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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1947
Page
4
The notice lists post office and mailing rates including 700 dollars per year and 400 dollars per year by municipality, with per copy and per week charges. It mentions advertising rates made known upon application and references restricted territory.
The Oil City Derrick publishes an editorial opposing the Pennsylvania Railroad plan to discontinue two moonlit freight and passenger trains through Oil City Corry and Warren. It argues trains haul six freight cars daily, generate revenue, and serve towns like Oil City Franklin Titusville and Warren. a four day delay would hurt merchants and travelers. It urges Oil City to lobby the Pennsylvania Utility Commission and defend the trains.
The Dardanelles shaped Allied aims in World War I and postwar diplomacy, influencing Britain, France, and America to restrain Russian influence in Greece and Turkey. Control of the straits was pivotal to Mediterranean security, with treaties and power shifts across the era affecting Turkey’s status as a war corridor.
Reported Board of Education discussions hint at shifting plans for a school site west of the Benton Building after earlier expenditure on Miybr Avenue properties. Nearby notes cover a Harrisburg advisory push, a mayoral housing move, and a charity of birthdays including Charles Lucey. Los Angeles crime wave tallies, O'Connor medical corpsman at Randolph Field, and Knights of Columbus honors linked to Leo Huta.
A mixed Corry Dispatch summarizes local tensions from travel and department concerns to a blizzard ending and the region's economic signals. It notes a Corry man’s dispute, Scout deeds, and infrastructure repairs while recounting January income growth, state aid effects, and snow history. It also cites Syracuse honors, a New York Catholic choir event, and local weather quirks like a 1884 record and Poaching worries.
The city council approved the installation of the 250 second class power street lights on the south side of West Wayne Street after a year of planning and discussion. Authorities seek two young suspects in a gasoline station robbery at Smith and West Wayne and Columbus Road. North Center street resurfacing received first and second readings for improvements from North Center to Columbus Avenue. The Coury keystones closed their season with a 35 to 29 victory over the Keys at the Shate Axcipes. Wayne township resident Daniel Howells dies at 76 after fifty years in the township.
Fragmentary OCR notes show discussion of a property previously used as a senior high being considered as a rooming house for the highest bidder. Text mentions severe conditions and the bodies of nine teens moved to mausoleum crypts with further burials planned in coming weeks.
The article weighs claims of very long life, noting scientists doubt many centenarians. It cites famous figures like Henry Jenkins and the Countess of Desmond as potentially exaggerated ages, suggests ancient timelines may blur, and mentions Bayar ABHA as an example of inflated ages. It concludes that ages beyond 100 are rare and often misreported.
Arthur Holford of Sparta Resided, died Friday at age 53 after six months illness. He worked for the Pennsylvania State Highway Department. Survived by son Willard, mother Mrs. Mary Holford, and sister Mrs. Shreve. Funeral Monday at 2 at Torrey Pilgrim Home Spartansboro. Interment Riverville Cemetery. Rev. Charles Pulfer to officiate.
The text presents a garbled quiz with questions about a fictional cabinet member, an ambassador to the United States, a presidential bequest to a university, a riddle about tunnels, an emergency legislation timeline for the Maritime Commission, and a Rockefeller donation site for the UN. Answers are not clearly discernible due to misspellings and fragmented phrasing.
The fragment notes employment figures from the Pennsylvania Employment Service showing eight placements for the week, with veterans reporting, and no non veterans or Sandicanped placements. It then presents a set of trivia questions about the presidential yacht, young frogs, women in Bath Congress, and Lincoln as capital of a Western state.
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