Big Road Job for Erie County in Roosevelt Highway Plan
Erie county to gain 24 miles of new highway across its southern tier funded by State and Federal money. The Roosevelt Highway from Union City to Mill Village and Whinboro will see contracts this year and start work before late summer. Attorneys George Mason and Charles R. Davis, backing Pinchot administration, helped secure action and jobs for hundreds of workers over the year.
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Erie County
Union City
Mill Village
Whinboro
George Mason
Erie
Charles R. Davis
Mason
Days
Pinchot
Erie City
Government reports signal slow commodity price rebound
Government reports for the four months of the current six month period show little encouragement for business as commodity prices decline at a slowing rate. Steel prices have edged up and oil averages rose, with some predicting the bottom may be near and a general improvement may follow later in the summer.
Elsa Know 1 Lake Pleasant location and facts
The fragment asks seven questions about geography and history. It mentions Lake Pleasant, the earth’s equatorial circumference, General U S Grant’s death, Thomas Paine’s noted contribution, the presenter of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and the quote on responsibility preventing crimes.
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Lake Pleasant
U. S. Grant
Thomas Paine
Start Work on 680 River Dam Project
United Press report from Pittsburgh on May 24 notes preliminary construction on the 1,425,009 Montgomery Island dam in the Ohio River will begin next Monday. Booth and Flinn Company, low bidder, will start 30 men on cofferdams, with more workers to follow. The fixed roller crest dam will use large cylinders to hold back water, replacing dams No. 4, 6, and 6 in the Pittsburgh district.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Montgomery Island
Ohio River
Booth and Flinn Company
Fragmented Airline Food Flight Notice
A garbled historical clipping mentions a long distance flight related to food service and a 25 mile segment. The readable fragment references home or civilian travelers and wartime context with unclear agency or date.
Farewell for Cuban Ambassador Ferrara draws big turnout
United Press reports in Washington that Cuban ambassador Orestes Ferrara leaves for New York en route to Havana to become secretary of water in President Machado's cabinet. A casual farewell at the Cuban embassy drew hundreds, with diplomats, cabinet secretaries, and lawmakers mingling in informal attire as debates on economic hardship and reduced attache numbers echo in the background.
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United Press
Washington
Orestes Vertara
Cuba
New York
Havana
Wate
Machido
Ferrari
Ives
Ferrara
State Department
Embassy
Congress
Jonly
Twenty Years Ago From Journal Files May 24 1912
An obituary page fragment notes Maude Matilda Thornton Elizabeth Louise Palmarche Edith Anderson Jane Hamilton Helen Hill Lillian Harper and others as relatives of FT. Babbitt. The piece mentions Akron returnees and a Diamond Rubber Co. context plus local labor strike talk and various civic events.
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Maude Matilda ‘Thornton
Elizabeth
Louise Palmarche
Edith Cecelia Anderson
Jane Elizabeth Hamilton
Helen Marie Hill
Lillian Jane Har
Per
Honora
Arelia Harper
Hollywood film shop gossip boosts Maxine Jennings chances
Hollywood reports say Maxine Jennings, five eight in heels, faces height bias in casting despite fame from Showboat and radio crooning. The piece notes her Pacific Northwest roots, beauty contest wins, modeling, and a career path through magazine covers, radio, and Ziegfeld shows, with Garbo cited as a taller-leading-man exception.
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Borge & Helmer
United Press
Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Max-ine Jennings
Indy
Maxine
In & Broadway Review
Garbo
Audiehtes
Paris
London
Judy
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Portland
Atlantic City
John Murray Anderson
Shome
Blo Ziegfeld
Two Lansford youths charged in extortion plot
In Lansford on May 4 two youths, Albert Wybrener 19 and John Druss 17, were jailed in Carbon County charged with trying to extort 2000 from contractor Herman Riebe by threatening to kill his daughter Diane. Wybrener allegedly confessed and implicated Druss.
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Lansford
Carbon County
Tyro
Albert Wybrener
John Druss
Herman Riebe
Diane
Vybréner
Druss
Revision of County Salaries Planned in Erie
Erie May 24 The county payroll faces revision before week’s end with Sheriff Millard R Davis calling a prison board meeting to adjust prison pay. County officials consider forcing one to two weeks unpaid vacation for all courthouse employees while Harvey M Willis drives plans to cut costs. Davis heads a group to equalize salaries before any reductions.
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Erie
Harvey M. Willis
Millard R. Davis
Eojlad
Willa Hay
Garieous Taxpayers’ Associations
Court House
Davis
Woman Dies in Auto Accident Near Onwan
Onwan May 24 65 year old Mrs Panagiotopulos Panagiotopulos Greek native living with daughter in Onwan died instantly when a car driven by her son in law George Georgeton lost control on the Ceres Poytville highway. The rear of the car was crushed by a tree limb. A daughter Pauline Demokos of Olean and two grandchildren survived.
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Onwan
Anna Hanagiotopulos
This City
Ceres-Poytville Highway
George J. Georgeton
West State Street
Gust
Olean
Hornell
Georgetem
Alson J. Hill
Panagiotopulou
Panagiotopulos
Greece
Georgeton
Pauline Demokos
Union Cracks Down on Reckless City Drivers
O C Magee announced a city wide crackdown on motorists and tourists driving recklessly and at excessive speeds within the city limits. Local residents along Hast West High North and South Main streets praised the action as a response to numerous complaints and threats of arrest and fines.
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UNION
Cmel
Police
O. C. Magee
Hast
West High Street
North
South Main Street
Dairymen to Hold Sub-district Meeting at Union City
The Sub-district meeting of the Dairymen's League Co-operative Association will be held at Union City in the Grange Hall on Thursday. A picnic dinner will be served at noon and everyone is invited to attend.
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Dairymen’s League Co-operative Association
Union City
Grange Hall
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Frank Rueder
Frank Raymond
C. L. Alexander
Walter Clough
Mr. Raymond
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Roberts Dry Goods
Carry Hospital Training School
Library Theatre
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State Armory
L. J. Fairbanks
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