New Cancer Research Laboratory Opens in Fox Chase
In Philadelphia on November 16 a $2,000,000 cancer research lab in Fox Chase opened under Gov. James H. Duff who praised voluntary medicine. The facility, dedicated yesterday, will entirely pursue cancer research with no patient treatment. Dr. Q Nesselrode of the American Cancer Society projected a cure within this generation.
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American Cancer Society
Patronage Tiff Looms At Erie City Hall Transition
Erie sees a major patronage turnover as Republicans gain control, with 400 to 425 of roughly 825 city and water department employees shifting to GOP management. About 125 school district workers remain under Democratic control, risking retaliation firings. City Hall patronage shifts to Republicans after the January inauguration of Clairence K. Pulling Kenneth W. Momeyer and Thomas M. McCarty as councilmen.
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Kenneth W. Momeyer
Thomas M. McCarty
Gerry Community Chest Directors Convene In City Building
The Gerry Community Chest elected C. I. Alexander as board president for the coming year at an organization meeting held in the municipal building. The event was part of the group’s ongoing community fundraising efforts and included remarks on past drive success.
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Arrest Man in Tavern in Plitsburgh
Police in Plitsburgh arrest Edward Ettinger 45 formerly of Reading for theft of 200 dollars and a 175 watch from a St. James Catholic Church rectory in Sewickley. Ettinger, a resident of the Improve ment of the Poor, admitted the theft after spending freely at a Beaver avenue tavern.
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Sewickley
Francis Walsh
Edward Ettinger
Reading
Robbery at Church Rectory Traced to Suspect
Police report a man named Ettinger Gist appeared at the Bav. Francis Lachher rectory at noon claiming to need aid and was given lunch money. The rectory safe was unlocked and the money and a watch were taken. Ettinger later matched a taxi driver’s description and was traced to Pittsburgh.
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Seventy Years Ago A Senate Vote On League Rejection
On November 19, the 20th anniversary of the US Senate rejection of the League of Nations is recalled. The Treaty of Versailles failed to win two thirds after 14 reservations were added. Senators fell into four groups, with irreconcilables blocking ratification. Earlier votes and shifting alliances show the complex public record. Radio microphones are getting smaller, the latest the size of an overcoat button.
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Five More Steel Firms End Strike Pact to Back to Work
Five additional companies reached strike-ending agreements with the CIO United Steelworkers, reintegrating about 17,000 workers. Pacts include company financed $100 pensions with federal Social Security and health insurance at five cents per hour, shared by employer and employee. Participating firms cover Sharon Steel, Pittsburgh Steel, Babcock Wilcox Tube, MacClouth Steel, and Oil City Supply Company with operations in Sharon Farrell and Beaver Falls Pennsylvania, Allenport Monessen Pennsylvania, Detroit area, and Oil City and Braddock Pennsylvania, plus Dallas Texas.
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Sharon Steel Corp
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Farrell
Lowellsville
Pittsburgh Steel Co
Allenport
Monessen
Babcock-Wilcox Tube Co
Beaver Falls
MacClouth Steel Corp
Detroit
Oil City Supply Co
Dallas
Tex
Oil City
Braddock, Pa
Miner killed by coal plant at Ehrenfeld mine in Pa
Johnstown Pa Nov 16 A coal crushing and cleaning machine ground a miner to death at the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company's Ehrenfeld mine ten miles from here yesterday. Tate James C Brewer 30 a Portage war veteran was the deceased.
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Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company
Ehrenfeld
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Tate James C. Brewer
How's Your I Q The Quiz on Correcting Old Texts
A quirky self quiz asks readers to grade memory and accuracy across ten questions. It challenges spelling, word origin, biblical facts, translations, theatrical history, presidential residence, patent law, name meaning, state representation, and grammar corrections.
Erie Man Sentenced on Forgery Charge
An Erie man was sentenced to two and a half to five years in Western Penitentiary after pleading guilty to forgery before Judge Elmer K. Evans in county court. John Pelkowski had to pay court costs and restitution for a $185 forged check in Norris M. Shea’s name. A second forgery count carried the same sentence, concurrent with the first, involving a $100 forged check. Suspended sentences were imposed on three other counts of false pretenses.
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Western
Elmer K. Evans
John Pelkowskt Alg
Anl
Norris M. Shea
Pelkowski
Shea
Cable system handles 1800 long distance calls at once
An eight unit cable designed mainly for television capacity supports up to 1800 simultaneous long distance telephone conversations, highlighting its large-scale communications capability.
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