Behind the Scenes in Erie WPA coercion and hospital support
A Washington note praises Harry Hopkins for guarding WPA workers against political coercion while alleging ongoing pressure in Erie County to back Kennedy. It commends Corry Hospital directors for keeping the facility open and improving conditions despite financial strain, aided by clubs and industry. It also discusses Japan’s potential defeat and U S recovery hopes, noting business cooperation and early spending concerns under the New Deal.
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Harry Hopkins
WPA
Works Progress Administration
WIPA
Erie
Guffey-Kennedy
Kennedy
Guffey
Ubst
John Carney
Kennedy Forces
Erieounty
Erie County
Hopkins
Tig
Corry Hospital
Cory Hospital
Inday
Chibs
Tv Hospital
Lace fashion takes over spring Paris and beyond
Paris styles reveal lace on every garment from black street dresses to white organdy and beige lace jackets. Narrow Chantilly lace borders sleeves, floral lace over black, turquoise accents, and ornate yokes appear in May collections. Raincoats and rubbers remain excluded, while global fashion watches lace proliferation from Paris to rural Pennsylvania along Route 6.
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Paris
Bace
Bruyere
Wong
Osse
Young Peter Lawford’s Hollywood Start Spoofs Language Skills
Hollywood May 5 Peter Lawford, only 15, speaks five languages and has world travel to his credit yet lands a supporting role as a Cockney comedian in Lord Jeff with Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney. Son of Lieut Gen Sir Peter Lawford, he studied with private tutors and began acting at age eight.
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Hollywood
Peter Lawford
England
Jim
Freddie Bartholomew
Mickey Rooney
Lord Jett
Peter
Hia
Lord Jeff
K.C.B
Stepperton
June Lawford
France
Peatill
Twenty Years Ago A Taken From Journal Files May 5 1918
A brief note reflects on events from twenty years earlier, dated May 5 1918, with no Sunday edition issued.
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Journal
Vets Form AMPS Club in Vancouver
The club, organized four years ago, has 16 members including standout player Comrads Ostar Erickson who won both sets. Membership honors wartime service as the qualifying factor.
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Vancouver
Comrads Ostar Erickson
Peter Lived in Many Cities Before Pursuing Hollywood Dreams
The narrative lists a globe spanning upbringing with stops in Paris Monte Carlo Nice Cannes Mentone Denville Sydney Colombo Tahiti Lisbon Bombay and Panama. Five months ago the family moved to Hollywood while Peter sought movie ambitions and wrote to Ian Wood about directing Lad Jeff with an English backdrop amid disrupted drafts and unclear phrases.
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Peter
Paris
Monte Carlo
Nice
Cannes
Mentone
Denville
Sydney
Colombo
Voice of the People in Corry on Modern Time and Farmers
In a May 4 1938 Voice of the People column, the Corry Evening Journal argues against the Golden Rule Club’s “wishy wash” stance at May 2 meeting. It contrasts local manufacturers who support merchants and employment with farmers upset by summer time changes, urging Corry merchants to align with advancing clocks and warning of boycotts and regional shifts. The piece defends progressive rural districts and questions farmer timing concerns while noting nearby towns may also adopt fast time.
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Corry
Cory
Carl
Grange
Blair
Bob
Aiready
Union City
Uratost
Parisians asked to write what they owe city
A Ka BARBS feature invites readers to express what they owe Paris while noting American forms and efficiency trends. Texas Governor Allred says he will not seek re election citing constant political talk. A 1914 plow improvement is cited and WPA recreation chief Eduard Lindeman comments on social mood as self-willed depression.
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Paris
America
Washington
Allred
Texas
Eduard Lindeman
WPA
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Japan
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Gental
Institute of Pacific Relaions
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Asia
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Netherlands
Mwashington
L Administration
Bbig
Hoover
Roonevelt
D. R
Oter
Ike
Charlie
WEA
REC
Teles
Pennsylvania
Route 6
Rummerfield
Bradford County
Hollywood Film Shop
Stories IN Stamps
Sores Cole
Charles Steele
Post Office Department
Congress
Columbus
U.S
NBA Service, Inc
Voice of the People
Dorothy Canfield
Califarine Peart
Sunny Fale
Ann Page
Graham
Waldorf 415
California
PT Miekete
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