Warmer weather boosts Memorial Day plans across Corry
The town reads of Memorial Day events with civic groups and union city notes. A New York undertaker swindle exposed as a man sought funds to move a fake death body. Education boards approve $40 annual tax card costs and a $1000 bond for the treasurer elect. County farmers enroll in conservation programs, with material and fertilizer grants to treat thousands of acres. Employment records show 416 placements in the week, and tax returns tally over 315 in Corry and surrounding districts. Commencement set for Columbus High School. city council meets next Monday.
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New York State
Relief cases in Corry zone fixed at 863
A government breakdown shows Corry district with 663 cases including general assistance and 28 percent relief cases as of May 16. The Corry listing covers old age assistance blind pensions aid to dependent children and general assistance under the welfare bureau headed by Robert Cattle.
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Corry Zone
Corry
Robert Catll
Bureau of Public Assistance
Gorry
District Attorney Moves to Advance Shaw Morals Case
Erie May 29 District Attorney Burton R Laub seeks to advance sentencing for Pred Shaw owner of Shaw Fish Co found guilty in May 1939 of solicitation to commit a morals crime The appeal and request for a new trial were denied by Judge John H McCann and the district attorney conferred with President Judge Miles B Kitts on the appeal timetable.
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Burton R. Laub
Pred Shaw
East 6Th] Street
Shaw Fish Company
Erie County Court of Common Pleas
Shaw
John H. McCann
Camtes County
Laub
Courts
Laws
Miles B. Kitts
Kitts
Timrour
Bedroom Burglar Strikes Erie Area Homes
May 29 report details a burglar hitting two west side Erie homes, stealing about 250 dollars in cash. Police link the man to a string of recent break ins, with Manning K. Connett of Prudential Life Insurance losing a large cash sum at 013 Cascade Street. A prior burglary at 204 West Ard Street yielded no loot, per initial police notes.
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Erie Erie
West Side
Maurauder
Manning K. Connett
Prudential ‘Life Insurance Company
Cascade Street
D.J. Martin
West Ard Street
Travelers Safety Service Quiz Questions
A set of three auto safety questions asking about wartime death comparisons, proper accident procedures, and safety speeds. The multiple choice items probe historical casualty context, steps to aid after crashes, and truth about 25 mph thresholds.
Alumni Banquet Planned by Columbus High School Group
The fifteenth annual Columbus High alumni banquet will be Friday evening in the Columbus Community church. A program after the 7 o clock dinner features speaker Alexander Flick Jr of Warren, a play Summer Complaints by Sager and others, monologue by Helen Trisket, vocal and baritone performances, and Emory Messinger as toastmaster. Dial 380 for a classified ad to sell a used car.
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E Dufcation
Ariduates of
Corry High School
Columbus High School
Columbus Community Church
Alexander ©. Flick, Jr
Warren
Lloydine Sager
Edith Fox
Emery Messinger
George ‘Rogert
Paul Trisket
Mike Savko
Helen ‘Trisket
Richim “Trisket
Lyle Thompson
Zella Carroll
Emory Messinger
Miss Sager
Russell Moore
Voice of the People Letter to the Editor in Batavia
A reader laments selective parking enforcement citing a Carter Hill incident and accuses a local “Big-Wig” of improper parking at the cinema. The letter urges red tags for all and notes nearby vacant lots unused for emergencies. Batavia painters claim a quick cleanup of Mrs. M. E. Hopkins residence during a city cleanup week.
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Carter
Advange
Batavia
M. E. Hopkins
Memorial Day Driving Safety urged for Pennsylvania motorists
Secretary of Revenue William J. Hamilton Jr urged careful driving over Memorial Day weekend in Pennsylvania. He noted rising car registrations and gasoline use but warned against higher accidents and fatalities, citing last year’s four day period with 18 deaths and 168 injuries. He praised highway safety efforts and road improvements and urged motorists to cooperate to keep the 1939 accident rate low.
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Pennsylvania
Secretary of Revenue
William J. Hamilton, Jr
Hamilton
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Focsl
Wanted to Borrow and Horse and Poultry Ads
A collection of classified notices from a historical paper mentions wants for a $1500 first mortgage, sale of 44 horses and 20 young work horses, Thompson's Poultry Barn offers poultry and supplies, and a note on a Native Sons birthday party.
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Care Journal
Fowest
Thompson's
Thompson Poultry Barm
Clymer
Cory
Wecter
Spencer's Cash Mills
San Francisco
Native Sons of the
Markets Report East Buffalo Livestock and Pittsburgh Produce
East Buffalo livestock markets show hogs and cattle with modest prices and scattered sales. hogs about 25 cents under Monday's average, cattle steady, calves and sheep trading lightly. Pittsburgh produce demand slow with mixed fruit and vegetable quotes, onions and potatoes steady, jams of notes on regional varieties and weights.
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Calif
Maine
Pennsylvania
Florida
Alabama
Bliss
South Carolina
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