Parastate Prize Winner and Local News In Corry
LeRoy Dickingon won a $25 Nex theatre prize. A transient, intoxicated, was jailed after abusing a resident on East Main Street. Darlene Reed, 3, is ill with lobar pneumonia per Health Officer Flanigan. Misspelled word contest winners listed full of Columbus names. Bell system freight car figures show weekly gains. Sportsmen dinner planned by Corry Rod & Gun Club. D. A. Roschie to celebrate 10th birthday. Voter reinstatement notices for Erie County residents. Fire Chiefs Association formation discussed at Oil City. Franklin Dytlick appointments announced. Extra Wather banquet tickets available. Corry weather mixed. cooler Saturday expected. Chevrolet dealers report 21,748 April units sold, up 24%. Fish supper benefit for Baptist church planned in Utica City. Mrs. Jack O’Brien of Randolph known for fish fry. Property owners urged to protect lawns and gardens. Police warn roller skaters to yield to pedestrians on sidewalks.
Series arguing school tax hike faces budget crisis
Prie April 31. Superintendent Herman Grose will urge $103,400 in reductions and a tax rate rise from 15 to 16 mills to balance a $277,000 deficit. He plans on a televised explanation at 7:15 p.m. and a formal report next Monday detailing drastic service cuts over 40 years.
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Prie
Herman Grse
Grose
Cleveland
Franklin
Marshal
Burton
Jones
McKinley
Hamilton
Franklin, Edison
Glenwood
Teachers’ Institute
Funeral Rites for Ira Pearce Thursday
Final rites were held at 2 oclock from the home of Mrs J A Patterson in memory of her brother Tra Pearce a well known Corry resident who died Monday after an extended illness Rev H Ray Harris officiated with Mrs Lloyd Thomas singing Good Night and Good Morning and Abide With Me Interment was in Pine Grove cemetery Bearers were Alton E Nichols Stewart Messinger Stanley Kasper Wesley Ober Edward R Johnson and Thomas Shannon Attendees included Lee Pearce Cleveland Ohio Mrs Merle Patterson Erie Penn B A Mangus Jamestown N Y and Mr and Mrs Wesley Pearce Clymer N Y from Corry and vicinity
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J. A. Patterson
Second Avenue
Tra Pearce
Corry
H. Ray Harris
United Brethren
Christchurch
Lloyd Thomas
Pine Grove Cemetery
Alton E. Nichols
Stewart Messinger
Stanley Kasper
Wesley Ober
Edward R. Johnson
Thomas Shannon
Lee Pearce
Cleveland
Merle Patterson
Erie
B. A. Mangus
Jamestoon
Wesley Pearce
Clymer
Corry and
Milk price crisis prompts sharp 46 cent drop
Readers report a market crisis as milk prices fall to 46 cents per quart amid a price agreement dispute. Producers expect a U S Supreme Court ruling the week of April 24 and fear continued cuts if the court does not intervene. Hog prices have slumped to six and a half to seven cents per pound while clover prices rebound from a spring drop.
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Wayne Township
Journal Informant
U. S. Supreme Court
Durazzo and Albania’s long contested harbor history
Durazzo in the Kingdom of Albania traces its roots to Epismnus at the end of the seventh century BC. Over centuries quarrels over ownership sparked the Peloponnesian War in 411 BC and the city changed hands repeatedly before the creation of Albania in 1913.
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Albania
Mrs Eva Shell Schultz Dies in Garland
Mrs. Eva Shell Schultz dies at 7 45 p m in Garland at her daughter's home with many Corry relatives including sisters Mrs Multie Thayer and Mrs Hila Hewett. She had been ill for four to five years. Funeral services Sunday at 2 p m at the Garland home with burial in Garland cemetery.
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Eva Shell Schultz
Forest Shell
Garland
Schultz
Corry
Multle ‘Thayer
Hila Hewett
Forest Fire Loss Totals 36 Million Acres Annually
Forest fires burn about 36 million acres each year in the United States, an area roughly equal to all of New England except Connecticut, as reported by the American Burnist Association.
