Pennsylvania Republicans tout large voter registration gains
Pennsylvania Republicans report registrations up by about 175,000 since spring primaries, while Democrats claim gains toward a May all time high of 2,000,000. With five weeks to go, Torrance expects the GOP ticket to win by around 200,000 votes amid active registration drives and ongoing campaigns across the state.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
James ¥. Torrance
Torrance
Tate
Kiwanis Talk Recounts Education Fund History and Plans
Kiwanis club chairman Guy Simmons outlined the Education Fund’s operation and history at the Hotel Corry dinner. Begun in 1925 the fund has aided twenty eight students and seeks more money to expand aid for college education, with interest free loans repaid over five years.
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Guy Simmons
Chamrman
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Corry
Joan
Harry S. Keelin
Phillip Morris Company
Tornado toll rises in Charleston South Carolina
Charleston South Carolina recounts a deadly tornado strike that killed 27 people and injured 107, as National Guard troops secured a 30 block area. Red Cross reports 73 homes and buildings destroyed or damaged with losses around 2.1 million dollars.
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United Press
Charleston
Europe mobilization costs top six hundred million
London reports that Europe’s war deterrence price tag is estimated at 600 million dollars. Breakdowns show Britain about 228 million, France 69 million, and Italy 26 million, with additional mobilization and immediate preparations across nations.
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London
Europe
Great Britain
Ratte
Italy
State Takes Responsibility for Mentally Ill Margiotti Missing Letter
Harrisburg September 30 The attorney general urged the Cohen committee that a missing December letter from Arthur Colegrave to Charles Margiotti was taken by Margiotti for the justice department along with other papers. Tests on materials used in a $5 million state building were reported.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Guy KK. Bard
Cohen Quaft
Charles J. Margiotti
Arthir Colegrave
Justice Department
Margiotti
Barle
Colegrave
Pioneer Materials Co
Kittanning
State Highways Department
Commonwealth
State Finance Building
McCloskey & Co
Philadelphia
Flying Ealers
Frederick E. Appleby
Robert W. Hunt Company
Pittsburgh
Northwestern District Conference of Pennsylvania Federation of Women’s Clubs
Dr Weir and Dr Ketler led Grove City event at Grace Methodist Church for the 26th annual Northwestern District conference. Three hundred twenty three delegates registered as the theme From Thought Through Discussion Action guided sessions on better citizenship and international affairs with speakers from Oil City Erie Pittsburgh and Titusville. The Hill of Allegheny song by Mrs Fay highlighted the gathering and Mrs Barns opened the conference with remarks.
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Corry
F. Earle Maree
Oil Cy
J. B.reessing
Pittsburgh
Richard Perrey
Franklin
Neil Gebhardt
Erie
Frank Neuse
Titusville
Hilla
Allegheny
J. Ross Fay
Oil City
Northwest
State Federation
Fay
Barns
Carry Club
Harry R. Wilson
Clarion
New District
Ois
Charles A. Platt
Grove City Women’s Club
Lehman Running For Fourth Term At New York Democrats
Gov Herbert H Lehman announced his candidacy for a fourth term at the Democratic state convention amid party shifts. Lieut. Gov W W Bray was dropped in favor of Supreme Court Judge Charles Poletti, with support expected from Major Fiorello LaGuardia and city leaders.
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Rochester
N. Y
Herbert H. Lehman
Roosevelt
Labor Party
W. William Bray
Utica
Lehman
Supreme Court
Charles Poletti
New York City
Poletti
Lattoriies
Piorello Hy LaGuardia
New York
Dewey Emerges as Presidential Prospect in 1940
Thomas J. Dewey of Owosso Michigan, district attorney of New York County, wins the New York Republican nomination for governor. He heads toward a possible Republican bid for the presidency in 1940, aiming to carry New York state and its large electoral vote.
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UNITE
Washington
Thomas J. Dewey
Owosso
Mich
New York County
Republica
New York
Dewey
New York State
Slectoral College
Corry urged to abate sewer nuisance and seek disposal plant
C H Young district engineer calls Corry Council to act on sewer nuisance at Hare Creek warning that delay risks state pollution violation. Council wavered on grant pursuit for a sewage plant with Hil Hill and North East engineers, while voters were to decide the project in November. Cornell to reply at Monday meeting. city to review Johnson McLean bond refinancing offer from Pittsburgh bond house.
