Corry Rod and Gun Club Opens New Skeet Field
Skeet shooting will join major outdoor sports this week as the Corry Rod and Gun Club opens a new field on the former Christie farm along Hare Creek road north of the city. Opening shoot set for Memorial Day morning amid readiness. Nearby, Lt Archie W Thompson Post VFW reports over 150 dollars cleared from a Saturday poppy sale, one of the post’s best in years. A grass fire on Shady Avenue south of the railroad tracks burned a sizable plot before chemicals stopped it. Concrete pouring began on the Columbus dam project with rapid progress anticipated. A proposal to limit Saturday night parking in the business district was raised to ease long waits for shoppers. In Australia, the government retained a slim Senate majority in elections held in May 1953.
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Corry Rod and Gun Club
Christie Farm
Hare Creek Road
Archie W. Thompson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Shady Avenue
How Smart Are You Daily Quiz Answers
A reader quiz asks seven current events questions covering college demographics in the U S Florida’s ownership Mesabi Range iron ore etc The piece tests knowledge on U S and world facts with options and asks where a westbound ship from San Francisco would reach first and what F O B stands for.
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Tending College
U. S
Florida
France
England
Spain
Mexico
Mesabi Range
Minnesota
Holden
Australia
Senate
House of Representatives
San Francisco
Hawaii
Philippines
Siberia
Japan
China
Dunkirk Fire Claims Two Lives At 88 Second Street
A Dunkirk apartment house blaze in the two story frame building at 88 Second Street killed two men by asphyxiation and injured nine others, three critically from burns and broken glass. More than 15 residents escaped in night clothing as flames swept the rear stairway, causing about 5000 dollars in damage.
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Dunkirk
Second Street
Fire causes investigated at Dunkirk apartment blaze
Fire Chief Anthony Domst said a three week old apartment fire was quickly put out and investigators from the Fire Underwriters Association in Buffalo will join local authorities to determine the cause. County coroner Dr. Samuel R. Patti ruled asphyxiation as the cause of death for both victims, with Miguel Cordero, 29, identified among them.
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Anthony Domst
Fire Underwriters Association
Buffalo
Dunkirk
Samuel R. Patti
Chautauqua County
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
Miguel Cordero
Sunday search warrants legality up for review
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to review a Superior Court ruling allowing Sunday warrants in gambling raids. The 1703 act permits Sunday warrants only for treason felony or breach of peace, but lower courts argued gambling offenses are indictable. The decision maintains ongoing disputes over Sunday warrants in gambling investigations.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
J. Colvin Wright
Bedford
Homer K. Kreider
Dauphin County
Kreider
Wright
Australian election issues mirror our November vote
The piece compares the Australian House of Representatives race to upcoming national elections here, noting the Liberal Labor coalition since 1949, tax and inflation trends, anti Communist laws, and the Labor opposition led by Dr. Evatt promising welfare, price supports, housing, and tax cuts amid deficit fears. It cites a Soviet spy ring confession used to warn voters about Communism.
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House of Representatives
Liberal and Country
Dominion
Australis
Petrov
Robert G. Menzies
Labor Party
Dr. Evatt
U. S
Labor
Wake Up To More Comfort Without Nagging Backache
Nagging backache and fatigue may signal reduced kidney function from stress or age. Do not neglect kidney health. Dunn's Pills offer mild diuretic relief used by many households for over seventy years to ease waking at night and frequent urination.
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Columbus
Mercantile District
Australian Senate
Brooks Memorial Hospital
Baan
Katherine
Taffeta
Topp’s “Corry’s
E. Crosby Bush
E. Main St
Corry
Farm Bureau
Mutu Ademaite
Iserge Ae
Ford
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Club
Studebaker Cl
Plymouth
Hudson
Buick
Powell Motor Company
East Main Street
Firestone
America
Barney’s Firestone Store
South Center Street
Corry, Pa
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