City police report East street incident and local notices
A relative reported an East street woman fired a potted peeper at a window. John Fatmore, 21, of East Washington, jailed after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct. a drunkenness charge was dropped. Real estate changes and local court actions followed. An undefeated Company A basketball team hosts Company F at 8 pm. A rare father daughter law partnership formed in Meadville. The state awarded a highway contract in Warren county. A Dunkirk strike threat involves 1,200 workers of Alea Products. The Game Commission reports 29 hunter fatalities in 1949. Vehicle license suspensions and restorations noted. Mrs. Alice Bradish dies after Route 6 accident. Strike idleness rose 50 percent in 1949 to 53 million man days.
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John Fatmoré
East Washington Street
Erie County
Patmore
M. S. Cobbett
States pay record $2.7 billion in unemployment benefits
The Labor Department announced a record 2.7 billion dollars in unemployment benefits paid in 1949. The Census Bureau reported a 962000 drop in December in the number of Americans with regular jobs, mainly due to seasonal factors.
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States
Labor Department
Census Bureau
Myers Named To Senate Finance Committee
Senator Francis J. Myers of Pennsylvania Democratic whip was added to the Senate finance committee. The Democrats now hold eight seats while a Republican member was dropped, leaving five GOP members. The change follows last year’s seven to six split, with criticism from Senator Butler that Democrats are stacking the panel to support the administration’s spending program.
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Myers
Associated Press
Washington
Francis J. Myers
Pennsylvania
Senate
Williams Je. del
GOP
Butler
R-Neb
Truman Optimistic in Address to Congress
President Truman outlines long term growth projections, predicting real income per American family could reach about 12 600 by 2000 if population growth and productivity continue at past rates. He warns against Communist promises while praising U S efforts to shield Europe and the Mediterranean from totalitarian pressure and notes completion of the Gulf Waterway coastal route from Appalachicola to the Rio Grande.
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Cotuwew
Truman
Free World
United States
Europe
Mediterranean
America
Wafdist Party Triumph in Egypt Votes Rise High
Egypt reports show the reformist Wafd party winning a sweeping parliamentary victory over Sandist factions. Incomplete interior ministry returns indicate Wafd candidates defeated Sandist rivals by margins up to ten to one, signaling a rebuke to the previous regime and to King Farouk’s allies. The election, Egypt’s first in five years, was described as orderly amid Solisea tensions and censorship.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Wafd
Farouk
Ministry of the Interior
Solisiea
Ferillar
Sandist
Israel
Féroul
New Fight Develops Over Erie Income Tax
A dispute erupts between Erie city leaders and the Erie school board over the income tax. City officials seek repeal of ordinances excluding the tax share while school directors threaten court action to block collection. Mayor Pulling argues the 1950 budget is out of balance due to overestimated income and calls for reducing tax estimates from 335,000 to 205,000.
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Erie
Jen
Ustrick
Ion
Sec
Arthur P. Logan
Clairence K. Pulling
Republican, Democrat fund balances show large 1949 gap
The Republican National Committee ran expenses exceeding receipts by over $500,000 in 1949 while the Democrats reported a balance of more than $400,000. The report cites overestimations in collectible real estate tax and parking meter revenue as factors.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
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Erie County Court House
Everett Eastman Ux
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C.F. Suan
Fred J. Ballard
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Jess
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Barco
Crawford County
Miss Barco
George Barco
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Elmet
Deerfield
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Warren County
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Dunkirk
American Locomotive Co
United Steel Workers
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Commonwealth
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West Complete
Helen Westley
West Smith
Crosley
Son
Michael Marconi
Gertrude Hill
Erie County Coat House
Corfy
Bureau of Highway
Earl 2
Sperry
Liberty Street
James R. Loveland
Concord Street
Theodore Martowitz
East Main Street
Route
Warren
Alice Bradish
Clarendon
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Warren General Hospital
Emmett Pratt
Sheffield
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress
Appalachicols
Florida
Rio Grande
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Elaine Poel
Aeela Bear Oy
Sunnydale Poultry Farm
Gary
Sunnydale
Meerdink Home Furnishings
Kehuap
Meerdink
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Vlta
M.L
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Cheri
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Ping
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