WPA Work Advances on Hare Creek Channel Project
About 100 men in two 6 hour shifts toward widening and straightening Hare Creek from Erie Railroad tracks to Shady Avenue Kenesky Williams Jord contractor is general foreman with Edmund Roach and Ray Brown as foremen. Work began near Shady Avenue and will extend northwest to the bridge. project length about 2300 feet. Lower end aims to eliminate winding curves east of Shady Avenue and ties into sewage disposal plans.
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Hare Creek
Erie
Shady Avenue
Kenesky
Williams
Jord
WPA
Edmund Roach
Ray Brown
Tce
Pe Sry Way
Bantam Cars Will Be Manufactured at Butler Plant
The American Bantam Car Company plans to take over the former Austin plant at Butler to produce light autos and delivery trucks priced around 300 dollars. R S Evans of Atlanta is president. Thomas L Hibbard of New York in charge of engineering. board includes Peter Beasley and Gilbert W Kincle of Buffalo among others. Stock underwritten by Dingwall & Company and Tooker & Company of New York.
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Austin
Butler
Bunner
American Bantam Car Company
American Austin Car Company
R. S. Evans
Atlanta
Thomas L. Hibbard
New York
Martin ‘Tow
Buenos Airs
Argeriling
Peter Beasley
Detroit Aircraft Corporation
Gilbert W. Klncle
Buffelo
Dingwall & Company
Tooker & Company of
Detour Bulletins To Resume On June Twelve
Harrisburg June 5 Weekly publication of the Department of Highways detour bulletin will be renamed June 12 announced by Secretary Warren Van Dyke The bulletin had a irregular schedule during severe winter weather and has been issued semi monthly since spring Now with construction in full swing and oiling season the regular weekly plan will be resumed The storm sewer project has WPA approval and stations across the region will relay the notices
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Harrisburg
Department of Highways
Warrent van Dyke
Hitch-Hiker Sought After Shooting Man in Kittanning
Frederick Hurlbut of New Kensington was shot and robbed by a well-dressed hitch hiker on the Rural Valley to New Bethlehem road in Rayburn Township. He described the assailant as about six feet tall and well dressed, weighing over 200 pounds, who fled after the struggle. Police reconstructed the ambush and launched a wide search, with $48 reported stolen. The victim remained hospital bound with a bullet wound near the heart.
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Hurbut
New Bethlehem
Rayburn Township
Hurlbut
Meadville trio retired by Erie Railroad for 142 years service
Michael Vatter J J Stenger and G W Buenger all of Meadville have been retired by the Erie Ra road. The three men hold an aggregate 142 years and two months of service. The 3rd annual convention of the grand council United Commercial Travelers selected Johns town Pa as their 1937 convention city. The Sessions at Clearfield will close tomorrow with the election of officers.
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Michael Vatter
J. J. Stenger
G. W. Buenger
Meadville
Erie
Grand Council
United Commercial Travelers
Johnstown
Clearfield
Two Sparta Youths Are Victims of Accidents
SPARTANSBURG June 9. Paul Smith son of Mr and Mrs Alion Smith of State Lot sustained a fracture of the lower limb while at Sabbath school after slipping in the church yard. Clyde Johnston dropped a gallon jug of sulfuric weld at Spartansburg school causing burns on his arms and limbs. Both boys were treated. Clyde improved later. The fiftieth annual Spartansburg High commencement was held with eleven graduates. Dr A J Calderwood spoke and diplomas were presented by M T Harrison.
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Paul Smith
Clyde Johnson
Spartansburg
Alion Smith
State Lot
Spartansburg School
Clyde Johnston
Edward Allen
Frank Allen
Murray Fisher
Corey
Allens
Pottsdam
N.Y
Z. P. Watson
Hast Auro 1
Charles Thompson
Nancy
George Thompson
Wellsboro
E. Thompson
Anna Roth
Edinboro
Priscilla Sensar
Jene Smith
Titusville
Lucille Blakeslee
Piremen
Spartansburg High School
Firemen’s Hall
Corry Ovetra
Uss
Prin
K. Arden Bennett
M.T. Harrison
A.J. Calderwood
Grove City College
Lorraine Rose
Naomi Hutchison
A. J. Calderwood
Board of Education
S. D. Cowles
Myers
Britton Rum
Alan Stewart
Hydetown
Carrie Taylor
Ethel
B. D. Bryant
Layton Baw
Winlters
Warren State Hospital
Matilda Battwin
Paul Qlobson
East Fallowfield
Davenport Scree
Gibson
Trach
Sparta High
Wirt Ingram
Troy Leroy
Corry Hospital
Torrey
Elizabeth Richardson
Union City
Cliford, Richardson
Licilly Blakeslee
Mhursilay
Oil City school offices ransacked in break-in
Oil City June 9. Offices in the old and new Senior High buildings suffered ransacking and damage. Thieves broke into the auditorium and principal offices, gaining by picking a front door lock. About $37 was stolen, collected from the offices of Superintendent BR A. Baim and Principal Ry. Thompson.
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Oil City
Thie Am
Heve
Bel
Acronautes
BR. A. Baim
Ry ©. Hompayt
Princcipal
600 Pound Halibut Caught By Indian Hero
Victoria British Columbia reports a 600 pound halibut was hauled in by an Indigenous fisherman using a hand line and home-made hooks. The remarkable catch highlights traditional fishing methods and local prowess in the waters of the coast.
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Victoria
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Frigidaire
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South Center Street
Sparta
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Washington, D. C
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Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
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Lando
Tod Thie
Miss RE BY
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Johnson
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