State's September relief costs rise to over five million
Harrisburg reports September public assistance expenditures total five million twenty thousand dollars. Old age aid received two million four hundred twenty eight thousand. dependent children and care relatives four hundred seventy four thousand. general assistance six hundred twelve thousand. blind pensions eight million five thousand. Blind pensions increased by about one hundred twenty thousand monthly due to a law raising monthly payments from thirty to forty dollars effective September first. About twelve thousand seven hundred fifty seven Pennsylvanians receive blind pensions, below the 1941 peak and near the June level.
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Funeral Tuesday for famed chocolate maker Hershey
Hershey Pennsylvania funeral plans honor Inie Milton Hershey a year old philanthropist who died Saturday. The service will be in the auditorium of the local school with viewing from 9 pm to 1 pm and a 2 pm interdenominational service led by Catholic and Protestant clergy. Hershey churches held special services Sunday with prayers for the man who ten years ago donated funds to build five churches freeing them from debt. Henry Hershey bequeathed $20,000 to each church and the town mourns his loss.
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Three More Big Gas Wells Reported In The New Kane Field
Reports from the Guffey area east of Kane detail three new gas wells. Largest tests up to 3,900,000 cubic feet, with others yielding 9,000,000 and 100,000 cubic feet in Husidit sand. Mrs Rae B Kane, drilling discovery well last year, now overseeing more wildcat work. South Penn and Kane-Midwest/Jewett interests involved. deeper sands to be probed after a dry hole.
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Kinne-Mb. Jewett
South Penn
Erie Bomber Pilot Dies In Training Crash Recovery
The 8 24 Liberator bomber crewman, bom bardier navigator Charles W. Bunting, was injured August 14 1944 near Jess Highe England. He later improved then worsened at Pyote Army base hospital Texas. Bunting of Midland Texas, 277 Pesehstvert, served at Midland Army Air Field.
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Jamestown Brothers Plan Reunion At Annapolis Navy Event
Jamestown brothers Joseph and Frank Trusso plan a reunion at the Annapolis Naval Academy where one serves as a midshipman. Veterans of Pearl Harbor they recently returned from overseas on 30 day leaves. They hold multiple service ribbons and medals including the National Defense Medal with four stars and the Philippines Campaign Ribbon.
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Pearl Harbor
Joseph
Philippines
Jamestown Furniture Leader LeRoy Norquist Dies
LeRoy Norquist, 61, longtime Jamestown furniture executive and secretary of Norquist Products Inc., died suddenly at 4:40 AM Sunday. A brother in the Norquist family business, he led the AC Norquist Company after his father August C. Norquist’s death in 1926. He was a prominent figure in bedroom furniture and traveled nationwide as a salesman for the company.
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Norquist Products, Inc
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AC. Norquist Company
Answers to Quiz Questions From Editorial Page 3
The note lists correct quiz answers including Emperor Hirohito of Japan, Kitchen police, London, Tuberentasis, Dusted Automobile Workers, Kewird Mvevell Hate, T Usteehl, Lashon B. Inch Dalton, and Vulcan, presented as a compact answer key for readers.
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County Appeals Fall Fatal to Hit Low Figure Mrs Bidwell
Erie county reports only about 20 appeals filed from a 140 assessment, with fewer than 200 expected by October 22. County officials say the new annual valuation law reduced appeals, keeping tax bills near last year’s. Also obituary notices former resident Mrs Esther Bidwell dies after a fall, with services set for Tuesday afternoon at Bracket-Keathy Funeral Home and burial at Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Unidentified man found hanging near Bedford woods
Remains of an unnamed man about 50 were found hanged by a wire to a tree in a dense Hyndmin area woods near Bedford. Coroner Vernon Geisel said the body likely lay there for around six months, concealed by autumn foliage before discovery yesterday.
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Hyndmin
Vernon Geisel
New York Egg Market and Stock Market Mixed Outlook
Egg market receipts and pricing details appear with revised extras and medium grades. In New York, stocks opened the week with a rally that faded, leaving mixed trends as lenders failed to sustain gains. noon quotes list major industrials and commodities. Washington notes a new 21 cent per gallon ceiling on glycerine antifreeze, aimed to boost production, with glycerine costs rising.
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