How's Your I Q A quirky test on memory and history
A reader poses ten trivia prompts spanning political figures, science, unions, WWII logistics, Bible authorship, mobilization talk, Scottish coronations, Vatican news term, name meanings, and a late 1940s loan ban. The piece hints at answers in a classified page and notes a November 1941 trade policy followed by Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourke B. Hicken- Jooner
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S. Senate
Leonardo da Vinet
CTO Union
Milwaukee
Wis
Europe
U. S
Pacific War
Armed Forces
Dndustrial Collegen
Washington
Truman
Glasgow
Scone
Edinburgh
Vatican
Fides
Emily
Twenty Years Ago Entries From Journal Files
A collage of items from August 10 1929 recounts G W Brown a Cary resident recovering from stab wounds at Joliet prison Illinois and a broad note on road work with minor route changes to Spartansburg. State troopers are en route to aid in the Erie disappearance investigation and a farm search near the city may occur. Progress on the Junior High athletic field advances and William Berluze suffers pleuro pneumonia at Corry Hospital slight improvement noted this morning. Stanford Hose Company plans a large delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Brown
Cary
Jollet
Brown
Mew
Erie
Mayville Youth Dies in Crash Near Mayville
Jamestown report states 20 year old Robert Oser died after his 1949 sedan struck a utility pole near Mayville Park on Route 11 1. He was alone and believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel. He died of a fractured skull at W C A Hospital. Coroner Bowers ruled accidental death. The vehicle also clipped a mailbox and a crossbar was knocked loose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Aus
Mayville
Robert Oser
State Highway Department
Stanley Oser
R. D
Young Orser
W.C.A
Samuel T. Bowers
Mayville Park
Falconer Baby Killed in Wreck near Falconer
A four month old, Patrick Jane Gustafson of Falconer, died almost instantly when a car driven by her mother Marion Gustafson, 25, crashed a utility pole on Allen Street Extension. The infant died at WGA Hospital at 4 15. The mother suffered severe chin lacerations and burns to both legs. Dr Eugene Callin attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Patrick
Jane Gustafson
Kjell” Gustafson
Falconer
Marion
Allen Street
Elientt
WGA
Eugene Callin
Paleoner
Neutrality shifts and Lend-Lease reshape wartime policy
A historical review recalls U S shifts from strict neutrality in the 1930s to wartime aid. It traces the 1936 arms embargo and cash-and-carry rules, the 1939 repeal, and Roosevelt’s 1941 quarantine vision before Lend-Lease altered the stance as WWII loomed. The piece underscores how policy evolved from nonalignment to active support for allies against the Axis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Soviet Union
Hitler
Mussolini
U. S
Lusitamnia
Woodrow Wilson
Rhineland
Austria
Rome
House
Chienzo
Roosevelt
Congress
Ask Continuance In Erie Murder Trial
In Erie on August 10 a motion for a continuance was made in the Kissman murder case arguing for a November date. Attorney Edward Carney said there are too many cases to try in September and the DA approved. Carney will defend Kissman and several other clients ahead of the Kissman trial as nine other cases head to the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Rie
Kissman
Timer Kissman
Lenore
Sid
Allomey Edward Carney
Sudee Elmer Eyasis
Carney
T Haya
Damian McLaughlin
Jamey
Wilim Podbielski
Tont Goumer
Harry Staszewski
Otis Smith
Kissmon
Nine ancient cities found at Troy site in Asia Minor
Deputy Sheriff Arthur E Payne investigated a case in which Mrs Gustafson said she was driving toward Jamestown to fetch her husband when sunlight lit the baby's face in the car seat. She moved to adjust the steering wheel about 200 feet west of Work street. Excavations indicate nine successive cities occupied Troy in Asia Minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Payne
Troy
Asia Minor
Commonwealth to Issue 8.6 Million Bonds for Toll Bridge Purchase
Aug 10 The state will issue 8 600 000 bonds in October to acquire and free Pennsylvanias last 10 toll bridges. Printing orders for 8 500 bonds of 1 000 each were placed as Secretary Ray F. Smoah negotiates with bridge owners. The total is 1 500 000 less than the legislature authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Pennsylvanus
Ray F. ‘Smoah
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Pearl Harbor
Spartansburg
Cory
West Chweh Street
Lemon Street
William Berluze
George Berluze
Corry Hospital
Stanford Hose Company
Irle County
Sun
Witchhazel
Kotex
Richard Hudnut
Loblaws
Green Peppers
Crax
Orchard Park
S.rf
Pymienin
Bisonal Tinanict Eo. Ground Fl
N. Center ST
Corry
Francie Hooper
YES
Chevrolet
Thomas Motors
of Corry, Inc
DeSoto
Borstorff & Fitch
First Avenue
Corry, PA
Topp
North Center Street
Teo
National Bank of Corry
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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