Twenty Years Ago Highlights From Journal Files
Feb 20 1930 report recalls Corry Titusville and Meadville bus links acquisition by West Ridge Transporting Co. weather turns springlike yet subzero chill lingers, schools improvise classes in Advent Christian and Parish Hall buildings, Rotary boys band action considered, Dell Patterson roof fire small, thaw floods lowlands east of city, Salt Lake City at 4230 feet.
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Corry
Titusville
West Ridge ‘Transportation Company
Meadville
Union City
Frank Alberti
Washington
Advent Christian Church
Fairview
Dell Patterson
North Center
Keyeyal
Smany Points
Mock disaster drill highlights communication flaws at church basement review
About 125 participants met in the Episcopal Church basement for a disaster drill review. The critique criticized the communication system, note mixups with lines at Red Cross and station phones, and a lack of data messengers. Organizers plan a social session next week to apply lessons amid favorable weather and observer notes from Warren Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania Telephone Corp
Red Cross
Corry-Jamestown
Erie Railroad
C. M. Howard
Warren Red Cross
Mead- Ville
Ray A. Junsuls
Warren
Raymond Sever
Erie Man Held for Court for Gambling
Oen Fetzner, 34, held by Alderman Jack Curtis for May grand jury action on a charge of establishing a gambling house at the East 18th street Athletic Club. Released on $600 bond. Police Sgt. Frank Nowal testified about raiding the club last week, seizing gambling evidence including 11 decks of cards and $82.50. 21 visitors were arrested. Fetzner and Carl Aless, 28, alleged co proprietors, face hearing today before Alderman William Heisler on liquor law violation charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oen Fetaner
Jack Curtis
East 18Th Street
Frank Nowal
Fetzner
Carl Aless
Aleerman William Heisler
Court debates equal facilities in education cases
A 19th century constitutional issue on equal protection is traced through cases like Red Kimball Gaines v Canada and Weightman Building Philadelphia. The piece notes court rulings on segregated facilities, calls for landmark civil rights action, and cites the 1947 President’s Report urging anti segregation laws. It reviews changes in admission practices across states including Arkansas Delaware Kentucky West Virginia and potential moves in Florida Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comry Evening Journal
RED Kimball, Inc
Gaines
Canada
New York
Michigan Square
Detroit
Mortgane & Bond
Gerry
Vance
Ale Kite
Taxi Driver Charged With Murder in Red Cross Worker Death
Guamanian taxi driver Sebastian Crisostomo will be arraigned on a first degree murder charge for the February death of American Red Cross security official Michael J. Brennan. Brennan, 38, Mayfield, Pa., died from head injuries after an argument over right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hackett
Guam
Sebastian TF. Crisostomo
Michael J. Brennan
Mayfield
Brennan
Hackett Sid
Red Cross
Separate but Equal Doctrine Faces Supreme Court Scrutiny
A 14 February ruling in the District of Columbia upholds segregation as constitutional, claiming equal facilities for white and colored students. The Justice Department urges the Supreme Court to overturn Plessy v Ferguson in two cases from Texas and Oklahoma concerning university admissions and facilities for Black students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
United States Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Amicus Curiaei
Tex
Oklahoma
Texas
Law School
University of Texas
Herman Marion Sigewth
Texas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
State University
G. W. Motauurin
University of Oklahoma
How's Your I Q A playful teaser test from the era
A radio style quiz asks readers to score their IQ across twenty questions about geography politics and language. It mentions answers on a classified page and references figures, audiences, rulers, and media terms from the period. The item riffs on memory and monthly averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Hainan
Formosa
Mie
George A. Henry
Saud
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Germany
sTohh J. McGlow
Truman
sToseph Stalin
Soviet Russia
Great Brita
BBC
Joseph M. W. Turney
Island
Lae
South Pacific
Voars
CERTA-VIN Eases Stomach Gas Claims Cure
A Corymy man describes severe stomach gas and bloating from meals, says he is now free of gas after taking CERTA-VIN a new formula. The product supposedly works with food to expel gas, enriches blood with iron, and strengthens nerves with vitamins, offered at local drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corymy
Certa Vin — Widmann & Teah Drug Store
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Cony
Midwest
Board of Education
Rotary Club
Salt Ine City
Wasatch Mountains
Corru
Erie
Utah
Arkansas
Delaware
Kentucky
West Virginia
Florida
Missouri
Sye Tiel
Desmond Electric
Church St
Corry, Pa
I. Q
Prince Albert Briggs
Washington Granger
Edgeworth
Bond Street Velvet
Willys Sales & Service
R. P. Beckwith
N. Center St
Dial
Loblaws
Dor
Maxwell the Milkman Fiddles
Rotary Minstrels
Sea’s Drugs
LIFE
LEED
SHIN
Dledecker
Martin Motor Sales
Dodge - Plymouth
W. South St
Powell
North Center Street
Blatt Bros
Western Penna. Theatre Corp
Blatt Brothers
Pennsylvania
Western Pa. Theatre Corp
Aurora Building Corp
East Aurora
New York State
Thomas A. Bello, Jr
REX Theatre
Blvd
The
Allies
Pittsburgh
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