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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1947
Page
4
The text notes that Roosevelt created the War Food Administration to manage materials in the public interest. It details wide delegation of authority, reestablishment of rationing, allocation of materials, and inventory control as core actions.
Notes from 1927 recount L L Showers of North Center named agent of the Bureau of Animal Industry on Assemblyman John H King’s recommendation. Pennsylvania Railroad adds two fliers to aid Spring Creek schoolchildren. Radcliffe hosts Beethoven celebration with Miss Maturie Desmond performing. Twins born to Mr and Mrs Frank Betts. Corry Keystone s tops Eile Hammermill 21 18 in state armory game before 700 fans. third game for Northwestern Pennsylvania championship to be played locally. Puzzle items question Belgian protests, drowning myths, and Sicily volcano trivia.
A complete slate of five Lakewood board of education candidates pledges to grant tenure to Principal Lee R. Mathewson. Nominations set for April 17 after Lakewood school affairs committee meeting at Clarence W. Moore’s home. Campaign to expand village portions and explain tenure law, Mathewson’s scholastic record, and candidate qualifications.
Brokenstraw Parish hosts nightly Holy Week services. Pastor Jordan and deacons offer home communion on request. The schedule includes Spring Creek Church events, a Columbus Church Young People's meeting, and a Nome George Deming gathering. Columbus youths plan a used clothing drive for overseas relief.
The article notes President Truman pressed Congress to extend wartime controls at a White House conference on March 24. Congress later acted to preserve some measures, while others lapsed by midnight. The Second War Powers Act expanded presidential authority, authorizing wartime power use, procurement, and other powers with broad reach.
Legislation rushed through Congress hands sugar rationing from OPA to the Secretary of Agriculture. Each person receives up to 35 pounds a year for ordinary usage, higher than the prior 25 pounds. World supply allocation and a global agreement govern distribution while domestic quotas are repealed until shortages ease.
A reader sent seven trivia prompts from the classified section asking for factual details. Questions cover the former Budget Director named by Truman for a Britain ambassadorship, a February teachers strike in a New York City area, the recent Santa Anita Handicap winner, sugar ration changes, the Maine capital choice, and the common name for a flowering plant.
Joseph Loftus aged 82 and longtime boxing and wrestling promoter from Eldred Pennsylvania died at the Southern Pacific Railroad station in San Francisco California yesterday. He was in the city visiting his brother and was credited with discovering early 1930s light heavyweight Steve Hamas.
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