Cities Plan Union To Seek Tax Relief Nationwide
Northwestern Pennsylvania officials from Meadville Sharon North East Corry and others formed the Municipal Officials Taxation Relief Committee at a city meeting to draft a tax relief program for submission to state authorities. Attendees discussed shifting the real estate tax burden and explored forms such as occupational or income levies with plans to present a unified proposal to the League of Third Class Cities and state legislature. The group voted to reconvene Friday December 14 to advance the program and invite additional towns and counties to join.
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Pennsylvania
Meadville
Sharon
North
Ard Corry
Glenn Miller
Corry
Uni
Walter H.scott
League of Third Class
Merest-Crawford -Vendango
Erie
Warren
Meanville
Phos
Inital
Municips Innding
Burgess H. F. Eaton
R. F. Firman
N. P. Fuller
North East
F.C. Kiebert
Death Claims John Costello
John Costello of 765 East Main Street and Corry City vicinity died at 11 45 last evening at Corry Hospital after an emergency operation performed Tuesday morning He was born January 26 1877 in Tidbute Pa and moved to Corry from a farm near Turner Hill He is survived by his widow four sons Thomas Martin James and Patrick two daughters Nora Bridget and Katherine at home two sisters Margaret Clark and Mrs Nicholas Ressler and two brothers James A Costello and Michael Costello all of Corry Funeral services will be held at St Thomas Church Tuesday at 9 30 AM with burial in St Thomas Cemetery.
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John Costello
East Main Street
Corry Hospital
Costello
Tidbute
Corry
Turner Hill
Thomas
Martin
James
Patrick
Nora
Bridget
Katherine
Margaret Clark
Nicholas. Ressler
James A. Costello
Michael Costello
St Thomas Church
Penn a Employment Gains in October
Reports from 10 500 firms show a 4 percent rise in industrial employment in October and a 54 percent jump in payrolls versus September. Early earnings averaged 61 cents, weekly earnings rose to 20.95 dollars, with wage payments up 24 percent year over year and manufacturing posting notable October gains in employment and payrolls.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Department of Labor and Industry
Oeko
Ber
Woman saved $20000 on $36 month salary
Camden New Jersey November 24 Mrs Nellie Jones spent twenty years mending books at the public library earning 364 a month. She walked 40 blocks each way to save car fare. Her estate is valued at 20000. The 75 year old widow died recently and had lived alone for 25 years after her husband's death.
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United Press
Camden
N. J
Nellie Jones
Public Library
Shawkey Back in Sheffield for Short Visit
Robert Shankey manager of the Newark Internationals visited Sheffield to renew old ties, then headed to New York with his daughter. He recalled a 2 to 1 Sheffield win over Coryton when Haslet hit a twelfth inning homer, and noted his gold mine in Canada with $150,000 in machinery and rich quartz. He plans to manage Newark again next season.
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Robert Shankey
Newark Internationals
Sheffield
Warren
New York City
Bob
Baltimore Internationals
Ray Caldwell
Coryton
Ray
Yankees
Haslet
Bel
Philadelphia Athletic
New York Yankee
Bob At Warren
Canada
Newark
Shawkey
Congregational Dinner Party Celebrates church members
The Opportunity Club of the Presbyterian church sponsored a delightful church gymnasium dinner for congregants and families. Over 130 guests dined at attractively set tables. Entertainment included vocal solos, recitations, a piano duet, a travel talk, and a play Back to Old School Days. The program featured Rev Le Boy, Mrs. Frank Graft as teacher, and a school director led by Frank Geiger. The event ended with all singing a hymn.
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Opportunity Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Charles Aver
Emma Dean
Jay Griffiths
le Boy
Frank Graft
R. A. Ott
Frank Geiger
Glenn Dighson
A. ¥. Cochrans
Raymoud Barnes
William Johnson
Harry Spices
M. Hengst
Harold At]lerson
A. G. Postelthail
Dorothy May ‘Rickers
Sarepti Albert
Dane Maxwell
Pupila
Schoyl
Congressmen Asked to Help Penny a Cities
Western Pennsylvania mayors urge federal help to cut municipal debt costs. Mayor Rossiter cites a two point program from the United States Conference of Mayors to lower taxes from 13 to nine mills and reduce interest on municipal loans. Aims include a 0.125 percent rate for public works and annual borrowing at 0.1 of bonded debt for retardation, potentially freeing $600,000 to meet debt service.
