Early Crackdown on Erie Smoke Offenders
EH May, head of the smoke abatement bureau, signaled an early crackdown on violations of the city anti smoke ordinance. Since March the bureau has logged over 350 complaints about black smoke and ash, with more than 100 listed as definite violations, led by the Pennsylvania Railroad near Wallace street. Residents including outraged housewives petitioned to stop the nuisance caused by freight engines and smoke drifting into Pennsylvania Avenue.
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EH May
Bureau
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wallace Street
Twenty Years Ago News From Corry Area
A Corry resident Charles Hasbrouck lies in Corry Hospital after being struck by a car near the Edmunds farm on Hare Creek road with head gash and back bruises. A Chautauqua Week deficit of about $32 per guarantor requires settlement tomorrow night. A raid on East South street yielded a still and several gallons of liquor and an Alderman hearing set tonight. George Hulet of Findley Lake is seriously injured after a collision with a car driven by a Clymer man. he is at Corry Hospital. A newborn son was born to Mr and Mrs Robert Owen at Corry Hospital. The Chrysler roadster of Ray Greene was damaged when a runaway horse and buggy crashed into it on Main street.
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Charles Hasbrouck
Corry Hospital
Edmunds Farm
Hare Creek Road
East South Street
G. H. Gordon
George Hulet
Little Corry
Findley Lake
Clymer
Hulet
Corry
Ray Greene
Cory Water Company
Main Street
Yeggs Escape Dunkirk Police After Dairy Plant Heist
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation joins Dunkirk police in a chase for two safecrackers who fled the Bentley and Renckens Dairy plant after battering a safe door. They escaped onto a boiler roof then fled in a car, leaving seven bags of cash and tools matching a prior heist. Police say the same maker’s tools were found at the Briges Dairy break‑in.
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Dunkirk
State Bureau of Criginal Investigation
N. S. Brixys Sons
New York
Bentley and Renckens
Dupkirie
T. OC. Bosciusako
William C. Clifford
Alfred A. Reynolds
Bentley and Renekens
Contempt Charge Faces Racket Probe Witness
Al Florig, key witness in Allegheny county grid jury racket inquiry, may face contempt of court charges. District Attorney William B. Rabauser planned to file a contempt citation after Florig balked at naming a man who allegedly tipped him. Judge Henry Ellenbogen had paused the testimony before resuming. Florig’s accusations cited numerous gambling havens receiving protection from police or politics.
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Astnanscaved
Res
Pittsburgh
al Florig
Allegheny County Grid
William 8. Rabauser
Henry Ellenbogen
Plerig
Plorig
IQ Challenge Quiz From Classified Page
A trivia puzzle asks ten questions spanning politics sports linguistics geography and history. It invites readers to turn to the classified page for the current answers and notes memory and monthly averages linked to the exercise.
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Henry Wallace
Pasadena
Calif
Truman
Splinter parties and southern Democrat splits in 1864 race
The article reviews the Dixiecrat split with Thurmond and Wright as a potential ticket, reaction of Truman supporters, and a fragmented Republican convention led by Fremont and Cochranes withdrawal. It notes southern voters staying home as a tactic and recalls 1928 shifts where Hoover carried six southern states.
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Thurmond
South Carolina
Wright
Mississippi
Truman
South
Lincoln
Cleveland
John C. Fremont
John Cochrane
Fremont
Cochrane
Hoover
Smith
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Op Insurance
Foster E. Davis & Son
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Federal Deposty Insurance Corporation
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Citizens National Bank OF Corry
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Keystone VanCise
Brayan
Hetty
Crisco
Pillsbury Flour
Jersey
U. S. Mo
Tbs
Alexander-Smith
Franz
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