Fire Police To Be Named Measure Gets Final City Approval
The Gerry City Council approved Ordinance No. 619 on final reading establishing a fire police squad from the Stanford Hose Company. Twenty members will patrol fires, perform police duties, and aid the department. The ordinance lays out officer roles, station use, alarm procedures, and aligns with Meadville rules.
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Enrollment In City Schools Edges Up At Opening
Public schools report total enrollment of 1491 students today, up from 1485 year opening. St Edward’s parochial school remains at 185, while high school and junior high see shifts. Concord and Harding report congestion from rising numbers as transfers boost expected growth.
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Washington Today
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M E Conference Opens Sessions at Grove City
The Erie Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened business sessions at Grove City with 175 ministers on the roll. Bishop Adna W. Leonard led devotional services as the centennial event began, with a vote planned Friday on merging the Methodist Episcopal Church with the Methodist Protestant and Methodist Souls. Assignments of pastors are expected Sunday.
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Methodist Protestant and Methodist Souls
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Columbus
Destroyer to Remove Foreign Refugees
United States destroyer Kana sailed today for Bilbao Spain to embark foreign refugees. Jean de Vuz reports from France that the mission aims to evacuate noncombatants as tensions rise in the region.
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United Press
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France
United States
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Bilbao
Spain
Road to Ruin General Motors Sales Report
New York September 9 General Motors announced eight month sales figures. Domestic consumer sales totaled 1,281,714 cars, down from 1,368,710 in the previous year. Dealer shipments for eight months were 1,255,485 cars, versus 1,284,084 a year ago, with the prior record 1,288,986 for the same period in 1929.
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General Motorls
United States
Roosevelt Opens Motor Tour Through Great Smoky Mountains
President Roosevelt arrived in Knoxville at 10 a.m. to launch a 180 mile motor tour through the Great Smoky Mountains, the first leg toward Charlotte. He was greeted by Governor Hill McAllister, Sen. Kenneth McKetlar, and Sen. Nathan Bachman, with officials joining the ride through the mountains toward Asheville for the night.
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Roosevelt
Oreat Sinky
Delegates Seek Maintenance of Meadville Home at 63rd Meeting
Over 400 delegates attended the 63rd annual meeting of the Odd Fellows Home Association in Meadville. President H A Johnston outlined a grand lodge plan to consolidate the Pittsburgh and Meadville homes and unite two more in Philadelphia and Sunbury. The Meadville home, with capacity 150, served about 50 children at low per capitas. reports say it operated within budget and at the lowest weekly cost per child of the four homes. New trustees were elected as others’ terms expired.
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Indy Rebekaha
Odd Fellows' Home Association
Meadville
H. A. Johnston
Warren
Grand Lodge
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Sunbury
Raponls
Howard Loveland
Nellie Austin
Erie
J.S. Sanborn
Titusville
Alice B. Meadon
Final Rites for Joseph Taylor Tomorrow
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon for Joseph Taylor seven, Portland, formerly of this city, who drowned in Lake Erie one week ago when he fell from an outboard motor boat while fishing. Coroner Crandall has issued a certificate of accidental death by drowning after the body was recovered yesterday near Lake Erie State Park. He is survived by his wife Marie Paytor, daughter Virginia, and his mother Alle Taylor. Flowers declined.
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Portland
Nay
Lake Erie
William G. Crandall
Westfield
Lake Eirie
Lake Erie State Park
Taylor
Marie Paytor
Virginia
Alle Taylor
Corry Woman's Kin Badly Hurt in California Crash
Mrs Beatrice Simpson of Los Angeles was badly injured when her Buick sedan collided with a large truck in front of a Brocton nurse's home. She suffered a two place fracture of the left arm a severely lacerated chin and a badly cut left wrist. She was treated at the nurse's home and later to be moved to her aunt's home in Corry.
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Donald Stewart
Betty
Brocton
Beatrice Simpson
Los Angeles
Calif
Harr Calls on Knox to Retract Bank Charges
Philadelphia Sept 9 Dr Luther A Harr state secretary of banking set a two week deadline for Frank Knox Republican vice presidential candidate to retract statements from an Allentown Pa address Harr threatened criminal prosecution unless the retraction reached him by Sept 22 Knox was quoted saying No life insurance policy is secure nor savings we count as safe.
