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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1947
Page
7
The estate of the deceased in Erie County is granted to the Register as executor. All debts and claims against the estate must be presented per state law. Notice invites interested parties to present their claims and rights for settlement.
An OCR readout lists items offered for sale near Troy Center including dairy stock, hay and feed, tractors, mowers, binders, lime, fence posts, wire, show jackets, milking equipment, water systems, stoves, oil burners, and various tools. It notes 80 and 100 er ownership and a phone contact.
The brief text presents a fragmented query about quiz answers tied to a 1887 Arctic context. Names like Ernest Bey, camels, and references to Con ty likely indicate a clipped historical clipping. The readable portion hints at a question set or crossword style prompt without a clear single answer or coherent event.
A newspaper preview outlines likely final standings by league, grouping teams by strength. It notes the American League groups include Detroit New York Cleveland Washington and Chicago St Louis Philadelphia in varying orders while the National League groups feature St Louis Brooklyn Chicago Boston Pittsburgh New York Cincinnati and Philadelphia, with emphasis on perceived stronger second division clubs.
The 1948 New York Yankees train in St. Petersburg as manager Bucky Harris weighs starting choices at first base right and center fields. George McQuinn Yort Berra and Joby Lindell guard spots, with Tommy Henrich’s position to be decided. DiMaggio Stirn Weiss out for workouts, while the Indians plan to train in Florida and spring drills continue for Feller and others.
Rocky Graziano plans to petition the New York State Athletic Commission to reinstate his boxing license after a 30 day suspension for failing to report a fix offer. If denied, he may train for fights in Chicago or Cleveland with a potential middleweight title bout against Tony Zale possibly drawing large crowds and big money.
A day in Augusta sees Cary Middlecoff surge with a three under par 60 in the $10,000 Masters event led by the veteran Demaret who shot 71. Jim Ferrier and Nelson tied at 141 with several players close behind as Hogan led a 68 round highlighting a tight leaderboard.
Philadelphia Warriors and Cleveland Rebels move into their second games seeking to seal spots in the best-of-three playoffs. Philadelphia hosts St Louis while the Rebels travel to New York for a pivotal contest, as Washington and Chicago await their next clash.
Akron spins hub of a new Western division of the American Football League, to be organized with Midwest representatives. The local club, farm team of the Chicago Bears, won the Western division tie in its first season, as discussions continued with reps from Columns, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Kansas City and Toledo and interest from Fort Wayne, Erie, Louisville.
New York April 5 Babe Ruth plans a Florida sun break after neck surgery earlier January. Doctors kept him confined but have now granted permission to travel by plane next Tuesday. Mrs Ruth and Ruth’s nurse will join him at his Miami home for the visit.
Report warns 630 million acres of forest in the United States face waste as 1030 million acres burn annually with direct losses. It notes only 10 of every 100 fires are caused by lightning. the remaining 80 are man made by careless smokers and campers.
Walnut Creek gunners defeated Corry Rowe and Gin Chuly rnnksmen in a Northwestern Pennsylvania Rifle League match at local range. Finale of the season, Gary team finished fourth with eight wins and obt defeats. Charley McClymont led with a 440, Eugene Davisi and Russ Paterson posted 2985 for Cory.
Veteran spectator Joe Page, known to major league fans as Mr. Baseball, died in Montreal last night. He attended every World Series since 1903, drawing wide recognition in Canada where he was famed as Mr. Baseball.
Hal Newhouser suffered a back twist during an exhibition in New Orleans as manager Steve O’Neill downplayed the injury. The ace lefty hopes to be back on the mound in a few days, with the Bengals set to begin the 1947 American League schedule.
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