Erie County Ignored in New Road Program
Erie County is left out of a statewide light-type highway program affecting 53 counties. The plan aims to dig farmers out of the mud with rural road work, employing local labor as projects begin immediately. Nearby counties include Crawford Route 697, Erie Route 426, McKean Route 601, and Warren Route 253 with several miles involved.
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Erie County
Pennsylvania
State Highway Department
Pinchot
Lewis
Crawford County
Cambridge Springs
New Richmond
Montmorrendi
Ridgway
McKean County
Clermot
Colegrove
Warren County
Barnes
Forest County
Philadelphia Man Burned to Death in House Fire
Joseph J. Dougherty, 44, died from a fire at his Philadelphia home. His aunt, Mary McDevitt, 88, was startled from a second floor room by firefighters who doused the flames. No others were in the house. Dougherty’s three grown children had left earlier. The fire from bed clothing near a lit cigarette is blamed.
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Philadelphia
Joseph J. Dougherty
Mary McDevitt
Dougherty
Two Hurt When Car Overturns Near Clermont
On a dirt road near Clermont a car skidded and overturned Saturday at about 8 10. Guy Laird of St Marys suffered a severe laceration to the knee while Mrs Paul Musbaum of Clermont sustained a dislocated left elbow. LaVerne Musbaum, the driver, escaped unharmed. All three were taken to Summit hospital with noncritical conditions.
Baccalaureate Sermon Urges Moral Foundation for Future
A baccalaureate sermon urged graduates to build their names on right motives and moral spiritual strength. The speaker contrasted pessimists and optimists, cited world leaders like Hughes and Steinmetz, and urged placing God in the future while honoring the past.
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Wimner
Charles Evans
Hughes
Charles Steinmetz
West Virginia Rail Consolidation Interest Linked to Blue Jay Line
Proposals before the Interstate Commerce Commission show the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad seeking to acquire seventeen miles of Blue Jay Lumber Co lines in Raleigh and Mercer counties for 166000 dollars. The 85 square mile area serves 800 million board feet of timber and 63.8 million tons of coal with three mines on the route. 1935 projections estimate lumber and coal tonnage to reach 66000 tons. Glenn Spencer returned to Salamanca to work after a weekend at his West Wayne street home.
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West Virginia
Chesapeake & Ohio Company
Blue Jay Lumber Company
P. C. Lynch
Cleveland
Blue Jay
Glenn Spencer
Salamanca
West Wayne Street
Grangers Plan Picnic and Meeting This Weekend
Corry Grange No 99 will hold its regular meeting Saturday at the Eastern Star Hall. They will provide a program for Youngsville Grange on June 28. The Western Pennsylvania intercounty Grange picnic is set for June 17 at Mineral Springs Park near Slippery Rock with speakers John McSparren and B E Dorsett and a picnic dinner planned.
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Corry Grange No
Eastern Star Hall
Corry Grange
Youngsvile Grange
Western Pennsylvania
Wina
Mineral Springs Park
Slippery Rock
John McSparren
B. Dorsett
The
Grange
Western District
Always Goodbye Opens at Rex Today
Stardom actress Elissa Landi shines in Fox Films drama Always Goodbye at the Rex for a three day engagement starting today. She stars opposite Charles Farrell with supporting turns by Lewis Stone Paul Cavanagh John Garrick Lumsden Hare and others. Mengies and MacKenna co directed from Lynn Starling script.
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Charles Farrell
Elissa Landi
Fox Films
Miss Landi
Rex Theatre
Lewis Stone
Paul Cavanagh
John Garrick
Lumsden Hare
Willian Cameron Mengies
Kenneth MacKenna
Lynn Starling
1600 Workers Accept Voluntary Reduction at Empire Steel
Mansfield June 1 Over 1600 Empire Steel workers voted to accept a one third of 2 15 per cent wage cut for three months to speed company recovery. The firm, now under receiver after friendly bankruptcy, plans to prove appreciation for the workers action.
Chesterfields Cigarette Ad Cites Milder Smoke Appeal
A vintage print ad proclaims Chesterfields as milder smoke and tastier from the moment of lighting. It contrasts shiny buttons and glittering promises with the claim that Chesterfields are milder and can be smoked freely with a superior taste.
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Chesterfield
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Blue Jay Rail
Chesapeake and Ohio
P. J. Lynch
Corry
Greenland
Ex Jin
U.S.A
Sicarri & Mems Toseca Co
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