Mrs Burkhart Wins Auto In Corry Merchants Event
Large crowd at Corry city Park Saturday evening watched Mrs. Frank Burkhart of 416 Grand Street win a 1940 Plymouth sedan in a social merchandising drawing by the Golden Rule Club. The event featured a Golden Rule program with the Corry Band, the Green Sisters dance team, and films of the Company A encampment. The Harvest Sale and prize drawing were hailed as a big success with a full report to come at tonight’s Golden Rule Club meeting.
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Frank Burkhart
Grand Street
Corry
City Park
Merchants of the Golden Ale Club
Worth Hammond
Golden Rule Club
Seek Donations for Fire Stricken Family in Spartansburg
The Salvation Army seeks clothing and furniture donations for the Harry Foster family of Spartansburg who recently suffered a house fire. Besides Mr and Mrs Foster there are three children aged 15, 11, and 13. Call 30 862 to arrange pickup.
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Salvation Army
Harry Foster
Spartansburg
Yale Professor Named Commander of Atlantic Destroyer Squadrons
Fleet Head Commander Wilder D. Baker, professor of naval service and tactics at Yale, has been ordered by the navy to take command of the U S Atlantic destroyer squadrons.
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Wilder D. Baker
Naval Service and Tactics
Yale University
Navy
U. S. Atlantic
Suadrons
County Board to Convene at Erie Tuesday
Erie county advisory board appointed by Gov. Arthur James will meet Tuesday afternoon to select local draft boards. The board will review duties and names of citizens for loyalty and fairness. Members include Judge Miles B. Kitts, Willis E. Pratt, and county commissioners. Names must reach President Roosevelt in Washington by Oct. 12. Hospital and prison inmate registrations will be organized with election officials and volunteers.
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Erie County Advisory Board
Arthie H. James
Erie Ely
Eyie
Cordames
Erie
Erie County
Miles B. Kitts
Willis E. Pratt
Thomas W. Platley
N. Dell Darling
Helen M. Schluraff
Weal
Roosevelt
Washington
Schiuraff
Kidnap Hero Refuses $25,000 Reward in Rescue
Cecil Wetzel, dubbed the kidnap hero, declines his share of the $25,000 reward for the rescue of 3 year old Marc De Tristar Jr. Wetzel, an El Dorado County sawmill operator, appears at a theatre as he explains he turned down the reward because he has children of his own.
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Los Angeles
Cecil Wetzel
Marc de Tristar, Jr
Wetzel
el Dorado County
and & Companion
Sluggish? Relief Adherika Bottle Promises Fast Comfort
An ad touts the Silver Oolor Bottle of Adherika claiming three laxative ingredients provide a balanced, quick relief from bloating gas and temporary constipation. It promises action in two hours or less and directs readers to their drug store.
Sailor Beaten by Japanese Police in Shanghai
An Associated Press report states a sailor from the U S cruiser Augusta was detained by a Japanese gendarme on Saturday night and allegedly beaten at the gendarme headquarters before warship officers secured his release. He was held for two hours while returning to his ship. A note adds there are about 1 125 species of trees in the United States.
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U. 5
Associated Press
Shanghai
U. S
Augusta
United States
First Checks for Earnings in AAA Received
Pennsylvania farmers begin receiving checks under the 1940 Agricultural Conservation program as applications flow through offices. The State Committee urges farmers to aid farm seekers to ensure uninterrupted processing and timely payments. The county office at 201 Security Peoples Bank Building asks farmers with questions to contact promptly.
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Pennsylvania
Umder
Wie
State
Qericrical Conservation Committee
Traffic fatalities rise in August nationwide
The National Safety Council cited August as the nation’s busiest travel month with 3220 traffic deaths, the largest monthly jump since March 1997 and an 18 percent rise from last August. High temperatures and frequent deadlier conditions extended into the month across many regions.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Alieiex
National Safety Council
Cowie
Tomorrow Is Last Day Pay School Taxes
Tomorrow and Tuesday October 1st mark the final day to pay 1940 school taxes at the assessment office. A five percent penalty takes effect on the levy starting Wednesday October 2nd. The rush to settle before penalty time continued at the office of Collector Irene M. Mullen today. Thousands of dollars are involved as taxpayers rush to meet the installment plan and make their first payments before the penalty date.
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Irene M. Mullen
Mhgald Wito
MiAsk
Man Surprised In Second Ward Home Sentenced
Freeman Donald Gray, 52, pleaded guilty to burglary and received a five to ten year sentence in the Western penitentiary. Gray was arrested after a neighborly surprise at Walter Kinney’s home on Wright Street, found ransacked rooms on the second floor, and fled by the upstairs window before being recognized. Police traced him shortly after, noting a long criminal history including a prior habitual crime conviction in New Mexico. He was held for the county grand jury before sentencing by Judge Miles B. Whit Saturday.
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Western Penitentiary
Donald Gray
Walter Kinney
Wright Street
Gray
Second Ward
West Pleasant Street
Ross Mead
J. J. Burkes
Lie State Motor Police
Lie
Font
New Mexico
Wyoming
Miles B
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Woman's Day Magazine
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