Twenty Years Ago Highlights Christmas Week Turbulence
Twenty years ago this week Corry saw a panic as rumors spread of a federal raid on Christmas, sparking street brawls while fires caused $200 damage at Haniel Clark & Son Co. A weekend of slick roads led to many auto accidents with no injuries reported. radio interference and Taube theory circulated amid church cantatas by Emmanuel Episcopal Fifth Methodist Episcopal and First Baptist choirs drawing large crowds.
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Prohibition
Corry
Haniel Clark & Son Co
Third Ward
Emmanuel Episcopal
Fifth Methodist
Episcopal
First Baptist
Erie Girl Bites Attacker After Nighttime Assault
An 18-year-old East Side girl told police she was followed after leaving a dance near midnight. She fought off a man at 611 German Street, sinking her two front teeth into his arm before he fled with the teeth. M. A. Wills alerted authorities as the assailant escaped, leaving investigators to pursue the case.
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Baie
East Side
9Th Street
German Street
M. A
Wills
How's Your I. 9 a memory quiz from classifieds
A list of nineteen questions tests memory and general knowledge with answers on the Classified Page. It asks about The March Hare in Lewis Carroll, the flagiolet type, freezing point of water, capital of Greece, biceps location, opposite of sea tide, Hereford breed, lucrativeness implying gain, military term length, and color traits of peafowl sexes.
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Greece
Union Disowns Cleveland Strike
Cleveland AFL leaders denounced a transit strike by Local 268 of the Transit Union. The Cleveland Federation of Labor disowned the action, urging AFL President William Green to intervene and have the workers return or be overseen by a representative. The stoppage disrupted half a million riders in the city for a second day.
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Cleveland
AFL
William Green
Cleveland Federation of Labor
AFL ‘Transit Union
Green
Thomas A. Burke
Abe Spraddling
Dewoit
Prisoner Granted Freedom After 18 Years
Louis Boy, a 50 year old prisoner at Sing Bing Prison, walked into freedom in Ossining on December 23 after a life sentence was commuted to time already served. He had risked his life for a girl injured in a prior incident, but the attempt with Roy’s blood exchange failed to save the child. Dewey’s commutation spared him further incarceration.
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Ossining
Louis Boy
Sing Bing
Isakemia
Roy
Goy
Thomas E. Dewey
Down the Road to Statism by James F Byres
James F Byres former Secretary of State and longtime Democratic figure warns in a public speech that expanding New programs could lead to systemic statism where individuals become economic slaves under state power. He cites communist oppression and broader government controls as threats to liberty, noting varied impacts on farmers workers and professionals.
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James F. Byres
Democratic Party
Berty
England
Two Convicts Denied Reprieve by Governor Duff
James H. Duff declined last minute clemency for Edward Dipoff and Ray H. Simmons, both slated for execution January 9, after the State Pardons Board denied commutation and appeals collapsed. Duff cited fair trials and exhausted remedies, and warned no secret will be granted. Dunkerque, France’s historical note ends the item.
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James H. Duff
Avenue of Freedom
Edward Dipoff
Pittsburgh
Ray H. Simmons
Mechanicsburg
State Pardons Board
State Supreme Court
Duff
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Ierie
Marion Duke
Eric
Tox
Corry Hospital
George Weber
Orchestra of
Erie
Foster E.davis & SO
N. Center St
Sorry
Roy Aikens
Columbus
Keystone VanCise’s
Riv
Asc
Dunkerque
France
Oliver Cromwell
Lyle Wilcox
Hammond Organ
Hotel Corry
Stahl’s
Nye
rWatches
rSchick & Remington Shayers
Parker
Amos
Sheaffer
Ascalinn
Stahl Jewelers
Rogers Bros
Rogers
Holmes & Edwards
Joseph Mohr
Lories
Laufen
Salzburg
Germany
Ocean Spray
Bor
Seabrook Farm
Ll Banks
U.S
Thilay
the National Bank of Corry
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Brigham Hardware
Center St
A&p
Tunnell’s
Nene
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