Twenty Years Ago Highlights From Journal Files 1915
Erie railroad schedule changes noted as trains pass through the city. A high school assault case against a Columbus student was dismissed. English blockade talk at the high school assembly. Local visitors include Sheriff Tage and Gus Baeder. Mrs. Sperker in critical condition at Wright Street home. Mrs. Clough back from Harrisburg visit. Otis Houghtaling on Erie business. Debs Sorenson wed Elma Orn at Mayville. Cement worker Clem Pieres fell from scaffolding at Marion and Washington, later returning to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem Pieres
Marion and
Washington Streets
New York Boosts Gasoline Tax Amid State Rift
New York approves a one cent increase in the gasoline levy, effective fifteen months through June 30, 1936, bringing the state total tax to five cents per gallon. Funds stay with state government, not localities, and distributers and manufacturers pay the levy. Opponents in neighboring Pennsylvania warn the move could worsen unemployment and hardships if repeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Pennsylvania
Albany
Pennsylvana
New York State
Father Penn
Air Mail Regulation Moves To Fix Rates In Congress
A proposed bill in Congress would empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to set air mail rates and raise them up to twenty percent, with hearings before any contract cancellations. The measure aims to stabilize a rapidly expanding air service noted by May 1 1933 effective rate findings and curb route parallelism while noting December 1934 air mail volume with a 41.72 percent rise from 1932. Direct air mail service now reaches 46 states and Hawaii island service. present system serves 193 cities with over 36 million people.
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Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Air Service
Iate Island
Hawaii
Better Films and Joblessness Among Youth and Middle Age
The article discusses employment by age, noting young people under 26 face work denial in favor of younger adults, while those 45 to 55 are competent yet overlooked. It comments on film quality, praising improving standards under Will Hays, and predicts rising public appreciation for more decent entertainment despite radio and film censorship and enduring low tastes.
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Hose
Ent
Will H. Hays
Pera
Ben
Fa|wood
Leonard WH. Baehtls
Los Angeles
Kyl
Bacholiy
Hit
Paris Styles Spotlight Spiralspun Fashion 90s
Paris reports Maggy-Rouf unveils an assembled black Spiralspun with a white Chinese effect ribbon. Maggy designs a dress with invisible pleats and a slim frock, plus a white Spiralspun tweed gown by Lucile Paray, featuring royal blue accents and a long faux bolero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Maggy-Rouf
Maggy
Lucile Paray
Patents boom with odd new inventions in March
United Press reports a surge in government patent activity as inventors around the world file for novel devices. Examples include a combined bathtub and sink, a unique horseshoe, and a biting submarine garment. experts note creativity outpaces imagined limits despite quirks.
Hollywood Film Stars Offer Tourists Candid Advice
Hollywood veterans dispense practical tips for visitors. Claudatte Colbert warns against trusting home location maps. George Raft cautions about gatecrashing studios and faking relations. Cardie Lombard urges friendly hellos to stars. Mae West warns against discussing players loudly on set. Bing Crosby jokes about avoiding studio sound stages with a cold.
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Hollywood
Claudatte Colbert
George Raft
Cardie Lombard
Jack Oulic
Sardi’s
Mae West
Bing Crosby
Lf Cronjoy
Star Signals: Advice on April 4 and 1416 events
The note outlines April 4 conditions favoring lunch and business in the evening for plans and pleasure. It warns of aggressive optimism, potential overrisk, and lunar influence near year end. It mentions mineral advancement and possible graves late in December and June.
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Altough
Tunger
Milk distributors under fire in Pennsylvania inquiry
A Corry Journal communication from the Spring Creek Milk Producers Association urges farmers to back State Bill No. 178 to unify inspections of ice cream and dairy products. It cites alleged coercive tactics by a Wisconsin distributor and calls for action urging Harrisburg officials to support dairy reform and the new Milk Control Bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry Bocom
Journal
Corry
Federal Trade Commission
Philadelphia
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Robert F. Brinton
Sanitation
State Health Department
Particulier Distributing Company
Asan
Farmers Co-Operative
Brinton
Hilldrop
State Senate
Harrisburg
Spring Creek Milk Producers
BE. W. Maxwell
Mill Village Firemen Dedicate New Hall
Mill Village firefighters opened a new hall funded by village income and local patronage. The Erie County Volunteer Firemen's Association meeting featured routine business with short talks from Attorneys Miles Kitts and Robert Firman and remarks by Fire Chief Andrew Paulson, Leon Brown, and Charles Pain.
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Tmique
Mil Village
Fie Hall
Erie County Volunteer Firemen’s, Association
Miles B. Kitts
Robert J. Firman
Erie
Andrew Paulson
Leon Brown
Charles Pain
Death by own action rocks Ashland area
Oreganian’s death by own action shocks Ashland Oregon. Louis, 40, racked by work distress, ignited a fuse beneath 400 pounds of dynamite in a cache. A blast shattered rock, knocked a cow down half a mile away, broke a door a quarter mile off, and toppled trees. A second cache of 1600 pounds did not explode. Sheriff Syd Brown calls the blast 80 on the scale.
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Ashland
Oye
Toe Louis
Sherif Syd Brown
WANTED To Rent Small Farm Jos in Pay Austin
Wanted notice seeking a small farm to rent in Jos in Pay Austin area. contact 412 Duane Street Corry Pa with details and terms.
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Josin
Austin
Duane Street
Corry
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Meer
Laem
Stranigan
Columbus
Erie Railroad
Clebert Curtis
Gus Baeder Art
Sherif Tage
Waren County
George Sperker
Wright Street
J. Walter Clough
Otis Houghtaling
Debs Sorenson
This City
Elma Orn
Mayville
Scott
R. Fi
pyEn Baby
Saaret Nore Feet
Spunes Apaur
United States OF Hom
Myrdal i
Norway
New York
United Press
Washington
Michaelile Maris
New York City
Dorsi
Fmil Wichenauer
Tonishiede
Germany
Hewcomer
United Process
Pat Respondent
Model Dairy Co
Cessors
John J. Casey
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center Street
Corry, Petin
Mill Village
Erie County Volunteer Firemen’s Ass
Lincoln
Hamburg
Main & Center Sts
Oreganian
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