Corry visit from veteran duck hunter and driver
Corry was visited by Hurt, a 80 year old Indian fighter and veteran stage coach driver who has logged around 91000 miles since January. He stayed in Corry through Monday morning. A Harbor Creek taxi cab operated by Nichols Taxi Service was wrecked yesterday after a side swipe. Driver Carl Rourke and a traveling salesman passenger were badly cut but not seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Duck, Hurt
Harbor Creek
Nichols Taxi Service
Carl Rourke
Rourke
Administration Faces Tough Puzzle How To End War Contracts
In Washington, Oct. 2, Congress weighs war contract terminations as the Senate Military Affairs Committee probes the issue. A flawed policy could wreck industry as war ends, risk mass unemployment, and stall the transition to civilian production. Economic impact hinges on terminating up to 250,000 primary contracts and over 5,000,000 subcontracts, with many firms barely able to weather cutoff. Tomorrow: What’s Being Done About It.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stinnett
Washington
Congress
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Charles F. Hall
Miss Grace
Mayville
Sami Speddily
Whipno
Hall
Dilane
Cine
Joie
Uncle Sam
War Industries
Hlelay
Erie Milk Allocation Rules Shake Up Distribution
Oct 27 Erie switches to a June sale basis for consumer milk allocations effective Monday. Distributors compare current sales to June figures, while George Taylor of Pittsburgh named North Western Pennsylvania milk allocation director and expected to meet local distributors. Dairymen demand a 90 percent hundredweight price increase or they will quit producing milk amid the OPA- state ceiling price dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Nsille
Harry S. Volbers
Erie County Milk Distributors Association
Volbers
George Taylor
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Volkers
State Milk Commission
OPA
Judge 18 Stumped As OPA Price Rule Sparks Confusion
In New York City Judge Alfred C. Cox questions OPA rules on current price limits for women and children's dresses and coats. He notes the conflict between 1942 top price lines and 1943 costs, predicting hardship for small town merchants and added travel costs for customers across distances. The ruling highlights unintended waste and consumer impact amid price controls.
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OPA
Reading
Ation
Alfred C. Cox
Federal District Court
New York
Opae
Prentiss Brown
Nho
Federal income tax curbs proposed in long range plan
The text argues for tax reform to curb public debt approaching 300 billion and to avoid burdening industry. It calls for waste reduction in public funds, incentive based tax levels, and constitutional limits on income, estate, and gift taxes, with a proposed 25 percent cap and wartime suspension by Congress. It notes 15 states have passed resolutions favoring the amendment and urges federal action.
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Congo
Wyoming
Rhode Island
Mississippi
Tews
Mazseehusetta
Maine
Michigan
Indiana
Arkansas
Delaware
Pennsylvani
Texas
Minois
Wisconsin
Alabama
Destructive Taxation Referenced in War Rail Debate
A fragmentary quote from the Cincinnati Enquirer notes railroads moving war supplies and personnel for Wer face a peculiar postwar construction and repair issue. The paragraph suggests January hardships and broader peacetime challenges.
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Amerled
Lana
Wer
Cinelingtt Enquirer
Peece
Fire destroys large farm garage near Garland
A fire originating from the exhaust of a gasoline engine destroyed the large garage on the J. B. Moore farm near Garland early last evening. The second door of the structure housed Porter Rhodes, chauffeur for Mrs. Moore, and his wife as wing quarters.
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J.B Moore
Garland
Porter Rhodes
Moore
Voice of the People discussion on property assessment and rail funding
In a public forum, readers critique tax assessment methods used by Cory City and advocate that property owners compare assessments with nearby parcels. The piece recalls a 1923 plan by Fred J. Weaver to improve transparency during tax revision hearings. It also covers Interstate Commerce Commission rules on postwar railroad funds and the impact of taxes on rail maintenance allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voice of the People
Waiter Journal
Cory Sity
Cong
Council
Board of Tax Revision and Appeal
Fred J. Weaver
Rulives
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tallroads Ae
Commission
Willkie Portrait Reflects A Philosopher Politician
The piece notes Wendell Willkie as a philosopher type among politicians. It describes his even attitude toward campaigning, his ample resources, and his preference for humane, interesting character over purely aggressive pursuit of power. It contrasts him with Bryan and includes a quip about how the dead bear their anger for what they have given away.
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Wendell K. Willkie
Hidaey
Willkie
Willan Jennings Bryan
Willlie
Soybeans Rise In Popularity In American Diets
The Medical Society of Pennsylvania notes soybeans offer high energy protein carbohydrates calcium phosphorus iron and vitamin A with only a slight lack in fat. Taste varies but they are easy to grow and do not heavily drain farms. Soybeans will appear in bread cereals soups macaroni mixes and industrial products.
Seven Quis Questions From Classified Page
A reader asks seven trivia prompts from the classifieds, including names of British ministers, a Field Marshal who is Premier, a famous quotation about sacrificing life, a US official who boomerangs and heads a war agency, pronunciation of Thailand, the first white child born to English settlers, a grammar correction, co-authors of a famous play, completing a Stevenson verse, and Marsh Badostia's first name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thailand
Robert Louis Stevenson
Badostia
Sugar varieties and industrial labor aid wartime effort
Factographs note over 100 sugar substances and that 37,000 women work in U S steel plants aiding Victory. A medieval knight with his stead could carry about 100 pounds of iron. For each Tran in the United States last year the nation produced 24,800 pounds of steel. Brazil shifts Gen Eurico Gaspar Dutra to War Minister as a key Axis fight figure. In 100 state prisons 160,000 prisoners make Navy handkerchiefs boats and other war goods. Contracts total nearly 8 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United States
Eurico Gaspar Dupe Roye
Brazil
Erie Boy Fatally Struck In City Street Collision
Felix Janulewski eight year old of 613 Best 1th street was critically injured in a hit and run on West 12th Street at 6 35 am Tuesday. He was crossing 19th street to work at Jarek Manufacturing when a westbound car driven by Harold LeRoy Crane 31 Cranesville crashed into him. Crane told police lights from oncoming traffic blinded him and he did not see Janulewski until too late.
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Erie
Felix Kanilewsk
Best 1Th
Hamet Hospital
Weschler Avenue
West 12Th St
Janulewski
Jarek Manufacturing Company
19Th Street
Orth
Harold LeRoy Crane
Cranesville
Brie Forge
8Hd Steel Company
Grane
Wis
Stop That Infection Before It Starts Ad For San Cura Ointment
An old public health style ad urges immediate wound care to prevent infection. It promotes San-Cura Soap and San-Cura Ointment as antiseptics that aid healing of cuts burns and skin irritations. The ad lists prices and druggists.
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Adirondack Mountains
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WooDs
REX Theatre
Lucille Ball
William Gaston
Crawford M. Woods Company
First Ave
Dial
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Sunkist
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