Public meeting and bids highlight Corry notes
Regular board meeting announced by Dr M A Williams of Ashtabula Ohio. Townsend Club gathering at Grand Theatre tonight. State Highway bids opened for six projects across Forest and Tioga counties. Revisions include driver card suspensions and pennsylvania civic events with speakers from Erie and Philadelphia. Local police report light weekend motor arrests. Dairymen in Corry area to receive September tank price.
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M.A. Willams
Ashtabula
Ohio
State Highway Department
Harrisburg
Forest County
Tionesta Township
Charles H. Wry
Showdown on School Project Faces Board Vote
Corry School District confronts opposition as it weighs $63,000 in PWA aid for razing the Hutch building and constructing a new vocational school plus athletic field renovation. Board members remain divided over financing $25,000 locally while some favor using funds to replace Washington and Fairview elementary schools. Tonight's regular meeting may resolve the plan amid broader routine business.
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Corry
PWA
Board of Education
Public Works
Hutch
Jamestown
Raymond A. Freeburg
Washington
Fairview
Italian Press Criticizes British Policies Across the Med
The Italian press condemns British stand over courtesy salutes by Italian ships in the Mediterranean. London refused to relay Baron Pompeo Aloisi’s Geneva broadcast to America, citing League of Nations sanctions, while Italy notes Britain’s ongoing refusal to return salutes in diplomatic naval relations.
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Mediterranean
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Geneva
British Broadcasting Company
America
League of Nations
Marine Ministry
Bridgeport Man Faces Job Permit Question
Bridgeport Connecticut citizen George cammadin, 45, faces scrutiny over job permits as he works mixing fulminate, a highly explosive substance, amid safety concerns and doubts about error avoidance.
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Bridgeport
Conn
George Cammadin
Fall's Gold Draws Many Motorists
Favored by autumn weather hundreds of motorists enjoyed weekend trips. Clear skies and rising temperatures kept highways jammed on Saturday and Sunday. Rural roads reported heavy traffic as fall colors brightened woodlands along Roosevelt Highway toward Warren Cook's Forest and the Kinzua scenic drive drew local tourists.
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Corey Autclals
Pn Woodlands
Roosevelt Highway
Warren
Cook's Forest
Kinzua
Auditor General Baldwin to Speak at Corry Dinner
Auditor General Frank E. Baldwin of Harrisburg will address a Republican dinner tonight at the Hotel Corry, hosted by the Corry Council of Republican Women. About 150 reservations, with 134 listed by Saturday, attendances expected to rise as Erie and McKean County Republicans gather for his remarks on Republicanism.
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Corry
Frank E. Baldwin
Harrisburg
Erie
McKean County
Baldwin
Death Claims Clarence Smith in Corry at 58
Clarence Smith of Corry R D 2 died at Corry hospital after two weeks illness from a stroke. He was 58 and survived by wife Cora, two sisters Jennie Schreckengost Spartansburg and Anna Quip Union City, and brother Alton Smith Spartansburg RD. Funeral planned Tuesday at 2:30 pm at his sister’s home. In a separate note, Ben Epley 68 of Whitehouse Fayette County died in Western penitentiary from a lung condition after 10 to 20 year sentence for the 1927 killing of his son. committed to the prison October 15, 1928 on second degree murder charges.
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Clarence Smith
Corry
R. D
Corry Hospital
Smith
Cora
Jennie Schreckengost
Spartansburg
Anna Quip
Union City
Alton Smith
Pittsburgh
Ben Epley
Whitehouse
Fayette County
Western Penitentiary
Epley
Anti Sunday Movie Groups Rally In Erie County
Active campaign by ministerial groups and church members urges approval of Sunday movies across Erie County communities including Erie Wesleyville North East Union City Girard Albion and others. Five voting machines will be placed in theater lobbies to inform voters with demonstrators assisting. the question will appear on the ballot.
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Carey
Man Confesses to Triple Slaying After Rampage
In a desolate highway path near Ogden a Salt Lake City packer Blanche Nelson was slain and her body cast from a car. The killer Rutledge is alleged to have shot the woman then opened fire on nearby residents Mr and Mrs Lorin Hast and George Rich before wounding Keith Secrist. Rutledge was captured after associates provided a description of the assailant’s bar.
