Board approves PWA grant for new vocational school
Erie area school board votes acceptance of a Public Works Administration loan and grant totaling 63 636 for a new vocational school. Citizens debate timing and costs while proponents cite space, safety, and long term savings from federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PWA
Mussolini
Public Works Administration
Board of Education
Chundren
Corry
D. L. Bracken
Gerosa
Brown
Haten
Department of Public Instruction
Austin H. Johnson
West
Wayne Street
Charles Monroe
East Pleasant Street
Loree Warns Government Could Seize U S Railroads
L. P. Loree, president of the Delaware and Hudson, told Columbia University’s institute that harsh laws and subsidies to other transport modes threaten private rail ownership. He warned railroad mileage may rise in receivership and opposed consolidating railroads into a few large systems.
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Delaware and Hudson
United Press
NEW York
L. PF. Sores
Institute of Arts and Sciences
Columbia University
Loree
Drive to End Dole Near Goal
A United Press report from Washington outlines the New Deal push to create jobs for about 3.9 million people by mid November and end the dole. Officials estimate 2 million will be on federal payroll by tomorrow and another 1.5 million will gain work within two weeks.
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Erie County
Ihe
United States
Grands Theatre
W. Pitt Glord
Erie
Gifford
WEA
PWA
Int
Robert J. Wirman
Brie
Blaine Kincaid
Corry
Jacob J. Held
Republcan
Union City
Waterford
Richard L. Harkness
United Press
Washington
New Deal Today
Size of Parade Increases With Final Entries
More entries were received from the Phalanx Club for the Hallowe en parade to be staged tonight. Over 100 decorated cars will be in the parade with bands flats and marchers. The parade starts at 8 o clock forming on Pleasamt and Church streets near Center and proceeds to Center street then Bond Wright Smith Maple Washington and Center to City Park. A program of games and contests follows at the Park with prizes for winners and outstanding participants. Ideal weather raised hopes for a large crowd and event success.
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Phalanx Club
Pleasamt
Church Streets
Ear Center
Church
Center Street
Bond
Wright
Smith
Plane crash inquiry continues after denial of tampering reports
Reports that the Boeing bombing plane crashed after tampering were dis credited by Army Air Corps officials at Wright Field. The board led by Gen. A. W. Robing continues to investigate the cause, with one man killed and four injured in the Tyton incident.
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United Press
Tayton
Army Air Corps
Wright Field
Simy Board
A. W. Robing
Erie police hunt two marauders in sex assault case
Erie police intensified a manhunt for two young men linked to a month of attacks on women. Descriptions pegged them at 18 to 20, medium height, roughly dressed, after a stolen car wreck and a five hour kidnapping. A sister-in-law fainted when the victim was seized.
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Eris
Erie
Helen
Cold Wave and Snow Sweep Eastward Across Nation
A severe cold wave and heavy snow spread from the western states toward the central plains. Temperatures fell tens of degrees as snow blanketed Oregon and spread to Colorado Kansas Nebraska Minnesota with freezing rains in Kansas Missouri and Iowa. Winds toppled trees in Wichita and electric storms accompanied the rainfall.
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United Press
Mercury
Tate
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Colorado
Kansas
Nebroska
Minnesota
Migsouri
Iowa
Wichita
Kans
City Treasurers Salary Set At 1600 Amid Vote Split
In a 4 to 2 decision the Bogard council reaffirms the salary for city treasurer and combined tax collector at 1600 per year. The figure matches the City Council and three‑party conference plan despite county delegate Rollo Merny proposing 2000. An early joint meeting of municipal county and aptool representatives is planned to finalize the salary.
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Eiea- Hon An
Rollo Merny
Two Thousand Die in Lanchow Explosion
An explosion at a munitions dump in Lanchow Kansu province kills about 2000 people. Hundreds of homes are buried under debris as buildings topple. German Catholic bishop Dr Brundenbrock is seriously injured and a hospital is destroyed. Authorities blame communists for the blast.
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United Press Shanghat
Lanchow
Kansu
Brundenbrock
Landhen
Adkins to Rule on Guffey Act Within 10 Days
Justice Jesse Adkins said he would rule within ten days on the constitutionality of the Guffey coal regulation act in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. James W. Carter and the U S attorney general's office indicated an immediate appeal to the U S Supreme Court would follow any decision. The case centers on whether coal falls under interstate commerce jurisdiction as argued by Carter Coal Co. and the potential injunctions to exempt Carter from the act were discussed as a compromise step.
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Fred Bailey
United Press
Washington
Jesse Adkins
District of Columbia Supreme Court
James W. Carter
United States Attorney General's Office
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
District Court
Intersie
Carter Goal Company
Congress
Adkins
Carter
Pleasantville Rejects State Liquor Store Plan
Pleasantville residents won a campaign victory as the state liquor control board canceled plans to open a one man store in the borough. Governor Warle announced the decision, pleasing a majority of locals who had opposed the proposal.
