Return of state funds for road building urged
Harrisburg July 15 Immediate return of about 14,100,000 borrowed from the state motor license fund to meet relief emergencies was urged by the Pennsylvania Motors Federation AAA. The group cited Supreme Court rulings allowing Governor Earle to use funds early in the biennium and argued that repaying the loan would restore money for road building and maintenance, create jobs, and help the 1935 highway program resume normally.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Motors Federation
AAA
Highway Department
Supreme Court
Earle
S. Edward Gable
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Once Was Level Plain Study Shows
Harrisburg July 16 Pennsylvanians who travel scenic mountain highways may not know the commonwealth was once a level plain Dr Georgi H Ashley State Geologist says recent studies of geology show a two to eight million year period ago Pennsylvania was a prairie like plain As uplift occurred in central Pennsylvania streams deepened and cut valleys hard rock formed wind gaps while soft rock yielded broad valleys eventually creating today s plateaus narrow steep valleys and wind and drainage features He adds Pennsylvania with winding rivers broad valleys and steep mountains became a notable scenic area and one of the country s scenery centers
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Ashley
Thun
All New Thrills With Big Circus Arrives In Erie
The Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey Circus brings 1600 railcars 1008 animals 700 horses and seven elephants to Erie for afternoon and night shows. The big top seats 16000 with seven rings and a hippodrome, hosting Tim McCoy’s Indian village and a western star’s riders. The Greatest Show on Earth features foreign acts new to America this year. Beach planted to clams on onset Mass Onset beach ploughed under to plant seed clams.
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Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey
Erie
Tim McCoy
Col. McCoy
Congress of Rough’ Riders of the World
America
NAB TRIO AFTER UNUSUAL CHASE BY ERIE POLICE
Three seventeen year olds were captured after a backwards drive chase through Erie streets. Patrolman Paul Schaaf pursued them after spotting gas siphoning near 24th and French. The youths admitted siphoning gas and their car plates were stolen. Charges were pending.
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Erie Police
Paui Schaaf
Thev City
Charles ‘Thayer
State Streat
Charles Fromknecht
LeRoy Barnadine
Wrench
Schaa
24Th
French Streets
Thayer
Wench
Schaaf
Harold Green
W. 31St Street
Green
Shieves
6Th
Frenon Streta
Ben
Chargis
Trie
Crash Head On Claims One Person
One person was killed and two others injured when two cars collided on a curve east of Maplehurst on the Dean Cuba highway. Fred Griffin of Olean died instantly. Emma Cooley of Friendship and Jane Deiter of Olean sustained minor injuries and facial cuts.
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Oupan
Maplehurst
Dean-Cuba
Richard Griffin
Rochester
Adn
Aml
Fred Griffin
Hia
Ayua Ter
Emma Cooley
Dean of Drake oil well dies at Titusville
Samuel B. Smith 91, last of the crew that brought in the Drake well in 1859 and a longtime industry figure, died in Titusville. A Civil War veteran and author ity on Colonel Drake, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. Frank Sheehan and Miss Allan Smith, both of Titusville.
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Dean
Drake
Titusville
Colonel Drake
Samuel B. Smith
Smith
Edwin &. Drake
Titay- Ville
Frank Sheehan
Allan Smith
Fiddler in Gold Rush of 1849 Dead at 107
Prank Cruz, a 107 year old fiddler who played at Mexican dances in the east San Gabriel Valley, died after living through the California gold rush and Indian troubles. He learned to play by ear as a boy and came from Sonora, Mexico.
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Fiddler
United Press
Azusa
Cal
California
Prank Cruz
Cruz
San Gabriel Valley
Sonora
Mexico
Supts of Penna Schools Meet July 30th
Summer conference of Pennsylvania school superintendents at Pennsylvania State College runs July 30 to August 2. Dr Frank H Koos says topics include constitutional revision impacts on public schools and recent education legislation with speakers from state and Camden New York education offices.
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Imert
State College
Jay
Pennsylvania State College
Frank H. Hoos
Charles J. Margiotti
Lester K. Ade
Koos
Lynn G. Adams
Pennsylvania State Police
William H. Bristow
Dorr H. Crosley
W. P. Loomis
State Department of Public Instruction
Leon—Meulon
Camden
Gilpert G.weaver
New Yor State
Pennsylvana
Arrests in Circus Fraud Shake Erie Promoters
BRIE July 15. Promoters for the expected circus in Erie were arrested and charged with obtaining money by false pretenses. Royal Rockwell, 40s, and Wesley Ulile, 28, were booked by Patrolman William Collin after their show never arrived. Rockwell had prior ties to the Brie exposition and earlier promotions including an airplane exhibit at 10th and State streets.
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Erie
Itwomeh
Bile
Wesleyyilie
William Collin
Royal Rockwell
Aixy
Luleustte
Thomas Brock
Milner Hotel
Rockwell
Uckers
10Th
State Streets
Injuries From Fall Fatal to Erie Man
Edward J Morrison 71 died from injuries after a fall two years earlier near the Federal Building at 6th and State streets in Erie. He lived at 97 Brows Avenue with his brother Michael Morrison, a Brown Avenue grocer, who survives him.
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Erie
Aineas
6Th
State Streets
Federal
Edward J. Morrison
Brows Avenue
Michael Morrison
Brown Avenue
Minister benefits from Thompson's Barosma Tablets
Reverend J Basa of Titusville Pennsylvania says Thompson's Barosma Tablets helped his kidneys bladder stomach and liver. The ad claims these products purify the kidneys and support elimination. It also promotes Golden-Lax Tablets to tone liver and bowels with prices 50 cents and 25 cents respectively.
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J. Basa
Titusville
Boy farmer alford Fowler tames moon for harvest record
Elmer Alford Fowler, 15, farming 15 zotes by moon signs, predicts a 14 to 1 harvest yield during a full moon. He aims for 65 bushels per acre of corn, has harvested 75 bushels of peas per acre, and notes his family’s farm value rising to about 15000 dollars since 1920s.
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Myikawa
Tex
Elmer Alford Fowler
Texas
Winer
Elmer
J. A. Fowler
Himer
Eimer
Tourniquet for snake bites misinterpreted by readers
Harrisburg letters from the Board of Game Commissioners clarify a recent snake bite advisory. The corrected guidance states the initial step is not to stop blood flow with a tourniquet above the bite. Instead the advice warns against improper use and notes no incisions should be made to spur bleeding from the wound.
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Harrisburg
Board of Game Commissioners
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