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Washington
New England
Connecticut
American Burest Association
Judge Davis to resign office in U S Circuit Court
Philadelphia report notes Judge J Warren Davis plans retirement from the U S Circuit Court of Appeals. Potential successors named include Senator William Hy Smathers and Judge Michael A Musmanno. Davis, 72, has been in poor health and may retire on full pay of 12500 dollars per year due to age and tenure.
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Philadelphia
William Hy Smathers
New Jersey
Michael A. Musmanno
Billsburgh
J. Warren Davis
Roosevelt
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
Davia
Palm Beach
Fly
Union City Fire Companies Consolidate Into One
Three Union City fire outfits Coleman Hose Hunter Hook and Ladder and another unit merged to form the Union City Volunteer Pipe Company. New officers include Charles Wager as president Roy Mallory vice president J Bas sett recording secretary Dan Sayers Jr financial secretary Dr Hordusky treasurer and directors Glenn Kapple Sam Weed for three years Russell Barker Res Williams for two years Vernon Fairchild George McQuistan foreman. The session focused on improving efficiency and coordination among the volunteer department. Citizenship Won at 78 Plymouth Mass Older adult Odile Boulque age 78 among 150 Americanization class members receiving gravitation certificates.
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Union City
Unit City Fire
Coleman Hose
Hunter Hook
Amet
Toms Ging
New Irganization
Union City Voliunteer Pipe Company
Charles Wager
Roy] Mallory
J. @. Bassett
Dan Sayers, Jr
Dr. Hordusky
Glenn Kapple
Sam Weed
Russell Barker
Res Williams
Fred Sanden
Clair Wareniids
Steward
George McQuistan
Vernon Fairychild
Pennsylvania mounts mechanized cavalry into field artillery units
Harrisburg April 1 Adjutant General Edwand Martin announced the Pennsylvania National Guard will mechanize six mounted troops by converting them into field artillery units as part of joining the 22nd Cavalry Division. The move replaces horse and saber with trucks and 75mm guns. Units affected include headquarters troop 1041 and cavalry troops from Philadelphia Lewistown Waynesboro Bellefonte with associated machine gun detachments.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania National Guard
Edwand Martin
War Department
Pennsylvania
Nsw 22Nd Cavalry Division
France
Mtmlies
Corsan
Ly Loaed
Philadelphia
Lewistowns
Waynesboro
103Rd
Bellefonte
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Eal
William Cs
Ip Zalz- Lynford Sy
Jamey
Austin
Wil—Jar
Anu Raul
Tz. Journal Ab
Aubtt
Aes Rail
LeRoy Dickingon
West Wayne Street
Nex Theatre
East Main Street
Darlene Reed
Gilbert Reed
Maple Avenue
Charles Tubbs
Park
Harey Silvis
West Pleasant
Helen Drake
S. Center
Barbara Orn
East Pleasant
Katherine ‘McBidowney
East Main
B. J. Dickinson
Wirst Ave
Mary Griglask
St Marion
B. Studeyant
Fifth Street
Jean Stafford
Association of American Bellroads
The
Corry Rod & Gun Club
State Armory
D. A. Roschie
West Bond Street
Mr. Reschie
Erie County Registration Commission
Andrew Paulson
Oil City
George L. Townsend
Public Service Institute
State Department of Public Instruction
Franklin Digtylck
State Highway Department
Orlo Richardson
Cambridge Springs
Wather and Son
Columbus
St Hall's
Chevrolet
Baptist Church
Utica City
Perantia
Ira Pearce
Dover
England
English Channel
Graf Bpee
Atlantic
Tuxin
Frank. Chapin & Sons
Davis
Union City Fire Companies
Plymouth
Mass
Odile Boulque
Quality Cash Stores
Honest
Rinso
Bologna
Treasure Island
Tb Pke
ACE Auto Stores
North Center St
Emmoniz
Corry, Pa
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