Grape Carnival Attracts North East Fair Crowd
The sixteen annual NorE Best Community Fair and American Legion carnival opens in North East with delegations from the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars and Stanford Hose Company expected. The Stanford Hose Company sits out this year's parade. Lieut Archie W Thompson's VFW drum corps will lead the procession. Miss Harburn Adkins is crowned Grape Queen with a court featuring Charlotte Halister Janet Chapman Jean Wykoff and Betty Niklaus. Nine fire departments will march in the grand parade including Ripley Shera Dunkirk and auxiliaries Lakewood Gelaron West Lake Lawrence Park Meadville Albion and North Girard. The Rube Band will perform and veterans units from Roger Israel post Gary post and others will participate along with Boy Scouts and Women's Relief Corps. A lobby exhibit by North East artist Will Town will be displayed in the high school building. Exhibit viewing scheduled Friday and Saturday.
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Stanford Hose Company
American Legion Carniva
North East
Stanford Hose Company i5
Harade
Archie W. ‘Thompson
Harburn Adkins
Goncord
Vlow
Charlotte Halister
Janet Chapman
Jean Wykoff
Betty Niklaus
Ripley
Shera
Dunkirk
Lakewood
Gelaron
West Lake
Lawrence Park
Meadville
Albion
North Girard
Sqirhghord
Roger Israel Post
Gary Post
Cany Vew Fife and Drum Corp
Ripley Post
Dunkkirk Memorial Post
Sons of Legion
Hinter
Boy Scouts
Women's Relief Corps
North Easi
Will Town
High Serves
Edwin H.oester
Eliair
Mats
Allies to Get Extended Credits Under New Neutrality Bill
Senate Foreign Relations Chair Key Pittman says the revised neutrality draft would lift parts of the Johnson Act ban and allow 90 day credits to debtor nations if the president authorizes purchases from U S manufacturers. Roosevelt reiterates staying out of the war as reports of submarines near U S coasts circulate. He notes ongoing mobilization planning by the War Resources Board and annual revisions since 1921.
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Washington
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Great Brita
France
Germany
Great Britain
Roosevelt Thay
Europe
Roosevelt
American Neutrality Patrol
Army
Navy
America
War Resources Board
War Department
Blame Placed On Quota Failure In Pennsylvania
State Administrator Philip Mathews blamed a 250 percent rise in administrative duties and a 47 percent cut by Congress in the new federal relief law for WBA's failure to meet its 150000 jobs September quota in Pennsylvania. Governor James protested the shortfall by 28000 jobs, saying the condition cost taxpayers about $840000 a month.
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Harrisburg
Philip Mathews
Congress
WBA
Pennsylvaniia
MacWs
Lester
FP. C. Harrington
Arthur BH
James
Two Brothers Dead as Plane Crashes in Cleveland
In Pittsburgh area news two Cleveland brothers were killed and the pilot injured when a training plane crashed. Mrs Victoria Stempkowski wailed as the aircraft fell. The brothers John and Charles Steniakowski, ages 24 and 25, were residents of Cleveland. Officials opened investigations to determine the cause.
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Pittsburgh
Victoria Stempkowski
John Steniakowski
Charles
Cleveland
Norway sinks three ships in wartime scare
Oslo reports three Norwegian seamships sunk as war nerves rise. Takétsss and Jer torpedoed in the North Sea, Solas sunk by a mine at Skager Bak entrance to the Baltic. Britain’s King George VI to meet Chamberlain to discuss Soviet-German pact. Berlin says five British planes shot down after an attack on German ships near Helgoland. Paris reports air raid sirens and a warning. Hitler returns to Berlin to outline new Nazi Soviet peace offensive with threats of large scale operations.
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United Press
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Norway
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Skager Bak
Baltic
London
King George
Nevillé Chamberlain
Berlin
Helgoland
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Held for Court on Hit and Run Driving Charge
Philip K. Gardner of near Centerville was held for the Crawford county grand jury after a hit and run incident near Canadohta Lake. Stephen Hill of Riceville, riding a horse and buggy, was bruised but unharmed as the car fled. Gardner was arrested at the Canadohta Lake hotel and held in jail overnight before a Riceville hearing.
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Philip K. Gardner
Centerville
Crawford County
Justice of the Peace
M. H. Taylor
Riceville
Gardner
Ganadohta Lake
W. Inwin
Corry
State Motor Police
Stephen Hill
Hill
Rwity
Canadohta Lake
Rumania and Germany Renew Trade Pact In 1938 Accord
Rumania and Germany concluded today two weeks of negotiations renewing their 1938 trade agreement. The renewed pact increases exchanges slightly and allows Germany to take about one third of Romania's exportable oil surplus. Germany will continue arms and airplane supplies, including 22 Heinkel bombers.
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Sugharest
Rumania
Germany
US unlikely to be completely isolated from European war
Pittsburgh September 29. Benjamin Fairless president of United States Steel told the annual convention of the Association of Iron and Steel Magnates that complete isolation of the United States from the European war is not likely. The convention drew about 5,000 delegates from across the nation and will close after an inspection trip to the Edgar Thomson works of Carnegie Steel, the largest subsidiary of U S Steel.
