Local theatre and civic notes amid winter weather
Manager John Blatt announces two matinees at the Re theatre featuring The Girded Lady with Claudette Colbert. Jamestown A&P veteran R. B. Pairbanks has been transferred to Rochester. Choral classes schedule Monday and Wednesday rehearsals. Pension appeals in Venango County totaled 207 grants for monthly allowances. Pennsylvania Hallroad assets top 2.82 trillion with profits around 190 million. Today marks the Merrimac Monitor battle anniversary with lessons on naval obsolescence. Local business sees a slight uptick in trade with farm implements and furniture in demand. Weather outlook shows rain or snow midweek and above normal temperatures. Liquor sales top over a million for six of nine weeks. Quarantine lifts on mumps cases noted. Prices for retail food rise over two years. Stocks dull but gold and silver firm. Vespucci birthday noted with limited celebrations. Governor’s mansion near readiness in Harrisburg after renovations. Moderate springlike weather improves travel to rural areas.
New Board Launches Planning Program in Pennsylvania
A new state planning board, appointed by Gov. George H. Earle, will oversee a statewide inventory of possible PWA projects and co ordinate economic planning with the National Resources Board. The panel, backed by federal funds, targets a six month second report and includes officials from forests, highways, labor, energy, and architecture.
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New State Planning Board
Earle
PWA
National Resources Board
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt
George Harle
Ralph M. Bashore
Forests and Waters
Warren van Dyke
Edward N. Jones
Labor and Industry
Robert L. Johnson
State Emergency Relief Board
Henry Hornbostel
Pittsburgh
Achitect
C. C. Zanteinger
Philadelphia
The
American Institute of Architects
Harrison Hoblitzelle
Wynnewood
Charles W. Elliot
New Appointments
Rare
Pennsylvania
Congress
William H. Gravell
Washington
Susquehanna River
Taxpayers May Seek Extension for Income Tax Filing
The due date for income tax returns is March 15, with extensions for filing possible upon written request to the district collector of internal revenue. Extensions for payment may require Form 1127 and a sworn statement of reasons, assets and liabilities, and ongoing financial details, with interest at 6 percent if granted.
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Lae
Internal Revenue
Cauges
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Collector of Internal Revenue
California man shrinking as disease warps body
Plaget's disease-an affliction from pituitary and thyroid disorder-d guns victims into subhuman forms. Booklet, once six feet tall, now under five feet. Neck almost vanished, chin to chest, ribs bowing over legs. Head enlarging. hat size grew from seventy one to eighty four. He awaits death, saying he has nothing else to look forward to.
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Plaget
Booklet
Atricken
Bocklet
United Press
Stamp sales surge as Kane post office nears first class status
Kane post office reports record February stamp sales at 3 750 dollars tenfold increase from 1933 and 1934. Officials expect yearly receipts to reach the 40 000 dollar mark for first class rating after strong growth. Canada South Africa trade rises push five extra ships into service in Montreal.
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Kane
Kavid
Zane's Post Office
Bow
South Africa
Montreal
Canada
Elks Kiwanis capture bridge semifinal night event
Bridge teams from the Elks and Kiwanis clubs won semifinal matches in the City Bridge Tournament at the Stanford Hose Company rooms. The Bikey team led by Fre Kinley and others defeated the Masons 18 to 1. Kiwanis outslanted the Stanford Hose 14 1-2 to 9 1-2. The league schedules final matches next Friday at the Filles’ home.
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Stanford Hose Club
Se Corry Lige
Bika
Wie Kiwanis Club
Lastight
Stanford Hose Company
First Ward Fire Department
Biky
Fre Kinley
Walter Scott
Luke Graham
Charles Shuss
Masons
Earl Haight
Harald Brown
Wallace M. Young
G. S. Wood
Kiwanians
Stanford Hose
Kiwanis
C. W. Jones
Housing Survey Nears Finish In Oil City
In Oil City the RWD under better housing committees nears completion of a housing survey. Property owners show readiness for home improvements totaling 240000 dollars, with contracts let for some work. The survey indicates 60 percent of funding from private sources and 40 percent borrowed from banks under the national housing act.
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Oil City
Marc
RWD
Better Housing Committees
Lauder milch murder trial nears end in Pa case
In Lebanon Pennsylvania the Lau dermilch murder trial moved toward a close as the commonwealth prepared to rest its case against Byron Lauder milch a 60 year old garment maker charged with killing Emma Miller a former employee. County Detective George Tucker testified a death bed statement from Miss Miller supported the prosecution while witnesses argued jealousy and anger as motives in the case.
