Twenty Years Ago Corryites Follow Zeppelin Flight
Twenty years ago Corry residents tracked the Graf Zeppelin voyage to America. Storms near the Azores might alter its course per Dr Hugo Eckner. Funeral for Attorney Don F Smith drew large crowds at Dr A L Smith's home. Local potato crop led October 1 prospects with 75 cents a bushel. Collected remarks note prominent figures and presidents not college graduates. Penguins can swim long distances underwater and surface briefly to breathe.
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Corryltes
America
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Azores
Hugo Eckner
Democrats Attack Dewey During Western Pennsylvania Stop
Democratic forces assailed Gov. Thomas E. Dewey as his campaign train moved into western Pennsylvania for a one day visit. Dewey planned talks in Erie Sharon New Castle Rochester and a Pittsburgh address on radio. Col. Philip Mathews accused Truman of specificity on inflation while criticizing Dewey for hedging and vague positions. He warned voters Dewey would not reveal a clear program. Preparations continued for a GOP meeting in Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
Thomas EB. Dewey
Pennsylvania
Erie
Sharon
New Castle
Rochester
Pittsburgh
New York
Dewey
Philip Mathews
Truman
Col
Mathews
Albany
South and the Democratic Party Purified by Dixiecrats
The article discusses the Dixiecrat challenge led by Governor Thurmond and its impact on the Democratic Party’s allegiance to states rights. It traces Southern electoral influence from 1824 to 1860 and explains how the Solid South shaped postwar presidential politics, with references to Truman, Thurmond, and the 1948-1952 conventions. It also notes remarks on future First Ladies, including Frances Dewey and past First Ladies, comparing career paths.
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Thurmond
South Carolina
United States
Robert £. Lee
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Truman
Unusual Surgery Aims to Correct Childs Exstrophy
Doctors at St. Vincent's Hospital in Erie expressed optimism after performing a delicate uretero intestinal connection to correct Ronald Kayger's bladder exstrophy. Surgeon Elmer Hess and his staff carried out a 45 minute procedure despite a near death moment, placing the curetero into the bowel to restore urinary function.
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ERIEA
St. Vincent's Hospital
Ronald Kayger
Moura
Elmer Hess
Peta
Surgeons Plan Complex Operation On Boy Ronald
Approximately three weeks hence an operation involving planting of the opposite gut will be performed. If the boy's condition improves satisfactorily the bladder will be removed from the abdominal wall. Dr H V Swick, urologist, says the boy is in very good condition given the seriousness of the operation. Separate note mentions $250000 raised to pay for the Statue of Liberty in 1884 with Americans raising funds and the French contributing $280000 for the pedestal.
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H. V. Swick
Hess
Ronal
Treasury report and trivia questions from a 1940s page
Treasury report dated October 7 shows receipts of 133.39 million dollars and expenditures of 115.69 million with a balance around 4.88 million. debt stands at 252.29 billion. The page also lists a set of trivia questions covering palindromes, World War II era, Columbus Day, and the Davis Cup among others.
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China
Georgia
M. E. Thompson
Herman Jrr
Madge
Amos 'N' Andy
Noah
Daniel Webster
Christopher Columbus
New World
Amvets
Frank C. McCaslin
Harald A. Keats
Treasury
Washington
U. S. Treasury
Kane Council Rules To Pay Hire For Policemen
Kane Oct 11 Borough officials report a finance committee found no funds for police and street department pay raises for the balance of the year. Council President J A Skoglund said sympathetic but finances prevent increases. Patrolmen warned they may seek other jobs due to living cost pressures. Three patrolmen are paid about 178 dollars monthly, averaging under 40 dollars weekly take-home.
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Kane
J. A. Skoglund
O. W. Hanson
James 8. McKenna
H. Watts
Stoaglund
Gordon W. Folke
Emile Stenger
McKenna
Public Safety Committee
Young Republicans to Meet on Campaign Strategy in Pa
tes members and county leaders gather to discuss campaign strategy. The executive committee of the Young Republicans of Pennsylvania will meet to plan an all-out vote for the Dewey Warren ticket.
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Young Republicans of
Pennsylvania
Dewey
Warren
Humphrey Leads Minnesota Poll Against Ball for Senate
In Minneapolis polls, Hubert H. Humphrey the Democrat Farmer Labor candidate shows an edge over Republican Joseph Ball for the U S Senate seat. The passage notes Humphrey as a former political science professor and father of four.
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Minnesota
Bilguenvetle Sayramperd
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minneapolis
U. S. Senate
Joseph Ball
Humphrey
Selings
Democrat- Farmer-Laborite
International
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