Twenty Years Ago From Journal Jan 1931 Robbery solved in Columbus
The James Hall store robbery was solved with seized merchandise recovered from suspects at Clearfield. Also notes a January 22 23 Kiwanis Rotary women clubs fundraiser at Cory High School for the Community Chest Emergency Fund. A separate item recounts West Pleasant Street coasters narrowly missing injury on a bob sled run, veering to avoid a car and tipping the sleds without serious harm.
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James Hall
Columbus
Clearfield
Cory High School
Kiwanis
Rotary
Woman's and
Business
West Pleasant Street
Fcar
Union seeks court order to gain union funds
A bill in equity was filed in Erie county court by Independent Local 031 and others against UE Ratio and Machine Workers of America and Local UE 631 and Nina Nemenz. The filing seeks custody of about 3,500 dollars in Union Bank funds 1,500 in dues and control of all union records and property. UE Local 631 has four days plus 15 to answer and establish residency for service. The dispute centers on bargaining rights voted January 14 and control of funds, files, and equipment.
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Erie
Erie County Court House
Erie Resistor Corp
UE Ratio and Machine Workers of America
UE 631
Uermwa
Nina Nemenz
Brie Resistor
Questioned Memory And Classified Page Quiz
A quirky headline references a 10 question memory test and asks who chaired the atomic energy commission while blending in a collage of truncated clues. It hints at George Bernard Shaw works and historic terms, framed as a newspaper page item amid a wartime education program description.
Derailment blocks Pennsylvanian line near Mayville
A freight engine derailment three miles north of Mayville halted traffic on the Pennsylvania line for over 12 hours and forced a four hour detour on Route 17. Crews from OU City and Buffalo cleared the track while a switch caused the derailment. No injuries reported.
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Mayville
Here
OU City
Buffalo
Plank Road
Hartin Field
School Trends and War Demands Prompt Shortened Terms
With armed forces demanding more young men education authorities debate shortening terms. New York Regents propose compressing the four-year high school term to three by compulsory summer school and heavier year-round workload. Wartime curricula expanded to physics and math teacher training and languages, with government subsidies shaping science education.
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New York State
Board of Regents
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Journal
John Mark Gannon
Erle
Michael Litz
St. Elizabeth’s
Pennsy Line
Univer
Argentina
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Meerdink
AVEST
WAH
Philco Radios
S-Diame
Om &P. J. Brushed
Dodge
Ted Williams
Hwilen
Tel Willians
Kane Wall
Betty Mutton
Betty Tutton
Dale Carnegie
Dale Carnégie
City Road
Anne Road
Geeil 5
DeMille
Paramount Relaca
Calor
Tachricslor
Martin Motor Sales
West South Street
Corry
Heiman
Jewelers
Ath
Kimn
Ari
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