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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1949
Page
6
County board faced protests from over 60 straw township taxpayers opposing a tax millage increase for road maintenance. Residents cited impassable roads, while supervisors cited insufficient funds and state action as possible remedies.
Police and fire crews in Eve search for two men and a girl in their early twenties. They are being questioned in connection with six attempted arsons in the city within an hour. In each case papers and inflammables were placed under hoods and seats and ignited. Total damage estimated at $500.
Owen Wagner a 28 year old Ohio grade school teacher visiting New York for vacation attempted to rob a midtown liquor store to fund his trip. He fled a quarter mile through crowded Manhattan streets before attempting to shoot himself. the weapon misfired and he was captured and booked on assault robbery and threatening charges.
Two Pennsylvania doctors announce a new treatment for tuberculosis using nephelamine an anti allergy drug with streptomycin. They say seven months of testing in Hamburg Pennsylvania yielded very promising results and present their paper to the American College of Allergists.
The funeral service for Ousto H. Nichols was held at Bracken Keating Funeral Home with Rev James McIntosh officiating. Interment followed at Pine Grove Cemetery, with Bearers and many relatives listed among attending from nearby towns and a Corry Jamestown Mfg Corp delegation as honorary escort.
Erie industrials challenged the city one mill excise tax arguing many sales in their gross receipts are not manufactured locally. Jarécki Manufacturing testified that a large share of items sold to oil producers is not Erie manufactured and remitted back to the Erie office.
Seattle reports ongoing aftershocks from a two minute tremor on Wednesday causing bricks to spill onto pavement. The Pacific Northwest quake, valued at fifteen million dollars, left eight deaths and widespread disruption as authorities assess damage.
New York officials announce a uniform price of 4.25 dollars per hundredweight for dairy farmers in the New York metropolitan milk marketing area covering 431 plants. The March 1948 price was 5.05 dollars with a 0.50 dollar cutterfat differential. fluid milk consumption fell by about 1.1 percent despite record March production.
Governor Jamies H. Duff vetoed for the first time in the 1949 General Assembly on a measure sponsored by Rep. Edwin Tompkins. The bill would have allowed liquor distributors to store liquor outside the municipality while issuing the license.
The statement notes that during Pizarro's conquest Peru encompassed Bolivia and Ecuador entirely and extended into parts of Argentina and Colombia. It reflects historical territorial claims attributed to the era and central figures.
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