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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1951
Page
4
Advertising rates detailed for Post Office Corry Pennsylvania imprint. Rates include mail and carrier options with yearly and weekly costs. Display advertising deadline listed as 8 p.m. prior to publication date. Public notice format indicates standard classified notice language for periodicals.
Russian émigrés from many regions meet in Munich to form a center aimed at toppling Moscow’s government, funded by a New York based private group. Delegates including Kerensky, Nikolayevsky, and Zensinov travel with State Department knowledge, highlighting tensions over travel permits during rising Cold War hostilities.
Argentina Australia and New Zealand surpass the United States in per capita civilian meat consumption according to the National Geogram Bile Society.
Twenty years ago today a Clymer man, B. J. Querreveld, was injured in a runnaway accident at Corry Hospital, sustaining a fractured skull and facial injuries. Rotary talk by F A Loveland at Hotel Cory, Vienna convention notes. City seeks county aid for street maintenance refunds from state gasoline tax. East South Street drivers urged to enforce 20 mph limit on new gravel stretch near Harding School. Blaine Kincaid elected Republican city chair. Mary Gravino fractured left arm after falling from bathtub on West Pleasant Street.
A quiz style item tests readers on trivia from golf origins to history and science. Questions cover who won the British Open, number of mills in a cent, planetary proximity, Roosevelt burial, Moby Dick color, FBI undercover history, Senator Jenner’s state, Sonja Henie birth nation, inventor at Menlo Park, and a grammar correction alongside a monkey hunting line.
Reports from Cory area farmers describe an oats harvest with one field delivering 90 bushels per acre, far above typical 40 to 60 bu per acre averages. Other items note a stray potato salad mix at Elf Club, shifts in potato sales, plans for a new school site, drive-in grocery rumors, fair seating upgrades, Red Cross fund campaigns, musky catch tales, and Centre Street real estate talk.
Corry school district faces serious difficulty filling teacher vacancies as resignations mount. Local fraternal events include Mrs. Glenn Gates representing the Tan dy Rebekah Lodge in Erie centennial parade. Area farmers report corn damage from last week’s 60 to 70 mph winds and heavy rain. OFS investigators move toward price posting enforcement in Jamestown. West Point sports scrutiny sparks talk of a public commission to study college subsidization. Local auto dealers warn steel cuts and employment limits strain a buyers’ market despite financing curbs.
Erie investigators link a local numbers racket to a Pittsburgh lay-off system. Police seized a phone service setup at Lews District home. DiSanti, 29, charged with lottery violation. State police note possible syndicate ties to Pittsburgh. Levy, 35, under bail awaiting Aug 28 hearing.
The source notes a refusal to reveal the full extent of D Sunti statements while suggesting that the investigation may broaden to more arrests. An unnamed local number racket leaders are implied to be under consideration for further action by authorities.
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