Funds Short but No Layoffs Yet in Erie Streets Dept
Erie finance chief Joseph Walczak told union leader Charles Bates that street department workers will stay employed through year end despite a deficit. $55,000 to $60,000 may be needed to cover salaries, with funds expected from an income tax surplus. Meanwhile Pittsburgh raised street car fares to 12 cents, a 20 percent hike, prompting protests.
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Erie
Joseph A. Walczak
Streets Department
Walczak
Charles Bates
AFL
Teamsters ‘Union
Bates
Streets
Michael A. Cannavino
Cannavino
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways
Pittsburgh Motor Coach Company
Red Cross officials hear progress reports
Red Cross disaster relief committee chair C M Howard updates on classes and setup being formed. Junior Red Cross chair Mays Ethel McQray reports school blood typing surpasses 100 percent in November. Dr Hugh O Hare notes 468 residents typed. program continues until all participate. By-laws approval and Erie County Social Service Exchange membership approved. A Home Service Policy for veterans and families is planned. Navy coffee reference noted.
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Te Disaster Relief Committee
American Red Cross
C. M. Howard
Disaster Relief Committee
Yarloss
Mays Ethel McQray
Hugh O'Hare
Erie County Social Service Exchange
Damage suits filed in Erie County court
Hart Truck Lines of Toledo filed a 2900 damage suit against Mingo Truck Corporation of Steubenville alleging a October 1948 crash near Erie occurred when the Mingo truck was partly on the road bed Route five miles east of Erie. Albert Bonamino of Erie seeks 750 for car damages from a September accident involving a Floyd Rice Elizabeth Rice vehicle.
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Erie
Hart Truck Bines
Toledo
Mingo Truck Corporation
Steubenville
Mingo Trnk Wi
Albert Bonaniino
Floyd Rice
Elizabeth Rice
Emmanuel Church Plans Harvest Thanksgiving Service
Emmanuel Church on North Center Street will hold its annual Harvest Thanksgiving service tomorrow at 10:80 a.m. Fruits and vegetables will adorn the altar and chancel and be given to Saint Barnabas House in North East, run by the Brothers of Saint Barnabas and funded solely by donations. Men and boys of every race, color and creed are welcome.
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Emmanuel Church
North Center Street
Saint Barnabas House
North East
Brothers of Saint Barnabas
Former Corry Resident Meagher Dies in Chicago
Owen Meagher a former Corry resident died last evening in Chicago at his nephew George Brew's home. Born in Corry he lived most of his life in Oil City before moving to Chicago where he resided 36 years. Survived by two daughters Ellen Thomens and Leo Canary and son Edward J. Meagher. Body at Cornelius Kelly Funeral Home Chicago then shipped to Corry for services. Funeral at St Thomas Church Saturday at 9:20 AM with interment at St Elizabeth's Cemetery.
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Lavin Owennoapie
Cony Familly
Chicago
George Brew
Oil City
Meagher
Ellen Thomens
Toronto
Canada
Leo Canary
Edward J. Meagher
Cornelius Kelly
Corry
Brocken- Keating
St. Thomas Church
O'Neil
St. Elizabeth's Cemetery
Incurable disease stipulation targets penniless suitors
A fragment notes a stipulation that the suitors be penniless and suffer from an incurable disease. The terse reference hints at a restrictive marriage betrothal condition within a historical context.
Vocational Training Classes Begin at Wood Shop Center
Vocational training in woodworking and mechanical drawing starts at the public school’s vocational school on Tuesday November 28. Course hours are 7 to 10 pm for 18 weeks. James Warper, vocational director, notes registrations reached 17 for woodworking and 18 for drawing, while machine shop and auto mechanics failed to meet 15 registrants. Irvin Downs will teach woodworking and Mr Harper will teach mechanical drawing.
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Cuusines
Ue Flatth
James Warper
Tueday
Machine Shop Privtce
Auto Mechanics
Harper
Irvin Downs
Bandits Rob $11,000 Payroll in West Philadelphia
Two masked robbers held up four McCloskey & Co workers at a new junior high school site in West Philadelphia. They entered three minutes after an armored car delivered the payroll, confined workers with rope, cut wires, and fled with the envelopes in a new car.
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Philadelphia
Eld
Ofice
McCloskey & Co
U.S. Consul Chief and Four Aides Freed
The article reports the release of the U.S. consul general and four aides amid U.S. concerns about Communist China. Officials cite precedents from Eastern Europe and note propaganda advantages claimed by Beijing. Hungary arrests an American businessman and two ITT representatives, signaling possible nationalization moves.
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Thons
Europe
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U. S. Navy
Keystone VanCise’s ‘Sravice
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Thurs
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Associated Press
Sonal Finance CO
Center ST
Harry Hall
YES
Oans
Crisco
Seabrook
RICCO
Swanson
Patch
eCy Paes
Smart Women's Shop
North Center Streat
U.S
Raut
Hungary
Fauinessman
Robert Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Zo
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Actlor
Jens Oi Company
New Jer-se
Stark Castile
KOZ
Ford
Powell Motor CO
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