Twenty Years Ago Tales From the Journal Files
A collage of late February 1931 items notes the Corry radiator plant pondering a spring restart with a smaller staff. Mrs. Earl Brown fractures her hip in a slippery fall near home. Athleti Carnival plans move ahead at the armory. Erie Academy beats Corry 43 to 18. Robert Brown recovers from a toboggan accident. a memory quiz advertises I Q standings and a Defense Dept item questions Rosenberg case.
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Earl Brown
West Frederick Street
Corry Hospital
Truman Seeks Closure of Mineral Depletion Tax Loophole
President Truman urged Congress to plug the depletion allowance for oil gas and other minerals arguing the revenue gain could reach 350 million dollars annually. He noted past cases where firms paid no income tax despite large profits and traced the policy’s origins to 1917 1922 and later extensions to minerals and tangible development costs.
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Truman
Congress
Taw
Congress backs oil and mineral production during national emergency
Despite an administration plea to curb it Congress appears convinced that a national emergency is no time to hamper oil and natural gas output. The rhetoric emphasizes maximizing production of strategic minerals amid the crisis.
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Congress
Mrs Elyina Robin Drops Dead Over Husband Casket
In Nederland Texas on February 1 Mrs Elyina Robin aged 68 collapsed and died beside the casket of her husband Henry Robin age 77 who had died the day before. The couple had been married 48 years.
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Nederland
Tex
Elyina Robin
Henry Robin
Monty
Tragic New Jersey Train Wreck Kills Many Injures Hundreds
A Jersey City bound commuter train derailed and smashed into a street below near a New Jersey city, killing 80 and injuring about 500. Governor Driscoll ordered a full investigation as the Public Utilities Commission and railroad launched probes. The crash stranded thousands amid a strike impact and heavy wreckage lingered into the night as rescuers cleared the site.
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Alfred BE. Driscoll
New Jersey Public Utilities Commission
Jersey City
New York
Hudson River
Erie Man Shotself in Head in Accidental Shooting
A 46 year old Erie salesman was seriously wounded after a bullet fired into his right temple. James M. Arthur told his wife the shooting was an accident. He was listed in full condition at Hamot Hospital. Mrs Madelon Arthur found him in blood spattered pajamas at 9 10 p m with a .32 caliber revolver nearby. Police reports detail the incident.
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Erie
James MI. Arthur
Hamot
Madelon Arthur
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Torry Evening Journal
South Street
Corry
ALD
Golegrove Gime Coleerove
Georie
Pe Ae
Wall Street Journal
United States Radiator Corp
Stite Armory
Community Chest
Company A
Erie Academy High
Corry High
Erie Court
Robert Brown
East Pleasant
Mr. Brown
I. Q
Defense Department
Defense
Anna M. Rosenberg
United States
Tts
Texas
Andreas Dahl
Londo
Munich
Thomas A. Edison
Henry du Pont
Alfred B. Nobel
Madame Curie
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
LE Ind
Piesk Lindsley’s Pharmacy
CTY
Stahl's
Stahl Jewelers
South Center St
TN Par
Jersey Central
Central
New England
Maine
Nn In Pte
Mouton
Clothes Shop
Merchants of
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