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Unite Frese Lebanon
Mar
Commonwealth
Byron Laudermilch
Emma Miller
George Tucker
Miss Miller
Laudermileh
Tucker
Townsend Club Meet To Organize In Corry
A Townsend Club meeting will be held Tuesday at 8 PM in the Corry Senior High School auditorium. Delegates from nearby areas plan to attend and speakers from Erie including Fred O'Dell George Moser and Clarence Brooks will present. The group is discussing a pension plan of 200 dollars a month for residents over sixty, with final organization steps to be completed at the gathering.
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Townsend Chariiy
Carry
Fred O'Dell
George Moser
Clarence Brooks
Erie
Wil
Tomboy Policy Stirs City Legal Quandary Over Insurance
City Solicitor Edward Murphy struggles to locate a suable party in the United States to recover a $2,000 Lloyds of London policy on a late elephant at the zoo. Lloyds refuses to pay for the animal’s death due to dropsy, putting the city treasury at risk and raising questions of jurisdiction and possible action in London or Montreal.
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Erie
Erin
Mar
Edward M. Murphy
United States
Lloyds of
London
England
Dom Hoy
Montreal
Lloyds
Fleeing thief shot at during home break in Erie
William Pfeffer a sassetman conducting an orchestra rehearsal at 549 West 7th Street fired three shots at a burglar who climbed through a bedroom window. The intruder escaped unharmed and nothing was stolen. Detectives Donahue and Regen found no one hit and no theft.
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Erie
William Prewer
W. 7Th Street
Pfeffer
William Donahue
Jack Regen
Smallest printed book presented to Williams College
Williamstown scholars received a remarkable tiny volume titled The Rose Gardens. Presented to Chapin Library by Hamilton Brooks Ward, class of 1910, the book measures 5 16ths by 8 18th of an inch and is recorded as a world’s smallest printed edition.
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Williamstown
Mass
Chapin Library
Williams College
Hamilton Brooks Ward
Big Hearted Mayor Gives to Town in Payless Act
North Randall Ohio reports Mayor B. Shanve refused salary due, donating funds to the village. State examiner found he was paid only twice from 1932 to January 1934. In 1983 he made nine $200 gifts to the village and also contributed $55 to a mutch with receipts from his mayor's court. At audit end in September 1934 he had $5,900 salary due.
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North Randall
Shanve
Shants
Death of Mrs Clara Osborne in Corry Home
Mrs Clara M Osborne widow of late Attorney Robert Osborne died Friday evening at 216 Wright Street after a year of ill health She was born in Corry a lifelong resident and daughter of the late C A Auer She is survived by two brothers Hamy and Frank and a sister Emma Dean Funeral services Monday at 2 30 PM at the family home with interment in Pine Grove cemetery
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Clara M. Osborne
Robert Osborne
Wright Street
Osborne
Corry
C. A. Auer
Joseph
Hamy “Auer
Frank Auer
Clemmont
Fila
Emma Dean
West Washington Street
Pine Grove Cemetery
Robber Caught Making Escape at Brockway Jail
John Heil, 28, of Brockway, jailed in Brockville, awaits a judge after an attempted escape. He is charged with breaching and larceny for a Brockway Theatre burglary of about $40. Police tracked him to a station awaiting a train, a confession followed.
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Ridgway
March
John Heilgo
Brockway
Jefferson County
Brockville
Wmn. T. Dare
Hello
Squire Mabel McKinley
Ie Hho
Brockway Theatre
George Elt
Hell Wa
Star
Atatla
Kane to Have New Poplar Street Bridge
Kane borough council approved plans for a new bridge on Poplar Street at a special meeting. Arrangements were made to confer with county commissioners to set a payment ratio. Officials aim to start work soon, with a possible meeting scheduled for Monday.
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Poplar Street Bridge
Kane
Meisean County Commissioners
Itgy
Regilar
New Trial Sought in Clarion Girl's Death
United Press reports Charles L. Summerville filed a motion for a new trial after his conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Esther Stahlman, 14, struck by a car near Clarion last November as she delivered milk with her sister. Authorities found no door handle or stone matching the car handle. Summerville lives in Strattonville.
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United Press Clarion
Charles L. Summerville
Summerville
Esther Stahlman
Clarion
Strattonville
Aged Physician Dr McGuire Dead at 75 in Dover Ohio
Dover Ohio mourns Dr. B. McGuire a veteran physician aged 75 long a trusted figure in the local medical community. The death closes a career spanning decades in the region.
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Dover
B. McGuire
Ohio
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