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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1949
Page
2
Harold P. McCartney, 49, escaped serious injury Saturday evening after falling from his car onto the mesh on State Street Bridge while closing a door. Police said he turned from the South Side, saw the door swing open, lost balance and fell from the machine.
2015 story notes Stewart Hat Shop offering new Fall hats while Titusville merchants fund Christmas street lighting with a Chevrolet Fleetline sedan. The Chamber of Commerce Retail Bureau endorses this fundraising method over the traditional pass-the-hat approach used in prior years.
City and Vicinity Kane Percy H Chilcott aged 82 dies at daughter Mrs Wayne Michean home in Kane after two weeks of gradual illness. Resident of McKinney Station and Kane 52 years celebrated 55th wedding anniversary eight months ago. Cambridge Springs A man from a nearby community paid a fine but dumped the total sum from a bank in the office of Justice Marian Gilson. Various local notices include car wash ads Miller Ken Improvement and a fire at Gem Theater in Meadville. Funeral services for Frank C Brechtel 52 at Edward C Hawley and Sons Funeral Home after injuries at General Electric. several regional notices cover local officials appointments lifeguard rescues and September regional conference details. Meadville and surrounding towns report parades V J Day observances and a 800-person fire drill with a projection-room fire at Gem Theater. Local business ads and service notices round out the page.
Pittsburgh's Southside will be cleared of about thirty blocks of substandard housing and small businesses to make way for industrial expansion. The urban redevelopment authority calls it the first program of its kind in the country. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp plans a new open hearth mill and railroad yard costing about 42 million dollars, with an annual capacity near 800000 tons but existing capacity rising by only half due to obsolete equipment. The project will include smoke control measures and expertise to reduce air pollution.
The column lists admissions on Saturday and Sunday at the hospital including Leslie Upperman Columbus Claude Ketko Louie Daily Shirley Eitelinger Gloria Rubay Adrian Jaggi and others. Discharges include Prank Carnegie and son Arnold McCastin Roger Ross and Roland Chase. Community items note VFW Auxiliary meeting at 8:15 p.m. at Clyde Reynolds home and Presbyterian Women picnic at Findlay Lake August 7. A lightning strike near the Foote home left the family unharmed.
Belgium foreign minister Paul Henri Speak named chairman of the European Assembly Conference in Strasbourg as western European democracies plan future security against aggression. In Meadvill, a fire destroyed a barn on the Ralph Wage farm in West Mead township. the home and outbuildings were saved by South Meadville Volunteer Fire Department. The barn measured 30 by 40 feet with a 30 by 30 foot ell and basement. estimated loss was $4500. The Lady Franklin Rebekah Lodge No. 140 plans a meeting tomorrow at 8 PM in the I G F Hall with urged strong attendance.
A steel expert told a Presidential fact finding board that recent high profits were unusual and unlikely to continue. Dr. Jules Backman of New York University testified as the inquiry sought to avert a nationwide steel strike, countering CIO Steelworkers’ economist Robert R. Nathan. The period saw operating rates above 100 percent of ingot capacity for three months, a historic anomaly. There are about 900 species of bat.
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