Multiple City Notices Highlight 1947 Local Events and Issues
In City and Vicinity notes, Powell Motors reports hard to get tires on 12-28-11. John A Kuntz visits his bottling plant in St Marys finding a black steel tool chest with $75 of tools and a ransacked office. The Pennsylvania Bar Association opens its mid winter meeting with routine business. American Legion Club and Y M C A activities resume with films and junior programs. Jamestown reports Federal Reserve Bank board changes and local shop moves. Warren notes budget talks and police crime statistics including a rise in intoxication arrests. Erie and Corry items cover a sledding accident, hospital updates, and housing corp meetings.
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Powell Motors
John A. Kuntz
St. Marys
Miss Tig
Meerdink’s
Hershey
Pennsylvania Bar Association
John M. Smith
Association
American Legion Club
Kathryn Wellington
Oil City
Louis J. Kelly
Pristox
St. Stephen's Church
Theobald
St. Stephen's Parish
Reed and
West Second
Sweets
Brig
Leda Price
New York
Federal Reserve Bank
Niebank
Betty Blaisdell
American Airlines
Prelock
J. A
Wolvel
Daniel R.vallehne
Geeiderits
Smnisl Dickson
Supreme Court
Prahklin and Swatten Report Municipal and Military News
Prahklin notes the city paid past bills and reduced Sewage District bonds by $10,000 leaving $15,000 to address over ten years. Swatten announces First Lieutenant Irwin appointed as company captain of the Warren National Guard Reserve. Rod and Gun Club hosts bingo with $50 prize and 35 cent admission. R. I. Sooner and Miss Cooper medical updates, post office changes and hospital cases reported.
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Prahklin
Swatten
Irwin
Xioti
Cam‘bilicet
Cormpiny T
Math
Tow National Guard Reseertien
Im Warren
Mabel Sooner
Sear
Joni
St Olaf Choir to Perform in Erie at Strong Vincent
Music lovers in northwestern Pennsylvania may hear the world renowned St Olaf College choir on Tuesday night January 21 at Strong Vincent High School Erie. Tickets are reserved through Luther Memorial Church 225 West 10th Street Erie. Eggs 65 cents a dozen large 55 cents a dozen medium no delivery Albert M Carmicke 843 East South Street. Glen F Pencille of Wattsburg enlisted in the U S Marine Corps for a three year term. Jamestown Rev Ernest E Nelson delivered his first sermon at Chandler Street Baptist Church on Christmas morning. Rote's Beauty Shoppe will be closed until further notice. Mary Pirro 310 Myrtle Street admitted to Corny Hospital for appendectomy.
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Rote
al Cochrane
Edinburg-Cambridge Springs
Robert Lemke
Hamot
Robert
John E. Smith
Saad
J. W. Lasher
Dial
North Center Street
Pennsylvania
St. Olaf College
Strong Vincent High School
Erie
Luther Memorial Church
West 10Th Street
Albert M. Carmicke
East South Street
Glen F. Pencille
R. D
Wattsburg
U.S. Marine Corps
Set
James Final
Area Marine Recruiting Office
Pencille
Parris Island
N.C
Jamestown
Ernest E. Nelson
Senate Debates Bilbo Seat as War Probe Spurs Uproar
In a tense session the Senate and House faced a Bilbo seating dispute tied to war contractor probes. Southern Democrats vow resistance while Republicans claim a path to unseat him, with Taft noting cl efforts and clinging to closure to limit debate.
Thompson's Bor Soma Tablets Offer Quick Health Boost
Advert suggests Thompson's Bor soma Tablets restore good health by aiding kidney function and removing waste from blood. Claims include relief from aches and feelings of misery with “dirty spells.” Also promotes Golden Lax Tablets as a constipated aid coordinating with the bor soma tablets. Price 50c and 0c elsewhere.
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Thompson
Senators Sworn In Alphabetical Order Amid Bilbo Controversy
The Senate ruled that senators take the oath individually in alphabetical order. Senator Baldwin was sworn in next, followed by Bilbo. Senator Taylor promptly offered a resolution to prevent Bilbo's seating, accusing him of fraud and corruption and referring the Bilbo case to the rules committee.
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Ohe
Senate
Biffle
Baldwin
Bilbo
Taylor
O-Toleho
Net Rules Committee
Shop Burned After Owner Receives Threats
Pittsburgh June 3. Progressive Upholstering Co. shop damaged by fire after owner James A. Davidson received a threatening call warning him to leave the business. Damages were estimated at $700 to the building and over $5,000 in materials destroyed. The shop had been robbed on Christmas Day of 500 worth of material and 221 in cash.
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Leesa
Pittsburgh
Progressive Upholstering Co
James A. Davidson
Davidson
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