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C. H. Young
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Lingen
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TWA
Cornell
Health Department
Johnson & McLean
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Bonding House
Counsil
Vote on Strike at Buick Plant in Flint Michigan
United Automobile Workers prepared to hold a strike vote today at the Buick Motor plant in Flint Michigan. The action follows ongoing labor disputes and key workers are expected to participate in the ballot.
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Flint
Mich
United Automobile Workers Union
Buick Motor
Continue Strike In Philadelphia With No Agreement In Sight
September 30 report says over 1,000 Yellow Cab and independent drivers kept striking in Philadelphia. Officials declare no agreement in sight as the dispute persists.
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Philadelphia
Yellow Cab Company
Officialay
Erie Man Will Speak Before Golden Rule Club
Louis Schlessinger, administrative officer of the unemployment compensation division, will address Golden Rule Club members at the Community Hall in Spring Creek Monday evening. He will explain operation of the unemployment plan and its benefit to workers who lose their jobs. The Erie leader is an authority on workers benefits and plans for a new monthly sale will also be discussed.
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Louis Schlessinger
Golden Rule Club
Division of Unemployment Compensation
Fie
Spring Creek
Schlessinger
Erie
Hitler insists Sudetenland demand ends European expansion
Munich reports Hitler sincere about peace as October 1 Czech ultimatum looms. German spokesmen say no further territorial claims in Europe. Hull calls four power pact crisis relieved. Roosevelt to Hyde Park. Mussolini hailed as hero for averting war. Professor Barth visits Corry on business.
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Mussolini
Munich
Chanters to Give Free Concert at Corry High Auditorium
Zem Zem Chanters of Erie visit Corry for an 8 15 P M concert at the Senior High auditorium under Zem Zem Temple Shrine sponsorship. Director O L Grender plans a varied program with Mrs Elmer Evans soprano and baritone offerings by Grender, with about eighty to one hundred Shrine members expected. Refreshments served after the show to Shrine and Chanters guests. audience urged to attend.
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Erie
Pennsylvania
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Corry
Ly Grender
Ghanters
Exfe
L. B. Mulloy
L. Rodgers
Czechs Accept Four Power Pact Averts War
A four power agreement over Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland was sealed by Britain and Germany with Chamberlain and Hitler pledging peace and consultative settlement. Daladier welcomed the move as history shaping Europe. Germany planned a swift occupation of the Sudetenland’s southwestern border region starting tomorrow.
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Webb Miller
United Press Tone
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Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Edouard Daladier
France
SP Beliave Uitte
Munich
Willik
Rérmany
London
Hue
Franz Ferdinand
Austria
Chamberlain
Sudeten
Hitler
Mach
Britain
Polish Army May Strike Over Czechoslovakia
Polish army commanders faced difficulty restraining troops from marching into Czechoslovakia to seize 600 square miles of Lower Silesia as Munich settlement ignored. Forces were concentrated along the Czech border awaiting Warsaw orders before Prague’s midnight deadline.
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Czechoslovakia
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Siesta
Munich
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Czech
Warsaw
Prague
Poland
No New Developments in Hold Up Probe
Police continued the investigation into the hold up of Justin Butters representative for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. who was relieved of 125 dollars by an unidentified thug near his garage in the city of his home Wednesday night. Butters was knocked down as he closed the door after putting his car away for the night. He did not see the man who fled after taking the money from his trousers pocket. Authorities are examining several angles and a sensational twist has been hinted though the chief stated there was nothing new in the case.
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Justin Butters
Metropolitan Life Tosuranes
John J. Minnigan
Seventy Five Attend Women’s Meet At District Session
Over seventy five registrations were received for the district Women's Club meeting this Saturday. A tea will run 9 to 4 in the B P W rooms, followed by a business session led by Miss Josephine Carter of Greenville. Leila Skinner of Allegheny College will speak at the evening session at Hotel Corry. Group singing by Mrs Corinne Dean, with Edna Thompson as toastmistress, and Minstrex Fitch to welcome delegates. Helen Remiler will respond. The event enriches the club’s social calendar.
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Women's Club
Oldlack
Horn Block
Josephine Carter
Greenville
Corry
Leila Skinner
Storm Hits New England Coast From Disturbance
A weather bureau report states a disturbance off Maryland is intensifying and will lash the New England coast with gales today and tomorrow. The center should pass near east of Nantucket Island, Mass, late today or tonight. Gales along the mid-Atlantic coast will ease after noon, with southern New England seas remaining rough into tomorrow and northern parts into Saturday.
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