Losses from Wall Street crash hit Corry traders hard
The article notes six figure losses in Corry traders as the New York Exchange suffered its largest day on record with billions erased. It also covers a local Junior Placement Bureau formed to assist youths under 21 in finding work, chaired by Charles Hoffmaster, and mentions a Corry man discharged for lack of evidence in a homicide case tied to two Erie men. Additional items include a Halloween party for Miss Mantha Marie Hawkins, a new Corry Hospital birth, and a banquet for U S Radiator Corp. staff with H A Stafford moving to Detroit.
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Wall Street
New York Exchange
Charles Hoffmaster
Corry Schools
Warren
Erie
Tidioute
Carl Caflisch
J. Carl Caflisch
Clymer
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Carlisch
Newell Gates
American Agriculturist
Farm Magazine
Pennsylvania Week Committee
Altoona
Harrisshore
Thomas Perry
East Main Street
Unification Need Highlighted By Armed Forces Panel
As Congress returned, calls for all services to unite on a national security master plan grew. General Eisenhower’s aim to make unification work was echoed while speakers urged end to public rancor and to replace conflicting methods with coordinated strategy across Navy Army and Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Armed Services
Eisenhower
Patr Holle
Tax deadline nears as merchants voice mixed reactions
Residents report the imminent one dollar per day penalty for late tax returns while merchants express resentment toward late payers. The school board has set up the collection machinery but has not enacted formal procedures. Meanwhile Tennessee Gas Transmission Co plans a 42 inch pipeline trench under roads near Carter Hill, with pumping stations along the route north of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xbot Dbtalla
Hoteb
Tennesee Gas “Trhndmiation Company
IQ Quiz From Classified Page Prompts Historic Trivia
A magazine style quiz asks 10 questions on historic events and figures. It includes dates from market crashes, presidents during the Spanish American War, and a Roosevelt secretary’s name, with true false items on aviation, acting, and disease. The piece directs readers to the Classified Page for answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
FD. Roosevelt
Truman
Soviet Russia
Japan
Nagasaki
Hirshina
Hollywood
National Service Life
Surifice
Aplals
Woman Fabricated Intruder Tale To Hide Loss Of Money
Mrs. Elmer M. Dougall admitted to police that the story of an intruder threatening her child was false. She said the idea came from a southern newspaper and she used a described negro in a Heald article. Police traced her movements as they debunked the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer M. Dougall
Halyday Street
Voice of the People proposes community Halloween parade in Corry
A reader suggests replacing individual school parades and doorbell tricks with a town wide evening celebration. They urge Gray PTA and local groups to sponsor a two to three hour event featuring the High School Band and Drum Corps, with prizes and treats, to unify residents and reduce trick or treat interruptions.
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Voice of
Cony P PA Council
Vf.w
P/T.A
Corry
Gray
P.t.a.s
Union City
Spartans
Pittsburgh Strike Ends at Five Plants
Pittsburgh Oct 29 Striking steelworkers at five Pittsburgh Screw and Bolt plants will return to work next week after the firm agreed to union demands for non-contributor pensions and insurance. The CIO United Steelworkers said the 1800 employees will receive benefits as recommended by the president's steel fact finding board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Screw and Bulk Company
CIO
United Steelworkers
President's Steel Fact Finding Board
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Hawkins
Mott Street
Mantha Marie
John Blatt
West Smith Street
Corry Hospital
Charlotte Tnh
Finley Lake
U8 Radiator Corp
H. A. Stafford
Lbcal
Stafford
Concern
Detroit
Mich
Wille
Mi Haan
Ici
U. S. Navy
Navy
Marine Corps
Labrador
Hamilton Inez
Florida
Sportangburg
Journal
Charles H. Bracken
Sun Valley
Idaho
Bracken Hang Parker
Citizens ~National Bank
West Coast
American Bankers Association
San Francisco
Boag
York and Poster, Inc
Furniture Manufacturing
Veterans Administration
Erie County Court House
Pennsylvania Railroad
Palmer
Elgin
Wattsburg
Department of Highways
Waterford
Peorks A
Luprica
Thomas Motors of Corry, Inc
Frenklin
Corry, Pa
Willys Sales & Service R. P. Beckwith
N. Center
Bt Dist
Franklin Street
Loblaw
Swift's
Sunnydale
Sunnydale Poultry Farm
Louis M. Cook
R. D
Blacktop
Garter Hill
Pe Einer
Ana
Main St
Ehhees Bargains
Guignon's
Syncro Sonder
Tunnell’s
Citizens National Bank of Corry
Mrs. Johlym
Struc
Wede
Ine
Eusti
Mee
Dows
Waites
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