Wooden springs on furniture headline Jamestown market
Jamestown market opens as wooden springs for upholstered furniture take spotlight amid wartime shortages. Sweet's previews a dim-out on wire sprung furniture and a pre market warning of broader cuts. Earle O Hultquist cites WPB restrictions and manpower shortages driving wood substitutes and defense housing needs in new lines.
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Jamestown
Get
Sweet
Wood House
Earle O. Hultquist
National Furniture Manufacturers Association
Erie Civil Service Plan Ruled Out By Solicitor
By Associated Press RIB Oct 4 the solicitor Howard Murphy ruled that the city council cannot place all municipal employees under civil service without a state legislature act. He warned such an ordinance could defeat its purpose since future councils could rescind it. Murphy spoke after Safety Director Sherman Hickey announced plans for a civil service ordinance to assure continuous employment for all municipal workers.
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Associated Press
RIB
Howard Murphy
Murphy
Sherman Hickey
Hickey
Wartime safety gear and war bond appeal
The article touts collapsible rubber boats as essential safety gear for pilots and crews on war fronts. It cites a Midway battle incident where a pilot used a buoyant craft to bail out and observe the battle, then was rescued. Citizens are urged to purchase War Bonds, with at least ten percent of income directed to support servicemen.
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Midway
Remusuty Department
Corry Senior High School Cortian notes and humor
The Cortan staff thanks advertisers in the 1942 Cortian yearbook and thanks staff, teachers, and students for a lively issue. Features include classroom banter, bus anecdotes, new reporters, and a taste of school life across rooms 14 and 6, with notices on staff changes, music programs, and student activities.
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Cortan
Cortian
Lefty Armstrong
Buck Amy
Hogardus
Corrion Pictures
Corrian
Beaver Club
Tri-Hi Y
Enthleen
Corbin
Bob Corbin
Miss Behrey
Jack Scott
Shep
B. R
Robert Thompson
Mosman Swart
Kathryn Dorschel
Charles Armstrong
Stella Bommnoaky
Thomas Reed
Joyce Havenstein
Ivan Wi
Columbus
Phyllis
Grandma
Carl Gincott
Mr. Rice
Albion High School
Funeral Services for Mrs Sarah M Gross
Funeral services for Mrs Saran M Gross who died after an extended illness were held Friday at 2 pm at the Corry Seventh Day Adventist Church. Elder Fearing officiated with helpers Ellis Brown Dr RD Crowell Arthur Page and Harry Weicht assisting. Mitton Johnson provided music. Burial followed at Ping Cove Cemetery with Hum phy Hum phy assisting at the gravesite.
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Saran M. Gross
Corry
Tider A.C. Fearing
Ellis Brown
RD. Crowell
Arthur Page
Harry Weicht
Mitton Johnson
Elder Fearing
Ping Cove
Wae Dane
Humphy
Sixth Grade History Test Yields High Scores At School
A school meeting outlined a fuller year program and dues. In the sixth grade history test, students James Bennett Shirley Broughton Lyman Drace Jalean Sherwood Janet Stowe Devora Mack Lenore Austin Garnet Madison Beverly Rauscher achieved excellent scores.
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James Bennett
Shirley Broughton
Lyman Drace
Jalean Sherwood
Janet Stowe
Devora Mack
Lenore Austin
Garnet Madison
Berverly Rauscher
Second man sentenced for insurance frauds
Perlow, district manager for Hancock Mutual Life Insurance, was sentenced to eight years in a federal reformatory after pleading guilty to participating in a scheme to defraud the company by fraudulently collecting more than $2000 through forged certificates. Two weeks earlier Harry L. Creditor, another assistant district manager, pleaded guilty and received a 34 year sentence.
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Bso
Pittsburgh
Arilwit T Perlow
McKeesport
Hancock Mutual Life Tssurance Company
Chateen
Perlow
Harry L. Creditor
Time Company
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Erie Civil Service
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Ang
Corry School News
Rice
J. Jones
Wilma Fulton
Elisabeth Motinz
Bill Scott
Eddie
Emer Gilbertson
Waterhouse
Cambridge Springs
Mr. Sheen
Miss Bennett
Miss Behrer
Harding School
Beth Severn
Africa
Hyirys
Hallowe'en
Mary Lou Haight
Barbara Spiesman
Mary Jo Hansen
Frances Malone
Marjorie Capwell
Opal Hill
Bouelin Gordon
Blackie
Goldie
Miss Gordon
Tony Sarg
Arthur Black
Marilyn Haight
Virginia Eldred
Playida
Mr. Bogden
Sarah Flagg
Mastyr Lo Bill
Eva Gates
Mary Alice Rich
Mary Sherwood
Ann Louise Morris
St. Edward's School
Ber “Pew
Betty Doisbar
Erie
Mary Passamér
Puihayenite
Uumps
Girl Scouts of America
Tarasoff
Charles (Bonney) Sheldon
Thursney John C. Meltzer
Borneo
Bela Severn
Concord School
Lloyd
Brooks
Congo
Igus
Theresa Boland
Alma Grace Brockman
Mary Ann Cassett
Luddie Group
Ernest Guignon
Laurence Hauer
Marilyn Ingram
Doris Lillie
Bleanor McIntyre
Loretta Wienels
Plorine Pier
Joseph Shields
Esmer Vogt
Jacqueline Weich
Robert Wojciechowski
Robert Hall
Joe Hughes
Nancy Freebourne
Mirlyn Denton
Floyd Middleton
Carolite Blehynski
Alber Mussknedict
Lavern
P.T. A
Shirley Hoyt
Sam Guys Mills
Washington Schoo T
Malcolm Dearing
Barbara Ruffner
Richard Chase
Shirley Bennet
Leroy Humes
Marisa Carnicke
Celvin Warner
Rebecca Williams
Robert Black
Robert Woburn
Bobby
Father
P_T. A
Kibler
Miss Kepler
Coe
Lakeview
Huxton
Chapin’s
Corbett Christy
Annis Fur
ANNIS
Turreat
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
Sarah. Gross
Henan
B.C
HC Yu
PNT
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