Longevity of Presidents and Hoover's late career
The passage notes that only three of the Civil War era presidents lived past 70 and lists ages of several leaders at death. It examines longevity, compares prewar and later presidents, and highlights Hoover at 76 directing executive task forces while Jefferson and John Adams remained active in public life.
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Hayes
Cleve Hand
Taft
Buchanan
Jackson
van Buren
John Quincy Adams
Jefferson
Madigan
John Adams
Fillmiora
Monroe
Hoover
Madison
University of Virginia
Adams
House of
Supreme Court
Threescore and ten plus five for Herbert Hoover
A retrospective summary notes Herbert Hoover, living ex president, celebrated his 75th birthday with congressional praise on August 2. It compares his current popularity to Grover Cleveland’s era, recalls Hoover’s 60th birthday when the nation faced Depression, and reflects on presidential longevity and public opinion over time.
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Herbert Hoover
Congress
Hoover
Alleghenies
Grover Cleveland
White House
Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Twenty Years Ago Flies From Journal Aug 9 1929
Burglars failed to open the safe at Hammond Elevator Co offices with the door battered and the combination smashed. A Corry bootlegger Alegh is held at state valiee headquarters near Butler while authorities search the countryside for two victims believed buried near the city. The first aid team from Associated Gas and Electrical won a regional contest led by J Roscoe Dearing. Emmanuel Episcopal Church hosted a reception for a new pastor Rev. Lyle Douglas Otis and family with about 75 guests. Phyllis Ladd, three, burned when hot water spilled from a kettle, burning chest arms and hands.
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Hammond Elevator Company
Erle
State Valiee
Butler
Emmanuel ,Piscopal Church
Lyle Douglas Otis
Reach Agreement In Oil City Strike At Worx
Pennzoil Co and striking CTO oil workers announced an eight cent hourly wage increase for about 366 workers ending a nine day walkout. Ratification by Local 4 GIO International Of Workers is needed with a vote tonight and action expected Thursday morning. The deal raises average hourly pay to 1.42 dollars and lifts the lowest grade to 1.26 dollars. Twenty years’ service gains include a three week vacation.
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Worx
Pennzoil Co
CTO
GIO International
Trnion
Frie Baby Succumbs To Asthma Attack
Five year old Sadie Smith, daughter of Mr and Mrs Willie Smith, died at home Sunday after an asthmatic attack despite revival efforts by a fire department inhalator squad. She had bronchial asthma since age one. Survivors include her parents two brothers James L and Willie V and sister Ester Lee Smith.
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Eate
Sadie Smith
Willie Smith
Erle
William Scarpitti
James L
Willie V
Ester Lee Smith
Quiz on famous questions tests memory and history
A novelty quiz asks ten questions on figures and events from history. It covers Alger Hiss, the life of Nathan Hale, Louis St Laurent, the Ptolemaic dynasty, Syngman Rhee, the U.S. budget, Harry K Thaw, census employment data, naturalization rules for Japanese people, and Judge Harold Medina's trial of Judith Coplon.
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Alger Hiss Foo
Louis St Laurent
Sydgman Rhee
Asia
Harry K. Thaw
New York
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S
Harold R. Medina
Judith Coplon
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Corry
Associated Gas and Electing Company
J. Roscoe Dearing
Northwest
Mr. Dearing
Albert Miller
Ybert Young
Dorr Clark
Harold Yauscher
Clyde Anderson
Phyllis
Charles Ladd
Beaverdam
REX Theatre
Dan Dailey
Anne Baxter
Sean
R. P. Beckwith
Center Street
Corry, Pa
Borstorff & Fitch
DeSoto
Plymouth
First Avenue
Lawrence Craker Wilbur Lathrop
Witaley
Rossbach AR Insurance Service
Ralph Carroll
Patterson Photo Products
Florence Brooks
Lars Christensen
Guy Rogers
Moore
ER. R. Benson
Margaret Bartholme
Gem
Arotay
Goma Io
America
Sadi Rister Ares
National Bank of Corry
The
Federal Deposit Insurange Corporation
DEER
Wayne Dairy
Hog
Root’s Sport Shop
Elsie Root
J. H. Beagle
Johnson
McCormick-Deering
International Harvester
Spiesman’s
Reed
Merle Dackmar
A.B. Baldwin
Eugene Sweet
Fred Jackson
C. S. Wallace
Camden
G. B. Anderson
Elsa Regin
Ini
Eli Ralph
Elis
Spartan
Edward Jade
Will Street
Loblaw Stern
Thursdy
Corr
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