WPA to Train Thousands in Defense Jobs in Pennsylvania
State Administrator Philip Mathews announced the Work Projects Administration plans to train more than a thousand men every two and a half weeks for private industry defense work. Dr Paul L Cressman said the federal government has already released 1500000 to Pennsylvania with more available as needed. Vocational classes in trade schools will be funded by federal, state, and WPA support, with instructors drawn from industry to boost readiness for September 1 placement.
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National Defense
Philip Mathews
WEA
Pennsylvania
State Department of Public Instruction
Paul L. Cressman
State Department
Pederil
WPA
State Employment Service
Cressman
Corry
Farm income in 1939 near 9.8 billion after farm marketings
The 1939 gross farm income reached about 9.769 billion, with 7.783 billion from marketings, 807 million from government payments, and 1.229 billion value of products retained for farm consumption. Comparisons show 1938 at 9.362 billion and earlier years varying around ten billion. Government payments and marketings dominate the total, and farm product values add a smaller share.
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Starmers
Bross
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Sparta Youth to Marry and Canadahia Picnic Tale
A Dayton engagement note reports Miss Mary Allee Baughman and Kenneth Brightman Rexford will marry August 1 in Dayton's Westminster Presbyterian Church. Rexford works in Mt. Gilead with Hydraulic Press Mfg. Co. Several social visits and Sunday gatherings are listed, including a large Sparta area party at Canadahia Lake, with relatives from Meadville, Titusville, and Erie among the numerous guests and weekend trips to Warren and Lily Dale.
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Mary Alice Baughman
Kenneth B. Rexford
Mareresan Beach
Allentown
Sparta
Spartansburg
Dayton
Ohio
H. Frazee
Mary Allee Baughman
Kenneth ‘Brightman Rexford
Miss Baughman
M. ©. Baughman
DeGraff
Mr. Rexford
Mabel Schreckengost
Floyd
Kenneth Muir
Lina Rexford
Titusville
R. D
Mary Holford
Arthur
Riceville
Minnie Kelsey
Hiram Johnson
Bemus Point
Wood
Harry Jameson
Wayne
Lemison
Concord Corners
Rosa Morton
Rose Marie Patcher
Forest Conant
Painsville
Oho
Jesse Goodwill
Goodwills End
Mareresun Beach
Csnadohta. Lake
Park Campbell
Pittsburgh
Jay Morton
Carlton Johnson
Lily Dale
N. Y
Stranahan
Fred Phelps
Lorsine
Bryan Bixby
Bertha Elston
Services Held in Union City for Mrs Mays
Erie, July 26. Funeral services for Alberta Mays were held Monday afternoon at Glenn Funeral Home in Union City, with Rev. Sheridan King in charge. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Mays, 60, resident of North East, died at home after illness. She was the daughter of James Howard Mays and sister of Katherine Lafferty of Erie. Surviving siblings include four sisters Celia Bidwell Lizie Cooley Madeline Kellogg Clarisa Swift and Ola Boyles and two brothers Robert Giepelitz and Peter Stan.
