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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1947
Page
4
A regional newspaper essay discusses postwar economic strain and political rhetoric. It argues groceries cannot replace freedom, urges Americans to face troubles through private enterprise, and defends the U.S. system with a faith in representative government.
A storm in the section caused damage on the Roosevelt Highway near Gary and Union City insured partially. Kiwanis Agriculture Committee program discusses a boys potato growth contest. Mutual Telephone Company employees plan a May 7 social gathering countywide. Arthur LaRue Haskins, a top distance runner for Corry High, enters the Penn Relays at Franklin Field with Penn State. Alumni drive to boost the Virgil G. Curtis Memorial Trust Fund before the next campaign.
The reader is asked to answer seven quiz questions from the classified page. Questions cover topics as diverse as politics, astronomy, WW II era seizures, Gaelic names, lighthouses, dragons, Milton Reynolds, Lincoln’s assassination month, early telegraph lines, and a term defined as cineratia.
The May grand jury opened at 10 a.m. to consider 54 criminal cases, with nine heard this morning including four morals cases and 11 slated for the afternoon. The session will continue this week and end with a tour of county institutions. A June reunion is planned. The county fund exceeds $1,000. City taxes for 1927 are about $2,000 higher than last year, per the treasurer.
The Spectator argues the current crime wave is driven by global fear of the atom bomb, not postwar rage, and urges stronger U S pressure on Russia for atomic control. It discusses expanding trade, ending high tariffs, and using loans to spur exports while balancing domestic industry amid worldwide shifts.
The article notes Argentina’s ascendancy in South America, surpassing rivals and approaching U S influence in the region. It cites Peron’s broad spending power, the country’s wealth after the war, and warns against Argentina forging a blocs under its control, urging vigilance to prevent economic and political consolidation.
James town April 29. Sheriff and Clarence D Bell Jr investigate a burglary at the Sinclair Refining bulk plant office. About 400 in cash and checks and a radio were taken from a metal cash box inside a safe entered by chiseling. Theft discovered by Albert Block, a company driver.
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