Twenty Years Ago Fire and City News 1932
Fire at P O Swanson home due to a motor on an electric refrigerator possibly sparked by an electrical storm as police hunt for glass-breakers trimming city alarms. City council delays police chief appointment. salary bills approved. East Columbus avenue concrete work finished, road to reopen by July 2. Heavy showers boost gardens and crops but farmers request more rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.O. Swanson
East South
Mast Streets
John M. Ruppersburger
Ben F. Starr
Guyy Council
Columbus Avenue
Corry News Roundup Highlights Local News Items
The Corry column reports a mix of local notes including a police action over slot machines, a $1800 federal tax payment due July 1, and Rev. Wilmes Heffer adjusting to Houston. It also notes Danforth Fellowship for Lindstrom of Corry, a parent and daughter case sparking inquiries, a motorist saved from a grade accident, a fishing trip recovery, corporate philanthropy totals, a woodpecker nest rescue by a railroad crew, and travel plans of local youths to Europe. Additional items cover a route6 relocation of remains, a birthday, early transatlantic plane parallels, and local construction with Roman brick for a Mosier home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Club
Wilmes Heffer
Chistian
Allance
Houston
Tex
Laurence
Lindstrom
Corry
R. D
Penn State
Danforth
St. Louis
Michigan
Arthur Lindstrom
East Washington Street
Romeo Marchitelli
Tur
Marchitelli
Harold Crags
Chautduque Lake
Tom
Otters
Miss Dawson
West Park Place
Europe
Americ
Lawrence ‘Thomas
Max Conrad
Acros
Pan Babs
Pennsylvania Railroad
Audubon Society
SPCA
Mother Woodpecker
Question Quiz From Historical Page Memorable Queries
A reader puzzle asks ten questions spanning figures like Savonarola and explorers, plus trivia about Thailand’s alternative name, a castrated rooster, Icelandic springs, Ankera’s country, famous actresses, a unit conversion, and a proverb. Answers promise memory improvement with a monthly average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bor
Savonarola
Thailand
Awhat
Capon
Drake
Florida
Iceland
Ankera
Duse
Bernhardt
Ellen
Terry
Ada Rehan
Duff assails smear campaign against Ike
Senator James Duff says he does not know the source of an outrageous smear campaign against General Dwight D. Eisenhower. He notes the taint has 45 against Eisenhower and not against Taft, calling the propaganda the most damnable thing in American politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duff
Ike
Associated Press
NEW York
James H. Duf
R-Po
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wjz-Tv
Anth Eisenhower
Due
Eisenhower
Taft
Robert A. Taft
Ole
Wisea
Howor
Long-Distance Toll Roads Open or Planned Across Several States
The article surveys toll road expansion from Hartford to Gary and from New York City to Erie, noting the New York State Thruway and Pennsylvania Turnpike plans. It cites AAA figures on current toll miles, discusses federal funding limits, and AAA’s evolving stance favoring toll roads as interim financing until debts are retired.
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Hartford
Conn
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Gary
Ind
New York City
Erie
Salisbury
Mauss
Boston
Fort Kent
Hudson River
Albany
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
New York Erie
Senate
House
San Diego
Harpers Ferry
Huntington
W. Va
American Automobile Association
Tyndel Hon
AAA
Meteor sighting sparks awe near capital during night
Foreign visitors describe a brilliant object seen overhead as a fireball and flying walker. Meteor experts confirm a meteor as the likely cause. Reports note many such events this season. One motorist recalls it looming over his car near the White House before vanishing high in the sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolles
Naval Observatory
White House
Sam
Toll Roads Seen Doubling Mileage Soon by Brookings Experts
Wilfred Owlu and Charles Dearing of the Brookings Institution say toll-moad mileage will double in the near term. They note observers report highway users have accepted toll roads, despite opposition from automobile clubs wracking associations and the National Highway Users Conference. States persist with the oil financing method and proceed with needed arrangements despite federal road agency opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Owlu
Charles Dearing
Brookings Institution
Automobile Clubs
Inns
Maglies
Federal Road Agency
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Paulson
Vkins
Tacques Raymond
Uate
Senm
Route
Pine Grove
Bess Dawson
Lune
Henfield Mosier
Gold
Donald
George Gold
Chrtis Feldt
Groote Beer
R. B. Mosier
George Weber
Fred Mixer
William S. Lemison
Raymond
Weber
Mixer
Lemison
Gerry
Mead Park
Q Weele
Tmoorrow Bar
Albion
Oil City
Franklin
Greenville
Warren
Bradford
French Creek
Jamestown
Conant
Percy Corbin
William
Ann Way
Imelas
Hormel's
Hershey's
Orchard Park
Orchard Pak
Concentra
Pune
Litten Mutual
Utica Mutual Auto
Poliex
Kinley
Insurance Agency
The
Corry Memorial Hospital
Roger M. Brown
South Center Street
Corry, Pa
Kingan
Mueller’s Macaroni
Beechnut Junior Baby Food
E. Main St
Geeconut
Robin Hood
Scott Tissue
Meerdink’'S
House OF Furniture
M4 & Gederal Savings
Up To and Loan Insurance Corp
Eass
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