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Josephine Pollack
Corry Jobs
Williard Tillotson
Erio Hoffman
Cleveland
Ohio
Oskar Most
Charles Devin
Erie
Walter Pfeiffer
Marjorie Lithgow
Harry Stranahan
Leora
J.M. Bailey
Princeton
Ind
J. Rendall
J. A. Winans
Sidney Winans
John Farley
William
Esther
Porter Park
Lake le Boeuf
Waterford
Iles
William Fisher
Meadville
Lo. "Thorogood
Paul Dooher
Katherine Buxton
Pred Crandall
Warren
Franklin Kirby
Palsington
Leora Stranahan
Cecil Wytherley
Pittsburgh
Katherine Kanery
Mill Village
Sparta Hotel
Alfred Lord
William Mallon
William Whitlach
East McKeesport
North East
Pearl Ish
Hazel Duffy
Leah Costes
Jamestown
Seedack
V. J. Puller
Paul Blakeslee
Minnie LaDow
Leon Bennett
Sheriden
Arthur Wooley
D. V. Kinney
Townville
Isle
David Smith
Kinney
Greenlawn
Eastern Star Lodge
Elton Bates
Charles Platt
Harry Platt
N. Y
Glenn Steadman Feld
Falls Creek
Athol Shields
Alberta Mays
Blair Street
Glenn
Nome
Union City
In Inient
Evergreen Cemetery
Sheridan King
Mays
Silgee
Edith Furness
Blair ‘Street
James Howard Mays
Crawford Counties
Katherine Lafferty
Eric
Clarisa Swift
Madeline Kellogg
Worth East
Ura
Celia Bidwell
Liz—ie Cooley
Ola Boyles
Robert Giepelitz
Akron
Peter Stan
PIT
Béllevue
Union City Man Severely Injured In Ascar Wreck
Union City July 23 Joe Samkowski is resting in Union City hospital after a Sunday morning crash on Smkey Hill. His sedan left the highway, struck a tree in front of Abe Helm residence. He was thrown clear, unconscious, with possible chest fracture and other bruises. He swerved to miss two crossing dogs before the collision.
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Union City
Joe Samkowski
Samkowski
Lake Pleasant
Smkey Hill
North Main Street
Abe Helm
Harrisburg Highway Progress and Local Church Notes
Contractors for the Department of Highways completed 92.66 miles of new pavement in four weeks of June. Weather has hampered yearly progress, with total May mileage at 14.27 miles and overall season to date impacted by adverse conditions. Delegates from Crawford County will attend the Rural Letter Carriers Convention in Allentown after visiting Palermpton. Methodist notes outline midweek services, Junior League, and a carnival picnic at Morcresan Beach on Canadohta Lake with transportation arranged from church at 10 a.m. Bring baskets and table service for dinner after noon.
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Harrisburg
Department of Highways
New Son
Palmerton
Ralph ‘Bryan
Allentiwr J
Crawford County
Methodist Sunday School
Morcresan Beach
Canadohta Lake
Club to Meet at Elgin July Dinner
Members of the Gowen club announce a July dinner meeting at the Elgin Methodist Church. The Ladies and Society will serve a country dinner at the set price next Monday evening. Arrangements are being made for a suitable program.
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Gowen We Coup
Ladies and Society of the
Elgin Methodist
Actress Nina Klowden Makes Good On Radio
Nina Klowden an eighteen-year-old New York actress follows Horace Greeley saying making good. She studied at Northwestern before radio life and appears as Jinny Storey in the serial Midstream heard on WBC Red Network weekdays at 10 15 a m EDST.
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Nina Klowden
New York City
Horace Greeley
NBC
Chicago
Mike
Nina
Northwestern University
Jinny Storey
WBC Red
New Book Published On Early Pa History
Harrisburg July 21 A new book titled Life in Western Pennsylvania presents thorough descriptions of frontier life in the state. It explains how families found food and clothing, traveled, and what superstitions and desires influenced daily life. The eighth volume in a Western Pennsylvania history series, it was produced under the Western Pennsylvania Historical Society with support from the Buhl Foundation and the University of Pittsburgh.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Commerce
Westen Pennsylvania Historical Society
Buhl Foundation
Thee University of Pittsburgh
Hare sage ot y m cece Pennsy say Neat euths
Unclear fragmented text presents no coherent event or people. Readable pieces mention Pennsy and Neat but lack context, dates, or actions. Summary unavailable due to damaged OCR.
State Eldtai White Sw River Mystery Unfolds
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a river scene near Eldtai with a white swath or mist and a tainted state of confusion. Ambiguous terms hint at a discovery or event, but readable facts are limited and no clear names or dates emerge.
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Eldtai
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Clarence Wallace
Philco Refrigerator
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