Third Party Travel a Rough Road in U S Politics
The piece recalls past third party efforts by figures like Wallace and La Follette, noting unions split and leaders wary of backing third-party runs. It cites 1924 La Follette and 1936 Lemke forecasts, plus Roosevelt’s 1912 bid, as examples of limited impact. It ends with an ad line about classified ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wallace
Progressive Citzens of America
Uckel
CIO
PCA
American Labor Party
New York
ALP
Wallace
Walter Reuther
The
Auto Workers
CTO
Labor
la Follette
la Pollette
House of ‘Representatives
Weconstn
GOP
Father Coughlin
Lemke
North Dakota
Fi Wld
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Roosevelt
Mine
Vermont
Theodore Roosevelt
Christmas Bonus Granted to Raymond Mig. Co. Workers
Twenty years ago highlights from the Journal Piles dated December 24 1921 note 125 workers shared in a company Christmas bonus while guests dined at Hotel Corry. A busy post office and record mall handling are mentioned alongside a hospital burn accident to Marion Donoghue and a high school basketball win, followed by the death of Flora Tillotson after a breakfast heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Mig
Disiner
Corry
Christmas Quiz From Classified Page Questions
A reader is asked to answer seven quiz items from the Classified Page. Questions cover Clement Clarke Moore’s poem second line, Hugh Dalton’s post, presidential gun salutes, the Order of the Garter motto meaning, pokeberry toxicity, the Cyclops plant peculiarity, ancient California trees, a German American contralto, timing of World War II counterattacks, and Charles Dickens author of A Christmas Carol with Ebenezer Scrooge as a lead character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Clorke Moore
Nicholas
Hugh Dalton
California
Christ
Battle of the Bulge
Ebeneser Scrgoge
Holiday sales top $4 million in Erie one day
Erie December pre Christmas shopping broke all records as local stores set an all time dollar volume high. The Erie bank reported a Monday before Christmas debits of 34 003 093 44 the largest for any Monday. Week totals reached 22 697 204 a new pre holiday record, about three million more than last year. Post Office officials said 350 substitute clerks and 175 extra carriers were hired to handle mail flow the busiest ever. Over 4 000 000 pieces of first class mail and greeting cards processed since December 1 up 25 percent from 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Unis
Erle Cleary House
Charles FH. Schloss
Erie Post Office
Glombocki Suggested for Assembly Seat
In December 1944 it appears Allan Polaski will be chosen by East Side Democrats to fill the unexpired two year term in the council. Rumor says Victor Glombocki, longtime party organizer and precinct worker, is the most logical Assembly candidate from the First ward as party leaders weigh succession.
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Srie
Allan Polaski
East Side
Gay Council
Sher Hickey, Jr
Assembly
East Ride
Polaski
Victor Glombocki
Democratic County Committee
Erie Maintains 17 Mills Tax Rate Through 1944
Erie city council, by two readings, kept the real estate tax at 17 mills through 1944 despite an ordinance proposing an increase. The measure, presented by Director Shaman Hickey, faces protests from residents. The council also set the 1988 operating budget at 4,969,512.2 and earmarked 4.97 mills for debt service reduction.
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Erie
Gouneil
Plastice
Hickey
Counel
Counell
Cornell
County to reshuffle Personal Property Tax Department
Erie officials plan a January 5 turnover after four year terms begin, with Hazel Davis likely ousted as head of the Personal Property Tax Department amid concerns over weak collections. They assert the shakeup is not a reprisal and emphasize the need for a director with expertise to assess personal property including mortgages, interest money, and certain out of state stocks for tax purposes.
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Erie
Hazel Davis
Court House
Miss Davis
Charles Davis
Christmas Visitors and Local Gatherings Reported in Concord Tov
Concord Tov Township recounts a Christmas season with numerous family visits. Ray Folmer and Frank Palmer from Elgin join relatives on Meadvile and County Line roads. The report lists many households hosting kin, exchanges of gifts, and community events including a Young People's party, a New Year’s Eve plan by the Elgin Cemetery Association, sewing club meetings, and riding club festivities. Several locals, including students and workers, are home on vacation, with mentions of visitors from Jamestown and Pittsburgh and a ministerial and civic calendar shaping holiday celebrations.
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Fred Reagle
Titusville
Albert
Hill
Linday Hollow
Clayton Scouten
Jimmy
County Line Road
Mr. Scouten
Glare Scouten
Jean Scouten
Eric
Lloyd ‘Malmstrom
Jamestown
Fie
Malmstron
Axel Swanson
Spartansburg
Ron
Que
Edgar Jennigh
Aoi
Ronald
Spring Mills
Hennigh
W. Stoltafus
Linesey Hylton Road
CR. Wade
Curle Road
Edmond Sheline
Patricia Branswynne
Pittsburgh
Ethel McCray
Pater Glavis
Philip Wade
Lawrence Wade
Halph Morrani
Merrill Wade
Jomey Lewis
Elgi
Cory
R. G. Gales
Spartinsburg
Rav
Ynship News
Lyle Akam
Sparta Spur
Christoas
Cyril
Culver Road
Bernard Skiff
Wire Iogeum
Blair
Sift
Prines
John Richard Grace
Great Lakes
Columbia Transportation Company
Grace Grace
Concord Ridge Road
The
Lakes
Olive Tes
Edinboro Teachers Colleges
Ed Lee
Elgin Road
Norman Kline
Gannon College
Erie
Bya
N. J. Kline
Rislee
Leona Grace
Continental Rubber Works
Ridge Road
Eugene Kimmy
Voodimmy
Harrys Kimmy
Stewart Roud
Snowshoe Rabbits At Tama Rae Swamp Miss With Stevens
Panama resident Miss Stevens visits her grandmother Mrs Robert L Petlitt in Nan for a two week stay sharing family time and local seasonal notes in Tama Rae Swamp.
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Tamarae
Stevens
Panama
Robert L. Petlitt
Nan
Birthday slipper honors Mime by Gates Spartansuury
A birthday slipper honoring Mime was presented by Ther slater to Donald Gates Spartansuury in a small ceremony at Mex lot Kilisurt Garry.
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Donald Gates
Ther Slater
Mex Lot Kilisurt
Garry
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Elgin
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