Titusville and Jamestown News Highlights From Early January
City Engineer John M. Fay reports over $10,000 in RWD wages paid in Titusville since November 1. Local residents George and Mrs. Chacona return from Pittsburgh after surgery on their son Robert’s arm at Allegheny General Hospital. A New Year party at Bust Smith street features a scavenger bout with Frank Butte Galegrove, Jane Raymond, and Am tour Hillstrom as honorees. Eighteen men were arraigned for drunken weekend celebrations before Alderman Conyngham. Betty Gow, nurse linked to Lindbergh case, noted. Austin Harvey, longtime Jamestown resident, dies, witness to city transit evolution. Meadville records a noisy New Year, Farrel tax rate set at 14 mills, Outget project debt service and sewage plant costs outlined.
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Titusville
John M. Fay
George Chacona
Oil City
Robert
Pittsburgh
Allegheny General Hospital
Borniste Olds
Thomas Conyngham
John Driscoll
Glasgow
Scotland
Betty Gow
Lindbergh
Austin Harvey
Jamestown
Meadville
Wshpring
Farrel
Winlen
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mary Shannon
Sherman
Cory Hospital
Nelson Young
Union City
R. D
Te Genry Hospital
Will Northrup
Allegheny
Hunter Station
Millie Nelson
East Wayne Street
Mary Still
Spencer Hospital
City and Vicinity News Roundup and Notices
City and Vicinity items report a Jamestown couple’s fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family dinner, a warrant in a voluntary manslaughter case after a fatal accident, and a large Selton post office holiday mail volume up 15 percent. Erie traffic and local deaths, public dances, theatre jobs, funeral services, bridge work, and hospital notices fill a dense patrol of 1934 era civic life.
World's most expensive apple buys at Mason Company fundraiser
In Grand Coulee Washington the Mason Company paid 100 for a single apple described as the world’s most expensive. The fruit was sold around the community to raise funds to buy hooks for school children and support local constriction on the dam project.
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Grand Couler
Wash
Mason Company
Grand Coulee Dam
First Chronometer in U.S. Boston Preserved by Watchmakers
The svt paratometer made in Amerital is kept by the Boston Ann nt watthmakers. Ancestor Prof. William C. Beni devised his accurate time-measuring instrument in 1912. Bond's descendants remain in the trade, continuing the lineage.
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U.S
Boston
Amerital
William C. Beni
Bond
Teiz Parestrercotrusagatier
Celebrant kills cop then ends own life in Beav er county
A New Year celebration in Beaver County Beav er County ends in tragedy as assistant police chief Lawrence Leis is shot dead by a celebrant who then wounds himself. Norton, the accused shooter and dean of the county credit exchange, fired from his porch and later died at Rochester hospital.
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Beaver
Lawrence Leis
Leis
Robert Norton
Beaver County Credit Exchange
Norton
Leif
United States faces midlife prosperity and possible population decline
United States economist Dr. C J Baker warns that the nation may enjoy a middle aged prosperity for 25 to 50 years before a population decline arises absent higher birth rates or immigration. urban birth deficits could accelerate aging while rural areas show surplus. He urges a shift toward agriculture or family based economics to sustain civilization.
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Washington
United States
C. J. Baker
Department of Agriculture
America
Dr. Baker
Baker
Utah
Rhode Island
Michigan
Arizona
New Mexico
Natfort
Ir. Baker
Economist
Baler
Planning Board Proposes Wide State Development Plan
The planning board sends proposals to the assembly detailing a statewide plan for balanced growth. It advocates education for youths and adults, state aid for libraries, land purchase integration with forestry and water agencies, pollution controls, mental health expansion, rural electrification, and enlarged almshouse facilities. The report, funded by federal funds, is led by Alexander Fleisher and Robert Whitten with a staff covering population, land use, industry, and social topics. Members alongside Stiley include Eric H. Biddle, Charlotte B. Carr, Alice F. Liveright, Edward B. Logan, John W. Edmin, Dr James N. Rule, Philip Sterling, and Dr Donald Puthrie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Game Commission
Department of Forests and Waters
Alexander Fleisher
Robert Whitten
National Resources Hoard
Ran Ang
Stiley
Eric H. Biddle
Charlotte B. Carr
Labor and Industry
Alice F. Liveright
Edward B. Logan
John W. Ed¢iman
Philadelphia
James N. Rule
Philip Sterling Philadelphis
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Wing Wills Star Stores
Libby
HO Tan
Encores
Paghetti
Atlantic & Pacific
North Center Sr
Will J. Wilcox
Myron A. Fish
Warren
Henry Beierschmitt
George Bejerschmitt
H’ Street
Charlie Barber
Covad Vasicek
Vasicek
10Th
Ash Streets
Ted Stewart
Erie
Trafic
Gale Ross
Albert Marti
General Hospital
Siaton
Holiday Mall
Kane
Kano
W. J. Olds
Erie County
Oldlock
East Tieh Street
W. T. Eaton
Presbyterian Elue
Clement Lodge
Oda
Evergreen Cemetery
Pleasantville
J. R. Pierce
Frenchtown
Meadville- Titisville Road
Little Theatre
Rie
Carlson
Herbert
Frank T. Wilson
Stillwater
Minn
Wilson
H. ¢. Wilson
Gary
Corre Hieh Shoal
Uriah P. Rossiter
William E. Hirt
J. Orin Waite
Fisher
Mie
Exe
William ‘7. Detzal
Detzel
Glenn Woodward
Gasblink Trncke
A. F. Bail
Conneautville
Rouute
Springboro
Floyd
Altenburg
Crawford County
Commissioners
Titusville City Hospital
Horace Benedict
Ripley
Bert Barker
All-Way Electric Co
Gebhart Coal Company
Offic
Chestnut Street
United Press
By Hillier Krieghbaum
Member
Federal Reserve System
Lincoln
Main & Center Sts
Pone Dairy CO
Visiit
Lai TT Corry, Penna
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