War on Asiatic Flu Prompts Mass Vaccination Effort
The Corry Journal reports the early August outbreak of Asiatic influenza with 11,000 U.S. cases and three deaths. Public Health Service Surgeon General Dr. LeRoy Burney warns of a possible fall or winter spike, plans half a million dollars for education and detection, and vaccine manufacturers project 8 million doses by mid September and 6 million by February, aiming to protect about one third of Americans.
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LeRoy Burney
United States Public Health Service
Douglas resigns from Quaker Outs Company after thirty years
Donald B. Douglas resigns as director on the eve of his 65th birthday, criticizing average management as he steps down after three decades. He challenges the prevailing rationale for utilizing certain corporate practices, urging reflection on long service and governance.
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Quaker Outs Company
Fisherman Fights Fire After Lassoing Runaway Boat
A fisherman off the east slip lassos a runaway 22 foot cabin cruiser named Owens after spotting it adrift. Fire erupts from the engine bay, started by a short in the wiring, and is extinguished by a passerby and crew. Damage estimated at 50 dollars. Also notes Pittsburgh doctor Dr John W Shirer named president of the Medical Society of Pennsylvania at its 107th annual meeting in September.
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Scheildt
Electrowel
Harvey Chester Seeine
Khan- Goned Schmidt
Barrelana Fish Ci
Aetery
McAllister
Marine Supply House
Pittsburgh
John W . Shirer
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Medical Society of Pennsylvania
Corry Yesterday's Memories Recap 20 Years Ago
A retrospective from August 19 1937 highlights Shanghai hostilities and 9 500 000 people punished for war crimes. Local Erie County news covers road repairs after a cloudburst WPA warnings on fair wage refusals and sewer work under the Pennsy tracks. Typhoid inquiry focuses on Alton Hamilton age 98 in Buffalo. Rain forecast temp stays above 80 with heat wave easing little.
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Shanghai
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Father Pushes Hunt For Missing Son
J Truman Work of Erie appeals to city and state police for help locating 11 year old Hal Truman Work believed to be with his mother and possibly in Fort Myers Florida. Hal was last seen at 6 p m Sunday August 1th. The father seeks custody action as divorce left him with sole custody.
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J. Truman
Erie
Wier
Hal
Robert Bruce
Ft Myers
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Ft. Myers
Work
Photo Maxima exhibition for modern photographers announced
Hope Sanders leads a Photographic Society of America project to showcase modern photojournalism through a small prints exhibit titled Photo Maxima. The event invites creative and experimental work with no awards or trophies, and a companion book will publish selected images with comments and full technical data.
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Photo Maxima
Hope Sanders
Photographic Society
Amerca
Jeisure
Miss Sanders
Sanders
Shane
Melerin Saunders
Phinioarsphur
Lesulo
Weekend Toll in Pennsylvania Leaves 18 Dead
A PA weekend tragedy claimed 18 lives including 11 youths and infants. Causes ranged from auto crashes to falls and a fatal fire. Four youngsters among the deceased were 17 and younger, with one accidental shooting involving a teenage sibling. No two deaths occurred in the same incident.
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