Twenty Years Ago In Miles May 11 1933 Farm sale and town notes
Announcement of Sears farm property sale west of the State Fish Hatchery to Rosa McElroy of South Center Street. Plans include remodeling and a dance pavilion with a modern tea room. Local residents remark on well kept gardens and shrubbery around homes this year. Corry school board discusses salary reductions. Merle Coons buys David Soper shop. takes possession. Corry Public Library April circulation totals show adult fiction 2658 non fiction 325 junior 691. magazines 162. reading 237 volumes. Herbert Ives continues his brilliant inventions including early television transmission and color experiments. Dinosaurs existed about 60 million years before humans.
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Sears
State Fish Hatchery
Rosa McElroy
South Center Street
Corry
Journal Today
Marion J. Skidmore
Abrarian
Short Session Of Court Seen In Erie
A three day Erie criminal court session opens with District Attorney Damian Mc Laughlin predicting quick progress. The docket lists 41 defendants, many likely to plead guilty. Judge Burton R. Laub, Elmer L. Evans and Samuel J. Roberts preside. focus on Raymond Simcox, the Phantom Gunman, charged with multiple counts including assault with intent to kill and larceny.
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Erie
Damian McLaughlin
Erie County
Court House
John Coates
Coates
McLaughlin
Burton R. Laub
Elmer L. Evans
Samuel J. Roberts
Raymond Simcox
Erle
Union Membership Down as Mines Close in Pittsburgh Area
In Pittsburgh area districts 5 of the United Mine Workers report coal mine closures have reduced union membership to 19,000 and prompted consolidation from seven to five sub districts. A 225 delegate convention backed the budget cut to 50,000 dollars yearly, led by District President John F. Busarello. The district covers Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Washington counties. Busarello urged school directors to follow suit at next regular meeting. Weber warned of rising taxes amid local assessment concerns.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Allegheny
Beaver
Butler
Washington
John F. Busarello
Busarello
How Smart Are You Classified Quiz On Memory
A reader test lists ten trivia prompts from a classified page asking about a US president born in 1884, a country's premier escaping a dhouse attack, Ave Maria meaning, the Ford model after the Model T, Istanbul as Turkey’s capital, Kipling’s poem about a Burmese city, state enter date 1858, homonyms key and quay, the Kaltegat water passage between two European nations, and the opening line of a famous poem Listen my children.
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United States
Ave Maria
Istanbul
Turkey
Rudyard Kipling
Quay
Erie Tax Fight Deepens Over Waterhouse Bills
City Solicitor Gerald Weber warns that opponents of new Erie assessments focus on small savings while missing a larger threat from Waterhouse bills. If passed in Harrisburg, total local taxes could rise by 1.8 mills next year, affecting homeowners and tax revenue alike. The city has filed a formal protest against the bills pushed by West County Assemblyman W. W. Waterhouse.
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Erie
Gerald Weber
Weber
Waterhouse
Harrisburg
Exle
School Board
West County
W. W. Waterhouse
Schoolard
William
District faces loss of energy, pensions retire five officials
The district, numbering 30,000 members, blames an 11,000 drop in imports of cheap residual fuel oil from South America and doubts coal production will improve before 1954. In the reorganization, five officials retire on pensions, including Fred Gullick, the rotary treasurer.
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South America
Fred Gullick
Pennsylvania Printing Pioneers Shaped American Media
The article traces Pennsylvania’s pivotal role in printing from 1735 Germantown type founding by Christopher Sauer to Franklin’s printing empire. It highlights Ives and Levy Brothers innovations in half tone photography, color plates, and the photo-srayure process, shaping modern newspapers, magazines, and moving pictures.
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Pennsylvania
Christopher Sauer
Germantown
America
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Igo
United States
Henry Cates
Philadelphia
Frederick , Ives
Levy Brothers
Ives
State Planning Board
Pennsylvania Department of Commerce
Frederick Iv
Ives Wan
Sjimcox Charged Over 1951 Waterford Attack Case
Charges filed against Sjimcox stem from an alleged December 1951 attack in Waterford involving Sara Miles Hattie Miles and John Gardner. A 45 calibre pistol was used. The case heads the docket for today’s court session.
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Sjimcox
Sara
Hattie Miles
John Gardner
Waterford
Drowns in Spring Greensburg Fatality Report
Pat Corone seph R. Check reported today. Shaw, 32, drowned on Saturday in a small spring near Washington Township home. The head of land management says the red harvester has denuded 90,000 acres of lands in Wyoming.
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Greensburg
Pat Coroneseph R. Check
BR. Shaw
Washington Township
U. S
Red Harvester
Wyoming
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Journal Miles
Merle Coons
Miles McCray
East Washington Street
David ‘Soper
East Main Street
Herbert EB. Ives
4Mai
Carney
Connie’s
West Main
Bob Desmond
West Church
Foster E. Davis & Son
N. Center St
Dial
Thur
E. Main
Shady Ave. Grads
Kiwanis Club
Moon Mills Bros
Te Ae Ae
Sea’s Drug Store
Coats
Katherine
North Center Street
Bank of Corry
National Bank of
National Bank of Corry
the National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ren Y
Aen
Arsenal
Penosat
Furnitun
Consumer Discount CO
Personal Consumer Discount Co
Pas
Marty Hall
YES
Paragon
TruVal
Eto
Al’s
Clothes
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