Local News Roundup From Corry Eries Streets and Courts
The Corry region reports a two week delay in a Rex Theatre prize draw now set at 375 dollars. Police investigate a hit and run crash at North Corry, search for the green car and its owner linked to youths on White street. Weather records show 24 degrees, then 34, as Erie Humane Society receives a 6500 dollar gift for new shelters. Beers rise to 20 cents local, 26 cents premium. Stuttgart reports Kenneth Whitehead 5 hospitalized after arm fracture. State safety scholarships proposed. March weather forecast hints at rain and warming trend. Erie Railways tests red oscillating warning light on diesels. Rotary Club fundraiser nets 5730 pounds of clothing. Double parking crackdown in business district continues with citations. Missing ring case triggers police outreach. four youths warned after purse incident. Hamot Hospital breaking ground ceremony tomorrow at 11 with clergy. Funeral set for Nellie Bartholme Anderson. multiple local injuries and accidents treated.
Erie Food Company Executive Speaks at Retail Bureau
An Erie Food Stores executive addressed 12 retailers at the Phoenix Hotel during a Retail Merchants Bureau meeting. B. G. Bennett, president, introduced the speaker and led the session while Kenneth Nichols introduced the guest. A chicken menu was served. The next session is scheduled for May 7.
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Retail Merchants Bureau Heli
Phoenix Hotel
Wicks
Kenneth Nichols
B. G. Bennett
Journal Raises Newsstand and Carrier Price to Five Cents
After more than a year of effort the Journal increases its newsstand and carrier delivered price to five cents per copy. The change takes effect Monday April 6. Home delivery remains 30 cents per week and the price rise will be shared with carriers and newsdealers.
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Journal
Swede Ready To Assume U N Secretary General Post
Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden is nominated to succeed Trygve Lie as U N secretary general. He must be approved by the General Assembly, which is expected to take up his election when it reconvenes. Hammarskjold would resign as Sweden's deputy foreign minister and fly to New York after confirmation for the $40,000-a-year post.
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United Nations
Dag Hammerskjold
Sweden
Trygve
Lie
U. N
Assembly
New York
Erie Safety Director Opposes General City Pay Increase
Erie Safety Director Kenneth Momayer opposes a general city pay raise using the $171,000 “forgotten” fund. He urges the council to authorize an analysis comparing city wages with school district, county, and private industry pay. He backs arbitration for police and firemen but seeks careful study before further raises.
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Momeyer
Erie
Kenneth Momayer
Council
Board of Arbitration
Mameyer
Erle
Nature Boy Sentenced to Western Penitentiary
Erie judge Elmer Evans handed Nature Boy a 31 2 year term for escape and burglary after a fall stint when he fled custody. He previously stole a car and burglarized a Girard township store following his escape, drawing the Western Penitentiary sentence.
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Erin—Von W. Sucnois
Cranesville
Western Penitentiary
Nichols
Elmer K. Evans
Erie
Ja Girard Township
Reds Liberate 14 French Civilians From Korea
Paris reports 14 French civilians interned by the Communists in Korea have been freed and will arrive in Moscow soon. The Foreign Office cited confirmation from the Soviet Western European Division director to France’s ambassador in Moscow, Louis Joxe. The move is seen as part of a Communist peace campaign. Names and roles of those freed remain unlisted.
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Paris
Korea
Moscow
Foreign Office
France
Louis Joxe
Lst
Mmembers
Seoul
French Press Agency
AFB
Maurine Chanteloup
Tonsil Georges Perruche
Seoul J
Farmers Question State Sales Tax in Harrisburg
Harrisburg officials survey farmers views on a statewide sales tax. The Pennsylvania State Grange with the State Association of Agricultural Co operatives and the State Council of Farm Organizations are sampling sentiment. Leaders will meet April 17 to decide on a position.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Grange
State Association of Agricultural Co-operatives
State Council of Farm Organizations
J. Collin McSparron
Grange
Probe Austin's ouster prompts Senate inquiry
Washington chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee opens a personal inquiry into the ouster of Dr. Allen V. Austin from the National Bureau of Standards where he earned 15000 dollars annually as a lector. The probe focuses on the dismissal and the conduct surrounding it.
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Austin
Washington
Tobey
Senate Commerce Committee
Allen V. Astin
National Bureau of Standards
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Rex Theatre
John Potocki
Railroad Street
Ross Fleming
North Corry
George Sperry
Gerald Ploss
White Street
Pat Miller
Chestnut Street
Weather Bureau
The
Erie Humane Society
Kenneth Whitehead
Stuttgart
Germany
Wilbur Whitehead
Corry
Pennsylvania Public Safety Commission
Ohio
West Virginia
Louis L. Turner
North Center Street
Jamestown Chamber of Commerce
Turner
Brian Mead
Raymond Steele
Emlenton
City Police
Dorothy Rote
Snyder Circle
Erie Railroad
Chicago
M. G. McInnes
Rotary Clb
Robert Seafield
City Cab Company
al Xander
Evelyn Norris
McKay and Robertson
Robert Chapman
Frank Broughton
Carly Long
Donald Stires
Miss Norris
Hamot Hospital
Francis B. Blodgett
Cathedral of St. Paul
Audrey Engle
Concord Street
Nellie Bartholme Anderson
Ripley
Ollock
Glenn Funeral Home
Union City
Margaret Bartholme
C. N. Jones
Roy Fields
Ralph. Elmers
Anderson
Hamat Hospital
Christine
Richard Luton
South First Avenue
George W. Navagt
R. D
Leonard
Larue Potter
Spartansburg
Erie Food Company
Arthor
Hudson, Jet
Franklin St
Cliff Buelink Hudson CO
Corry, Penna
Nature Boy
Gulf Household Oil
Stetson
Stratoliner
Tunnell
Corr, PA
Reds
Arnold
Mike Peltz
Pelt
Ernest Johnson
Virgil Backus
Marshall Sherwood
Erie Iron & Supply Corporation
E. Buffalo Rd
Erie, Penna
Cory
Cornet
Sherwin-Williams
Paint and Color Service Center
W. F. Rickers
Allen
Tes
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