Ready to Final Sanction of School Board Is Now Sought
Ground may be broken for Corry new proposed Vocational school building as soon as the Board of Education votes final sanction of the project. Finances threaten delays or abandonment though board members favor arranging funds. District risks losing a $50,000 school without raising about $13,000 for its share and plan costs. A special meeting later this week may detail methods to proceed with construction after razing the Hatch building site. Officials await authorization to continue with the Harding school project and other RWD duties from Erie offices to finish major work before fall resumption.
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Corry
Board of Education
Milon L. Brow
Hatch
Harding School
RWD
Erie
Tt 18
Plassea
Harding
City Treasurer Race Looms as Tax Bill Shifts Collections
A contested race forms around the City Treasurer post after Governor Earle signs a bill to centralize all city tax collections under the treasurer with a new salary. Miller bloc reportedly backs one candidate while a joint Democratic Republican slate backs another. Frank Westley has not decided on reelection. School Tax Collector George H. Gordon says he will not run, noting he would lose his job under the bill.
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Earle
Miller Bloc
Frank 3B
Westley
Journal
iGovernor
George H. Gordon
Gordon
Venango Medical Society Protests Act Over Nurse Dismissal
Venango County Medical Society withdraws support from all county public health clinics after the dismissal of public health nurse Helena O'Hara. Clinics in Franklin, Ol City, Emlenton and the tuberculosis clinic in Ol City will close, physicians offer to serve in their private offices to avoid public disruption. Rose A. Fink appointed to succeed O'Hara but doctors refuse to cooperate with any successor.
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Franklin
Venango County
Rose A. Fink
Manning Street
Ol City
Miss O'Hara
Venango Medical Society
Eth MacBride Dexter
Ford Tests Four Cylinder DieselEngine at Plant
Local reports say Ford Motor Company is secretly testing a four cylinder diesel car at its Adgewater plant. Officials would not comment. The car is described as competing with a slower, cheaper Japanese model due next January. It reportedly reaches 70 mph, gets 20 miles per gallon of fuel oil, and would sell around 800 dollars.
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Ford Motor Company
Just a Paragrafee Fair and warmer anniversary of Custer massacre
The item notes the anniversary of the 1876 Custer massacre, a marriage license issued in Erie to Clyde C. Simmors and Neva King of Corry, and mentions a Golden Rule day sale. It also reports on a council meeting, a fawn transferred from Butler to Clarendon, and an oil production rise to 2,742,976 barrels for the week end June 22 with California contributing. Funeral for E Ernest Rose, a Wilkinsburg engineer, is announced. a Pittsburgh man is injured in the same crash.
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Erie
Clyde C. Simmors
Neva King
Corry
United States
California
E. Ernest Rose
Wilkinsburg
Cambridge Springs
Perry Highway
Portersville
Zelienople
O. H. Anderson
Pittsburgh
Buller
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Inquest to Decide Fate of Gates Street Crossing Death
Deputy Coroner announces inquest into the Gates street crossing death of Frank Miller 58 after a Ford car driven by Ben Sisley collided with an Erie freight train. Coroner William Stroble and Deputy Coroner R Lawrence Davison will set dates Friday or Saturday morning at the municipal building. Miller died at Cory hospital from a fractured skull two hours after the crash. Dennis Berciel 47 Titusville and Sisley survived with minor injuries.
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R. Lawrence Davison
Frank Miller
Gates
Gates Street
Erie
Coromer
William G. Stroble
Zriv
Stroble
Cory
Ste
Lawrence Davison
Ben Sisley
State Highway Patrol
Miller
Career of Ade mirrors Becht in public instruction
Harrisburg reports that newly named state superintendent of public instruction Dr. Lester Kelly Ade sees a striking career parallel to that of the late Dr. J. George Becht. Both men born in Lycoming County and graduates of Muncy Normal, each headed Muncy schools then West Chester and Clarion normal schools, later led state education departments after similar interim steps. If Becht were alive he would be 70. Ade is 45.
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Harrisburg
Lester Kelly Ade
J. George Becht
Lycoming
County
Muncy Normal School
Muncy
Bach
West Chester Normal School
Maney
West Chester
Doctor Ade
Doctor Becht
Bucknell
New Haven, Conn
Clarion Normal School
Pennsylvania
State Department of Public Instrumation
Doctor Recht
Penny supper planned by United Brethren Church Ladies Aid
The Ladies Aid Society of the United Brethren Church chaired by Mrs. Harley Marsh plans a penny supper Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert E. Bush on North Center Street. The event starts at 5 30 and all church members and friends are invited. Proceeds aid the church.
