County Polio Chapter Runs Short of Funds
Erie chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis faces a funding shortfall amid a nationwide polio epidemic. Only about $100 remains in its regular fund, enough for roughly three days of operation, as 36 cases have been reported locally and the emergency drive seeks additional support from headquarters in New York City.
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Erie
National Foundation For
Nations Foundation
New York City
Twenty Years Ago From Journal Files September 1929
Notes from 1929 include Charles West injured on Erie Railroad work site and creosote burns. Rev H F Resgle returns to United Brethren Church, Jamestown Erie Conference. A. M. Lite wins first prize in Goodrich ad contest worth 1000 dollars. Shuss and Hammond reach club final. Drake and Gilbertson upset in semifinals. James Lewis injures finger at Climax shops. Percy Corbin leaves Brownell Shop Market for Newhouse Shoehouse. Guides on gold valuation discuss monetary policy and potential US gold stock impacts with estimates under current rates.
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Charles Shuss
W. W. Hammond
Corry Goundry Club
Shuss
Merle Drake
Elmer Gilbertson
Hammond
Mayville Court to Hear 24 Cases This Fall Term
Mayville opens its fall term Monday with County Judge Hugh Bodine presiding. The calendar includes the first degree grand larceny case of Joseph Monaco, 33, Westfield, with James Holt as attorney. District Attorney Edwin G. OConnor will prosecute. Twenty three other defendants face arraignment, many with assigned counsel. Two defendants who pled guilty earlier face sentencing for third degree assault and abandonment of a child.
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Monra Mayville
Hugh V.N. Bodine
Joseph Monaco
Westfield
Jime
Westfeld
George W. Holt
Edwin G. O'Connor
Jude Bodine
James P. Deaty
Gerry
Richard W. Datin
Dunkirk
Gold Revaluation Debated To Ease Europe Dollar Shortage
European financial circles push for higher gold price to relieve dollar strain, urging the United States to raise gold above $25 an ounce. The idea surfaces at talks in Washington and IMF meetings in September as Britain’s gold reserves face decline and currency worries persist.
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Union of South Africa
Britain
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Europe
Washington
International Monetary Fund
Speed Plans for Rail Strike at Pittsburgh
About 1200 members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen sped plans for a strike set for 6:30 a.m. Tuesday on the Union Railroad, affecting 62 plants in the Pittsburgh district. Wages are not involved. dispute over working rules after a fact finding board recommended arbitration. Affected U.S. Steel subsidiaries could idle around 30,000 workers with another 20,000 may be forced to quit work if the strike proceeds.
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Piiepuren
Brotherhood of Railroad
BRT
Union Railroad
Pittsburgh
Railrosd
Ptay
Pred Okie
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Thompson's Borsoma Tablets touted for kidney relief
An old ad touts Thompson's Borsoma Tablets as a remedy for backache and dizziness caused by kidney fatigue. It claims the product stimulates kidney action and provides quick relief, urging readers to buy for 60 cents at druggists and to take Golden Lax Tablets if constipated.
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Thompson
Quiz Challenge: test your I Q with 10 questions
A retro trivia page invites you to rate yourself from Poor to Superior based on 10 queries. Questions cover monuments, colonial governors, poetry, geography, and industry with references to Washington monuments and global crops. Answers are on the Classified Page.
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Washington, D. C
U. 5
New Amsterdam
Papa” Joffre
Pacific
Tatuna
U. S
Southwest Pacific
John Mitchell, Sréale
Vienna
U.S
Republic
Kerosene stove blast destroys Fre d onia home and truck
A kerosene stove explosion in Fre d onia caused a two story frame house and a pickup truck to burn. Fire Chief John McCraith said flames spread quickly, most of the home was lost before firefighters arrived. Mrs Nolan and her grandchildren Katherine Krupinski and Harry Miller Jr escaped unharmed. Loss estimated between 7000 and 8000 dollars with no insurance on household goods.
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Fredonia
Fine
John McCraith
Harry Nolan
Preciont
Chie McCraith
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Charles West
Mainstreet
Erie Railroad
Werum
Creosote
H. F. Resgle
United Brethren Church
Stationme
Jamestown
A. M. Lite
North Center Street
Goodrich Rubber Company
Cory ‘Man
Ames Lewis
Edwin Lewis
East Bond Street
Climax
Digitas
Percy Corbin
Brownell ‘Shop
Newhouse Shoehouse
Mayville Court
Corry Management Group
Corry Management Association
Phoenix
North Corry
L. Armitage
Foster E. Davis & Son Fire & Casualty Insurance
N. Center St
Sunset Drive-In Theatre
Waterford, Pa
Panhandle
Rod Cameron
Space Maker Refrigerator
Faroous
General Electric
NESF
Ford
Powell
N. Cantor St
Campbell’s
Pork & Bean
Penn‘n Growers _ GRAPES
Concord
Bartlett
Teena Paige
Topp
Corry
HOTEL
Thomas Motors of Corry, Inc
Al’s
Clothes
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