Erie Mayor vows to drive out gambling rackets
Erie February report quotes Mayor Clarrence Pulling pledging to wipe out gambling operations in Bris after several local businessmen pleaded guilty in county court. Fines ranged from 50 to 150 dollars plus costs, with the mayor saying authorities will intensify heat until rackets end.
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Erie
Clarrence
Bris
Ove
Sinale
Severil
Pulling
Burton R. Laub
Wellman Dead at Drexel Hill Ex-Marine and Ad Salesman
Frank A Wellman, former Philadelphia resident and Marine Corps veteran, died last evening at 6 40. He had been ill for years and suffered a heart attack last Wednesday. Survived by wife Ethel two children granddaughter Linda Jean Butler mother Celia Wellman sister Mrs Walter H Scott and brother Wallace Wellman Funeral arrangements incomplete. relatives plan to travel to Everett.
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Fiona, Wellmen
Wrens
Philadelphia
Marine Corps
Wellman
Ethel Wellman
Lawrence Buller
Frank Wellman
Linda Jean Butler
Drexel Hill
Celia Wellman
Walter H. Scott
City
Wallace Wellman
Everett
Scott
Robert
Drexell
Motorist Escapes As Train Strikes Car Near Water Street Crossing
Harold M. Pratt of Jamestown escaped injury when his 1947 four door sedan was struck by Erie freight No. 12 at the Water Street crossing east of the village. Snow and rain stalled the car, Pratt attempted to push it off the tracks, then ran for help to the William Wien home. The car was tossed 78 feet by the train and 25 more feet over a fence into a flooded area. Pratt was taken to his parents’ Falconer home by a deputy after witnesses alerted authorities.
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Ranconnn
Gamestown
Erie
Water Street
Harold M. Prat
Jashestown
Prattons
William Wien
Pratt
Charles L. Pratt, Falconer
Winn
Arthur D. Edson
Wilton Thompson
Tight liquor sale rules eyed by Pennsylvania Temperance League
Pittsburgh September 18 The Pennsylvania Temperance League began efforts to tighten liquor and beer sales restrictions in the state. At the annual board meeting the trustees adopted resolutions urging stricter controls and elected Dr. B L Scott of Bryn Mawr as president with Dr. Robert C Wells as secretary, Samuel Reid as treasurer, and Dr E B Ewing re-elected as superintendent.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Temperance League
Commonwealth
League
B. L. Scott
Bryn Mawr
Robert C. Wells
Philadelphia
Samuel Reid
E. B. Ewing
Hope for quick peace in Jamestown strike
Negotiations between Dahlstrom Metallic Door labor and management in Jamestown show definite hope for an early settlement. Over 600 members of Local 307 began a strike February 7 seeking general wage increases, company paid insurance, and added holidays. U S conciliator Chirence Lamotte leads the unvelings and will not issue statements until both sides submit. Pickets remain at plant entrances as a supportive effort continues nearby.
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Jamesown
Dahlstrom
Ierpiiga
Chirence Lamotte
U. S
Valet
Swe
Local 307
Elliott Roosevelt barred from Stork Club in New York
The Stork Club denied entry to Elliott Roosevelt and his girlfriend Gigi Durston, sparking a clash over an alleged engagement party. Roosevelt and Durston said no engagement was planned and the club announced the denial from Palm Beach supervisor Shermar Billingsley, with staff told to refuse admission.
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York
the Stork Club
Elliott Roosevelt
Gigi Durston
East Side
School Boards Discuss Plans for Joint District Reorganization
Brokenstraw Valley Jain School Board gathered Thursday evening with delegates from Eldred Pittsfield Brokenstraw Freehold and Spring Creek townships and Youngsville borough Edward B Day presided Freehold township requested withdrawal from the joint board and received permission A new coordinating committee formed with some member changes due to November elections Central committee plans to ask the Department of Public Instruction for a new survey to set a workable basis for Youngsville High School crowding remedies once survey is completed.
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Brokenstraw Valley Jain School
Te Economics
Youngsville
Free Hold
Spring Creek
Department of Public Instruction
Youngsville High School
Maple Syrup Queen Named in Somerset County
Alice Elaine Walker a 17 year old Somerset high school student was named Maple Syrup Queen by several Somerset area communities. She will preside at a festival March 24 and 25 in Meyersdale and later travel to Washington to meet President Truman.
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Somerset
Alice Elaine Walker
Somerset High School
Meyersdale
Washington
Truman
Voice of the People on Community Investment and Leisure
Residents express concern about forgotten investments and cottages while viewing better days in Pleasant fishing boating skating and moonlight. The note calls for more official Harrisburg attention and tele representation to support the Columbus community and its boating and recreation plans.
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Harrisburg
Miners Doubt They Will Heed Lewis Strike Edict
Pittsburgh February reports quote Joni L. Lewis ordering a cease work directive to be obeyed by miners. Local leaders in St Michael Newark Johnstown and Windber say they will hold meetings after receiving the order while some miners doubt a full walkout without a contract. The union plans outreach as several locals prepare weekend meetings.
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Pittsburgh
Joni L. Lewis
Sufd
Loraby
Ofer
St. Michels
Lewis
Mike Demehak
St Michael Local
Windber Local
Stehmedp
UMW
Hanuer
Babson Sees Science as Boon to Life
A fragmentary report cites Babson praising science as a boon to life. It notes efforts to improve foods and chemicals, from cheaper, tastier diets to by passing cows and stew in meals. Researchers like Professor J B Riine of Duke University are mentioned along with early plastic industry ideas.
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Babson
Science
Boon
Saun
Chemcals
Thor
Berlin
UrBaniallona
Ith
JB. Riine
Duke University
Durham
North Carolina
Rirtstond
Bse Af
Universal religious reform and social change imagined
The fragment imagines a future where labor and industry reshape society. It envisions widespread shoe production reducing labor needs from 100 to 10 workers and foresees a shift toward universal religious awakening guiding church consolidation and global reform.
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Colio Wales
Universul Redigiury
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Corry
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Minstrels
Sea's Drugs
UOR
Jamestown
STORK
Freehold
Voice of the People
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Columbus
Chevrolet
Fisher
America
Thomas Motors of Corry, Inc
Clinton Street Corry, Pa
Corry Building & Loan Association
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp
Member
Federal Home Loan Bank System
South Center Street
Pillsbury
Swanson
Sunkist
Yee
Blackstone
Dniahy
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