Pennsylvania density higher than many nations in 1950
The Pennsylvania State Planning Board reports a 1950 population of 10,498,012 with an average density of 293 per square mile, ranking seventh among states. It notes high density shares with Rhode Island New Jersey Massachusetts Connecticut New York and Maryland, driven by early industry, coal and iron, immigrant settlement, and strong transatlantic trade. Nevada Wyoming Montana have far lower densities, while many nations abroad show lower population pressure.
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New Jersey
Massachusetts
Connecticut
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Canada
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Nevada
Wyoming
Montana
Twenty Years Ago Journal Snippet Highlights Local Affairs
A May 26 1933 diary entry notes W Ed Marsh dean of local attorneys excluded from Exe County Bar Association monthly meeting at the country club with 61 members present. Obituary for Mrs Cornelia W Williams passes away after two years of illness. Civics Day noted during Boys Week. St Edward's students held municipal posts. Howard R Dies serves as mayor. Memorial Day planning advances by Post 26 Veterans of Foreign Wars with city parade at 1 am and ceremonies in City Park.
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W. Ed Marsh
Exe County Bar Association
Comy Country
St. Edward's
Howard Rob Dies
Erie burglar pleads innocent amid gunshot wounds
Ed "Baby Face" Bruce, weak from wounds, pleads not guilty to seven burglary charges at arraignment before Alderman Bowes. He is remanded to county jail on bond with hearing set for June 5. Bruce's girlfriend Mary Snalise faces two counts of receiving stolen goods. Bruce was shot April 7 by detectives during a stakeout at George Tubbs's Brie home where a burglar had hidden.
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Erie
Bruce
Feu
Eawitt Bowes
Edward Carney
Hamot Hospital
Bowes
County Jaiwittiodt
Mary Snalise
Sets
Chester Wisikowski
Andrew Kraus
George
Tubbs
Brie
George Tubbs
Two Admirals To Swap High Posts In Major U S Military Shuffle
In a broad reshuffle Adm. William Fecheler moves to the Southern Europe post while Adm. Robert Carey becomes U S naval chief. Gen. Matthew Ridgway named army chief of staff effective this summer as part of Eisenhower’s new joint chiefs plan. White House confirms the rearrangements amid allied approvals.
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William M. Fechieler
U. S
Naval Operations
Robert B. Carey
Alled Forces
Europe
Fechleler
Matthew 3. Ridgway
North Atlantic Defense Forces
Rideway
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Carney
Fechteler
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
White House
Southern Europe
Great, Britain
France
Italy
Greece
Turkey
JP fined 750 in area court
Meadville. Joseph M. Cribbs, former Saegerstown justice of the peace, was fined 750 and ordered to pay costs after pleading no defense to misfeasance and a related charge. Judge Herbert A. Mook said Cribbs’s conduct was reprehensible and the primary purpose of the prosecution was achieved by his resignation. Cribbs still faces a charge of fraudulent conversion with no hearing date set.
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Meadville
Joseph M. Cribbs
Saegerstown
Herbert A. Mook
Senter
Cribbs
Stuart A. Culberteon
Culbertson
Mook
Gribbs
Density contrasts across countries and Pennsylvania counties
The article compares population densities of nations led by Austria China Poland Pakistan Fran Scotland Spain Russia and Monaco. It notes Australia as sparsely populated and highlights Pennsylvania counties with wide density gaps from Forest County under 12 to Philadelphia over 1600. Bucks County sits near the state average as growth in Delaware Valley raises density.
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China
Poland
Pakistan
Fran
Scotland
Spain
Russia
Europe
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Monaco
Australia
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Forest County
Sullivan
Potter and
Pike
Philadelphe
Delaware County
Allegheny
Montgomery
Bucks County
How Smart Are You Quiz Challenge From a Vintage Page
A quiz offers ten questions with scoring bands from Genius to Poor. It promises a monthly average check and directs readers to turn to the Classified Page for answers, claiming memory improvement. The questions reference a federal Civil Service Commission chair, Minnehaha Falls, a Roman Catholic primate jailed in 1948, animal gender terms, and the originator of the modern detective story.
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Federal Civil Service Commission
Minnehilra
WBEN Radio Schedule Listing With Programs By Time
A dense listing shows WBEN and Channel 4 programming for a day, including Sagebrush Trail News News Caravan Amos and Andy FBI Fugitives Today Show Garry Moore Arthur Godfrey Boxing and various dramas and soap operas, with times from morning to late night.
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L Tonight
Sagebrush Trail
Star Theatre
Fireside ‘Theatre
Circle Theatre
Amos and
Andy
Today
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Arthur Godfrey
Hannel
Niederriter Co
Guiding Light
Matinee Playhouse
Travelers
Outdoor Camera
News Caravan
Late News
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Playhour
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South Center Street
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Troy
Ithaca
William J. Collins, Jr
Henry Shenk
James Rhoads
Clarence Nellis
Joseph Triona
Harborcreek
John Lang, Jr Waterford
Sharon
Atlantic
National Geographic Society
Page’s Valley View Rest Home
Lousville Road
Columbus, Pa
Merle Page
General Motors
Pontiac
West South St
Inwest
W. W. Waterhouse
Corry, Pa
Ian Anal
Fosonal
Ioan
Personal Consumer Discount Co
N. Center ST
Corry
Harry Hall
YES
Niederritfer
Millon Higidettes
Frigidaire
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