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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1947
Page
6
Reported injuries describe a boy struck by a street department truck while standing on a wheel rim as workers cleared dirt. He was found unconscious, later improving, with police investigating the accident as a hazardous site incident in progress. Treasury daily figures show receipts and deficits for April 23.
Three hundred men from Allegany aided by firemen searched the Allegheny River and surrounding swamps for Larry Hirsch, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Francis J Hirsch. He vanished after leaving school to go fishing Wednesday afternoon as the long, week long hunt continued into Thursday morning.
Revival services are progressing at Cutting Town Hall under Cutting Union Sunday School with Frederick Bowes of the American Sunday School Union as lead evangelist. Weekday services start at eight o'clock EST, weekend speakers include Rev Frank Kehrle, ASSA district superintendent. A basket lunch follows Sunday morning service, afternoon service set for 1 30, no evening service.
Police in Erie and nearby counties hunt a killer like the Hess case. A Geneva man, picked as a prowler description, is linked to the slashing death of a Perry farmer found in his basement. Detectives pursue a pattern tying multiple killings by a single suspect.
Five year old David Armstrong son of Mr and Mrs Edward Armstrong of Tionesta avenue escaped serious injury Thursday morning after dropping from an attic window on Maple street Police Chief Bernard Rose observed the incident from the borough patrol car The slashing is identical to the knifing of Hess a transient railroad camp cook and the Hornell man al s 06 rall camp Worker
Corry automobile dealers led by Lawrence and Lewis met at the Erie County Dealers Association. Captain Westwick spoke on Pennsylvania safety program, Claude Klugh outlined PALA efforts, and a brake lining installation demo by Pennsylvania Rubber and Supply Co. concluded the session with a Swiss steak dinner for 75 attendees. A church note and mental hospital stat also appear in the page.
The Sporting News reports Baseball Commissioner A. B. Chandler has summoned NY Yankees president Larry MacPhail to explain why he disregarded the order not to discuss the Leo Durocher case. The date is set for April 30 in Cincinnati but could shift due to MacPhail's prior engagements. Chandler will ask MacPhail to clarify Newark remarks claiming Chandler lacked enough evidence to bar Durocher even briefly.
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