Milton police seek James M Howland 25, a parolee with a 12 year record, in connection with the murder of Maude Horne 61, a retired teacher. He is said to flee south with 15 year old cousin Aide Butler, and is suspected of transporting a minor across state lines and possessing a machine gun stolen from the U S Navy.
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Milton
N. Hy
James M. Howland
Department of Justice
Maude Horne
Howland
Aide Butler
U.S. Navy
List Speakers for Annual Y Review Dinner
Rev Mark Depp of Pittsburgh and Philo C Dix state Y M C A secretary will headline the annual complimentary Y Review Dinner at the Methodist Episcopal church on Monday February 13. Dinner chairman B A Fillstrom and committee members plan a large attendance as they review recent Y activities and outline next year’s program.
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Mark Depp
Pittsburgh
State Y
Philo C. Dix
Christ’ Methodist Episcopal Church of
Harrisburgh
Young Men's Christian Association
Methods Episcopal Church
H. C. Reneau
G. M. Hengst
B.A. Fillstrom
Miss Mary Anderson
Misa Antoinette Baressi
John A. Blatt
Woc Cox
Carlson
Bruce Smith
R ., Dewey
H. H. Keppel
Ralph
Larson
H. K. Powell
Be a Beautiful Valentine ad imagines Corry’s beauty offer
An advertiser on page 3 promotes Valentine Day beauty, urging ladies to become a beautiful Valentine. Local parlors showcase offerings and guidance for both young and old to look their best for the occasion.
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Corry
Beaulieiang
Valentine Tay
Mllady
Corry Iedies
Valentin
Reprisal ban by rebels dominates major debate
London and Paris push mediation talks to surrender Minorca base to Nationalists to avert Italian occupation. British and French fear Italian advance from Majorca Toland and urge a peace settlement with guarantees against reprisals. Nationalists seize Figueras and Rosas near the frontier as Loyalist morale weakens.
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Wallace Carroll
United Press
London
Great Britain
France
Minorca
Majorca
Mediterranean
Mench
Minores
Perpignan
Figueras
Rosag
Spain
Port Rosas
Evecute
French Porte
Hagardo
Valencia
Caringens
le Perthus
Cerbere
Garbage Collector's Contract Approved By City Council
The contract for garbage collection by C. S. Steadman was approved by the City Council at last night’s meeting. Drafted by City Solicitor Blaine Kincaid, it mirrors the 1898 agreement with no material changes. The bid for salvage from the city dump in 1939 was accepted from Fred Williams of 31714 Hasty South Street, for $10.
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C. S. Steadman
Blaine Kincaid
Henry Hollis
E. H. VanTassel
Fred Williams
Hasty South Street
Evicted Family Faces Angry Community Backlash
In Pittsburgh on February 1 a family of eight including an unemployed father and his wife and six children were evicted for non payment of rent. About 100 neighbors smashed windows and pelted the house with snowballs before police and deputy sheriffs restored order. The eviction followed alleged eight months of back rent, with landlord Samuel Zytnick accused of setting them out on the street. Constable Leon Brown had just returned from Erie earlier that day.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Fred Hagerman
Hamilton Confirmed By Senate For Cabinet Post
The Senate confirmed Philadelphia native William J. Hamilton as revenue secretary after a split 4 to 4 vote amid minority opposition. A separate motion to confirm Maj Lynis Adams as motor police commissioner was not seen as imminent, with uncertainty over minority votes and industry pressure shaping the outcome.
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Hamilton
Senate
United Press
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Willian J. Hamilton
Maj
Lynis 2
Adams
Secree U Oon
Pennsylvania
Congress For Industry Organization Unions
Atl
Frolice
Civic Orchestra Concert Delights Corry Audience
A large crowd enjoyed an evening concert by the Corry Civic Orchestra at the Senior High School auditorium. Under Lionel Thorogood the program opened with Behnea from the Metropolitan Opera House and selections from Le Prophet, Cavalier rusticana, Tannhauser, Nibelungen, and William Tell. A lively waltz medley followed with tenor solos by Charles Lyons of Union City, and an encore after Morning by Oley Speaks. Piano duets by Mrs. Frank Keleney and Mrs. Merrill Lillie featured Sonata Pathetique. Additional numbers included Burt m El rondo en forme and a notable Menusissimo solo by Mrs. Phillip Vulzneck.
