Knowledge Quiz From Classified Page Answers
A reader challenge asks ten trivia questions from a past classified page. Topics include a Birmingham Michigan National Open winner, gasoline per mile at varying speeds, Tweedledee’s combat target, antimony classification, The Iron Duke, the phrase carry coals to, flax in Northern Ireland, a British protectorate on Borneo, The Little Church Around the Corner city, and the Sino-Japanese term for accomplished female performers.
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Birmingham
Mich
Northern Ireland
Borneo
Japan
Installation service at First Presbyterian Church notice
Largely attended ceremonies installed Rev. Gilbert J. Boyd as pastor at First Presbyterian Church. The church was decorated with artistic flowers and the event drew many friends from the community.
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J Gilbert J. Boyd
First Presbyterian Church
Hit and Run Victim Loses Leg Near Bundsy
Harry Elton Greenman, 49, of Wattsburg, a Lyons Transportation foreman, was struck by an unidentified hit-and-run driver along Route 89 one mile south of Bundsy. He had his right leg amputated above the knee at Hamet Hospital, Erie. State Police continue search for the driver.
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Harry Elton Greanman
Station Road
Wattsburg
Bundsy
Lawrence Park
Lyons Transportation Company
LatVona Greenman
Hamet, Hospital
Erie
Pennsylvania
Erie Bartender Draws Jail Term
A 31 year old Erie bartender pleaded guilty in county court to taking 729 dollars from the Danish Club safe on July 1. Judge Burton R. Laub sentenced him to one to two years in Western State Penitentiary, noting a lengthy crime record including auto theft and armed robbery. The man, found with nearly 500 dollars of the loot, had prior parole violations.
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Erie
Hugh Thomas
Burton’ R. Laub
Thomas
Cleveland A
Western State Penitentiary
Laub
Thomas I
Veterans Benefits in Two Wars
World War II veterans risk losing most GI Bill educational benefits if not enrolled by July 25. The program began in 1944, with widespread payments totaling over 12 billion dollars for tuition, subsistence, and training. As the 1950s approach, restrictions and standards were tightened amid reports of abuses in administration and school training.
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Stummer
Veterans Administration
Congress
Teague
Plan adds 640000 addition to St Vincent's Hospital
Erie July 24 plan for a 640000 addition to St Vincent's Hospital was submitted to the city building inspector's office Monday. Building Inspector Daniel P. Dyn Gon said the addition attaches to the present service building on the Mth street side, with three new dinity rooms, a new kitchen, and a new receiving room as major features. The work will not increase bed capacity, and Duntion expects the permit and a 914000 electric plant addition approval to boost the city’s building volume toward 12 million.
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ST. Vincent’s Hospital
Erie
St Vincent's Tal
City ‘Ng
Daniel P. Dyn Gon Sal
Mth Street
St. "Vincent's
Duntion
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Front Street
Cit
Petain Burial Preparations On French Island Of Iles Yeu
Readied today were a simple tomb accessory and a gravestone bearing only his name for Marshal Henri Philippe Petain once a national hero and later a condemned traitor. Denied burial at Verdun, the 95-year-old head of the Vichy regime was to be buried tomorrow in the Port Joinville cemetery, as friends and admirers gathered on the bleak Atlantic island. The graveyardstone simply read Philippe Petain, omitting rank or titles, after his death yesterday.
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Petain
Associated Press
Ile D'Yeu
France
Marshal Henri Philippe Petal
Verdun
Tomorow
Port Joinville
Atlantic
Philippe Petain
Bor Soma Kidney Tablets Promising Relief From Kidney Aches
Advertisement touts Bor Soma Kidney Tablets as a glitetic stimulant for kidneys and claims they flush out waste matter. It urges purchase from a Druggist and suggests Golden Lax tablets as a similar aid.
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Consti
State College Officials Silent on State Investigation Request
Officials at Pennsylvania State College declined to comment on a request for a state investigation into un American influences at the school. The measure was adopted by 26 posts of the American Legion's 23rd district across Centre McKean Clearfield and Cameron counties. President Milton S Eisenhower is expected to return from Wisconsin this weekend, with the Legion resolution to be considered at the annual convention in Pittsburgh next month. The Dead Sea is 1300 feet below sea level.
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State College State College
Pennsylvania State College
American Legion
Centre
McKean
Clearfield
Cameron
Milton S. Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Legion
Pittsburgh
Mrs Charlotta M Olds Buried at Pine Grove
The funeral for Mrs Charlotta M Olds was held yesterday at Bracken Keating Funeral Home with Rev James McIntosh officiating. Bearers included George Beecher Frank Parsons Bert Smith R G Barnes Ray Burr and Joseph Sherwood Jr. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery. Attendees from away included Mr and Mrs Victor Kerhan and children Cleveland Mrs Joseph Passaro and Mrs A M Olds Youngsville and Joseph Sher Wood Jr Spartarsburg.
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Charlotta M. Olds
Pine Grove
Iate
Cleveland
Joseph Passaro
A.M. Olds
Youngsville
Joseph Sher Wood, Jr
Spartarsburg
Exile and Treason Conviction Echoes in War Era Remarks
A fragmentary report notes six years of exile following a treason conviction tied to Petain era appeals. It mentions old soldiers at Verdun and a woman who spoke of impending rest, with government action referenced last night. In Pittsburgh, the Airlines Transportation Co shut down limousine service after a two month strike as eight workers walked off over a fired taxi driver.
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Petain
Tye
Verdi
Pittsburgh
Airlines ‘Transportation. Co
Oper- Uling
Jasb
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