State relief rolls continue steady decline in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania general assistance rolls fell for the sixteenth time in seventeen weeks ending December 1 as 3,041 cases and 928 persons were removed, while 4,928 cases and 10,867 people were opened. Total rolls stood at 204,985 cases and 600,558 persons, down from the 1890 peak. Net private employment shifts increased rolls by 416 cases, even as WPA turnover and related factors trimmed them by others. Total assistance expenditure reached 1,455,725 dollars, up 25,919 from the prior week due to adjustments in cancelled checks refunded from earlier weeks.
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Plan to Alter Security Pact by Unuece Press
Washington January 2 a plan to expand federal involvement in Social Security will be pushed in the next Congress. Sen Tom Carmally Texas a member of the Senate finance committee said he would re introduce his proposal to alter the old pension system to have the federal treasury pay two thirds of what a state provides up to 15 dollars. After that aid would end and no dollar for dollar matching would occur. Carmallys plan was approved by the Senate earlier but not acted on by the House.
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Unuece
Washington
Tom Carmally
Texas
Senate Finance Committee
Ederel Treasury
Seniteinal
Iby
Advance Theft Theory As Motive For Murder
Police today tentatively blamed robbery for the fatal beating of Harvey Hess a 92 year old holy singer and secretary to the New Jersey state senate majority leader His partly clothed body was found Sunday along the Schw Gam river bank with underwear missing a bed sheet piled nearby and the motive under investigation as officers pursue several angles.
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H. Pj
Fital
Harvey Hess
Holy Singer
New Jersey State Senate
Hess
Schwlgill River
Plane Down During Storm Flier Becomes Safe Landing
Amiga pa station reports a storm driven emergency flare enabling Stanley Stewart, 30, a jnabfUctor at West Paine Military Academy, to parachute from a crippled aircraft amid Allegheny mountains, narrowly avoiding disaster and landing near Westmore. The chaotic scene unfolds with fuel loss and miscommunication as the pilot executes a controlled descent and lands safely before dawn.
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Vaew Fees
New Amnandiata
Stanley Stewart
West
Paine Military Academy
Miracle Man to Answer Questions Through Rex Theatre
Ramus I, famed for mind reading and crystal gazing, opens this week at the Rex Theatre with a midnight New Year’s Eve debut and daily Journal questions. He will answer stage queries and readers’ questions, including private consults via a coupon mailed to Corry Journal.
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Rex ‘Theatre
Rex
Ramus 1
Hester
Hollywood
Fire destroys Kane dwelling after gas explosion
A Sunday night gas buildup belatedly blamed for a blast that gutted a twelve room Kane home on Janeway Street. Half the structure, inhabited by Joe Palumbo’s family, was damaged. the other half was vacant. Fire crews fought flames for an hour, fearing residents might be inside until confirmation that Mrs Palumbo and children aged 4 to 17 were at the movies. Mr Palumbo said he left at nine to help at a club, noting a lingering natural gas odor. Nearby hose lines and hydrants operated from Chase and Janeway and Dawson and Janeway.
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Janeway Street
Joe Palumbo
al Noite
Class
Publishers of State WL Meet Next Week
Harrisburg January 2 United Press The Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers' Association will hold its 16th convention January 12 and 13 to discuss handling of political news in a presidential year, show influence on public mind, readers' attitudes to war news, and other topics. William N. Hardy, manager, announced today.
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United Tress
Harrisburg
Bnnerlvanii Pulsiers
William N. Hardy
Pennsylvania
Pnly- Ushers’ Association
Snakebite Antidotes Scarce for Lethal Bites
Antidotes for venomous snakebites are rare and often ineffective. fatalities occur because injections fail to reach a lethal dose and effective antidotes are unavailable.
Stone base laid on 933 miles of rural highways
A report outlines progress under the WPA program on highway construction, noting 1663 miles of stone base laid, 1447 miles of surfacing authorized, and 194 miles widened with surfacing completed. Weather delays have halted some sections. funds shifted to finish priority stretches. Bridges largely due for completion in the spring months.
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Hughes
High Wits
Wien
Vuyel
Departmente Wpa
Thas Nueber
Burns Fatal to Erie Negro in Garage Fire
A man identified as an Erie resident died after a garage fire at 1156 Bash Street fatally burning his body. Fire officials said two explosions occurred in the garage as he tried to escape in his newly purchased automobile. He suffered burns to arms hands and torso and died at St Vincent's Hospital. The cause and origin are under investigation with substantial property damage.
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Bash 17
St. Vincent's Hospital
Rcaby
Lawrence Scully
Nix
Ats
Hands
Jess
Scully
Shus
Head of State Job Program 10 Speaker at Erie
Walter D. Fuller of Curtis Publishing, Willis guest speaker, chairs state Job Mobilization program. Governor Arthur Jameson appoints him to lead a site wide effort to relieve unemployment. Chamber of Commerce backs the plan urging industry to participate with one representative per firm. W. J. Blynn to preside. Norman Witson comments.
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Walter D. Fuller
Job Mobilization In State
Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelpha
Willis
Goring
Chamber of Commerce
Puller
Lome
Governon Arbhur Jamesins
Commonwealth
Yue Bisiul
Normare Witesn
Hammsalll
G. Hitchools
Albert
Doll
Prevident
Lavell Manufacturing
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Chursdhy
Lusvetieoty En Lal
Oslean
Raprewental VC
W. J. Blynn
Bank of Erle
Chamber
Norman W. Wits
Ktave
Girl Flyer by Betty Wallace A Short Short Story
Benny Gilshootey’s kiss and Jocelyn Cooper’s guarded dreams collide as airmail pilot life tests love and career. She frets over risky Andes flight while Benny pursues fame and Greg Harcourt’s blue sky promises. Juxtaposed ambitions push her toward a fateful choice between romance and the cockpit.
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