Evening notes of local week of activities and events
The report notes warm evenings as Wwisendites attend readings at the bas pen ale fund, Stanford Hour Company hosts summer picnics at Pope's Grove, and Veterans of Foreign Wars visit Manley's Grove. County Controller Harvey M Willis recovers from two operations, while Cook Forest draws huge weekend crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T He ‘Tanford Hour Company
Pope's Grove
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Manley's Grove
West Spring Creek
Harvey M. Willis
Hamot Nowpital
Erie County Wins WPA Set Works Program Funding
Erie County receives 3.8 million dollars as part of a statewide WPA works program, with over 7.8 million allocated to the district including Erie, Crawford, Warren, Venango, Forest, and Crawford counties. Crawford County gets 800 thousand plus. first Erie projects include extending West 8th Street, an overpass at Peninsula Drive to connect to the state park, and by-pass traffic on Route 20 via a West 88th Street boulevard with a high level bridge at Glenwood Park. Elimination of streetcar tracks is planned. 124 man-years of work assigned to Erie. Cochran and Holgar Rommerdale will oversee onset and rapid validation of the relief program.
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Erie County
Worl Progress Administration
Lund
Bernard Cochrun
Hile
Auquonced
Erie
Crawford
Warren
Venango
Forest
Crawford County
Cochran
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Works Progress
Edward N. Jones
Th Street
W. 8Th Street
Peninsula Drive
State Park
W. 88Th Street
City Planning Commission
Glenwood Park
He Beieves
Holgar
State Emergency Relief Board
WPA
Rommerdajelan
Gypsies Enter Long Mourning for Queen
Detroit reports reveal Gypsy customs following Queen Elizabeth Marx death. Elizabeth and King Joseph led about 60,000 Brazilian Gypsies in America. The tribe mourns one year and renounces ornaments, dancing, and singing. Traditionally all members attend funerals, but travel concerns limit attendance to chiefs and delegates on a Detroit pilgrimage.
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Unixed
Detroit
Elizabeth Marx
Elizabeth
King Joseph
America
Joseph
Butler Boy Killed By Lightning in Penn Township
Wise Je was killed instantly when lightning struck the Penn township home during a severe storm. The boy lay on a Davenport on the porch when a radio wire entry sparked fire and he suffered fatal chest burns before his father carried him away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las
Sansesi Wise
Parenta
Penn Township
Butler
Young Wise
Securities Immune To Documentary Tax Cited In AG Opinion
The Attorney General opinion in Harrisburg holds that several federal agricultural credit securities are immune from the state's new emergency documentary tax. Bonds and notes secured by mortgages or deeds issued by agencies such as Federal Land Banks and the Farm Credit Administration are not taxable. The ruling says taxing these would hinder federal law and is unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Harrisburg
Documenta
Department of Justice For Revenue
Charles J. Marglotti
Revenue
Edgar H. Barnes
Commonwealth
Federal Land Banks
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Federal Intermediate Credit Banks
Central Bank For Cooperatives
Banks For Cooperatives
Production Credit Corporations
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
The
Farm Credit Administration
Congress
No Long Delay Expected In Work Relief Program
Reported delays in relief work are to be minimized as staff push for new WPA project applications. Jones expects many forms by mid next week and all by week’s end, aiming to submit to Washington for urgent approval. Hopkins announces Pennsylvania will lose federal funds after November 1, with 250,000 unemployables to be cared for locally and $5,000,000 allocated for next year. For sale notice lists store fixtures and Widow’s items at O A Stennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rage
Jones
Washington
Pennsylvania
Harry L. Hopkins
Worka Progress Administration
Commonwealth
Garden Party at St Thomas Parish Tuesday Night
St Thomas church plans its annual garden party for Tuesday evening July 23. Rev Francis M O Connell and committees organize a festival with ice cream cake coffee and sandwiches, plus bingo fish pond fancy work and various novelties. Proceeds support St Thomas Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas
Francis M. O'Connell
James Sullivan
St. ‘Thomas Church
Teletype Brings Quick Arrests For Robbery
In Tarentum area, state police used teletype to arrest three suspects within five hours of a double robbery. The bandits, from New York and Philadelphia, toppled two men at gunpoint on Saxonburg road, stole a car, and were identified as Red Brown, Howard Clark, and Frank Clark, all about 20.
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United Press Butlsr
Tstate
Tarentum
Saxonbure Road
Warren
Martin ‘Trusick
East Uth Ayene
Howard Mathewson
Ormont, Street
Trusick
New York
Philadelphia
Red” Brown
Howard Clank
Frank, Clark
Butler
Jones completes his district WPA staff
Harrisburg July 20 Edward N Jones head of the Works Progress Administration for Pennsylvania named Robert G Allen of Greensburg as Supervisor for District 12 covering Armstrong Westmoreland and Indiana counties. Allen will be a dollar a year man and remain sales manager at Walworth Co Greensburg while serving.
