Twenty Years Ago In Corry Journal Files January 25 1930s
Health officer reports a drop in contagious diseases after a chickenpox flare in the First Ward with only ten cases under quarantine. A Corry man, S W Stewart, survived a severe assault in Los Angeles. Mrs Milo Adams recovers from kitchen burns and a long illness ends with the death of Jerry Sullivan. Rotary Club hosts ladies night with 60 attendees. Geological notes on water restrictions and conservation outline the drought impact and need for efficiency. Coal cinders found in Roman ruins suggest coal burning in ancient Britain. A current events quiz asks seven questions on politics and religion.
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John D. Flanigan Today
Water shortage urgency called for by industry
President Eisenhower urges a national plan to secure adequate water and curb pollution. Estimates show 39 to 12 billion dollars needed to clean streams and 313 to 15 billion for expansion and conservation, with industry highlighting water as essential raw material for steel and autos.
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Eisenhower
State of the Union
Washington
Charles M. White
Republic Steel Corp
Clevelander
L. A. Danse
General Motors Corp
Fall Injuries Fatal to Ship Captain at Perry Ship Yards
Edmund Melville Nagle 45 of Van Etten New York died after a fall at the Perry Shipyards at the foot of Cascade Street. The ship captain had been with Perry Shipbuilding seven weeks and was opening telescope hatches when he slipped into the hold about 30 feet deep.
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Erie
Perry Ship Yards
Cascade Street
Edmund Melville Nagle
van Etten
N.Y
Nagle
Perry Shipbuilding Corp
Go Slow urged as coal mine owners face drain study
Harrisburg Mines Secretary W. J. Clements urged anthracite mine owners to pause operations while a state commission studies mine drainage issues. She warned rapid shutdowns could collapse the industry, noting 1958 output fell to 801 million tons and more than 10,000 miners were laid off last year. Current worker count stands at 49,000, down from 60,000 in 1954.
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Harrisburg
W. J. Clements
Morehan
Clarion Man 58 Dies in Fisher Area Fire
Thomas Elsworth Hannold aged 58 burned to death in a residence fire that destroyed his Fisher area home in Clarion County. Chester Daugherty, returning home, found flames after 9 pm and summoned fire crews. firefighters could not save the structure. Hannold, a longtime carpenter and painter, was World War I veteran.
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Clarion
Thomas Elsworth Hannold
Fisher
Clarion County
Chester Daugherty
Bhattanville Fire Department
Hannold
Fisher Section
James G. Hannold
Clara Hannold
Clarion Township
Julia Beckwith
Fred Thompson
Scotch Hill
Hunnold
Grove City Hospital
Beckwith
8. B. Harris
Erie Girl Vanishes After Withdrawing 1400 Dollars
Erie police extend search to New York for 22 year old Mary Carmella Fondy missing since last Wednesday after she withdrew 1400 dollars from an Erie bank. Family unsure of cause fear possible foul play. She worked for General Telephone Co. and used Fondy as her business name.
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Erie
New York
Mary Carmella Fondy
General Telephone Co
John A. Fontecthio
Eric
Mary
Lena
Fontecchio
Fondy
Roosevelt aims for California 26th District seat
James Roosevelt announces a Democratic candidacy for California's 26th District as the eldest son of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Incumbent Rep. Samuel W. Yorty chooses to run for the U S Senate in the California June primary. A separate item reports a $12,000 loss from a dynamiting incident at a Washington County mine near Avella.
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UN- America Activities Committee
Congress
Rep
Velde
Sen
Jenner
McCarthy
California
District of Columbia
Towa
Michigan
Texas
U. S
Harry R. Bridges
Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Samuel W. Yorty
Senate
Washington
Washington County
Albert Stefkovich
Avella
11 300 Erie County residents receive Social Security checks
The Erie County Social Security office reports about 11 300 beneficiaries with payments totaling over 6 million dollars yearly. Monthly disbursements exceed 385 000 to workers and families, including 1 100 spouses over 65 and children under 18. Forty five percent of fatherless children and widowed mothers also receive benefits.
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Erie County
Bernard A. Farnbaugh
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Congress
Exle County
Erie Contractor Dies of Heart Attack on Florida Trip
John Nies, 68, an Erie contractor, died of a heart attack Saturday night while traveling toward Fort Lauderdale Florida. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Cone Memorial Hospital Greensboro North Carolina after suffering the attack on Route 220 about a mile north of Greensboro. He was accompanied by his wife Anna and daughter Mary Jeanne Nies who was driving.
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Erie
John Nies
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Niles
Cone Memorial Hospital
Greensboro
N. C
Anna
Mary Jeanne Nies
Leate
Florida
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Corry-Evening Journal
West South Street
Corry
A. D. Colegrove
Arthur Colegrove
Lexington Avenue
Michigan Square
Chicago
Mortgage & Bond
Detroit
Chamber of Com
Pittsburgh
Weightman
Philadelphia
Associated Press
S. W. Stewart
West Smith Steel
Calif
Milo Adams
Sclola Street
Jerry Sullivan
Marion Street
Sullivan
The
Pennsylvania Raiload
Rotary Club
Service Club
Geological Survey
Mahoning River
Youngstown
Great Britain
William
Fanniswort
the National Bank
Thomas E. Hannold
Blaze
Fogle Lumber CO
Franklin St
Corry, Pa
Cady & Collier
Motorola
Geez
Davis
Cal
Aeeis
Dominion
Westinghouse
Barney
South Center Street
Al’s
Wast
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