Local events and obituaries from Corry area today
A 64 year old woman named Elizabeth Goodwill died after fainting at Dr N Troy Gillette's office near Spartashore. Louise Brown age 12 died of tuberculosis. A party in Erie honored Dorothea Alice Kramer announcing her engagement to Vincent P Connelly of Corry. Corry Knights of Columbus plan a pre-Lenten barn dance next Friday at State Armory with Harmony Quartet. Presbyterian Scouts Troop 2 organize in church gym tonight from 7 to 9. Jack Stewart, Rex Theaters organist, ill with acute indiation but improving. Born February 10 at 687 South Center Street, a daughter to Mr and Mrs W Restler.
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Elizabeth Goodwill
Oscar O. Goodwill
Spartashore
N. ‘Troy Gillette
Jack Stewart
Rex
Erie
Josephine Kramer
Dorothea Alice
Vincent P. Connelly
Corry
Daily Dozen on Typhus and Rocky Mountain Fever in Pennsylvania
The Medical Society of Pennsylvania warns that ticks spread spotted fever to humans. Wood ticks transmit a rapidly spreading rash and fever with onset typically four to eight days after bite. survival beyond day fifteen suggests recovery. Prevention focuses on destroying tick habitats and removing infected animals.
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Western States
Pennsylvania
Waterford pastor flies to reach three churches in snow
Waterford pastor Rev. W George Thornton uses a rented Piper Cub to serve Waterford Mill Village and Summit Methodist Churches during heavy snow. He flies to reach isolated homes, deliver food to stranded families, and relay news of servicemen, planning regular flights across Erie county during the snowbound period.
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Waterford
W. George Thornton
Parson Thornton
W. A. ‘Thornton
Simpson Methodist Church
Erie
Mill Village
Summit
Erie County
Restaurants at Erie to Have Meatless Days
Erie diners face meat shortages prompting a meatless plan. Restaurant operators met to set Tuesdays and Fridays as meatless days. The move follows rationing and past meat shortages that affected local dining rooms.
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Erie
Meatless days adopted due to meat shortages and rationing
Over the past 90 days reports of a growing shortage of meats and tighter OPA ration stamp issuance led to the decision to begin two meatless days. Public notices describe policy changes impacting meals and supply.
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Erie
Etleives
OPA
Motion to Recommit Shapes Debate on George Bill
The anti-Wallace forces in the House seek to amend the George Bill to strip the Secretary of Commerce of Export-Import Bank board membership and bar further government finance participation. If defeated they will move to recommit to delay or kill the bill, with members aiming to record positions on specific amendments.
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House of Representatives
Secretary of Commerce
Export-Import Bank Board
House
Gillette
Supreme Court
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Hugo D. Black
Connally
Tex
Bil
Fter
Rules Committee
Labor Committee
Elliott Roosevelt
Sleepless Nights Warned by Kidney Fatigue Ad
A garbled ad urges relief for sleepless nights blamed on kidney fatigue. It pushes Thomason's Tablets, claiming quick effect and urging readers to buy at local druggists despite unclear branding and damaged wording.
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Thomason
Explosion wrecks duplex in Duquesne near Pittsburgh
A two story apartment building in Duquesne was wrecked by a gas line explosion yesterday. Debris flew over 100 yards. The only occupant present, Miss Helen Shuster, 57, escaped injury. Seven residents were away at the time of the blast.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne
Helen Shuster
Federal aid sets vegetable support prices in Pennsylvania
The War Food Administration announced government support prices for canning vegetables through State AAA Chairman Clyde A Zehner. Pennsylvania farmers under contract with certified canners receive 25 per ton for tomatoes grown in Erie Crawford Warren Mercer Venango Forest McKean Potter Tioga Bradford Susquehanna Wayne counties and 27 per ton in all other counties. Sweet corn 19 per ton, green peas 90.50 per ton, snap beans 87.50 per ton, snap beans flats and black seeded round 60 per ton. Certified canners approved by the State AAA Committee may sell canned goods to the government for the armed forces and lend lease.
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War Food Administration
State
AAA
Clyde A. Zehner
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Erie
Crawford
Warres Mercer
Venango
Forest
McKean
Potter
Tioga
Bradford
Susquehanna
Wayne
State Aaa Committee
Classified Quiz Quick Answers
A compact multi question item asks seven trivia prompts from a classified page. It lists: island of Kandy, telescope image orientation, number of Supreme Court justices, Bhutan’s status in India, largest South American country by area, Lincoln’s presidential successor, nine planets, 48th state, straw hat origin city, and theater of war where General Claire L. Chenault served.
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Kandy
U. S. Supreme Court
Bhutan
India
South America
Lincoln
Italy
Claire L. Chentiault
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Presbyterian Scouts
Church
Louise Brown
Claude Fox
Pirst Avenue
W. Restler
South Center Street
The
Medical Society of the
State of
Aes
FED
Powell Motor Co
Wilcox Grocery
East Main Street
Dog Food
Grace Efintnd
Pri
G. C. Murphy CO
Firestone Factory
J. Guarantacd Materials
Comelback
Firestone
Miller's Kendall Service
Washington Streets
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