Partnership changes hands in city merchandise firm
Sam Jacobson and Company changes hands as G A Shes and J E Walraven form a partnership to take over the business. The transfer will take effect next week. Elmer Gilbertson begins circulating nominating petitions for Carl W Smith for city council amid talk of others seeking school board seats. Gerry Motor Club board urges City Commission to ready Columbus avenue for winter and spring traffic. T A Roberts, former Corry railroad agent, dies in Detroit from injuries in an automobile crash. A farewell party for Rev P Cleveland and wife at the McArthur home as they depart for the east, where he has served the Advent Christian Church.
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Sam Jacobson and Company
G. A. Shes
J. E. Walraven
Busi Ness
Wince
Elmer Gilbertson
Carl ‘W. Smith
The
Gerry Motor Club
City Commission
Columbus Avenue
J. A. McArthur
Essex Street
Cleveland
Rev
Advent Christian Church
Centenarian Life Span Theoretical Limits Discussed
The article surveys longevity research noting 113 years as a recorded maximum and reports estimates of potential life extension to 120 years or more. It cites Yale and Columbia scholars, Michican bioresearcher views, and Russian physiologist Metchikoff, while discussing birth records and aging on a societal timeline. It also mentions Mendville authorities seeking a referendum to raise city debt by 125000 for a new iterator project and Spring street crossing damages funding.
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Yale University
Michigan University
Warthin
Metchikoff
Simms
Columbia Uni “Versity
Mendville
Grawford County Board of Elections
Spring Street
State inquiry likely in rent increases
Philadelphia August 13 a state investigation of rent increases in Pennsylvania will be held to see if landlords are taking advantage of tenants. Senator Weldon B Heyburn chairman of the joint state government research commission said complaints have been received and will be considered at a Fall meeting. A Philadelphia council caucus drafted a rent control bill to empower the city rent commission with enforcement including jail and fines.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Ime
Weldon B. Heyburn
Rdel
Joint
State Government Research Commission
Heyburn
City Rent Commission
Three-Truck Crash Causes $8000 Damage In Erie County
On Route 62 near Tidote in Warren County yesterday a tractor trailer driven by a McKeesport man collided with two highway repair trucks. Two Tidoute men, Joseph Heenan and William Snyder, were hospitalized with leg and hip injuries. The driver, William Vodopock of McKeesport, was charged with driving too fast for road conditions after failing to slow despite seeing the workers and trucks.
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Joseph Heenan
William Snyder
Heenan
Snyder
Vodoploek
County to Receive $106,764 in Gas Taxes
Auditor General Geard Wasner approved payment of 106764.36 to Erie County as its share of the liquid fuels tax for December 1946 through June 1947. The tax comes from a half cent of the three cent state tax on liquid fuels used in internal combustion engines. Allocations are based on average prior year returns, with counties required to keep funds in a County Liquid Fuels Tax Fund.
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Geard Wasner
Erie County
Nct
Commonwealth
Driver Dies of Crash Injuries in Wreck on Buffalo Road
Charles London 29 of Reyholdavillé Pa died at Hantot Hospital from injuries after a dawn automobile crash on Buffalo Road. Coroner Warren W. Wood cited internal injuries with severe lacerations to both arms. London's wrecked car collided broadside with a tractor trailer driven by John Reamlner 46 of Scattdale Pa, who escaped serious injury. Police say the crash occurred about 2:20 am when London reportedly fell asleep at the wheel. the eastbound truck veered aside to avoid head-on contact.
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Charles London
Reyholdavillé
Hantot Hospital
Njuries
Buffalo Yond Warly
Warren W. Wood
Mr. London
John Re Anlheimer
Scattdale
London
Buffalo Road
Yad
Freedom for India at Last, Yet Unclear Independence Path
The article traces India's road to freedom with August 15 as a symbolic milestone, noting half of the country remaining under British rule and a split between Hindustan and Pakistan. It recalls the 1885 founding of the Indian National Congress, Gandhi's rise in 1920, and the 1929 pledge toward independence, while mentioning the Muslim League’s 1905 origins and the Pakistan objective, framing a port status in global terms.
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India
Hindustan
Pakistan
Indian Congress
Thelane
Eire
Gandhi
Congress
All India
Parkistan
Uni
Treland
Answers from the Classified Quiz on Foreign Affairs?
A reader is prompted to turn to the Classified Page for correct answers to ten quiz questions covering topics from Madagascar and Pakistan to U S aid to Turkey and rent control, with references to Spain and Truman. The list mixes names, titles, and historical policy issues for identification.
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Whit Clayton
U. S
Pakistan
Spain
Turkey
Truman
Rob Linson Grusue
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T. A. Roberts
Pennsylvania Railroad
Detroit
Médical Bestery of
State of
Anivrep
Wilcox Grocery
East Main Street
Campbell's Tomato Soup
Maxwell House Coffee
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Recurdak
Hare
Powell Loan and Finance CO
Consumer
C.H. Gens, JR
Ford Garage
Diamant
Heiman Jewelers
Widmann’s
Toni
Woodbury
Dan
Deans
DR. Scholls
Bexel
Vitakaps “Co
Ae Eich
Mennew
Lindst
Comilne
Yu Carl Nor
Pauline Uver
Iis Ny
Jobnst
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