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Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1954

Page

4

Corry Journal Ad Rates and Publication Details

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Winter losses blunt spring retail, weather blamed

Retail merchants blame bad weather and a late Easter for lagging sales. Four weeks ending March 27 show department store declines of 11 percent versus 1953, with mail order houses suffering larger drops. Montgomery Ward and Roebuck report double and single digit declines, while Easter buying remains weak amid cold regional weather and tax changes.

Federal Reserve Board Montgomery Ward & Co Roebuck Spiegel, Inc Atlantic Midwest

How Smart Are You Quiz From a 1950s Editorial

The passage presents seven True or False questions about U S Army loyalty certificates bond cash return of Savings Bonds, child cancer polio heart disease deaths, AD X2, and comparisons of military vs civilian aircraft production as well as organization membership between The Grange and the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Ford Model T price myth.

U. S. Army United States The Grange American Farm Bureau Federation Ford Detroit

Easter Trade and Tax Cuts Signal Mixed Economic Stimulus

Analysts note April 1 tax cuts may not yet hit Treasury losses of about 1 billion dollars this year. Easter production could gain from lean inventories, while February factory sales rose and construction spending hit a 1954 first quarter record of 7.3 billion dollars.

Department of Commerce Dun & Bradstreet Labor and Commerce

Twenty Years Ago Kiwanis Program At Hotel Corry

Dee Hawkins and party presented three reels of fishing trip pictures from Canada at the Kiwanis luncheon in Erie. The entertaining sequence showed Ontario trout fishing and drew smiles from members. Local unemployment registrations continued at the Municipal Building by C C Cain and Federal State Employment Bureau staff. Ralph S Dewey won reelection for ward and junior high duties with school, salary talks set for next Monday. American Legion Post kept its meeting cadence and voted to continue awarding the Legion medal to top students at term end. Five youths were named for CCC camp assignments and await pre training clearance. United Nations Secretariat Building in New York is 89 stories high.

E. E. Hawkins Kiwanis Club Hotel Corry C.C. Cain Federal State Employment Bureau Erie Ralph S. Dewey Ward Schoos Board of Education American Legion Post American Legion St. Ed

Erie Man Stabbed in Back After Weekend Altercation

Edward Poston a 43 year old Erie man is in serious condition at Hamot Hospital after a penknife stabbed him in the back during a Saturday evening affray. Suspect William McCarthan 54 of Erie is held at the police station and Poston's mother Lille Pouton 58 is detained on disorderly conduct charges as officers respond.

McCarthan Poston Hamot Hospital

Man Burned in Kerosen e Can Explosion in Millcreek

Millcreek Township resident Robert Warr suffered first and second degree burns to his left hand and both legs when a five gallon kerosene can exploded while he carried it through his living room. Firefighters arrived within minutes, saving the home. furnishings damage estimated at 200 dollars. The blaze injured no one else in the Warr household.

Millcreek Township Robert Warr West Ridge Fire Co Warr

Prize Essay Contest Offers 250 Dollar Bonds

U S Savings Bonds totaling 250 dollars will be awarded to winners of the second annual essay contest sponsored by the Advertising and Sales Club of Erie. The theme is How Advertising Benefits Buyers and is open to 10th 11th and 12th grade students of Erie city and county high schools. Entries must be postmarked by May 3, 1954 and mailed to Raymond W Hall secretary Erie Advertising and Pales Club 1022 West 28th street Erie. Essays judged on literary merit and logical development.

U. S Advertising and Sales Club of Erie Erie City Raymond W. Hall Erie Advertising and Pales Club West 28Th Street

Erie Advertising and Sales Club to announce May winners

Awards will be made and the winners introduced at the May 18 meeting of the Erie Advertising and Sales Club.

The Erie Advertising and Sales Club

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