Twenty Years Ago From Journal Files Aug 20 1932
A reader oriented quiz from 1932 with ten questions answered on the classified page. It includes asks about the presidents, compass points, carnivorous diets, cave man life, naval battles, assassinations in Austria Hungary, passenger pigeons, river questions, confection production in various regions, and a typo corrected line about a car. The piece also recounts a local pilgrim group journeying to France, comments on cemetery visits, city praise for cleaner services, and notes on civic activities and political sentiment in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Bre
Austria - Hungary
Lena
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Virgin Islands
Millie Thomas seeks parole in Fisher murder case
Erie: Millie Thomas, 32, long central figure in the Fisher murder case, has applied for parole from the Pennsylvania Industrial Home for Women in Muncy after being sentenced to life on October 5, 1946. District Attorney Damian J. McLaughlin will oppose and attend the Board of Pardons hearing. He noted the case remains sensational and challenges the claim of accessory after the fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Millie Thomas
Robert, Fisher
Pennsylvania Industrial Home For Women
Muncy
Damian J. McLaughlin
Pennsylvania Board of Pardons
Milley
Fisher
Mike Bithus
Brie
Millie
Mike Dominie
Rock
Becase
Former Jamestown Pilot Killed in Farm Crash
A former Jamestown resident Joseph W. Cook 28 of Valparaiso and two companions Benny F. Ripley 41 and Wendell DeForest Stenner 18 were killed when their single engine three seater Consolidated Vultee P-43 crashed on a Valparaiso area farm five miles northwest of town. An eye witness Arthur Tesburg said the plane flew low circling southwest then dipped its right wing and struck ground, causing a crater and engine fire before the wreckage rolled over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Valparaiso
Joseph W. Cook
Sugar Grove
Benny F. Ripley
Wendell DeForest
Stenner
Arthur Tuesburg
Tesburg
1952 Election Tilt Forecast by UK Figures for Eisenhower
UK style figures from 1548 seures suggest a uphill race for Republicans to elect Eisenhower in 1952. Eighteen states favored Memocratic President by wide margins in 1948 totaling 174 electoral votes this year. If four Dixiecrat states return and South trends continue, Democratic total could reach 211 to 188 for Republicans, needing 83 more to win. California’s 32 votes could flip to GOP, boosting Democratic edge to 211 to 188 with 288 total votes from 1948 patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Dewey
Titanis
New York
Michoneh
Chiwan
Eisenhower
Dimocrat
Gilly Hiestiltes
Sen
Nixon
California
Truman
Coman
Trung
Galifornix
Connecticut
Colorado
Save Sight Of Boy Hit By Fork In Erie Hospital Tale
Neighbors recount a chaotic incident in Erie where a boy named Jimmy was rushed to hospital after a fork injury. His mother, Mrs Preisler, claims a neighbor’s older child provoked the altercation with taunts over a watermelon. A single surgical attempt was said to have been made to save the boy’s sight as officials and family discuss the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Jimmy
Dinwiny
Vie
Proislet
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I. Q
T. V
Victorian
Charles Shayer
Euclid Street
France
Paris
Tomor
Inter Eat
Cory Dry Cleaners
Hed
Andrew Byilsey
Charles Craker
John J
Andrey Brown
Phy Stator Hose Company
Thlerity
Mehls
Norther Fireme's Association
Connemih Lake Pak
Newrty Sul
Delegales
Chick Paulyon
Wilson Brown
Kenneth Wixsom
Crystoul
U.S. Navy
Newport
R. I
Woodmuts
Henry Colburn
Files For Freedom
McLaughlin
Mitie
Jonviction
Syine
Trevier
Corry, Pa
New
York
Binghamton
Akron
Cleveland
Chicago
Jones
Erie Railroad
Bob Desmond
Foster E. Davis & Son
Norris Center Street
Warren
Tubs. & Wed
Vaughan
Jeff
Tome
Orchard Park
Laselas
Niederriter
Vic Bailey
Odin
Odo
South First Avenue
Bezel
IB P Hinance CO
Consumer Discount CO
N. Center ST
Corry
Harry Hall
Ors
Et Powell
E. Main
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