Corry City News Briefs Reflect Local Updates and State Figures
Regular meeting highlights from City Council with notes on relief payments and measles decline. Union City selective service board urges address updates and new questionnaires. Local students and residents are featured in school events, band participation, and community notices. State and corporate figures show WPA relief decline and electric stock results.
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Union City
Donald Arthur Dingle
Tudwig Michael Kowalski
Washington Street
Corry
Raymond F. Boyd
Mill Village
Milo Lewis Glane
Mergenhagen Named Head Of Erie Home Guard
Mer genhagen named captain and commanding officer of the Erie company of 63 officers and men, part of the third regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserve Defense Corps, by Governor Arthur H. James. He will attend a meeting in Pittsburgh at 2 p.m. Saturday where Colonel Bob Woodside explains regiment duties. The Erie company, still unnamed, aims to honor Erie World War I veterans and replace national guardsmen on active duty.
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Erie
Simon
Mergenhagen
Green Garden Blvd
Erie Company
Pennsylvania Reserve Defense Corps
Arthur H. James
Mergeningen
Army Reserve
Pittsburgh
Bob Woodside
Grandmother Found Dead in Erie Home
On May 15 in Erie, 15 year old Robert Monti found his grandmother Mrs. Rose Dues dead at 1549 West 0th Street. Deputy Coroner Charles R Leoneister ruled a heart attack. she had been dead about three hours. Survivors include her son Alex Dues, a former Erie police officer.
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Erie
Robert Monti
West 0Th Street
Alex Dues
Erie Police Department
Ridgway Proposes Daylight Saving Time Plan
A petition with about 587 names was presented to the Ridgway Borough Council asking the chief burgess to issue a proclamation establishing daylight saving time from May 24 through September 24. The matter was postponed for a special session after two hours of discussion, with Gra ham Ong and G. F. Sandy presenting the petition. The committee will gauge public support for the time change.
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Ridgway
Yath
Graham Ong
G. F. Sandy
Colegrave
Oil City Adopts 20-Mill School Tax and Per Capita Tax
Oil City school board at May meeting set the 193t tax levy at 20 mills and $1 per capita. The budget remains unchanged from April, with expenditures totaling 408,302.29 including 920.68 for current expenses and 81,622.25 for debt, service and capital outlay. Planned capital outlay funds cover a field house at Mitchell Avenue athletic field and new office machines for high school courses.
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Oil City
Alstrict
Suummer
Mitchell Avenue
Bradford Girl Bound and Gagged by Burglar
Miss Katie Brown, 22, of Bradford, is recovering from gunshot and injuries after a burglar bound and gagged her at her uncle’s home in Warren. The intruder, unmasked, wore a black sweater and fled after stealing about $6 from a pocketbook and a small change purse.
Damage action heard in Warren court for fatal Route 6 crash
Warren May 13 The case of Alex Germelli administrator of Steven German deceased versus Brunce Riddell remains before the May term. The Huntington accident occurred January 25, 1940 on Route 6 near Sheffield when German, a passenger, was fatally injured and died before Kane hospital admission. Germelli claims Riddell's conduct caused the wreck while Riddell contends he faced an upbound convoy and struck a vehicle entered by snow.
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Riddell
Stow
Route 20 Widening Project To Begin In Erie Area
County officials announced that work on Route 20 widening near Asbury Chapel will begin within two weeks. Equipment arrives next week and on-site operations start the following week. The project runs about four miles westward to a mile eastward with one way traffic during the three month construction period.
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Erie
Asbury Chapel
Albusy Chapel Road
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