School News Highlights At Columbus Collegetown
Colum bus students and staff report on a Cambridge Springs TrFi conference halt and a first large scale gathering. Ruth Cram mice Wendell Emerick led assemblies with poetry songs and readings while the English class presented a program. Debates may be staged before the Bracehl Glib of Warren as gossip and school activities flow through the week.
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Clergy to Help at Good Friday Three Hour Devotion
Rev. BL Wagner pastor of St Pauls Lutheran and Rev. Willa Hall former pastor will lead the Three Hour Devotion at Erie Memorial Church during The Seven Words service. Assistants will join in the program at the church park affair.
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Ex-convict identified in Chicago terror spree slayings
Louis Berg 26, released last November from Pontiau reformatory, was identified as the masked gunman who kidnapped and attacked women in Chicago Lawn and surrounding areas. Police say he killed Patrolman Robert Irwin’s wife and later abducted Mary Irwin and other victims, wearing a blue handkerchief mask and gloves to avoid fingerprints. Harold Schapiro and other witnesses identified Berg at the morgue. Capt. Collins says the officers have “got their man.”
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Urge naming of public defender in Allegheny
Pittsburgh March 23 The Allegheny County Bar Association considers appointing a public defender for defendants with no funds to hire counsel. A committee studies the proposal already used successfully in large cities. When a defendant is unable to pay, the presiding judge assigns an attorney often fresh to the bar with little prep time.
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Chain store levy cleared by House in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg the House approved a chain store tax aimed at boosting school salaries. The bill, backed by Gov. Emile, would fund $1,000 minimum salaries for about 18,683 teachers if enacted, with annual license fees up to 600 dollars. The measure now goes to the Senate amid industry opposition.
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Fate of Lockard Up to Pennsylvania Pardon Board
Harrisburg March 2 The fate of Roy T. Lockard 25 former Lackawanna WPA worker condemned to death for the railroad spite murder of his sweetheart's infant son will be decided by the pardon board after clemency hearings. The board will also review John Curry 28 in the hex murder of Nelson Rehmeyer, York county. Lockard's electrocution was postponed to permit a commutation review while Mrs Margaret Karmenia Attica faces related sentencing and appeal actions.
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Five Die and Three Hurt in House Fire
A deadly blaze devastated a two story frame home injuring three and killing five residents. Neighbors heard alarms as flames erupted around midnight and firefighters suspected the fire began in a kitchen, with one woman dying shortly after medical aid arrived. Lucy Farr and others were connected to the Morse home nearby.
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Illiteracy Rates Highlight Corry District Low
Corry shows a very low illiteracy rate at 19 1.0 percent as per WPA education division figures for Erie and Crawford counties. The district compares unfavorably to the national average of 4.4 and district average of 2.0. Erie County total illiteracy cited as 3 273, while Titusville reports 0 8 and Centerville 208 as high.
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Presque Isle Park Refreshment Stands Bid Notice 1937
A Pennsylvania State Park and Harbor Commission notice invites sealed proposals for the operation of refreshment stands on Presque Isle Peninsula Park for summer 1937. Bids due March 31 1937, at 610 Commerce Building, Erie, Pa. Official blanks provided. bids may be awarded in full or in part.
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