Contrast in management between government and life insurance
The Corry Evening Journal contrasts political management with private life insurance, noting government tax collection and deficits versus policyholder payments, and emphasizes insurance efficiency, stability, and protection. It cites a 14 year period from 1917 to 1920 and discusses the Pymatuning Reservoir project employing over a thousand men, with camps, housing, and a main dam under contract to be completed by June 1, 1983, plus a Shenango River channel diversion and a migratory bird and game sanctuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tkis
Pymatuning
Crayford
Corry
Water and Power Reduces Board
Pinchot
Commonwealth
Hspyville
Westford
Wiliam
Houghton
Company
Shenango
Wages Decline Faster Than Food Prices
A state labor survey compares wage declines in manufacturing to food price drops. In March this year average weekly earnings were about 20.8 percent below 1931 and over 40 percent lower than 1929, while Philadelphia and Pittsburgh food prices show smaller declines, with regional variations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of la~ Juor
State Bureau
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Twenty Years Ago Alumni Reunion and Local News
From the Journal files June 8 1972 describes the High School Alumni reunion at the I of P Hall with 160 attendees, the Lil Yan Gulls banquet, a program led by local figures, frost damage to crops, a ground dance with about sixty couples, and the marriage of Perry Nichols and Kissi Hewitt. J W Strong leased property on West Church Street. Capt Webb returned from St Alto in better wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. of P. Hall
Lil Yan Gulls
Clarence Loveland
Lea Wood
Katherine M. Stone
J. Wilbur Lambing
Minne Wales Speer
W. W. Kincaid
Perry Nichols
Corry
J. W. Strong
Lindsley
West Church Street
Catherine Prokitens
Mettoy
Fragmented Quiz Style Questions on 1930s Topics
The text presents a series of fragmented questions about historical dates and figures, followed by a note suggesting a page turn and a statement on 1928 to 1930 wage and food price trends. It mentions Waterford turnpike construction, Michigan wealth, Raleigh at Roanoke, Kate D Wiggie, Pennsylvania Banking Secretary, and a book line about Comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterford
Michigan
Raleigh
Roanoke Island
Kate D. Wiggie
Banking
Pennsylvania
Movie Music Makers and the Mighty Pipe Organ
A description of a grand pipe organ with hundreds of pipes in varying sizes. The exhibit emphasizes the organ’s scale from small reeds to massive flue pipes and notes a keyboard with around two hundred fifty stops, eighty to ninety keys, and thirty-two pedals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nem
Quiet Cabinet Office Tale Recounts Harassed Official
In Washington during budget crunch days a harassed cabinet officer told his doorkeeper not to admit anyone. Minutes later the secretary learned Mr Blank wished to see him, sparking a humorous moment. A Rogers act of 1924 shifted envoy appointments to career diplomats, and a state study notes over half of current ambassadors rose from the ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John
Blank
Mr. Blank
Shakespeare
United States Foreign Service
Secretary of the State
Recd
State Department
Prison staff escape slash jail board defers pay cuts
June 8 Eriq county prison staff avoided a county wide payless vacation by leaving jail salaries intact until the first of the year. Sheriff Millard Davis and Judge A P Rossiter backed postponement while noting future pay revisions may be needed. The motion passed unanimously with commissioners Schlarafe Rogan McCray Willis and Graham in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ERIQ
Millard Davis
A. P. Rossiter
Davis
Joseph Rogan
Helen, Schlarafé
Rollo McCray
Harvey N
Willis 2Nd District
Mortimer B
Graham
Beekeepers to Meet at Erie County Meeting
Erie County Beekeepers Association holds its spring meeting Friday June 17 at 100 pm in the agricultural extension office near the courthouse. E J Anderson a pianist from Pennsylvania State College will speak on bee management. Secretary Ly Wright has arranged a new film from the U S Department of Agriculture titled The Realm of the Honey Bee to be shown. County residents interested in beekeeping are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Erie County Beekeepers Associatory
Agricultural Extension Office
Court House
E. J. Anderson
Pennsylvania State College
Ly Wright
Bee- Espera! Association
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Hollywood Film Shop celebrates Blood Moon cinema gossip and casting
Hollywood film notes report Conlance Bennett and Joe Moat joining Ernest Heming way's The Sun Also Rises adaptation at FAO Studios with plans for a summer release. Miss Bermett reportedly selects McRae as her reading man, boosting his Hollywood profile amid praise for his tall, dark look and prior Warner Brothers ties. Tiffany buys film rights to The Last Mite, Monte Blue wraps The Stoker for Allied Pictures, and studio casting buzz stirs as producers seek a boy with a free tongue for Roscoe Ates role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Wagoner
Hollywood
Calif
Conlance Bennett
Joe Moat
Ernest Hemingway
FAO Studios
Heminway
Miss Bermett
Dave
McRae
California
Ims
Miss Bennett
Morray
Warner Brothers
Joel
Kane Plans For Street Paving
Kane approves cost estimates for Haines and Pine avenue paving projects submitted by city engineer W. C. Mason. Bids will be advertised for the two projects and Haines street. bids three weeks out, contract hoped for July, work to begin soon after. Paving from Chase to Hacker on Haines and from South Braley to Pennsylvania on Pine, flag base with bituminous surface, local labor reservations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane Vorouga Sou
Haines and
Pine Avenue
W. C. Mason
Haines Street
Haines
Chase
Hacker
Pine
South Braley
Pennsylvania Avenue
Cornell
Price Stabilization At International Conference Draws Support
A fragmented report on the Price Stabilization Plan discusses broad backing at an international economic conference. Analysts weigh flexible exchange mechanisms and the impact on farmers, fixed incomes, and living costs, citing debates over gold standards and monetary standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atenre Arom Ag
Youthful Firefighter Killed in Chimney Collapse
In Homestead Pa a young volunteer firefighter Steve Stack died at Homestead hospital after a chimney collapse during a blaze that sent six people in danger and left three companions slightly injured. Ida Pawlynys alerted neighbors as the fire endangered a family including four children ages 4 to 1. The two older children escaped from second floor windows while one carried the youngest down a porch post to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
Ida Pawlynys
United Press
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AD. Colegrove
Arthur Colegrove
Srtao Re Sclenzuve
Rud Kimball
INO
W. 40Th St
New York
Trims Tower
Chicago Chamber of Com
Mall
Cartier
Berlin
Journal
Webb
St. Alto
Hollywood Film Shop
Tiffany
Monte Blue
the Stoker
Allied Pictures
Barker
R-K-O
Roscoe Ates
Ates
Kane
Coats
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center St
Charles Srenttcal Dry
Cily
Iin
Il Discuitalines
Jeurvetley Beri
Calor East
ATE
Siti Naryo
West Homestead
Uncle Sam
Vna
Federal Reserve System
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