Knights of Columbus regain building in Erie
On April 18 Erie the Knights of Columbus recovered possession of 48 West 5th Street now housing the USO after a compromise with the city county and school board over delinquent and current taxes. They will pay 11887.67 of 16729.22 due with the city to receive 4818.30 the school board 5647.39 and the county 1409.14. The settlement was approved by Judge Elmer J Evans on recommendation of city solicitor Edward M Murphy school tax collector James C Hedley and county attorney Jacob B Held.
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Erie
Knights of Columbus
West Sth Street
USO
Willam H. Enelly
Elmer J. Evans
K. of C
Hyans
Edward M. Murphy
James C. Hedley
Jacob B. Held
Defining Worry in Mental Health Care
From the Medical Society of Pennsylvania this piece explores how worry is defined as an unproductive expenditure of nervous energy. It notes worry varies with anxiety and fretting, often fails to yield solutions, and suggests sane remedies like sleep vacations recreation or hobbies to restore peace of mind for better living and work.
Diplomacy and publicity at the San Francisco peace talks
The piece weighs Wilson’s open covenants ideal against practical reality at the Paris conference. It notes press rights battles, fears of secret pacts, and how public scrutiny influences diplomacy, with Lloyd George and Clemenceau labeling openness impractical while the public eye often misreads rumors.
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QPEN
San Francisco
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Lansing
Paris
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
League of Nations
Renewal Fight for Reciprocal Tariff Act Hearings Set
Before President Roosevelt’s death hearings on renewing the Reciprocal Tariff Act were to begin April 16 before the House Ways and Means Committee. The act lets the U.S. bargain tariff concessions with other nations, up to 50 percent of Hawley-Smoot rates, with 27 countries having trade agreements and about 1200 rates cut.
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Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Great Britain
Canada
United
Senate
Longevity of Presidents and Roosevelt’s Fourth Term
A historical note surveys presidents’ lifespans, noting 26 predecessors and their natural deaths plus assassinations. It reflects on Roosevelt approaching a possible fourth term, ages at inauguration, and average ages at death among early leaders.
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Roosevelt
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Jackson
W. H. Harrison
Truman
How Canada Achieves More Even Meat Distribution
An analysis contrasts Canadian and American meat supply during 1944. It notes Canada’s lower population, centralized pricing and distribution via the Prices Board, and extensive federal inspection. It also cites U S interstate shipment bans and varied rationing as reasons for divergent consumption, with 1945 projections showing Canada near 131.9 pounds per person versus 118 pounds in the United States.
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Alexander J. George Washington
Canada
United States
States
Dominion
Hage Eqsterm
Montreal
Toronto
Prices Board
CPA
War Food Administration
Ottawa
Midwest
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Massachusetts
WPA
Local health sees few measles cases amid outbreak notes
Twenty years ago in the county measles flare surrounds the city with Health Officer Dunkle reporting only one current case. About ten chicken pox cases remain under quarantine but are mild. Corry Company starts coal bunker construction at the Corry James town plant after awarding the contract to a local firm and works to improve Northa Center street road to the Cory Water Supply pump station. Murray R. Olds, injured in a fall at the Touraine hotel in Boston Thursday, is reportedly expected to recover per his father L W Olds.
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Dunkle
Corry Company
Corry-Jamestown
Northa Center Street
Cory Water Supply Company
Murray R. Olds
Touraine Hotel
Boston
L. W. Olds
Spencer School Wins War Salvage Flag
Spencer School in Wayne won the tin can salvage flag for the largest monthly collection in Erie County. The 19 students gathered 608 used tins this school year. Carl Selke presented the flag last week after weather delays. illness of J M Magehan paused ceremonies. Robert Clark led the school with the most cans. 147 is Mrs. C T Warner’s classroom number.
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Spencer School
Wayne Winship
Erie County
Erie County Tin Can
Carl Selke
J. M. Magehan
Tin Can Salvage
Robert Clark
C. T. Warner
Questions from a curious quiz page
Seven trivia prompts ask about a rail regulator agency preplants a term for sr a Mitsubishi engine plant near a Japanese city Strindberg nationality a medieval hunting bird a shrub blooming month a Colorado rail tunnel to a far city Greek heel vulnerability and a grammar correction about furloughs
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Mitsubishi Aircraft Engine Factory
August Strindberg
Colorado
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Damage suit filed against Nickel Plate Railroad at Erie
Mrs. Kittie M. Lathrop widow of Elmer H. Lathrop sues Nickel Plate Railroad in trespass after her husband was killed when his truck was struck at a North East crossing on April 28 1944. No damages amount listed. Passenger Mrs. W Desin of North Hastings injured critically while aiding his removal from the cab as the train approached.
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Nickel Plate Railroad
Kittie M. Lathrop
Elmer H. Lathrop
North East
W. Desin
North Hast
Lathrop
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Rexall Drug Store
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Erie K. OF C
the Medical Society of the
State of Pennsylvania
REX
Gary Cooper
Ingrid Bergman
Rae
Mrs
Joseph Spear
Crawford M. Woods
N. First Ave
Arvid Anderson, R. D. Henry Miller
Spiesman
Guy Rogers
J. L. Spiesman
Weideman Grapefruit Juice
Von
Stanford
Mis
Leland Wilcox
Fred Hannan
Weideman
James Maloney
Victor Orn
Franz
Walter Ross
Joe Piccardi
Boston House
Robert Anderson
Aluminum
Shambaugh
Wilbur Rickers
John Cone
Richard Hurlbut
C. S. Wallace
Glen Gates
Olin Moore
W. Jones
North Center Street
Glenn Brooks
Willys-Knight
Brooks
Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Harding
Hoover
Spencer
REX Theatre
Cooper
Jack Spratt
O. K
Sam
National Bank OF Corry
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
United Clothing Collection
Mattress& Spring
Prete Beaman Tiebee Oe
East Main Street
Glendora
Lipton’s Chicken Noodle Soup
Campbell’s
Mammoth
Vigoro
Polo
Yange
Dng
UNI
Eve
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