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Brio
Pennsylvania
James P. Rossiter
Congress
Hiie
Rossiter
United States Conference of Mayors
Chicago
New Forks
Fiorella
LaGuantay
Getbig Order for Ball Bats
The Gneiwen Handle Company is building an addition to its mill to fulfill a Spaulding Company order for 126000 baseball blanks. Previously it bought southern ash for hats, but will now use northern timber. Aelia Sheldon and sons are actively buying timber for the project.
Sharon to Survey for Federal Aid Housing Project
The State Emergency Relief Board approved a Mercer county plan to employ 50 plus people for 14 weeks in a federal housing survey of 10 000 homes in Sharon Farrell and Sharpsville. Mayor J Fred Thomas will lead the effort with a $16188 20 budget to inspect homes and discuss improvements and financing options. The Shenango valley census will begin immediately and visit about 700 homes in Sharon 3200 in Farrell and 1100 in Sharpsville.
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United Press
Harrisburg
State Emergency Relief Board
Mercer County
Federal Housing Administration
Sharon
Partell
Sharpsville
J. Fred Thomas
Shenango Valley
Farrell
Substantial Recovery Report Signals Confidence Rise
A continued improvement in business sentiment extends from October into November with check payments up six percent from last year and twenty percent from two years ago. Retail sales remain steady as prices stabilize, suggesting a leveling of production and distribution costs. gains in car loading are modest, power demand rises, and steel and textile production improves with steady employment.
Mill completes roof add on large order now ready
The mill has the facility shaped to fill a large order. Yesterday the roof on the new addition was completed. The mill will not complete bats but will produce blanks for this order. The company has produced handies of various kinds for years.
France denies any alliance with Russia
Paris November 24 The foreign office officially denies a French Russian military alliance amid excitement sparked by budget reporter Leon Archimbault who claimed Russia would offer a solid well equipped army in case of conflict between Germany and France The foreign ministry stated that reports of an alliance are groundless and inaccurate
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United Press Paris
Foreign Office
Leon Archimbault
Chamber of Deputies
Russia
Germany
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Bible Lectures Continue at Grand Theatre and Adventist Church
Evangelist L W Belote will close the sixth week of Bible lectures at the Grand with "God's Third Alarm" a study of Revelation 18. Lectures continue Tuesday at the Seventh-day Adventist church North Center street titled 300 Creeds One Bible Which is the True Church inviting public attendance. Clarence Miller returned home to Lottsville after visiting his mother Mrs Rose Miller of East Main Street.
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Grand Theatre
L. W. Belote
Seventh-day Adventist Church
North Center Street
Adventist Church
N. Center Street
Clarence Miller
Lottsville
Rose Miller
East Main Street
Everett Clothing Plant Faces Move After Riot and Threat of Closure
Merchants urge Grief and Sons to keep the Everett Pennsylvania plant open with its $6,000 weekly payroll. The factory, idle after closing days ago, threatens to move to Baltimore. A riot erupted when laid off workers confronted union organizers visiting the plant, but no injuries or arrests occurred as Bedford County deputies escorted the visitors home. The plant employs about 200 workers making men’s clothing.
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United Press
Everett
Grief and Sons
Baltimore
Moyou
Saxton
Bedford County
Geranium grows six foot bloom giant in Bangor
In Bangor Mrs. Alice G. Winnegan displays a six foot tall geranium with 85 blooms this year. The plant’s stem is over an inch thick and the circumference exceeds a hat. Delco Farm Lighting Plants promotes five year Delco batteries through Baldwin Electric Service in Union City Pa.
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Bangor
Alice G. Winnegan
DELCO
Baldwin Electric Service
Delco Distributors
Union City
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