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Frank Keleney
Merrill Lillie
Beethoven
Eurton Smith
Mildred Denton
Keppel ‘Tiiranggiso
Burtmel
Menuzissohi
G Mindy Comeeto
Firat Moyenntt
Phillip Vulzneck
Alice Messinger
City Acts to Abate Unsightly Ruins
City Council authorized the safety director to notify former Climax Manufacturing owners to raze the structure only with a $10,000 bond ensuring full work and debris removal. The move aims to prevent recurrence of derelict walls and pilings harming nearby property values.
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Anting
Director of Safety
Climax Manufacturing Company
City Council Receives Finance and Engineer Reports
The city council Monday evening received the annual reports of the director of finance and the city engineer. The finance report was ordered published in the journal by law. The city engineer’s report, commended by Mayor Frank E. Hepler, was received and ordered filed.
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Frank EB. Hepler
Deta
Corry Plans Publication of Property Valuations
Corry officials authorize publication of the annual property valuations in the Journal after the triennial assessment. The may employ extra help this year to readjust assessed values. The assessment list will be published at a cost not to exceed $85.
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Oxy Councy
City of
Corry
Connell
Miller and Terrill Admit Union Theft Case Plea
Dave Miller, 22, of Union City and Fred Terrill, 50, of Erie pleaded guilty before Justice Walter Goodwin to breakin entering and larceny and accessory after the fact. Each was held on $800 bail for the February grand jury. Terrill aided Miller’s capture and purchase of a secondhand car connected to the theft.
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Dave Miller
Sie
Union City
Erie
Fred Terrill
Jutver Place
Eire
Walter Goodwin
Wesleyalla
John Mehallick
Paul Bago
Terrill
Alnte
Miller
Hugh Stewart
Uneion City
Corry
Cerrill
Three Coasties Die In Snow Shoe Crash Involving Truck
Center County Coroner to hold inquest into the deaths of Paul Confer 14 Joseph 12 and Edward Cole 12 all of Snow Shoe and the critical condition of Robert Enthof Robert Edwin? in hospital after a email sled overturned beneath a truck on a rural road Snow Shoe Clarence area February 7 in Phillipsburg Pennsylvania
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United Roest Phillipsburg
Center County
W. F. Heaton
Clarence Ares
Snow Shoe
Paul Confer
Joseph
Edward Cole
Eoward
Robert
Proposal bill for gambling on dog races in Harrisburg
State reg Minion of dog racing and betting would oversee wagers via a 10 percent gross receipts tax and 5 percent wagering tax plus $100 daily licenses. Measures include broad social bills and state highway and tax reforms as lawmakers push budgets and civil service changes. Senator Woodward seeks constitutional amendments to place state workers under civil service and unify courts across counties.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Ie House
John le Powers
Allegheny
Revenue Department
Edwin Winner
Montgomery
Pennsylvania
Erie
Aemy
Marrisburg
George Woodward
Philadelphia
Common Pleas
Aid Emergency Exists In U S Congress Told
President Roosevelt told Congress an unemployment relief emergency exists and urged quick action on a 150 million dollar Watts plan. He warned against winter WPA cuts and outlined conditions for continued aid through February to June, citing potential effects on 6 to 7 million unemployed and the need to extend funding beyond March.
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John R. Beal
Sa Nited
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
WPA
Ube
Uhre Hehrobla
Maroh
Yen Ho
Lund
Bangress
Agel
Jean
Rynievelt Han
Manila
Mayor Reports On Conference Reducing 1939 County Levy
Mayor Hepfer spoke to City Council after a Pittsburgh conference of municipal executives about legislation to empower a gasoline refund and include boroughs and townships. He noted state pressure for sewage plants funding and a seven mill county levy, reduced by half to six and a half mills, with 24 mills for the institutional district, hospital, and general purposes.
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Bown
STI
Arene
Pittsburgh
Hepfer
Cornelius Scully
Hepler
Thomas W. Flailey
Elton H. Blain
Woman killed after warning from fortune teller in Canonsburg
Mrs. Margaret Cerenzo, 4, burned fatally in a kerosene explosion at home. Less than half a day earlier she begged police to lock her up fearing harm, but officers refused and sent her home with assurances nothing would happen.
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Canonsburg
Margaret Cerenzo
Cerenzo
Wittt
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