Mid-summer meetings and mixed local notices in Erie area
A jumble of agenda items and notices from Erie and nearby areas including city committee meetings at the Journal building this evening, a Board of Education session Monday, prize winnings at the Rex theatre, gas system security holder totals for 1935, legal listings for May non-support court, primary expense filings, a traveling salesman incident, and various industry and civic updates from Chevrolet April sales to railroads and college commencement plans.
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Board of Education
Rex Theatre
Compensation to Injured Hits New Penn Peak
Harrisburg report shows 1935 compensation paid to injured workers or families totaled 12,616,521 dollars, down from 13,875,085 in 1924, with 6,035 cases including 16 fatal, 2,687 permanent disability, and 5,402 temporary disability. Average fatal award 98,602. permanent 1,087. overall 204, led by many temporary claims. Also notes interest payments boosted by legal requirements, self insurers rising to 4,366, and bonds totaling 3,482,082 in 1935.
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Harrisburg
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Ralph M. Bashore
Austin L. Slaley
Bureau of Workmen's Compensaton
Staley
WOR Eee Coos
Gelf Insurers
Erie City Plans Refunding Bond for Sewer Debt
Erie City will retire about 210000 in sewer bonds through a refunding issue, announced Finance Director Thomas Mehaffey. He will seek council approval to hire Townsend Elliott and Munson of Philadelphia to prepare papers, with court judgments directing repayment by the city.
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Erie
Thomas Mehaffey
Priday
Townsend, Elliott and Munson
Philadelphia
Erie County
Bank Deposits Hit New All Time High Record
National banks reported a new peak in deposits at 24.859 billion dollars on March 4 1936, with 5 881 active national chartered institutions. The total assets stood at 28.293 billion dollars, up from December and the prior year.
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Mitch A
Corporations Show Big Gain First Quarter
First quarter 1936 reports from 163 industrial companies show aggregate earnings up 31 percent from 1935. Old line industries rose sharply. steel doubled or more. building materials up 78 percent. foods 481 percent. electrical equipment 40 percent. chemicals 396 percent. Textile earnings fell 2.09 percent. Total net earnings for all 16 percent of corporations reached 172,983,977.
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Associated Press
Business Weel
San Jose Abolishes Cash and Carry Traffic Violations
San Jose planners end the cash and carry system for traffic violators. Motorists who pay cash for violations and continue infractions will have their licenses canceled after the third offense.
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San Jose
Cal
G-Men Target Corrupt Officials In Kidnap Case
FBI investigations center on the Weyerhaeuser heir kidnapping. Mahan’s arrest halves a $200,000 ransom, with $95,000 recovered from the Waley confederates and about $55,000 of Mahan’s share traced. Campbell, tied to Karpis, carried $2,900 and faced additional charges. Hoover promises renewed pursuit of Robin and other fugitives while expanding attacks on jewel and bond rackets and interstate crime.
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Mahan
Weyerhaeuser Lumber
Fils
Harmon Watley
Waley
G- Men
Maan Hind
Hoover
Robinson
Tennessee
Ise | Stoll
Weyerhauser
Pacific Coast
Campbell
Wright
Karpis
Atlantic City
N.J
United States
Robina
FBI
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Washington
Glen Miller
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
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Raymond Manufacturing Company
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Pennsylvania Federation of Democratic Women
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Association of American Railroads
John Iskine
Columbia University
Allegheny College
Department of Labor and Industry
National Tribune
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Jay Goodnough
Pennsylvania Public Service Commission
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Federal Rural Electrification Commission
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