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Ress
Philadelphia
Luther A. Harr
Frank Knox
Allentown
Harr
Knox
Hitler Outlines New Four Year Program Early Fall of San Sebastian Ines
Loyalists in Spain evacuate towns as rebels close on San Sebastian after preliminary bombardment. Loyalist forces attack near Talavera while Madrid and Zaragoza regions see renewed activity. In London a conference of 26 nations seeks neutrality enforcement as Portugal declines to join, signaling limited unity in preventing wider war.
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New York Delegate Attacks PSC Regulation at World Power Meet
Maurice P. Davidson, New York City delegate and mayoral aide to Fiorello LaGuardia, told the third world power conference that PSC regulation has failed to curb rates. He cited six reductions from private utilities as voluntary and argued public competition yields quicker rate relief.
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Maurice P. Davidson
New York City
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Public Service Commissions
Two Japanese Held After Rock Island Arsenal Photos
Davenport Iowa September report states two Japanese nationals Nobuzana Tsim aged 29 and Toniye Yanari 22 from Platteville Calo were detained by federal authorities after police found them near the Rock Island arsenal hill. They were questioned by U S Court Commissioner Albert F Block and the camera was turned over to arsenal authorities with films to be developed for potential release if no arsenal pictures appear.
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Aiken Wins Vermont Governorship Primary Victory
Vermont results show Lieutenant Governor George D. Aiken leading by over 3,000 votes in nearly all districts over Col Nelson Jackson Burlington banker publisher. In Colorado Governor Ed C. Johnson gains large Democratic Senate nomination lead over William E. Sweet. Washington reports indicate Democrats leading in blanket primary for governor and lieutenant governor with Martin slight Democratic edge.
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Nelson Jackson
Burlington
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William E. Sweet
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Landon to Tour Maine Campaign Trail
Gov. Alf Landon plans a quick trip to Portland Maine for a major speech Saturday night after leaving Topeka on a campaign swing. He will also make rear platform appearances in Massachusetts en route as Roosevelt tours the South. The Maine visit is timed as a barometer ahead of the presidential election and follows strategists’ urging to energize the campaign in New England.
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County approves T B hospital program plan
Final approval of ten additional PWA projects for Pennsylvania was announced at state headquarters. The Erie County Tuberculosis hospital in Millcreek township is included, at a cost of 150,909 dollars with the federal government paying 45 percent and Erie county 55 percent.
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Hitler sets four year plan to win colonial rights and independence
Adolf Hitler declared Germany will not yield on colonial rights and unveiled a four year plan to make the Reich self sufficient in food and raw materials. The proclamation, read by Adolf Wagner, stressed national life over industrial profits and praised regained honor and equality.
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United Press
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Ship New Fire Truck September 16
Corry’s new fire truck, returned to the Allentown plant for alterations, will be shipped September 16. The Corry Firemen’s Relief Association met to consider bids for the truck as delays prompted discussion. Some members favored delaying shipment or seeking a newer model if not approved this week.
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Prohibition Party petitions force paper ballots in districts
Harrisburg reports that approval of nominating petitions for Prohibition party candidates will add an eighth statewide ticket to Pennsylvania ballots. An avalanche of late petitions ends voting machine use in many districts, as machines with nine-ticket capacity are insufficient. Prohibition candidates include D Leigh Colvin for president and Claude A Watson for vice president, with other state posts filled by Robert P Carroll and Mrs Ella B Black.
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Luzerne
Elections ‘Bureau
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New York
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Los Angeles
Robert P. Carroll
Warren
Brrs
Ella—B. Black
Beaverdale
Peake Boy Recovers After Bicycle Accident
Walter Peake jr., 1 year old son of Attorney and Mrs Walter L Peake, is reported improving after being struck by an automobile on Main Street. A telegram from Mrs Peake said his condition shows progress. Dr Dandy, attending, sees hope for early and complete recovery as observers note improvement over 36 hours.
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Walter L. Peake
Mast Main Street
Dandy
Euernalist
Graham
Six French fliers killed in Boucourt crash
A French army bombing plane crashed at Boucourt killing Capt. Sablier and five other fliers. The chief pilot, Sgt. Chaumes, reportedly struggled to regain control after the aircraft, maneuvering at high altitude, plunged to earth.
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