REPUBLICAN DENOUNCES SANDERS ATTACK
Corry paper reports Albert Levitt a prominent Connecticut Republican blasts the Republican National Committee for issuing the pamphlet Lets Look At The Record. Levitt urges an apology to Republican voters and warns Republicans will “look at the record” in the 1984 elections. He condemns the pamphlet as stupid and harmful to decently minded voters.
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Sanders
Everett Sanders
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Roosevelt
Albert Levitt
Connecticut
Levitt
Hodger
Tam
Republica Nations Committee
Republican Party
Fifty Years of Standard Time Origin and Adoption
The article marks fifty years since the United States adopted four time zones with a fifth for Atlantic time. It notes the Greenwich meridian as zero longitude and explains each zone’s one hour difference, crediting Dr Ferdinand Dowd for devising the system and the railroads for widespread adoption.
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United States
Mouptsin
Pacific
Atlantic
The
New York Times
Greenwich
Basten
Chistes Ferdmans Dowd
Saratoga Springychool
Tims
Finlly
Dowd’s Time Standard and a Tragic Irony
In 1869 Dr. Dowd outlined a plan to standardize railroad time by solar noon per locality. By 1878 scientific bodies endorsed it and William J. Allen advanced it through the American Railway Association. After years of work the system took effect, yet Dowd was killed by a train in 1904 and his name faded from credit to Aten.
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Dowd
William J. Allen
American Railway Association
Travelers’ Official Railway Guide
Dr. Dowd
Allen
de Dowd
Aten
Paris styles spahis cape by Vionnet and Mainbocher coats
Paris designers showcase African inspired silhouettes with a white satin and velvet spahis cape from Vionnet and ermine trimmed coats by Mainbocher. The look features a black wool ensemble with a beret accented by two white quills. Christmas toy making highlighted in Milwaukee schools. Marriage intentions rise in 1993 by November start.
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Paris
Vionnet
Africa
Madame Vionnet
Mainbocher
Twenty Years Ago In Corry Chronicle November 24 1913
A condensed recap notes notable visitors and events from Corry around November 1913. William S Benson, a prominent southern coal capital figure, visited and bought a 45-ton Climax locomotive. Local city workers planned street cleanups, and two basketball squads from Company A and Municipal Club trained at the State Armory. Mayors and council members returned from Barisburg after a League of Third Glass Cities gathering. Building work progressed on Patterson apartments with a large steel cornice installed. Frogs held a spring carnival along Hare Creek amid mild weather. Dr Curtis planned a hunting trip to Spartansburg. John H Mardin attended an agents meeting for the Pennsy. Prisoners from the state penitentiary were sent to Boonville to finish pressing cider at Bell orchards.
When Your Daughter Comes to Womanhood
A brief mental health and parental guidance note advising care during adolescence. It emphasizes protecting a girl’s health during the transition to womanhood and encourages supportive guardianship to help her adjust and thrive.
No Nice Girl Swears Inspires New Hollywood Arrival
Alice-Leone Montsryho arrives in Hollywood with mixed views after her book on modern manners draws attention. The starlet, 23, will guard etiquette in films while overseeing debutante subject matter in Coming Out Party, amid talk of saloon scenes and movie row excitement.
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Alanson Edwards
United Press
Hollywood
Calif
Alice-Leone Montsryho
Vood
Pert
Alice Leone
Jesse Lasky
Moats
Atic
Washington's busy CCC officials and a turkey drive
United Press reports in Washington during cold November days as Secretary Wallace and economist Mordecai Ezekiel ride in Wallace’s limousine. CCC members receive turkey portions for Thanksgiving amid conservation camp activity including grasshopper fattening at the Northern Navajo Reservation. A flag release number 1776 ties to patriotic motifs, while night college games draw officials to Griffith Stadium where vendors hawk peanuts and Maryland rye. A separate note mentions Alice Leone’s Mexico City birth and peculiar cigaret use. A life history note on a bill found by a Dallas bank cashier warns of a murder jail sentence after a spent $100,000 on wine and song reflects a doomed tale.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Work Corps
CCC
Navajo
Griffith Stadium
Maryland
Bill Dallas
Tex
Van Dyke Calls for Strong Minority Party in Pa Politics
Democratic state chairman Van Dyke urged a robust minority party in Pennsylvania, arguing voters rejected machine rule in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Scranton, and expressing dismay at Republican shifts toward Democratic programs. He blamed GOP failures and warned voters to demand honest stances on major issues.
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Monddy- Yya
Cen van Dykey
Hacrisburg
Pennsylvania
Democratic Party
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Jay
Habsburg
Grundy
Joe Grundy
uSinator
Davi Reed
Republican Party
Congress
Brankenstein
Postmaster's 50-Year Term Ends in Ford City Pa
T T Meredith of Wid Noon Pi 15 miles north of Ford City Pa concluded the longest postmaster term in the United States. He served as postmaster for 50 years until the local post office was discontinued recently.
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Ford City
T. T. Mareiith
United States
Wid Noon
Here
Meredith
Merchant Burned by Gasoline Fire at Caledonia Store
Modesto Bartollett, 50, a general merchant in Caledonia Pa, suffered severe burns to his head face and arms when a can of burning gasoline splattered over him while he tried to kick it out of a basement. Sons Charles and Joseph Bartollett were repairing an automobile engine when a lit match dropped into a gasoline can. He rolled in the snow to extinguish flames with neighbors aiding. He was treated by Dr L Z Hayes and remained at home, believed to recover though it is uncertain if he inhaled flames.
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Ridgway
Navy
Modesta Bartollett
Caledonia
Charles
Joseph Bartollett
Modesto
Bartollett
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