Rise in Pennsylvania general assistance rolls reported
Harrisburg reported a net rise in Pennsylvania general assistance for the week ending February 3, driven by WPA relief declines, seasonal industry curtailments, and higher relief needs. The rolls reached 200,138 cases totaling 604,456 persons, with 2,883 new cases added and 1,236 leaving due to private employment gains. Applications fell by 110 to 7,848, while net expenditures reached 1,421,601 dollars, up 31,832 from the prior week.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Republicans in Meet Tonight Rally Against Third Term
United Press reports Lincoln Day events in many Republican circles as they push the attack on the New Deal. Garner supporters demand Roosevelt reveal plans for a potential third term while Wheeler and Farley withhold any public declaration. Parley allows his name for Massachusetts primary but offers no public stance. In Latin America trade, US exports in 1940 accounted for 80 percent of imports from the region, Germany 17 percent.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Garner
Burton K. Wheeler
D. Mont
James A. Farley
Rooge
Vel
Garnerites
Mr. Roosevelt
Parley
Massachusetts
Voice of the People reply to Henton on employment
A Corry resident and World War veteran appeals to the editor about unemployment among married women and nonresident workers. He says he cannot find daily work while newcomers arrive from Titusville and claim factory jobs, asking how locals can secure positions in Corry plants.
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Henton
Corry
Titusville
Titusvlle
Tesurely
Tam
Mrs Middleton Laid to Rest in Spring Creek Church
Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 PM from Spring Creek church for Mrs. Sarah Middleton of 220 South Center Street who died after several weeks of illness. Rev. H Ray Harris officiated with Rev. Maurice Tyson singing two numbers. Burial followed in Spring Creek cemetery. Bearers included Cleve Damon Gerald Damon Floyd Van derSchaaf Lawrence Dunnewold M Wells and Arnold Wells. Relatives and friends from Jamestown Ashville and Corry attended.
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Spring Creek Church
Sarah ‘Middleton
South Center Street
H. Ray Harris
United Brethren In Christ Church
Maurice Tyson
Clymer Hill Church
Jesus
Binini
Spring Creek Cemetery
Cleve Damon
Gerald Damon
Floyd VanderSchaaf
Lawrence Dunnewold
M. Wells
Arno'd Wells
Laverne Vrceman
Tyson
Einink
Clymer Hi
McDonald Named Head of Soldiers' Home
Erie February report lists Jay T. McDonald chosen commander of the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors' Home to replace Eimer J. Olsen. The $4,600 annual pay includes maintenance. McDonald to assume charge around February 13. Governor James recommended the appointment. board members present included Hess Owens Quay Mack Kell en Mansfield Beary.
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Erie
Jay T. McDonald
Anl
Charles Barber
Pennsylvania Soldiers, and Sailors
Eimer J. Olsen
McDonald
Arthur H. James
Board of Trustees
Elmer Hess
Floyd B. Owens
Merle C. Quay
Erle
Edward M. Mack
Meadville
Melvin G. Kellen
Warren
J. Clark Mansfield
Pittsburgh
Frank D. Beary
Allentown
J. H. Gondwin
Old City
Florida
Demity
Benjamin ¥. Evans
Wilkes- Barre
Edward Martin
Quail Seek Water At Herrin Homes In Dry Season
Quail, usually skittish, press back doors for drinks at Herrin homes as residents report wide water spouts in back yards. Birds have become regular visitors during the dry spell.
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Herrin
Sil
Three Hurt When Auto Crash Near Matthews Run
At the intersection of Route 69 and Matthews Run road on a weekend, three people were slightly injured in a collision involving a Keystone Face Brick Co truck driven by Frank Ruhlman of Youngsville and a Ford coupe driven by Mrs. Frank Freske of Prewaburg. Clair Freske, 4, suffered a head cut. Kenneth Cohen, 29, of Sligax Grove, had a head laceration requiring stitches. Frank Ruhlman escaped injury. The truck driver was unhurt.
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Warren
Reo
Matthews Run
Keystone Face Brick O
Frank Ruhlman
Youngsville
Matthews Run Road
Frank Freske
Prewaburg
Clair
Kenneth Cohen
Sligax Grove
Freske
State Motor Fund Enriched By Big Sum Harrisburg
Pennsylvania's motor fund gained two million dollars more in 1939 than the previous year. Revenue Secretary William J. Hamilton reported the last year’s registration and license fees totaled 36,341,959 while 24,298,051 was collected in 1939.
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BIG Sum
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Thompson's Borsoma Tablets Promoted For Kidney Relief
An old advertisement touts Thompson's Borsoma Tablets as a quick relief for mysterious aches headaches and backaches attributed to clogged kidneys. It claims the product helps kidneys remove waste and acid from blood, urging purchase at drug stores for 50c with Golden Lax Tablets at 25c for constipation.
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Thompson
Prominent Erie Man Killed at Railroad Crossing
William O. Baur co owner of Hunt Plural Co of Peach Street was killed Saturday at 1 20 p m when struck by a Nickel Plate freight engine at the 19th and Cranberry streets crossing Dr W G Strable coroner is investigating Baur who had spent the morning at the Bal greenhouses 1331 West Street had walked to the railroad yards to inspect a car of coal shipped from Conneaut Ohio He was killed as he stepped from between two box cars into the path of an eastbound freight train Baur was prominent in Erie floral business with his brother Henry Baur attorney He was a reader and usher in the First Church of Christ Islandot and active in Triad No 262 F and A M He was a 32nd degree Mason and member of Erepa Gretto of Brie
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Erie
William O. Baur
Hunt
bin Peach Street
Cranserry Streets
W. G. Strable
Baur
Bal Greenhouses
West Street
Conneaut
Stroble
Erle
Henry Baur
Church of Christ
Trylan Loede No
A. M
Erepa Gretto
Brie
Russo German Trade Treaty Expected For Signing
Berlin February 12 1 was expected to sign a Russo German trade treaty this afternoon or tomorrow after seven weeks of negotiations in Berlin and Moscow. The agreement reportedly envisions reciprocal delivery of goods valued at about one billion roubles.
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Berlin
Moscow
Ten Thousand Dollar Blaze Destroys Erie Home
A two story Erie dwelling was gutted in a major fire causing an estimated ten thousand dollars in losses. Mrs Cy Seymour alerted residents after discovering the blaze and woke firefighter Reginald Watts. Firemen arrived too late to save the interior, with Anthony P Wally operating on the first floor and Pipeman John Manning suffering a hand injury from a falling floor. Nearby, Dora Browning Donner, heiress and philanthropist daughter, prepared to wed John Jay te in Philadelphia.
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Erie
Wep
Cy Seymour
Reginald Watts
Anthony P. Wally
John Manning
Philadelphia
Dora Browning Donner
William Henry Donner
John Jay Te
Europe
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
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