Roaming Round Mixes Local News and Rumors
Local notes report gambling activity near city limits and new hires at Erie district agencies. Edwin Keppel and others are lauded for national leadership in life insurance sales while Robert Curtis joins Corry Hospital as laboratory technician. PLCB tax action prompts revenue crackdown. rural delivery routes and rising prices are hinted. Fraud, promotions, sports and civic club anecdotes fill the page with varied community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Keppel
Waynestreet
John Harcock Mutual Life Insurance Co
Summit Hotel
Uniontown
Erie
Robert Curtis
Wellsville
Corry Hospital
Virginia Gerzina
Aind
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
PLOB
PLCB
U. S. Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Joes
Corry News Briefs Report Local Reorganization Campaign
Twenty years ago a local alti ven’ committee reorganization to fund aero supply unit concentration was under way with pledge renewals expected soon. Enrollment shows 1581 pupils at Corry Public and St Edward's Schools. 124 are non residents. Calf stolen from J B Patterson’s Scott's Crossing farm returned unfed and frightened. Governor candidate John M. Hemphill to visit Corry October 21 then Erie rally. Mushroom boom reported as woods yield abundant fungi each morning. Fred Hoenes improves front of North Center street property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alti Ven
Corry
St. Edward's
Ralph S. Dewey
John M. Hemphill
Curbing Consumer Credit Rules Through History
Federal Reserve actions on consumer credit have swung from strict controls to looser guidelines since 1941. Regulation W mandated down payments and 18 to 21 month terms for autos and appliances, with later broadening to include most goods and varied maturities. Despite periodic tightenings, total consumer and installment credit reached new peaks monthly, overseen by Reserve Banks, licensed sellers, and full-time investigators, through ongoing regulatory changes to 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
R. M. Evans
Board of Governors
House Banking Wind Currency Committee
Federal
Re Serve Board
Congress
Consumer Credit
Federal Reserve Banks
Trivia Quiz From The Christm as Page
A reader quiz asks: Senator Schoeppel state for U S Senate. Military tribunals are called courts martial. In the Federal government CAA stands for Civil Aeronautics Administration. Marin Log is a river in South America. Profits paid to stockholders are called dividends. McKinley was shot in Buffalo New York. Among Mars and Mercury, Mars comes closest to Earth. A series of Low $5 markers on an airfield marks the course and guides flyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoeppel
U.S. Senate
Inet
CAA
U. S
William McKinley
Earth
Mars
Mercury
Pittsburgh Radio Boom Reshapes Local Advertising
Pittsburgh stations report a radio advertising surge after a 13 day newspaper strike shut the Press Post-Gazette and Sun Telegraph. Stores and theaters switch spend from papers to air, with coverage expanding from news programs to spot announcements as advertisers flood the airwaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pitts ‘Burgh
City
the Press
Post-Gallette
Sun-Telegraph
Local arson case clues and community happenings in town
Bits of evidence surface linking arson to a case as officers plan a next week meeting with the marshal to decide on arrests. Rumors swirl about appointing a Tog an attorney for the local draft board but a formal announcement is weeks away. Local businessmen complain their donations were lumped as one gift by the solicitor. Members of the Chess Male Chorus plan an after glow after the October 28 mass chorus program with 150 visiting choristers as guests. Hundreds of Miss Corry ballots flow into the Chamber of Commerce as Opal Wells sorts and counts votes. Hunters report the dicked decoys blasted by two youths at Clear Lake, deputies intervene and issue a stern reprimand with a $25 potential fine for property destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bloss
Union City
Honey Wheeler
Rambeing
Uiderstood
Aldliing
Wseing
Ohwoke
Butler
Kiwanis Club
Pennsylvania
Warren
Harry Clopper
Corry
North Warren
Wattshire Fair Grounds
Columbus
U. S
Ralph A. Ryan
Meadville
Pennsylvania State Employment Service
Philip McCray
Air Force Reserve
Ryan
Cppost
Biks
Miss Corry
Chamber of Commerce
Opal Wells
Florence Stewart
Grange
Clear Lake
Spartansburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pi News
Harry B. Smith
McTnnes Steel Co
J. B. Patterson
Scott's Crossing
Mr. Patterson
Ishrooms
Fred Hoenes
Ceniter Street
Marin Log
South America
Python
Gorted
Elas
Igay
Amer
Nate Waver
Corry Building & Loan
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp
Member
Federal Home Loan Bank System
South Center Street
Page & Nichols
Crisco
E. Main St
Pillsbury
Wheaties
Scott Tissue
America
Beryl Maan
Plete
Firestone
Barney
Powell
North Center Street
Plymouth
Shore
Uamfort
al Chevrolet
al Nash
Studebaker
Dodge
Cole
Martin
Motor Sales
W. South St
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