Unemployment relief work aids city workers in 1933
Olin W. Bracken reports 831 unemployed registered at the Municipal Building during relief efforts under the State Emergency Relief Board. Among them 36 are women. St Pauls Lutheran Church votes to call Rev Edward J Wagner of Aliquippa as pastor for Corry church. Agnes Blaha takes a new job in Montgomery Ward Ladies department. A boy, James Kolstee, 11, sustains a left elbow fracture in a barn accident. Sawmill plans emerge for the old powder plant near Scigia road as A G and James Bissell acquire the property to run a modern lumber mill and supply shop. Oil City defeats Corry 26 to 0 in season opener at the Oilers field. A note on rising department deficits cites accounts from carriers and postal workers. Eye clusses show about a third of users rely on bifocals in the United States.
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Olin W. Bracken
State Emergency Relief Board
Brack
Scigia Road
A. G
James Bissell
Randolph, N
Three Injured as PAR Diesel Blows Up West of Kane
A Pennsylvania Railroad diesel locomotive explosion west of Kane ejected three crew members from the cab. Engineer Ernest Retzer, Fireman Orrie Nelson, and Brakeman Paul R. Fox sustained bruises and minor burns, treated locally before transfer to Hamot Hospital in Erie. The engine was damaged. fumes ignited by a spark from the central panel. Fire crews battled a fire as trains were diverted for repairs and investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Thseir
Ernest Retzer
Wilcox
Orrie Nelson
Erie
Paul R. Fox
Humet Hospital
Warren Yards
Altoona
Fane
Retzer
Nelson
Fox
T. , van Schleick
PRR
Hamot
Erle
Kane Fire Department
How Smart Are You Quiz Answers Challenge
A quirky trivia prompt asks ten questions about history art and mythology. It tests memory by querying Francis Jarecki, the founder of the French Impressionistic School, the Mother of Presidents state, star counts on the US flag, animal swimming, Currier and Ives, a Spanish headdress, Bast associate creature, poltergeist meaning, and Admiral Schley’s war fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Jarecki
Virginia
Currier and Ives
Admiral Schley
Erie County faces possible tax hike for 1954 budget
County commissioners said they will explore all financing options to avoid a tax increase in 1954. They plan strict budget trimming and may shift funds from county general operations to the TB Hospital or Institutional District. Rising costs and a new TB Hospital wing drive concerns about next year’s costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Tristitutioy District
TB Hospital
Fred Lamberton
Plan to raise first class mail rate and use air transport
A Senate Post Office panel studies a plan to raise the first class rate to five cents for the first ounce and shift most first class mail to air transport with overnight goals. Railroads oppose, warning of revenue losses, while officials note potential savings from reorganizations and parcel post increases.
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Aitigens’ Advisory Committee
Senate Post, Office and Civil Service Committee
W. ©. Doherty
Letter Carriers Union
AFL
Post Office Department
Summerfield
Congress
Frouse
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Duly
Eisenhower
Civil Aeronautics Board
Executive Branch
Seven mile fog crash injures eight near Altoona
A three vehicle collision seven miles north of Altoona hospitalized eight people including six school children from Bellwood Antis. Leslie Kyper 26 of Tyrone died. Driver Thomas Kobak 25 and trucker Richard Means 21 were seriously hurt.
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Altoona
Leslie R. Kyper
Thomas Kobak
Tyrone
Richard Means
Bellwood-Antis School
Hellwood
Joseph Benedetto
Glenna Stonerook
Nancy
Erma Wiley
Beverly Byer
Yvonne Fought
County Mill Tax Allocation Readied for Transfer Study
A careful study is to be conducted before action on possible transfers of county millage among the county, Institution District and TB Hospital. Currently the county general fund receives six mills, the Institution District three mills, and the TB Hospital one mill to total ten mills.
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County
Institution District
TB Hospital
County General Fund
Sie Mills
Price of 4.60 to be paid for September milk
New York pool price for September set at 4.60 per hundredweight with a butterfat differential of six cents per tenth. Dr. C J Blanford, market administrator, said production for the month would reach about 582 million pounds from roughly 49,900 producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C. J. Blanford
New York Metropolitan
Ares
Blanford
Jume
Warren
Brie
Coal Operator Wenman Hicks Dies in Pittsburgh
Funeral services set for Wenman A. Hicks 56 a prominent Pittsburgh coal operator who died unexpectedly after a heart attack at his office. Hicks had worked with his father Lewis W. Hicks in the coal business for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Wenman A. Hicks
Hicks
Lewis W. Hicks
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Edward J. Wagner
Aliquippa
Corry Church
Agnes Blaha
H. M. Reich Company
Montgomery Ward & Company
James Kolstee
W. F. Kolstee
Oil City
Corry High
Oilers
United States
Par Diesel
Abe
Lamberton
Hammond’s
Eagle Street
Martin
Motor Sales
W. South St
Bank of Corry
Partners For
Leed
Tron Ess
Center St
Dormeyer
Chicago
Arrow
Winchester
Barney
South Center Street
Po Zee Sle
Natio Jay Foundation
REX Theater Comics Prizes
Mighty-Mac
Rouch
Al’s
Clothes
Sygos
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