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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1950
Page
4
Public notices from Corry Pennsylvania outline second class mail registration and annual rates for mail and prepaid carriage. Carrier delivery charges are listed per copy and week. Advertising rates and deadlines are noted as available on application with a 9 a.m. display deadline before the previous publication date.
The House Education and Labor Committee opened debate on the Senate backed 300 million aid plan aimed at states with heavy burdens. The dispute over parochial schooling persists, with Barden substitutes and amendments risking delays into 1950. Catholic and Protestant factions spar over funding use and constitutional limits while a compromise formula faces Senate scrutiny.
The term tiarp is believed derived from the twisting of rings on bows used in warfare. This evolution hints at a link between craftwork and battlefield equipment across historical periods.
A vintage quiz feature asks ten questions to gauge IQ like political chair, bridle parts, grammar, Esperanto, congressional trivia, bill riders, Cape Henry location, earth shape, WWI food administrator, Rodin statue creator, and chinchilla product category.
Senator Myers recommends Rube Ferguson Marsh Jr, a Greensburg lawyer, for a U.S. district judgeship in western Pennsylvania. The 44 year old would fill a post once nominated by Truman after the ABA opposed the prior candidate Eberharter.
A man arrested for alleged liquor law violations after a still was found on a northwest farm was freed by the Erie grand jury. Three accident patients were treated in the city, with Mrs. William Goons sustaining serious shoulder ligaments tear in a fall. James L. Baker named manager of the new Dunlop Tire store in the Eli Barlow block on South Center Street. Mrs. Plora L. Sears died at home after years of illness, having moved to Corry with her family at age 14. AUNT LUCIA comedy opens at the High School auditorium, praised for its collegiate setting and a flapper chorus.
The Y program expands room use at the Corry Rod and Gun Club to fourth through sixth graders. Starting as soon as supervision is secured, students may use the rooms two afternoons weekly from four to six thirty PM, with a nominal membership fee. Board members present included Olin Bracken Sr, Roger Brown, Tracy Whitehead, Orlo Ewing, David Swarts, Mrs. Clarence Wallace, Mrs. Clarence Mountain and Arthur Burgess. A committee was named with Swartz, Wallace and Mountain to obtain the needed supervision.
Poland moves to draft women into military service for the first time. The Diet passed a conscription act mandating training for women across ground forces air force navy and anti aircraft units. Brig Gen J Mircayslaw Watrow ski calls it responsive to defense needs and a Soviet allied peace effort. Supervisors say the program may start soon. Also a note on club room renovations totaling 129 over the 38,000 estimate. Burgess reports daily use.
In Greene County a hearing spurred by Ella M. Bowers estate unearths $26,000 in bonds and several thousand in cash. More than 50 claimants from across the nation seek the $50,000 fortune of the reclusive Wind Ridge resident. Special auditor J Wood Williamson will hear testimony to establish legal heirs.
Erie and Penning officials attended a council session to discuss speed limits and automatic crossing signals. They debated actuation timing and the possible need for watchmen, with a March 20 session set to decide if railroad action is forthcoming and whether to limit speeds or adjust protections at the three busy crossings.
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