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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1949
Page
4
National Advertising Representative Fred Kimball Inc lists addresses in New York Detroit Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Philadelphia. The notice states exclusive AP republication rights for local news and dispatches and details mailing terms and display deadlines. It also lists subscription prices and advertising rate inquiries.
Communities protest as the Veterans Administration shields 90 planned VA hospitals. Of these, two are abandoned and fourteen reduced from the original plan. The South bears twelve eliminations, the Middle West five, the Southwest three, the West two, and the East two. The effort, ordered by President Truman, aims to save 279 million dollars from 1.2 billion in authorized construction, while remaining hospitals will cost more than anticipated. VA Administrator Gray cites staffing shortages and postwar hospital transfers as factors, with about 126 of 120,000 current beds in use for disabled veterans and 1,000 beds in non-VA hospitals via special arrangements.
A scrambled set of 19 questions covering authors, currency, sovereignty, geography, history, science, and trivia. Topics include Shannon's Way authorship, $5 bill imagery, Guaray sovereignty, Guaray island status, a song for babies, the first five cent-level store founder, navy orange growing states, Pope Pius XI death timing, barometer users, and Cairo as a capital.
A Meadville resident implicated in a district federal court theft in Pittsburgh faces charges for stealing funds intended for Crawford County Health and Tuberculosis Association. Authorities say the suspect gained access to mail by befriending the postman, pilfering cash contributions over more than two years.
Twenty years ago the City Council voiced strong support for a major industrial initiative, pledging full backing to advance the enterprise. Other items note injuries from a crash near Columbus and personnel moves at hospitals, plus legal filings by Walter Cornish and Myer Kormreteh, and railway station closure actions before the Public Service Commission in Erie.
Industrial leaders expect a return to church influence as youth interest shifts. The Church is praised for honesty, thrift, and social guidance, with veterans sensing disillusionment with army propaganda. Notable events include Amsterdam gatherings, a New York Cathedral rally, and renewed church unity efforts.
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