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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1950
Page
4
The Corry Evening Journal lists publication details including publisher Colegrove Program, Associated Press rights, and advertising rate information. It notes subscriptions by mail and carrier, display ad deadlines, and office addresses in Detroit and Pittsburgh.
The article notes postwar car use shifts with high mileage, cites 1947 averages around 7,000 miles per car and 10,2000 miles for junked vehicles, and details planned Cadillac civilian production amid war contracts. It recalls wartime rationing, postwar ramp and quota changes, V-E Day to V-J Day timelines, and 1946 8,087,531 units with 1949 averaging 14 years age for cars in use.
Twenty years ago report notes Erie Railroad starting track relocation and a new interlocking tower at Maple and a passenger station platform. Also mentions J B Young receiving certificate, local penitenary site selection, golf club results, aviation clubs forming in nearby cities, and fluctuating car prices amid a weak economy.
A quiz page asks ten questions across topics like politics tax committees, German literature, Australia's wartime forces, precious metals, baseball, stock prices, Chopin, UN Security Council permanent members, silkworm diets, and the evil personality in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Three State Department of Health chemists led by Donald B. Stevens began a pollution test in Jamestown Lake yesterday. The study will take about two weeks with 78 samples planned at 58 points around the lake. Additional samples will be taken in deeper waters and results will guide a fall state report on the lake's pollution. Previous testing occurred in May.
Mrs Rhoda Elaine Sargent died at Gary Hospital on Monday with a newborn son Rodney Earl after complications. She was born March 29 1931 and wed Earl Raymond Sargent August 6 1949 at First Methodist Church. Survived by parents Mr Mrs Fred Anderson infant son brother Melvin Anderson sisters Mrs Richard Wi hans and Evelyn June Underwood and other relatives. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm Bracken Keating Funeral Home Rev James McIntosh officiating at Pine Grove Cemetery.
Aug 1 The platform process for the Fall campaign will be laid out by sub committees over the next two weeks. Fred Veters, Montgomery county commissioner and chairman of the seven member platform committee, said the full group will meet here in about two weeks to hear reports on planks from sub committees. Sub committee assignments were made at a closed Hershey meeting featuring Gov James H Dug and former Judge John S Fine, the GOP nominees for senator and governor.
Four Erie County men who pleaded guilty to drunk driving in county court Monday received sentences from 25 to 45 days in county jail. Roland DeForest, 19, was given 45 days after a April 20 accident on Sulhant State streets. hit-and-run charges were dropped. H Hoynoski, 34, received 30 days after a Route 19 arrest following an April accident. Louis Anaya, 31, was jailed 40 days after an April 21 arrest at the intersection of State streets. he allegedly couldn’t produce an operator’s license. Trad F. Smith, 25, a North Girard father of three, was jailed 125 days on the same charge.
In Venango County Court of Common Pleas Judge Lee A. McCrarken granted a defense motion to non pros a damage suit filed by Robert Francis Edwards then 3 and his father Timothy F. Edwards of Emlenton against Herman Stahl and John B. Veach doing business as Ol City Theater Co and the Drake Theater of Oil City. Plaintiffs sought 5000 for the minor and 1250 for the father for alleged serious injuries from November 1 1938 in the Drake Theater corridor while Robert watched a motion picture. The action concerns a patron nauseated during the theater visit and the case dates back to August 17 1940.
An old ad promotes CERTA VIN as a scientific gas remedy that allegedly relieves bloating and abdominal pains after meals. It claims the formula expels gas, enriches blood with vitamin B, boosts nerve energy, and improves overall well being. It names a drug store as the seller.
Robert Francis alleges illness from heat and fumes while walking the corridor. He fell unconscious to the floor in the theater, leaving Edwards as an unnamed party who left his seat as the incident unfolded. The plaintiff seeks relief for alleged permanent injuries.
Mrs Paul Clements discusses how checks simplify paying bills and notes that about 33,000,000 checks are used daily in the United States. She says banks compete on service and highlights traveler’s checks and safe deposit boxes. The piece stresses the importance of competitive banking for customers.
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