State relief rolls slashed to 34,987 cases
Pennsylvania general assistance rolls fell for the forty first straight week ending November 14 with a net decline of 11 cases. 1,107 cases closed while 416 opened, the smallest weekly change on record. Total general assistance cases reached 24,987 with about 5,000 employable. other programs include 96,000 old age, 42,500 aid to dependent children, and 14,000 blind pensions. Private employment changes removed 243 cases, weekly grants totalled 102,094 dollars, cash aid 159,886 dollars, milk orders 2,408 dollars.
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Pennsylvania
Age Is No Barrier Cupid Finds A Way In Mercer
The Mercer license book shows Paul Kelstl 70 and Theresa Cygledi 72 declared their intentions with signatures. Kelstl hails from Jeelson Center and Cygledi from Layne avenue. The note hints that three is the charm after two prior marriages.
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Cupid
Mercer
Clerk of Courts
Mercer Paul Kelstl
Theresa Cygledi
Jeelson Center
Oygledi
Layne Avenue
Chinagasilach
P R R Train Sidewipes Derailed Car Near Dekttey Va
A passenger train derailed nine freight cars on the Pennsylvania Railroad main line near Dekttey in Westmoreland County. Several soldiers were slightly injured. Railroad men attributed the derailment to a coupling dropping from one car of the 78 car freight. Both trains were eastbound and one westbound track was closed temporarily.
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Dekttey
Pennsylvania Railroad
Westmoreland County
Fatally Hurt in Fall at Erie
John Sennett, a temporary Erie Forge employee from Rosedale West Virginia, died in Hamel hospital after a fall at the Royal Motel 1616 State Street. Police say he mistook a basement door for a restroom and fell. he was found on the basement floor by a waitress and later died of a fractured skull and facial lacerations.
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Erie
John Sennett
Rosedale
W. Va
Erie Forge and Steel Co
Hamel Hospital
Royal Motel
State Street
St. George
Bennett
Esther Jacobs
Two War Plant Workers Escape Injury in Collision
Franklin November 23 two war plant workers escaped serious injury when their cars collided head on on the Rouseville Oil City road at 2 30 p m. Morris Liddle of Ol City and Russell Cochran of Centerville collided as Cochran swerved to avoid the crash. Liddle's car sustained 150 dollars damage and Cochran's 100 dollars according to state motor police estimates.
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Franklin
Rouseville
Oil City
Morris Liddle
West Front Street
Ol City
Russell
Cochran
Centerville
Titusville
Liddle
Ferraro Sailor Wounded in Navy Service at Norfolk
Ferraro, son of Mrs Eleanor Ferrara of 1030 North Broad Street, is in the Naval Hospital at Norfolk, Virginia, in serious condition after sustaining multiple wounds while serving in the U.S. Navy. Details were not disclosed in a telegram to his mother Saturday morning. He has served in the Navy for three years.
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Rivwrywax
Aenna
Ferraro
Eleanor Ferrard
North Broad Street
U. 5. Naval Hospital
Norfolk
U. S. Navy
Ferrara
U.S. Navy
Election expenses filed by three candidates
Three candidates filed expense accounts Saturday in the Erie Crawford Mercer area. R L Rodgers, re elected, spent 1765.69 with no contributions listed. Homer Cook, re elected in the west county district, spent under 830. Julian Poleski reported expenses with no opposition. The filing deadline is December 3 per Ralph Benedict.
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Erim
R. L. Rodgers
Erie-Crawford-Mercer
Julian Poleski
Homer Cook
West County
Lis Uo
Ralph C. Benedict
Woman Faces Two Charges in Death of Child in Erie
In Erie, Elma Fenstermacher, 30, pleaded not guilty to 19 counts of murder and involuntary manslaughter over the death of an illegitimate baby boy. She also pleaded guilty to concealing the body in an improvised grave behind her shed. Fenstermacher, mother of five, is jailed without bail for preliminary hearing. The baby’s presumed father, Edward Tylman, 37, remained in county custody on an open charge, pending DA action.
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Erie
Elma Penstermacher
Prench Street
Joseph Kiltsewski
Edward ‘Tylman
Parade Street
George Christoph
Tylman
Emporium Industry Expands Operations
Emporium, Pa November 23 The Cameron Manufacturing Corporation expands by subcontracting part of its work to the American Silver Truss Corporation in Coudersport due to rising orders for surreal instruments for the armed forces. The company also contemplates leasing the Austin Silk Mill plant in Austin for further expansion.
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Emporium Industry
Emporium
Cameron Manufacturing Corporation
American Silver Truss Corporation
Couderswort
Carl R. Zimmer
Amysorium
Incal
Austin
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American Medical Association
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