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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1952
Page
4
The Corry Pennsylvania Evening Journal announces advertising rates and deadlines, listing display ad deadline at 9 a m before the previous publication date and pricing for mail and carrier delivery, with references to AP content rights and publication matter.
The article notes the start of Daylight Saving this Sunday at 2 am and forecasts confusion for a large portion of Americans through September. It discusses how railroads and cities handle DST, the varying state decisions, and the historical motives for the policy tied to wartime electricity use.
A playful IQ test asks ten questions covering history geography science and language with scoring tied to memory and monthly averages. It makes quirky claims and includes a note about checking the answers on the classified page.
City officials including Calmnell and Division Engineer Stanton Funk outlined a summer street program. It includes resurfacing East Main Street from Enter Street to the tracks east of Summer Street, an 18 foot concrete road from Shady Avenue to the city line, and improvements to the East Main Street entry from Spartansburg Cory High School opened its 1992 baseball season on the junior high field with the Beavers edging the All Stars 7 to 4 in a practice game. Distance surveys extend to rural residents as the Corry Credit Exchange seeks public support for Daylight Saving Time petition. Corry Rod and Gun Club shooters beat the Irvine team 297 to 90 with Merle Tstaelcott firing 190 of 200.
Three inmates escaped from the Columbia County Jail in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania on April 2 kidnapping a deputy warden who was released unharmed. The fugitives are identified as George J. Dion Lewis Bisneane and G A Homan all believed to have fled in a stolen car. Authorities hunt for the trio across Reading and surrounding areas.
A private funeral was held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Rex strice May Brideham, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reynard Brideham of Union City R D 4. Burial followed at Beaverdam Cemetery. Attendees traveled from Camp Kilmer New Jersey Harborcreek North East and Union City area.
Eleven year old Bobby Fox found a dynamite cap in a neighbor’s yard and played with it at school. He pressed the fuse end with a nail, the cap exploded, tearing off his right hand and causing serious injuries. He remains in critical condition from shock and blood loss.
A violent explosion in the Pittsburgh HIM district wrecked a row of ten connecting houses late night injuring at least 10 people. Two seriously hurt include 9 year old Sarah Northington and her grandmother Elizabeth Woods. Police say a parked auto ruptured a gas line and emergency crews rushed to the scene as fire spread but was contained. Damages run to thousands with theater patrons fleeing in panic.
Two Navy sailors were killed when a small craft crashed into a field near Clearfield and caught fire. The victims, stationed at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, were returning from Chicago on leave. Names awaited next of kin notification per State Police.
A full blooded Indian of Erie charged with non support of his wife and three children and delinquency of a 16 year old aunt hind what Judge Elmer Evans called a last stand. Mayo, with a yearly income of 5000, was ordered to pay 50 weekly for family support and paroled on the delinquency charge after jail time. He had taken a 16 year old babysitter to Johnstown for 10 days. He pleaded not guilty to non support and guilty to delinquency. Joseph A Majexy of Brie was paroled on a burglary charge after no contest plea stating he slept in the back of a car used in a burglary of a North Girard home on January 1. Judge Evans determined sentence.
Arthur Silverberg of Wesleyville faces three counts of obtaining money under false pretenses as authorities allege he misrepresented funds to victims. The case details remain under investigation with no plea entered.
Experiments suggest that a fat hive of bees can store honey and pollen to support growth, with about 40 pounds gained in ten days through efficient storage and development within the hive.
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