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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1947
Page
4
The Daily reports on the Justice Department probe into alleged price fixing for food clothing and housing. President Truman urged accountability while critics doubt the anti trust drive can curb high living costs. The piece discusses enforcement and the role of competition in a postwar economy.
Erie Railroad police reported a lead in the train looting case east of the city and renewed inquiries into robberies between Corry and Columbus. State Fish Commission meeting in Corry includes N R Buller Matthew Riley Thomas Haster and John Hamberger. A Columbus area motorist jailed for intoxicated driving after a Ford upset on Summer street. Police aid sought to recover farm chickens stolen from W White in Columbus township. Board of Education meets as new high school athletics coach appointment looms. Mrs A A Williams hosts George Williams sixth birthday party. Price maintenance laws hamper reductions. Millet-Tydl 1997 act exempted price contracts from federal antitrust laws in certain states.
An item from the Medical Society of Pennsylvania discusses reasons people swallow foreign objects. It cites entertainment accident insanity mischief and suicide as causes with examples from carnivals and prisons. A man with a fork in his stomach was treated and discharged after surgery.
The quiz asks about dinosaur fossil age in a southwestern state. It also queries line of succession without a vice president, a missing term scenario for Truman, an explosive material from fats, deer meat, France’s top military honor given to Roosevelt, a Scotland train delay for Queen Elizabeth due to a medical issue, and the number of guns in a presidential salute.
Erie August 19 Republican candidates for city and county offices must appear first on the September primary ballot. The county election board ordered a printing shaft to adjust the ballots after state election officials ruled the Democratic list violated Act No 33 which requires the incumbent governor to be listed first on all ballots.
Last month in Santa Monica the composer of My Blue Hoover Mammy and other songs died. The music figure linked to these early hits passed away in California.
Officials learned the ballot order based on the president’s party was no longer valid. AKC Printing Co had been contracted for 1200 dollars, but districts must be updated. Printing for county ballots had not begun, and work paused to adjust plans.
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