Firebug blamed as Ostler home burns near Five Corners
Twenty years ago a string of farm fires suspected to be the work of Ostler’s firebug damages the George West place near Five Corners. The blaze reveals a mystery origin as investigators note losses run to thousands of dollars. Also mentioned are Mark Twain’s ties to Corry, a wedding invitation for Dorothy Waller to John Griffith, Mrs Cola G Smith’s West Coast trip, and local teachers planning for Summer School sessions.
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Ostler
Agai
George West Place
Five Corners
Dorothy Waller
M. 0. Waller
John Griffith
Basminuel Episcopal * Church
Rates for mail delivery at Corry Post Office
Entered at the Corry Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter. By Mail rates listed as $7.00 per year or $400 per year in advance in restricted territory. By Carrier rates are four cents per copy and twenty four cents per week. Rates made known upon application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Record of May 1947 civilian employment highs and unemployment drop
The Census Bureau reports May 1947 civilian employment rose to 58.93 million, with total employment near 59.8 million including services, and unemployment down to 1.96 million. Economists note a normal frictional rate around 2 million and a strong nonfarm job gain in May signaling recovery postwar stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wallace
Census Bureau
John W. Snyder
Armed Services
Corry Receives Federal Lunch Funds for June Payments
Auditor General G Harold Wagner approved payments to Erie County districts under the Federal School Lunch Program for June. Corry city received 386 dollars, Millcreek township 447.38, Springfield township 4784, Waterford township 7.72, as part of federally matched district expenses. The broader text notes postwar economic policy debates and the 1946 Economic Report process.
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Corry
G. Harold Wagner
Pennsylvania
Erie County
Corry City
Millcreek Township
Springfield Township
Waterford Township
Social climbers seek betterment and stress in status changes
The Medical Society discusses how striving for social advancement alters values, mastery, and habits, with higher rates of duodenal and thyroid disorders among those determined to improve status. Foreign and native-born individuals show differing patterns, while cultural change creates stress. anger and tension raise pulse, blood pressure, and bodily strain.
How's Your I Q A Puzzle From Classified Page
A reader asks seven trivia questions ranging from historical premiers to geographic capitals and U.S. federal laws. The piece notes to turn to Classified Page for correct answers and references The Litcal Memorial's 1932 dedication in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferenc Nagy
Himeory
Washington, D. C
Baltic States
Soviet Union
Judas Tscariot
New Zealand
U. 5
Senate Finance Committee
France
Litcal
Duramold Plant 10 to close in Jamestown after wartime shift
Jamestown June 23 Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corporation will relinquish the Duramold Division plant and discontinue operations here in the near future. J Carlton Ward Sr. says Duramold moved to Jamestown in 1944 to develop aircraft construction techniques for high speed planes. With war orders canceled after V J Day the unit shifted to civilian products like radio cabinets, and broad manufacturing has slowed. The firm will terminate leases on wartime space obtained from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation due to weak civilian demand and market uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Fairchhild Engine— and
Duff Signs Bill For Teacher Pay Increase
The measure outlines new salary scales for teachers and staff, detailing pay ranges from $1,000 to $3,700 for supervising principals outside major cities and includes increments of 150 yearly. It notes master's degree holders move to higher scales and that temporary employees may receive non mandated increases.
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Duff
Page One
Stalliol
Commonwealth
Principal and Supervisor Salaries in 20th Century Districts
Supervising principals would receive from 2860 to 4200 a year plus six annual lattice-boats of $175 each. White district and county superintendents would receive from 4500 to 6000 depending on district size. Assistant county superintendents would receive 4500 as would supervisors of special education.
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Journs
Mark Twain
Henry Clemens
Second Avenue
Pleasant Street
Tennessee
Cola G. Smith
West Coast
Panama Canal
Havant
Cuba
Summiter
Congress
Council of Economic Advisors
The
Medical Society of the
It Is
Hunsayivante
I. Q
Servel
Ares
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Duramold
Frank Bliss
BAY Cleaning
Washington
North Center Street
Loblaws
U.S
Clearfield
Hamburg
Nasional
Radio Cab Company
Detroit
Riverside
Riversides
Hero Riversides
Leah, Aiden
Polo
Al's Clothes Shop
Noth Center Street
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