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Unmea
Harrisburg
Edward N. Jones
Works Progress Administration
Pennsylvania
Robert G. Allen
Greensburg
Armstrong
Westmoreland
Indiana
Allen
PWA
Walworth Co
Britain rejects Italian demand on Ethiopia
London reports that Great Britain refuses to grant Italy complete overlordship in Ethiopia and insists any settlement follow the Briand Kellogg antiwar pact and related treaties. The statement is attributed to reliable authority.
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Unitea
London
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Legion Show Planned Here August 8 and 9
John B. Rogers Producing Company brings the musical comedy Success, It’s a Knockout, to the State Armory August 8 and 9 under Elmer C. Carrier Post No. 365 American Legion sponsorship. A local cast of about 150 will stage a farcical plot surrounding prizefighter Cyclone Williams and heiress Patricia Monroe with a chorus and dancing numbers to attract crowds.
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1. C. Brecht
John B. Rogers
Rehivas
Sia
Elmer C. Carrier Post No
American Legion
State Armory
Bob Rania
Priges
Patricia Monroe
Bob
Josie
Blame Heat For Serious Fall Result
Erie report details Artiur A. Kahn credit manager of Reliable Furniture Co. who collapsed from heat at 1 p m on State Street. He was taken to Hamot hospital with possible skull fracture after tangling at the Lerner shop corner. Attendants described his condition as critical but improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Artiur A. Kahn
Oxford Place
Reliable Furniture Co
Hamet Hospital
Kahn
Lerner
Hamot Hospital
Paradine Manufacturing Co. President Dies After Un diagnosed Ailment
Thomas George Paradine, president of Paradine Manufacturing Co., died at home after a five week battle with a mysterious illness. Doctors from across the country were summoned as the ailment eluded diagnosis.
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DRI
Thomas George Paradine
Paradine Manufacturing Co
W. 19Th St
Is Hom
W. 20Th Street
Paladine
Jonas- Hopkins Hospital
Para
Florida Seen as Reno Rival in Divorce Trade
Reno officials and Nevada divorce stakeholders fear Florida could siphon clients by offering a longer residency requirement. Despite Nevada’s six week rule, Florida’s three month standard may attract eastern seekers who winter in Florida and gain residency for divorces. Judges, attorneys, hotelmen, and resort owners cite potential loss of business as Florida becomes a stronger draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Florida
Nev
Nevada
Morida
Open Campaign Against Cigaret Tax Delinquents
More than 200000 cigaret dealers in Pennsylvania have not applied for selling permits under the new tax act. Revenue officials warn rigid enforcement will begin next week and urge immediate mailing of applications. About 40000 permits have been issued. The 1 cent per cigarette levy began July 15 and is projected to raise $10 million in the year ending May 31, 187. Additional regulations require refunds for cigarets shipped to obey states to prove sale, shipment and consumption, and that canteen personnel are subject to the same rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Revenue
Revenue
Department For Administration of
Pennsylvania
Army, National Guard
Civilian Conservation Corps
Memphis Building Booms in Early 1935
Memphis Tennessee glimpses a building boom in the first six months of 1935, with nearly double the activity of the same period last year, according to Building Commissioner J. J. Hollingsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Teno
J. J. Hollingsworth
Er ie Police Set Record Time In Radio Answer
Erie police set a record response time during a radio call from WEXEK at police headquarters. A squad car reached Lautyrbach's bakery at 1222 East Grab Street in about 58 seconds after the alarm. The officer learned the suspects’ names and the windows were broken with shots heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
WEXEK
Yading
F Rom
Tery Williams
Lautyrbach's
Euat Qrab Street
Budge Beats German Star in Wimbledon Interzone Start
Donald Budge of Oakland California defeated Henner Henkel of Germany to give the United States a winning start in the interzone final Davis Cup tie. Budge won 7-2 11-9 6-8 6-1 after a tense match with several extended games.
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Sted
Wimbledon
England
Donald Budge
Flaming Redhead
Oakland
Cal
Hein
Nech Henkel
United States
Davis Eup Tle
Germany
Budge
Bridge
Thinus Ons
Ger Wat
California
Henkel
Cost of Operation of Penns Schools Probed
Harrisburg July 20 Governor Batle approved a bill to create a joint legislative committee to investigate the cost of the state's school system. The panel, funded at 10 000 for expenses, will include ten senators and five House members. Findings due for the 1987 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sey Sonnel Pees
Harrisburg
Batle
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