Corry Streets to be Taken Over by State Highway Dept
TWENTY YEARS AGO As Taken From Journal Files May 6 1931 reports the state legislature passed a bill to take over maintenance of more than six miles of Corry streets. Also noted is a high school baseball win over Warren, dog control plans with a new catcher, a death of Lars Say aged 29, and a fishing trip by EE Hawkins Jack Love land and Glenn Donaldson Jett to Whitney Ontario for 10 days.
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Corry
State Highway Department
Hawkins
Frank
Jack” Love
Land
Glenn Donaldson
Jett
Whitney
Ont
Canada
Convict Free Again After Western Pen Prison Break
Five inmates eluded guards at Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh after escaping from the roof via a trap door using a rope improvised from mattress covers. One man, Andrew Kacuynski, remains at large. four others were rounded up, with James Woods and Charles Baughman among the injured during the escape attempt.
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Associated Press
Pittsburce
Western Penitentiary
Big
Pittsburgh
Guarels
Andrew Kacuynski
James Woods
Woods
Thomas Finney
Robert Moton
Charles Baughman
Altoona
McNamara
Bite
Joseph Evans
Evans
Moton
Finney
Corry Residents React to Scott Departure and Health Hope
A Corry group joins Friends of Mr. Scott to express regret over his leaving town and to wish him full health. The piece also cites a Bridgeport address where Representative Joseph Martin blamed Secretary of Defense George Marshall and Secretary of State Dean Acheson for China’s communist rise, criticizing Truman’s policy and the 1945 appeasement stance.
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Bridgeport
Truman
China
United States
Marshall
Russia
Dean Acheson
Council to fill two city posts and approve routine measures
Corry council moves to fill two police eligibility slots after Civil Service exam. Emmanuel Robertson and Hugh Nelson join eight on the list as Robertson's pay is raised to 2700 yearly. Fireworks approved for Flag Day with safeguards. fire hose supply deemed insufficient. Condemnation planned for the Mayme Sullivan property. Street vacation petition on Northwest street. offices to close three summer Wednesdays. cart cut granted on West Congress. Routine bills, engineer Breeline and treasurer reports reviewed.
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Mead Park
Corry
Robertson
Maxi
Corry Lodge
Ray Laurie
Columbus Fire Department
Fire Department
Columbus
Laurie
Mayme Sullivan
West Frederick Street
Council
Northwest Street
West Pleasant
West
Cornell
Kenneth Morris
West Congress
City Solicitor Walter H. Scott to Leave Corryami for Tampa
The city’s legal leader Walter H. Scott announced he will drop his Corryami practice and relocate to Tampa due to health reasons. The Journal notes his long service as chief counsel for Blatt Brothers Theatre Corporation and his influence on civic undertakings across wartime and peacetime.
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Walter H. Scott
Corryami
Tampa
Floria
Scott
Blatt Brothers Theatre Corporation
Rep John Kee Dies in Committee Session
Washington May 8 Rep John Kee 77 year old chairman of the House foreign affairs committee died today of a heart attack. He collapsed during a routine session and was pronounced dead by Capitol physician Dr George W Calver. Kee had been ill and recently returned from Bethesda Naval Hospital.
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Wey Associated Chess
Washington
Joh Kee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
George W. Calver
Capitol
Kee
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Parole for Morals Offender Rejected in Erie
Erie May 8 The State Parole Board rejected a parole application by James Mossburg an Erie man sentenced to two and a half to 10 years in Western State Penitentiary for a morals offense The decision cited his offense history prior morals record and a prior parole violation.
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Erie
James Mossburg
Western State
State Parson Board
Darmian
McLaughin
McLaughlin
Mossbure
Andrew Miko- Syjazak
Kenneth Kroyisk
Pennsylvania Industrial School
IQ Test Prompts Wide Range of Trivia Questions
This page presents ten questions testing general knowledge from voting rights in DC to Grover Cleveland's origin, the body of water near the Isle of Man, anatomy terms like the Achilles tendon, the lured figure in legend, a noted aviatrix missing over the Pacific, and Gertrude Lawrence's birthplace. Answers are on the Classified Page.
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I. Q
District of Columbia
Cleveland, O
Grover’ Cleveland
Ile of Man
United Protestantism
Germany
United States
Pacific Ocean
Gertrude Lawrence
England
Robbery and escape mark sentence for Baughman and accomplice
The court sentenced an unnamed accomplice to eight to sixteen years for robbery and receiving stolen goods. Baughman received four years to be served with eight to twenty six years for robbery plus a prior escape, after fleeing Rockview Penitentiary on October 4, 1949.
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Baughman
Rock~view Penitentiary
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Warren
Dragons
Harry Miles
Worth Street
Lars Say
Philadelphia
Frank Say
North Center Street
Mr. Say
John Kee
International Harvester
Kidehan
Cize
Johnson Brothers
First Avenue
Beckwith
Willys Cars
JEEPS
New Holland
N. Center
Milly
Joseph C. Williams
Commission
Fred W. Lamberton
Legal Adventisen
America
Comrade Stalin
the National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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