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Pittsburgh
United States
Benjamin ¥. Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
Association of Tron & Steel
Maginders
Edgar Thompson
Garnegidllinoin Steel Corporation
Sigel Corporation
Kiwanis Minstrel Show Dates Set at Senior High
Corty Kiwanis club announced October 26 and 27 as the minstrel show dates to be held at Senior High School with Harvey Groscutt as chairman. The local Kiwanis meeting, attended by 21 members and 3 guests, featured O. Fredericks of Erie as guest speaker and district talk on the Kiwanis convention in York Pennsylvania focusing on service.
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Corty Kiwanis Club
Harvey Groscutt
O. Fredericks
Erie
Kiwanis Clubs
York
Plan State Parks Near Cities Program Told
The Pennsylvania Parks Association outlined a plan to establish state works near large cities at the annual meeting in Pittsburgh. President Bilwood B. Chay Min of Philadelphia described the program and urged members to work toward the goal.
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United Prow
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Parks
Bilwood B. Chay Min
Philadelphia
Annal
Chapman
French Troops Advance One Mile on West Front
Paris dispatch reports French forces advancing about one mile along a five mile front on the western front. Officials said France captured 49 German villages and pressed the Saar ybruecken area to control the Saar river banks, threatening the industrial region. Reconnaissance planes observed large Nazi concentrations behind the front as German anti aircraft guns repelled shell fragments.
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United Press
Paris
Toviay
Saarybruecken
Suir
Saar
Saa
Préich
Arrested Negro Handyman in Mrs Buchanan Murder
Norristown Pa September 20 a negro handyman Edward G Robinson age 2 cared for lawns and waxed floors around the Buchanans home was questioned in the slaying of Mrs Clara O Buchanan wife of a Philadelphia paper maker. Her body was found Monday by her eight year old son with two tea towels wrapped around her neck. Robinson was taken into custody again after authorities learned he had been nearby the afternoon of the killing.
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United Press
Robinson
Aleasel Bel
Wan
Three Killed In Auto Wreck Near Prospect Pa
Three persons died in a car wreck west of Prospect when the vehicle collided with a truck. The deceased were Willie Koepler 21 Dean Fisher 21 and Willard Fisher 86 all of Butler R D 7. Koepler was the car driver. Truck driver Happy Kinse Swineford Snyder County escaped injuries. Grant Fisher 63 father of two killed escaped injuries.
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Butler
Payly
Prospect
Willie Koegler
Dean Fisher
Willard Fisher
R. D
Koepler
Happy Kinse
Swineford
Snyder County
Grant Fisher
Father Ot
Wo of
Hinger
Rude
Polish Troops Leave Warsaw for Nazis as Berlin Reports Surrender
Berlin reports the marching of disarmed Polish troops from Warsaw as surrender terms are finalized. Modlin fortress capitulation completes German conquest of Poland in four weeks. Warsaw to be occupied. city left in ruins with tens of thousands dead or injured. Red Army receives eastern Polish territory near the demarcation line. Details delayed by German commanders as occupation terms are arranged.
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United Press
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Warsaw
Modlin
Russia
Red Army
High Command
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Poland
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Bee
Elt
Deutscher Dienst
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Relief rolls to be reduced as counties tighten aid.
Ene county relief officials were ordered to purge relief rolls of ineligible or no longer needy cases. The state board announced a new policy directing counties to deny aid to unemployment compensation eligibles during their three week waiting period. Officials must show they sought work and exhausted options before aid is granted, with emphasis on reducing rolls amid potential shifts to local relief during postwar recovery.
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Ene
Public Assistance
Howard J. Russell
State Board of Assistance
Rélief Administration
Avliutt
Russell
Ingieuclonel
Haylife
Hip Reich
Civil Service Examinations In Erie Tomorrow
Scores of Corryites will take examinations for state civil service jobs at Academy High School in Erie tomorrow and the following Saturday. A total of 95,560 people applied, with about 2,500 expected to gain employment in the reaper administration. The new board voided lists from the prior Democratic administration and Gov. George H. Earle’s appointee, Arthur H. James. Admission tickets were mailed last week to eligible applicants, who must present them at centers.
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State Department of Public Assistance
Academy High School
Erie
Reper
George H. Earle
Cioy
Arthur H. James
State Department of County Boards of Assistance
Youths Admit Series of Robberies in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh September 29 Allegheny county DA Andrew Park said the Bunds gang moralized as broken up and free of major crime. ten youths admitted to forty robberies including the Carrick Bank robbery totaling 11250 while Frank Roberts the sole refuser to plead guilty changed his mind and admitted his role yesterday.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew Park
Allegheny County
Bunds Gang
Frank Roberts
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Changjad
Map of Eastern Europe Redrawn by Nazis and Reds
Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia redraw Eastern Europe and offer the map to the Allies as a peace or war basis. Britain and France unofficially reject, fearing the Communist threat. The arrangement divides Poland, boosts Soviet oil access, and expands Soviet Baltic domination, signaling a possible wider global balance shift.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
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Russia
Europe
Great Britain
France
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Josef Stalin
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Esthonis
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Benito Mussolini
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Brita
Plan Compromise on Americas Safety Line
United States and Cuba discuss a safety band to shield the Western Hemisphere from European war. Sumner Welles and Miguel Angel Campa met to map plan for a 900 mile line from Atlantic to Pacific coasts, excluding Canada. Harrisburg note says a state-federal relations meeting is planned October 4 under emergency powers due to the European war.
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Europe
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Miguel Angel Caimpa
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Canada
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Richard B Brown
Pennsylvania Commission of Interstate Cooperation
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