Twenty Years Ago Journal Clippings June 16 1943
A collection of short notes from Corry area history dated June 16 1943 recounts a electrical storm wrecking three barns and killing cattle, arrests for illegal fish spearing in Columbus, a vehicle collision on Mast Main street involving Cantiel and A H Mable, a plane ride at Irvine, a PLR appointment for R Laidmaster, a drowning of Walter Courteen in Hare Creek, Dr P G Wood’s Sunday school tenure, a fast Erie freight train through Corry, W N Jones planning bridge work for Corty Bridge and Supply, Claire Jones visiting from Salem WV, J W Sullinger leaving for Meadville, and A J Hinman injured at the west-end yards.
Secretaries Hull speech echoes earlier statements in London
United Press reports from Washington that Secretary of State Hull’s London address largely mirrored his past press conference remarks. The final text arrived by cable the night before release, with clerks kept late at the State Department. Mrs. Roosevelt recalls the Dallas plane photo incident involving the Ferguson family.
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United Press
Washington
State Hall
State Department
Hull
London
Hollywood film shop voices rise as stars try writing
Hollywood chatter grows as actors turn to authorship amid Shaw inspired mood. Mae West adds a sprightly tale How to Misbehave while Peggy Hopkins Joyce plans another novel. Jack Oakie, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Groucho, Chico, Elissa Landi, Chaplin and others pursue books or memoirs in a bustling literary trend across cinema's capital.
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Alanson Edwards
United Press
Hollywood
Haig
George Bernard Shaw
Bob Bug
Mae West
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Jack Oakie
Peggy
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Europe
Groucho
Chico
Elissa Landi
Cagney
Charles Chaplin
Injunction to Curb Violence in Erie Milk War
Deputy Sheriff Smoot serves an injunction on the Erie Cooperative Milk Producers Corp and its members to halt violence in the milk war. The preliminary order lasts five days, with contempt penalties for any violent acts. Brown, Hill Mill Dairy owner, filed a $100,000 damage suit. papers not yet served.
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Smoot
Erie Cooperative Milk Producers’ Corp
SRIE
Walter Smoot
Therie Co-operative Milk Producers’ Corps
John Barney
Charles Brown
Hill Mill Dairy Co
Lon Hewitt
Waterford
N. Girard
Brown
Guara
Bomb Found In Yard Of Cambridge Springs Home
In Cambridge Springs on June 16 a crude bomb found in the yard of Prank Lubinss caused alarm. Neighbor Harry Mitchell moved the device and fired into it with a rifle. the bomb did not explode and authorities were to investigate.
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Cambridge Springs
Union City
R. D
Cambridge
Lithinas
Harry Mitchell
Mitchell
Two Farmers Injured by Tractor at Thornber Farm
On June 16 at the Thornber farm in West Kane two farmers were injured when a tractor lurched into gear and ran over them as they worked in front of it. John J. Davis, 40, suffered a broken back at the 12th thoracic vertebra and multiple injuries. William Thorney, 87, sustained numerous head and body injuries and a broken artificial right leg. Davis was taken to the community hospital for treatment.
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Davis
Communty Hospital
Thomber
Milk price rise boosts farmer sentiment and outlook
Announcement by the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association that milk prices will rise 18 cents over April has lifted farmer spirits. Officials predict further gains in the eastern market and for local dairymen, with June expected to show improvement. Prices for major farm products also climbed between April 15 and May 15, led by wheat, corn, oats, wool, and potatoes, indicating the strongest upward farm-price trend in two years.
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Dairymen's League Cooperative Association
League
Pennsylvania
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Flowed 90 Million Years Philadelphia Wissahickon Park Tale
Samuel G. Gordon of the Academy of Natural Sciences told the Friends of the Wissahickon that a hillside in Fairmount Park has been flowing for about 10 million years, linking geologic history to the Wissahickon landscape.
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Philadelphia
Wissahickon
Corry Historical Inquiries on Local Trades and Figures
Questions seek dates for when R. W. Blydenburg painted carriages on North Center Street, when Sliney and Frisbee ran the Oneida Meat Market in the Bernstein Store room, when Billy Powell operated a blacksmith shop in a wooden building now the Northside Garage, and when Henry Porter served as secretary of the Corry Fair Association.
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R. W. Blydenburg
North Center Street
Sliney & Frisbee
Oneida
Bernstein
Billy Powell
Northside
Henry Porter
Corry Fair Association
Thief Kills Pig in Meridian Pig Pen Incident
A thief entered Red Wright's pig pen at night in Meridian, seized a 100 pound pig, killed and butchered it, and carried away portions of the carcass leaving the rest scattered nearby. The crime stunned local residents and prompted an investigation by authorities.
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Pen
Meridian
Miss
Red Wright
First Lady Roosevelts Remarks Prompt Prompted Ferguson Exit
Mrs. Roosevelt said the Fergusons left immediately and there was no discourtesy intended, noting no courtesy was shown. The remark underscores a tense exchange and rapid departure following a contentious moment.
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Fergusons
Mrs. Roosevelt
No Beer for Forest Worker Boise Incident
A brief report notes a policy affecting forest workers in Idaho, with 28 000 laborers from New York and Boston area sent to Uncle Sam's forest lands to work under restrictions, facing cheerless conditions.
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Boise
New York
Boson
Uncle Sam
Idaho
Auto Crash In Shreveport Leaves Man Unharmed
J A Gibbs aged 83 in Shreveport mistook a bug in his lap for a tarantula and struck at it with his hand causing his car to skid into a ditch. He escaped unharmed.
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Shreveport
Kia
J. A. Gibbs
Gibbs
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Columbus
Squire Brown
Cantiel
A. H. Mable
Cadillac
Mast Main Street
Cantrel
Clarence Rogers
Miller
Irvine
B.D. Axtell
Oil City
PLR
R. Laidmaster
Walter
John Courteen
Liberty Street
Hare Creek
P. G. Wood
Presbyterian Sunday School
Corry
Erie
W. N. Jones
Belle Valley
Corty
Claire Jones
Salem, W. Va
J. W. Sullinger
Brownell Shoe Co
Meadville
A. J. Hinman
Pennsylvania Railroad
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Texas An
Dallas
Terguson
Ferguson
Tate
Roosevelt
Lubitius
Lubinas
John J. Davis
Kane
Harold Stonier
Institute
American Institute of Banking
Chicago
Stonier
Children’s Union Suits
Frank C.chapin & Sons
Avg
Onesseo Veal
Allegheny Mountains
Atlantic
Maine
Florida
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