City Council debates tax on Fair Grounds as year-end issue
December 18, 1028 reports City Council weighing whether to collect taxes on the Fair Grounds property amid a long ownership dispute. Rotary Club hosts a Christmas party for 40 local boys, ages six to 14, at Hotel Corry with turkey dinner, candy, and flashlights. N P Geertson opens an auto repair shop on Main Street Patterson garage floor. Kiwanis joins to brighten the mercantile district as Winter aids holiday displays. Recreation Bowling Alleys set to open December 20 in the Patterson garage. Senate fears press probes under a 1942 secrecy bill. newspapers warn legitimate sources risk loss from disclosure. Roads about ancient Rome noted as “varliesh” topic.
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Rotary Club
Hotel Corry
Service Club
Erie liquor checkups spark youth access concerns
Enforcement agents in the Erie office of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board conducted routine citywide inspections focusing on sales to underage youths and teen patronage at licensed bars. No arrests were reported, but a dance hall operator was warned amid ongoing complaints from residents about youthful access to alcohol.
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Erie
Pennsylvania Liquor Contra
Hagard
George P. Rogers
Corry
Mayville
Rogers
Chautauqua
Navy Reserve
Elks Club
Center Street
Christmas Curfews and Local News From Tookville
Tookville faces curfew enforcement concerns as Christmas sales and retailer orders are discussed in a Washington newsletter. Municipal officials Gene Smith and M. Gobnett celebrate birthdays. motorists plan an unusual holiday greeting. A break in at the Benelec office precedes a suspected truck theft. Panhandlers and county office raids spur jail and vault talk. Rob in Hood songs noted for early ballads.
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Tookville
Polly
Lgcal
Washington
Gene Smith
Gobnett
Benelec
Union City
Pnb
Indica
Starlite Athletic Club
How's Your I Q Quiz for memory and score trends
A fragmented quick quiz asks 10 questions testing memory and recall. It includes a Maryland physician linked to Lincoln’s assassination, sunspots versus coolness, a butter or bird quiz, Marshall Plan participation, Argos’ trait, AFL convention location, Ireland’s Gren write, Princess Elizabeth’s line of succession, a thermometer’s absolute zero, and tangent points on a circle.
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Maryland
Jan Island
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Argos
Ohio City
American Federation of Labor
Ireland
Gren
Hlleabets
Espionage Law Faces Tightening Amid FBI Washington Probes
A review of the 1917 Espionage Act and related statutes highlights penalties for obtaining or transmitting defense information to foreign powers. The text notes increased risks from conspiracies and negligence, with evolving enforcement potentially tightening safeguards after Pearl Harbor and ongoing investigations in Washington and New York.
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New York
State Department
National Defense
United States
Truman
Whittaker Chambers
House
Senate Foree Relations Committee
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Rome
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Armory
Portal
Maple Avenue
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Luella Schall
William Beduze
Old St. ‘Maxy's
Chicago
Toval Bhill-Billy
Paul R. Rassmatn
Sunset Ramblers
Rassmann
Hourhlon Colles
Fred Osborn
Cheutauqua
Fredonia
Paul Goodman
Min
North Center Street
Goodman
Heither
Fic
Hobert E. Dnokeon
Som
Abel
Robert Jackson
Seonmtt Iverive
Ubaf Technical School
Ft. Francia
E. Waren
Ming
John Baroth
Liberty Street
Kimley
Ins. Agency
Pizor Insurance Agency
Dial
Prederick St
Corry, Pa
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Topp
Gorry
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Lke Bracken- Keating Co
Order OF the Solden
Funeral Directors Ambulance Service
Loomtuft
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Hye Yard
Ince
Lanston
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Salerno
Giane
Miracle
Shanghai
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Federal Deposit Insurange Corporation
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