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Blanche Nelson
Salt Lake City
Ogden Highway
Rutledge
Lorin Hast
George Rich
Keith Secrist
Relief rolls shrink as private industry absorbs cases
Emergency relief board reports a weekly drop of about 34 000 in Pennsylvania. October 6 figures show reduced relief spending to 3 223 717 dollars, with 1 584 177 people remaining on rolls. About three fifths of cases closed during October 5 had found private sector employment.
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Univcarresm
Harrisburg
Pivate
Pennsylvania
Emergency Relief Board
Phe
Lin
Wireek Weller
Works Progres Administration
Ory F Traction
Death of Mrs L V Briggs in North East at 82
Mrs Allene Briggs wife of L V Briggs longtime Corry resident died Sunday afternoon at her son W R Briggs North East at age 82 Funeral services planned at her son's home Tuesday at 10 30 followed by services at United Brethren in Christ Church in Corry Rev H Ray Harris to assist Interment in Pine Grove cemetery Survived by husband one son five brothers one sister five grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. three daughters predeceased her.
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Allene Briggs
L. V. Briggs
Corry
W. R. Briggs
Gibson Trees
North East
Briggs
West Bend Street
Wie
Special Services at Baptist Church Open With Evangelistic Events
Visitors for Warren Panama Meadville Union City Clymer and Corry attended the opening services in the Baptist church conducted this week by Rev L L Legters. He began a combination Bible conference and evangelistic service with daily afternoon services at 2 45 and evening services at 7 30 except Saturday and this evening. Miss Josephine Holanoski went to Exie this morning for a period of time.
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Warren
Panama
Meadville
Union City
Clymer
Corry
Baptist Church
L. L. Legters
Confessing Couple Planned Family Killings in Michigan
Ferrin Rowland, a Harrison farmer, hanged himself in Pontiac jail. His wife Elizabeth Rowland confessed that they had plotted for months to kill both of her children and also to murder her aged father.
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Ferrin Rowland
Harrison
Mich
Pontiac
Wizabeth Rowland
Rowland
Urge Canal Construction Through State
L A Vigorous Appeal by Erie real estate leaders for a canal to connect the French Creek and Allegheny River route. They urge building in Pennsylvania to secure federal funds, arguing it protects Pennsylvania’s industrial edge and prevents water diversions to Ohio routes. They criticize Senator Gueen for opposing an all Pennsylvania route.
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Erie
Pennsylvania
Tandy Perentiy
L. A. Gugin
Lees Chamber of Cormmercn
Irie Ryal Estate Board
Ijuny Lidlely
Pensylvania
Youngstown
Ita
Joseph Gueen
Ohio
Hi River
Lake Erie
Gavin
Letherman Appeals Manslaughter Case Before State Supreme Court
William H. Letherman, 25, son of a Rostraver township teacher, appeals his voluntary manslaughter conviction in the death of his fiancée Viola Dennis. He is sentenced to from five to ten years in the Allegheny County Workhouse after a Greensburg verdict in March.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
William H. Letherman
Rostraver Township
State Supreme Court
Letherman
Tromty
Allegheny County
Greensburg
Viola Dennis
Donora
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State Bureau of Highway Paral and Safety
New York Herald-Tripune Forum
NBC Net
Paul A. Siple
Boy Scouts of America
WJZ
National Broadcasting Company
Wedneday
Sheeley
Baptists of
New Castle
First Baptist Church
Baptist
Trafic
State Board of Pardons
Erie County
Samuel Frenchmore
Jack Walter Lawson
Willam ¥. Miller
William Parker
St. Hdward's School
St. Thomas Church
Church Gra
Repair Academy High
Strong Vincent
Burton, Jefferson
Columbus
Perry
Dairymen of
William Steckley
Corona
S. 7
West End
Steckley
Talian Press
Penn
Josephine Holanoski
Exie
Mase
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center Street
Harry Paulson
Elizabeth Rowland
Kryptok
Teces
New Deal
ICAL
West 9Th St
Rie
Etta Kett
Haraes
Paul Robinso
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