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Ladies Aid Society
United Brethrenry Crist Church
Harley Marsh
Wibert E. Bush
North Cent Er Street
Institute for Adult Education Opens in Corry
The Institute for Adult Education opened at the Lake Side Hotel on Lake Erie in Corry, with about forty teachers and local leaders attending. Sessions run today through Thursday from 9 am to 4 pm, featuring G. M. Emerick and Mi wn L Brown, who will discuss adult education essentials and program purposes.
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Emergency Education
Emerick
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Brown
Lsu
Independence Day GOP Rally in Erie Details
A July 2 GOP rally in Erie invites members of the County Council of Republican Women and friends to Este for an Independence Day event. A dinner and musical program at Luther Memorial Church precedes a talk by Hon. George Logan Reed, state senator from Dauphin County, on the mood and a way out. Attorney J. B. Held is in charge. Reservations via Mrs F. S. Austin.
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County Council of Republican Women
Wie Luther Memorial Church
George Logingwell Reed
Dauphin
J. B. Held
Austin
Roosevelt urged to intervene in Camden shipyard strike
Camden New Jersey June 24 President Roosevelt was urged to intervene to end a strike by 460 Camden shipyard workers. Union members delivered a petition signed by New Jersey congressmen calling for executive action to relieve the slowdown in the shipbuilding program. The petition noted the Senate munitions committee pledged a full inquiry into federal contract hiring in shipyards.
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Camden
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Congress
Senate Munitions Committee
Barto Falco Boat Is Scheduled For Tonight
Pittsburg June 2 Ale Barto the black haired New Kensington southpaw has a big chance tonight to prove himself in boxing. If he lands enough lefts on Falco’s chin the New Kensington lightweight could win by knockout in a 10 round bout.
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Pittsburgh
Barto
New Kensington
Tony Malco
Philadelphia
Hickey Park
Falco
Kerington
Paleniver
Board Receives Bids for Stoker and Grass Seed
The Board of Education met in special session to review bids for a stoker for a Concord school building and for 1,000 pounds of grass seed. Five stoker bids ranged from 780 to 894 dollars. Three local diatri voters and other firms submitted proposals. Committee members were named to study bids and report at the next meeting. Representatives of submitting stoker companies were present and addressed the board.
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Board of Education
Tast
Concord
Anj
Cone Nord
Hleetrle Company
HL. Rove
N. Cohen
He Tiethiet
Bennett
Lambing
Stoker
Cutting Bequests To Two La Follettes
Washington June 2560 Bequests totalling 1 106 000 including 50 000 to his progressive colleague Sen Robert M La Follette and 25 000 to Gov Philip La Follete of Wisconsin were revealed today while filing the will of the late Sen Brosi fon Cutting Ry NM killed in airplane crash 1st May
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Wince Cress
Washington
Collespo
Robert M. la Pollette
Philip la Follete
Wisconsin
Wilit Hling
Brosifon Cutting
Ry NM
Pennsylvania Third Class Cities Pass Tax and Public Access Bills
Governor Tarle awaits signature on measures creating permanent voter registration in 44 third-class cities and granting access to municipal records. The Parks bill, signed into law, centralizes taxes in cities of the class, promising annual savings of 8000 to 12000 dollars in Attoona. Other laws grant 24 hours weekly rest for police and approve budget forms and certain expenditures.
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George H. Tarle
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
Joseph W. Parks
Blain
Teanurer
Charles R. Mallory
Elvis
Attoona
Lutherans Over M E In Church League Victory
The Lutheran mushball squad defeated the Methodist team yesterday afternoon on the Fair Grounds diamond by a score of 18 to 7. Grice, Brady, Stowe, and Decean starred as batters.
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M. E
Fair Grounds
Grice
Brady
Stowe
Decean
Erie County coroner post seeks Republican candidate
Eugene Janas of Erie announces candidacy for coroner in Erie County subject to September 17 primaries. A long time resident, he has served as Dispatch-Herald state editor and polite reporter for over eight years. He aided Grange and 4H activities and helped build Wattsboro Fair.
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Eugene Janas
Erie
Erie County
Jamas
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Janas
Anthas
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Venango County Medical Group
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Union City
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Wattsburg
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Wayne Street
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Federal, Reserve Board
Forests and Waters
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Delphos
Barbara Jean Barnes
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Highway Patrol
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Becht
G.O.P
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