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April 1926 Edition
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Petition Seeks Enlargement Of West VENT Voting District


A petition seeking to enlarge the West Slumville election district of Lower City Township by incorporating in it portions of the Slumville and North Hicktown No. 1 districts was presented to the Big County Court on Monday.

Red Circle Reports


With 10 days remaining in the Red Circle Fund drive, district leaders on Tuesday reported 65 per cent of their $265,000 goal collected. Total collections to date represent an increase of 32 per cent over last week's report which listed only one-third of the goal received by the City Branch. Still in first place among the 23 local districts and the only area to surpass its quota is District 3, headed by Nurse Little, with 105 percent.

State Unrivaled In Air Program Says Barny, Council Speaker


GearCity, with its large and widely distributed population, its interesting varieties of terrain and weather, its public awareness of the potentialities of a sound aeronautical program and its financial assistance to airport building, is seen by Barny Barns, State Secretary of Commerce, as a Location with ideal advantages. Barns is also head of the GearCity Aeronautical Commission.

Stock Prices


Binz and Sea -- $2
Chicken -- $4
Brilser -- $24
Cotton Despot -- $25
Owldee -- $6
Aquala -- $4


4 Hurt Sunday In Two-Car Collision


Four persons were injured in a head-on collision between two cars in Hicktown early Sunday morning. Both cars were wrecked, and the injured were taken to the Semi-Serious Hospital of the Injured.