Twenty Years Ago From Journal Files 1932
In September 2 1932 local merchants faced a new state sales tax of one percent adding it to payments for files accounts and funds set aside for Revenue Department guidance. August tax collections rose 14 percent from last August while nearby towns reported declines. The Nast Company expands adding high class shoe department with Carleton W Suitts in charge as production resumes. County assessors Bly York Wales Moore report completion of duties. Amateur forecasters predict heavy snowfall this winter using fence and bush heights as clues. Miss Thea Meousker entertains Hex program audience with strong numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Revenue
Puzzle quiz test of memory and reading skill
A jumble of trivia prompts and questions from a classified page invites readers to answer ten items. It mentions I Q tests, a Moslem place, Uriah Heep, Woolworth stores, Yale River, and a Bermuda island, urging readers to check answers in the classified section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uriah Heep
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Woolworth
Yale River
Saver
United States
Mame
Nh Mountaineer
Bermuda
Sparkman
Surgeons Craft Ears From Knee Cartilage
Surgeons described today a method to create artificial ears from knee cartilage. Cartilage is shaped into a half moon and grafted with skin to form the ear, offering a natural feel. supplies may come from amputations or during other knee surgeries and are kept in a bone bank for future reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
International College of Surgeons
Ness
Mlas
Lestie H. Buckus
University of But
Time to Holler A Call for Government Waste Curbs
A Portland Journal editorial urges drastic action to cut government waste as payrolls rose 16 percent to 1 895 000 000 in April with 7 000 000 public employees. The piece says the lead must come from chambers of commerce and business groups and urges economy in all government sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Oregon
Oregon
Chambers of Commerce
Congress
Window approach stirs burglary tale in Aug 25 raid
Flint stated Sallade tired from a window as two youths neared at about Rp. m EST. Sallade recalled the same window burglars used on August 25, when about $1,000 worth of tools and restaurant materials were stolen.
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Flint
Sallade
Rp. m
Lift Ban on Innoculation in Erie Health Clinics
Erie officials plan to lift a July 1 ban on inoculation of children in city health clinics. Health Director Dr Felix Shubert will be relieved of duties in early September. Dr Pascal Lucchesi of Philadelphia, chair of the Medical Society preventive medicine committee, urged the move citing studies that immunizations do not provoke polio and that failing to immunize against diphtheria tetanus and whooping cough risks illness. Nigeria's output of columbium for jet alloys noted.
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Erie
Clty
Felix Shubert
Josh
State Health Department
Pascal
Lucchesi
Philadelphia
Medical Society
State of Pennsylvania
Dr. Lucchesi
Eisenhower Urges End to Corruption Across South
In Jacksonville and Miami, Eisenhower campaigns against corruption and waste, pledging to curb what he calls arbitrary power and defic ity in government. He denounces segregation of incompetence and promises to intensify his reform drive in Florida, Alabama, and Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Washington
Southland
Ous Munis
Hisdacksonville
Mim
Fla
Tampa
Birmingham
Ala
Little Rock
Ark
Toner Row
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Wesley
Tel
Nast Company
High Elas
Carleton W. Suultts
Hn Company
Cameernan
Ralph Bly
York
Sam Wales
Moore
Virew
Thea Meousker
I. Q
Corry
Coudersport
Wirport
Guid Salinde
Sallndé
Blue Cross
American Hospital Association
American Medical Association
Blue Shield
THE
Hospital Service Association
Union Trust Building
Pittsburgh
Fogle Lumber CO
Franklin St
Corry, Pa
Children’s Hall
Binghamton
Akron
Cleveland
Vv Savings Mow Group
D. G. Jones
Phang
Erie Railroad
Ene
Nigeria
Eisehower
Eneke
Stee
Ummet
Whiideen
Center Street
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Corry Savings & Loan Association
Corry’s Home Loan Headquarters
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