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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1949
Page
1
An unclear OCR fragment mentions a sale with items such as radios ashes and related goods. Names, places, and dates are garbled, but references to a sale action and local context are present. The text includes scattered nouns like radio and ashes and hints at a community event or auction.
The Corry Board of Education aims to balance the 1949 50 budget with a tentative plan to raise additional revenue. A Monday session will consider a tax levy or alternative funding as teachers receive a $160 annual raise under state law. Property owners face higher assessments while city residents pay per capita, and board members weigh taxing power granted in 1917.
Babson argues in a column that global peace hinges on strong faith and active religious work rather than decadence. He questions materialism and urges Americans to invest in education and religious efforts, citing biblical readings as a path to spiritual revival.
A 12 year old Corry resident Joseph Griffis disappeared from his Marion street home after an overnight camping trip at Lovells Station. His grandmother notified authorities when he failed to return and was found several hours later.
Two women on North Center Street reported missing purses yesterday. Mrs Boyd Aller of East Main and Mrs Clarence Wallace of Pleasant Street said their purses totaling about $19 with identification cards were lost. none found as of this morning.
An eight foot wall of water surged into Salmon Beach near Tacoma after a cliff slide loosened by an earthquake churned the Puget Sound. Dock and boats were damaged leaving several cottages battered. no injuries were reported as residents huddled along the shore. A Coast Guard cutter stood by as the community assessed damage and possible aftershocks.
Erie county reports 1.16 million dollars in Savings Bonds and Stamps sold in March. E bonds 952,818 plus G bonds 172,000 and F bonus 37,555. March sales up 16 percent from February and 14 percent from March 1948. Express strike ends. 7,000 railway workers vote to return to work Monday in New York.
In Sofia and London on April 16 observers link Vassily Kolarov as the probable successor to ill Premier Georgi Dimitrov. Dimitrov travels to the Soviet Union for medical reasons, with no official succession decision yet. Kolarov, a deputy premier and close Dimitrov ally, assumes increased duties as Bulgaria remains in Soviet orbit.
Miss Vlasta Vraz an American relief worker was released from a Czechoslovak prison after two weeks in custody. The American embassy pressed for her early release and sought details on any charges. In a separate item, a transit shed fire at Port Newark, New Jersey damaged building space and equipment with a fire response including a fireboat.
Special services are scheduled by all city churches tomorrow as worshipers retell the resurrection of Christ. Weather remains uncertain for Baxter display with sun and wind possible and midafford temperatures forecast. City dining rooms plan to reopen tomorrow after trash route issues and weekend grocery and meat markets report strong sales amid a busy shopping period.
Dublin reports that Ireland will proclaim a free republic on Monday marking a 780 year struggle against British rule. The ceremony will honor Easter Week rebels, with Prime Minister Cosgrave set to announce independence as Ulster remains loyal to Britain.
Erie R R announces changes to its timetable effective April 24. The Osyligh service ends and the Cleveland Union Terminal will be used, with the downtown Superior avenue station closing. The new schedule aims to speed travel between Cony and New York and offers faster eastbound connections.
Fragmentary text describes a weight load, a Fort Worth event, and a night with references to a plane and individuals like Ray QO Ryan. The garbled OCR lacks coherent facts and dates, making precise reporting impossible.
Easter weekend turmoil hit several Detroit area plants as roughly 15 000 workers walked out or were idle. Ford and Chrysler halted production with thousands laid off at the Dearborn and Plymouth sites while unions pressed for a sit down vote and more favorable terms.
West Virginia State Police say lesson from a Baltimore daylight heist spree. Ray Mann 28 confessed to two robberies netting about 28 000 and 189 000 as his brothers in law James Burfer and Carl Clro were sought in Pennsylvania. Police link the trio to three Pennsylvania robberies and a West Virginia incident at Polanshee. A witness doubted one suspect matched the Ligonier shop theft.
Prompt recovery prevented total loss after a furnace ash disposal sparked a blaze at Main Street in Columbus. Mrs Hatoldl Bates and ve residents escaped unharmed as damage limited to the dwelling’s exterior and a cellar window area.
Senator Taft said Republicans will push full discussion of the North Atlantic security pact in the Senate. He rejected McGrath's charge that GOP aims to slow debate on foreign aid and the treaty. The Foreign Relations Committee plans to hear about 700 witnesses on the pact.
Aldermen M. S. Cobbett and Justify Butters will hear thirty delinquent property tax suits against Baymereit owners. The hearings start Thursday and continue Friday as tax warrants are issued. Officials say the three year total of $26,060 in back taxes is overdue and likely to be collected, with Cobbett and Butters handling a portion of the cases.
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