Postwar Power Shifts and Key Figures in 1945
A retrospective of April 1945 highlights the fading reach of Chiang Kai-shek and Churchill, Roosevelt’s death and Truman’s ascent, Eisenhower in Europe, and 1945’s governance shifts. It notes MacArthur’s return to the Philippines, Stimson’s War era roles, and early steps toward unification of the armed services and postwar reconversion. Recalling Dulles and the San Francisco UN conference, it also covers Dewey, Stevenson, Dewey’s aides, Mead’s Senate committee, and McCarthy’s Yankees role.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Churchill
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Hyde Park
Elliott Roosevelt
Harlan F. Stone
Harry S. ‘Truman
Truman
Senate
Sen
Kenneth McKellar
D.tenn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Bernard Baruch
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
War Production Board
John Foster Dulles
U.S
San Francisco
United Nations
Dewey
Dukes
Capitol Hill
James M. Mead
D-Ny
Federal Trade Commission
Joe McCarthy
New York Yankees
McCarthy
Marine Corps
Wisconsin
Corry News in 1935: Firemen Elect Officers and Debaters
In 1935 Corry, over 50 city firefighters met at Stanford Hose rooms to elect officers for the Hose company and the Firemen's Relief Association with James Sullivan named Hose president and Charles Kinley leading the relief association. Corry High School lost both debates with North East. Foley boy injured after bicycle mishap on West Washington Street.
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Corry
Stanford Hose
Firemen's Relief Association
James Sullivan
Charles Kinley
Relief Association
Corry High School
North East
Wind storm damages wires and local incidents in Corry
Four decades ago on April 12, 1915 Corry suffered a wind storm that damaged telephone and telegraph lines. Carlton Morrell, son of William and Mrs Morrell, broke a shoulder after a bicycle fall on West Pleasant Street. A farewell Mass for Rev Father Kuntz was held at St Elizabeths Church with Rev Father Kranz succeeding due to health. A farmer’s team ran away on Main Street hitting the McIntosh property. no injuries. A political note mentions a candidate preparing to challenge Senator La Follette Jr. for the Republican nomination.
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Corry
Carlton Morrell
William Morrell
West Pleasant Street
St. Elizabeth's Church
Father Kuntz
George B. Kranz
Rome Township Students 10 Go To Area School
Rome Township students in grades 4 through 12 will attend Sparta Merged Schools on a tuition basis for the 1955 56 school year. The Rome Township School Board vote 3 to 2 approved sending students to Sparta. The board also urged Crawford County to approve the Rome Bloom field Sparta jointure. The county board will wait until new members are seated after the November election. Sparta Merged School Board had approved the Rome board request on March 29 following a March 7 vote.
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Rome Township
Sparte
Rome
Sparta
John Fink
Arnold Morris
Ralph Winton
Ralph Hummer
Raymond Foley
Morris
Winton
Crawford County School Board
Readmission vote blocks Rome students from Titusville jointure
About 90 to 100 students would move to Sparta. A motion to readmit Rome to the Titusville Area Schools Jointure died 3 to 2. Mer Hummer proposed, Mr. Foley seconded. Letters from Sparta Merged School Board and Titusville Arts School Committee were read. The Sparta move leaves seventh graders in rural schools. last spring Rome entrants went to Titusville Junior High. The world used 29 million pounds of cobalt in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Titusville
Jointure
Mer. Hummer
Foley
Rome
Titusville Arts School
Police drop Schirmer in Queens bank robbery probe
Police scratched Edward Schirmer from their questions about a $350,000 bank robbery in Queens last Wednesday. With some embarrassment yesterday they disclosed he no longer remains a person of interest in the case.
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Schirmer
New York
Edward Schirmer
Queens
Prisoner in Sing Sing linked to Lancaster County crash
Schirmer, returned to Sing Sing for parole violation about a year ago, traveled in a car driven by Adam Herman of Manheim with Mrs Sally Herman. Injured were Viola Murray of Geneva Ohio and Dolores Lepley 21 plus her three children Lee 16 John 12 James 11. All taken to Frick Memorial Hospital Mt Pleasant. Lepley’s husband Paul escaped injury. Crash occurred two miles west of the Donegal interchange.
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Sally Herman
Manheim
Lancaster County
Adam
Viola Murray
Geneva
Ohio
Dolores Lepley
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Corry Evening Journal
West South Street
Corry, Pa
James Foley
West Washington Street
Main Street
Robert M. la Follette Jr
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Tuffy
Center
Washington Sts
Aneurin Bevan
Asia
Africa
Sarah Fulks
Judy Garland
Judy Holliday
Ethel Merman
Jane Wyman
Grace Kelly
Dodd
Associated Press
Greensburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Sing Sing Prison
All-Way Electric CO
ALL Clothes Shop
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Peru
New World
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Tn Gols
Red Radiance
Pink Dawn Briar Cliff Pres
Herbert Hoover
Ami Quinard
Talisman K. A
Victoria
Joanne Hill
Golden Dawn Blaze
Rose
Croue Miss
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