Corry town notes on election, taxes, and community events
Corry residents await next Tuesday's vote as Frank West ley seeks city treasurer combined post with school and county tax collector, a 2 jump in pay approved by the Board of Education. Deputy Marshal Dempsey, injured at Pittsburgh, remains sidelined. Army Cadets visit Pitt Stadium for a football classic. Local issues include a stalled gasoline station project, school board changes, and ongoing legal cases involving the Corry School District. Reports mention earth tremors affecting poultry and a bell ringer’s quip at a board meeting.
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Frank
Westley
Board of Education
Directa
U. 3
John Dempsey
Pittsburgh
Pitt Stadium
Army Cadets
North Center Street
City of
C. H. Shoop
Carl Henton
John B Patterson
Curley Williams
New York
Woolf Company
Fair Grounds
James H. Wright
Corry
Erie County
WIPA
Bradford
Spring Creek
Michigan
Rollo. McCray
County Commission
Youth Slaps Girl. CCC Workers Threaten Police
A youth named C McCurdy of Butler slapped a girl on Fraley street. He received a five day jail sentence or $10 fine after a hearing. About thirty CCC workers and others threatened police at the scene, then dispersed when state troopers arrived. The incident occurred near the Slating rink around 10:30 p.m.
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Kane
CCC
Fraley Street
COC
Fadeen
C. McCurdy
Butler
McCurdy
Burgess C. F. Feit
Erie Girl Says Fiends Kidnapped Her Twice
Anna Zikowski a 14 year old East 1st Street East High student reports to police she was chloroformed, abducted by two men in a car, and left gagged in rain near Hammermill Paper Car garages on East Lake Road. She previously said two men tried to seize her on Reed Street October 15, injuring her back during the struggle.
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Ay United Press
Erie
Anna Zikowski
East 1
Sth
East High
Hammermil
East Lake Road
9200 WPA Employables in Erie District Found Working
WPA reports in Erie district show about 7000 employed on relief projects with 9200 quota. Funds delays hinder new hires while state and federal agencies approve projects including highway work and rail removal. Bernard Cochran surveys the field as pay delays persist and up to 2000 more workers expected by mid November.
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Ute
Erie
WPA
Bernard Cochran
Brie
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
State Emergency Re- Ref Board
SERS
Cochran
Fight over poor board funds sparks county debate
Erin November 2 Harvey M Willis opposes raising the counties poor board appropriation noting 250000 this year should cover another year as no petition has been filed Adrian Collins poor director says a higher allotment is needed to handle a larger caseload while acknowledging financial strain the board will review a budget before formal court application and meeting for next year's funds. School board th rifty Monroe Michigan ten ballots determined the courthouse janitor post finally awarded to Harry Allore who pledged to support the janitorial duties.
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Erin
Harvey M. Willis
Willis
Adrian Collins
School Board
Thrifty
Monroe
Mich
Board of Supervisors
Harry Allore
Erie Youth Struck By Auto In Halloween Incident
Six year old Joseph Borowst of Erie is in serious condition at St. Vincent's hospital after being struck on 23rd Street between Wallace and Ash while celebrating Halloween. He darted from a car and stepped into the path of a westbound vehicle driven by Frank Box of 44 Holmes Street.
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Erie
Joseph Borowst
St. Vincent's Hospital
Len
23Rd Street
Wallace
Ash
Hallowe’en
Holmes Street
Warren Borough School Bond Approved for 119000
Secretary of Internal Affairs Thomas A Logue approved a bond issue totaling 119000 for Warren borough school district. Proceeds will fund alterations at the high school additions at Beaty and improvements across 83 other projects in the borough.
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Warren
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Thomas A. Logue
Warren Borough
Beaty
350000 FOR ERIE AIRPORT THROUGH WPA
Erie officials okayed and sent to Washington a WPA project to spend 889000 on Port Erie airport development contingent on title transfer by the city county or state. The plan ties to Pennsylvania 14 million airport program promising jobs, with local funding needs of 22000 for materials and possible later runway construction.
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Erie
State Works Progress Administration
Washington
Port Wrie
Pennsytvacnia
Port Erie
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Kane-Bradford
Ridgway
Ol City
Franklin
Titusville
Corry
Water chiefs threaten to shut off Erie supplies
In Connell FRIDAY, Park Director Edward Allen warned water commissioners would cut off water to City Hall and parks buildings. He cited a disputed department bill and a lack of equity guidance from City Solicitor E. B. Murphy, who reportedly advised filing a mandamus suit. Allen said he tore up the bill in anger.
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Erie
Park Department
Connell
Parky
Eekward Allen
EB. M. Murphy
Water Department
Allen
Murphy
Parks Bureau
Assailant of Premier Dies After Gun Attack in China
Sun Feng Jing who fired three shots at Wang Ching-wei, premier and foreign minister, died today in Central hospital after being shot by gendarmes following the assassination attempt at the Kuomintang central executive committee meeting. Wang Ching-wei’s condition improved after bullets were removed from his back and arm. The third shot struck the premier in the left heel. Political books popular in the Midwest as businessmen read political philosophy and government titles at the Merchandise Mart.
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United Prous
Sun Feng Jing
Wang Ching-Wei
Central Executive Committee
Kuomintang
Sun
Jime
Experts boast New York quake resilience amid tremor
Scientists and engineers in New York and major cities assess quake safety after yesterday's tremor. They claim towers in New York, Chicago, and Boston could withstand larger shocks, while statewide damage remains slight but public interest grows in a major tremor's potential impact. Chief Engineer Othman Hermann Amonann notes key spans and bridges in New York are flexibly built to endure shocks.
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Ay United Press
New York
Chicago
Boston
Othman Hermann Amonann
Port of New York Authority
Hollana.unnel
Midtown Hudson
George Washington Bridge
Tri-Torough Bridge
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