Unclear fragment hints at Austrian-German food event
Fragment mentions a Saturday event involving German and Austrian themes or foods with focus on an outcome and pressures. Details are unreadable.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1947
Page
3
Fragment mentions a Saturday event involving German and Austrian themes or foods with focus on an outcome and pressures. Details are unreadable.
Floods and high waters swamp Erie County with berm washouts and road closures along East Main Street and Sciota. Mrs Gertrude J Armitage suffers a fractured hip after a fall, hospital care arranged. Loot losses reach 200 across three Erie break ins. State reports detail 2655 public assistance cases in the week. Continuous flood damage prompts bridge and road repairs, utilities restore pumping, and police monitor incidents as Republican leaders push to curb rackets in western Pennsylvania.
Lancaster police say a cotton mill worker was stabbed about 30 times and beaten in his one room home. David Kauffman, city detective, reports Joseph Duschl found dead after a phone tip and a neighbor noticing a male with a key set entering the house. Detectives believe robbery motive due to money reportedly carried on the victim.
Associated Press report from Ligonier Pennsylvania notes four forest fires across Westmoreland County burned 168 acres. The largest blaze consumed 125 acres of Woodland property tied to Rolling Rock Hunt Club. fire threats touched nearby Rae home. Foresters and volunteers contained flames amid prior heavy rain.
Heavy floods devastate Warren and Meadville area with water reaching near window sills along French Creek. Route 19 stock evacuation and Cambridge Springs water shortages prompt boil orders. Venango borough endures halted traffic as boats and salvage craft are deployed to assist.
Corry to Spartansburg route via Rt 408 and Rt 277. Warren flood forces evacuations. About 100 families evacuated by boats as water reached three feet in parts of the business district and basements flooded. At noon water stood two feet above flood stage. city newspaper The Warren Times Mirror printed a four page tabloid in a busy shop. The flood caused street lights to fail and darkness blanketed west side streets while trains and buses halted and other floodings affected Bradford Wellsboro Scranton and Kane.
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