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Pleasantville
Warle
Liier Control Board
Four Killed as United Transport Plane Crashes Near Cheyenne
Ay United Press reports a United Airlines Boeing transport crashed five miles south of Cheyenne Wyoming killing two pilots and two mechanics. The victims were Hanley Cohen Denver pilot M T Arnold Wyoming Airlines pilot H R Kaufman and Ed Yanis United Air mechanic. Arnold tested the aircraft after motor reconditioning and the others were aboard for a pleasure ride. The plane failed to gain altitude from Cheyenne airport and dived nose into a prairie crash site with a resulting pillar of fire observed by witnesses.
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United Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
United Airlines
Boeing
Hanley Cohen
Denver
Wyoming Air Service
Colorado
Wyoming
United Air
M.T. Arnold
Airlines
H. R. Kaufman
Ed Yanis
Arnold
Te Hed
George Smith
Wyoming State Highway Patrol
At Prairie
Smith
Blatt Elected Kiwanis President at Hotel Corry Meeting
John A. Blatt was elected Kiwanis club president for the coming year at the annual officer election held today at the Hotel Corry. Charles F. Hoff master steps down. Herbert Gulick and Arthur Sheppner named vice presidents with a full board listed. The meeting featured a program titled Cavalcade of Winners by Ed Hazing of Pittsburgh, presented with local assistance, supporting the Atlantic Refining company.
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John A. Blatt
Kiwanis Club
Corry
Blatt
Charles F. Hoffmaster
Herbert Gulick
Arthur Sheppner
Willard Cox
Lawrence Davison
Ray Greene
Clifton Howard
Walter Peake
Walter Scott
R. H. Albert
Pittsburgh
Gn, Woods
North East
Atlantic Refining Company
Joint Meeting Sets Treasurer Pay Fixed
City Council Board of Education and county commissioners meet to set the treasurer salary. Board approves 1600 dollars while council and school board support the 1600 rate. Four members back the motion with two opposing feeling the pay too low. Continued on Page Seven.
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Board of Education Aid County Commissioners
Bennett
Lambing
Patterson
Brown
Barnes
Hillstrom
600000 Men To Form Germanys Standing Army
Berlin reports the rebirth of a six hundred thousand strong conscript army to be signaled next week with ceremonies on November 7. Adolf Hitler will inaugurate the first recruits as part of Germanys effort to achieve equal armament. A new national flag will be hoisted across garrisons with a red background and black bands, a white circle bearing a swastika, and an iron cross in the upper left.
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Paul Kecskermetz
United Press
Berlin
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Alleged Fight Leads to Court Appearance on Battery Charge
Hubert Retherford was arraigned before Judge George H. Gordon and held on $300 bail for a Wednesday hearing on assault and battery charges filed by Joby Casey. The case stems from a reported afternoon altercation on Retherford's Columbus Avenue property. The plaintiff sustained minor injuries to the face.
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Algerman
George H. Gordon
Hubert Retherford
Columbus Avenue
Joby Casey
Concord Townstilp
Casey
Retherford
Mussolini vows finish fight against League penalties
Premier Benito Mussolini pledged the nation to a finish fight against League of Nations penalties in Rome. He denounced the League as an economic atrocity aimed at Italy and declared Italy would oppose it with firm resolve and supreme contempt.
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Stewart Brown
United Press
Rome
Benito Mussolini
League of Nations
Geneva
Italy
London
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Ita
Uniter
Paris
France
Three Killed at Grade Crossing Near Olean
A Pennsylvania Railroad train struck a truck at an unimproved Woodchuck Hollow Road crossing near Olean. Killed were Lawrence Thurston 88 of Humphrey Center Gerald Thurston 4 and Leo Cooney 25 son of Willian Cooney of Humphrey Center. They were en route to a yard with furnace wool and potatoes when the collision occurred.
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OLEAN
Pennsylvania Railroad
Woodchuck Hollow Road
Lawrence ‘Thurston
Humphrey Center
Gerald Thurston
Agi Leo Cooney
Willian Cooney
Hinsdale
Further Regulation of Radio Foreseen
New York Oct 3 George Henry Payne of the federal communications commission warned that popular indignation could drive tighter controls on radio if broadcasters arrogantly seize political power or fail to reform their programs. He added that if broadcasters show intent to raise educational content and curb deceptive advertising and abuses the current system could be salvaged.
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United Press New York
George Henry Payne
Federal
Sulmunications Commission
Hughes Refuses to Intervene in Guffey Coal Act Case
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes declined to intervene in the test of the constitutionality of the Guffey Coal Act now before the District of Columbia Supreme Court.
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Hughes
United Prat
Washington, Oct
Charles Evans ‘Hughes
Supreme Court
District of Columbia Supreme Court
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Elf
Rally Board
W. Pitt Gifford
Robert J. Firman
U.S
Dole
Hallowe'en
Deny
Treas
STATE
Kiwanis Pres
League
Britain
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