Penn State era notes and local incidents in Erie area
Long Erie area column covers college enrollment at 1947, 10 500 students with 42 of 48 states represented, plus ex servicemen. Reports on wartime death ages, steel production peak, rent control pamphlets, flight training progress, potato drives, and multiple local incidents including train wrecks, a house fire, kerosene ingestion, and a municipal voting ordinance draft. Also notes on a garland wreck recovery crew, charity drives, and pension checks for former congressman Rodgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Dorn Hetzel
Pennsylvania
R. L. Rodgers
Erie
Rodgers H
House
Rodgers
Second blast damages oil lease air plant
Oil City reports a second explosion at the Northern Ordinance lease near Pleasantville on the Pit Hole road injuring no one. The blast from a bursting pressure line, carrying 290 pounds, shattered over 20 windows and forced about a week of plant shutdown for repairs. Samuel Weaver was in the plant but escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Pleasantville
Lense
Samuel Weaver
Smashed Slot Machines Auctioned for 400 Dollars
At police headquarters an auction sold 22 smashed slot machines for 400 dollars to Roma Novelty Co. represented by Joey Day, who bid high as Michael Hoffman, the janitor and auctioneer, kept prices rising amid 5 dollar raises. Proceeds plus cash inside devices went to the police pension and relief fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poice
Joey Day
Roma Novelty Co
Michael Hoffman
Joey
Police
New Funds Aid Relief In State
Harrisburg reports a 23.4 million deficiency appropriation approved by the legislature and signed by Governor Duff allows the Department of Public Assistance to issue all remaining January checks on schedule. The postwar rise in dependency, reconversion, labor disturbances, and material shortages drive public aid use, with 2,887 cases and 3,356 people on Public Assistance in Erie for the week ending Jan 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Toc
Harrisburg
Duff
Department of Public Assistance
Erie County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ghters
Edna Moss
Art
Npson
Corry
Creek Township
Ethel Clark
Dobbs Corners
Wilma Armitage
Armitage
George Church
West Spring Creek
Armed Services
Metrolitan Life Insurance Company
Steel
Steelworkers’ Union
Frank S. Anderson
OPA
Mary Baker
Lemon Street
Lawrence
Kratts Pood Co
Anthony J. Schifferle
West Main Street
John Fenstermacher
Mott Street
Garland
Mr. Penstermacher
New York
Warren
C. H. Holden
Frank Grice, Jr
Warren County
Ed Lowrey
Condictor Behan
Gerhart
Pennsy
Tiona
The
City Fire Department
St. Kennedy
Sciota Street
William Monte Johnson
Frederick Johnson
Corry Hospital
R. XX. Williams
Erie City March of Dimes
Erie Maennercher Club
William Houghton
Wayne Street
South Center
South Streets
Houghton
South Street
Erie Trucking Co
Burton Hemme
Hemme
Dan Lucia
Ralph and
Carl Chirlenzio
Amela
Davis — Record Center
Eddy Howard
Western
California
Tex Ritter
Twilight Time
Three Suns
Cole Porter
Artie Shaw
Little Girl Blue
Lena Horne Gershwin
Billy Butterfield
Davis Radio Laboratory
N. Center St
LEED
Allen’s
Main St
Harley F. Johnson
Center Street
M.S. Cobbett City Building
Amatporiey
Ulead
Carroll’s Beauty Salon
Davison
School OF Dance
Richard Rapp
Cherry’s Hardware
Chamber of Commerce
Fuaneek
Wards
N. Center
Lucien
Lelong
Lucien Lelong
Lucien Lefong Sachet
Lucien Lefong
Lelong. Phillips
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