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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1947
Page
6
County commissioners tentatively keep seven mills this year while agreeing a mandatory rise will take effect next year. Controller Harvey Willis urged a one mil raise now. The budget estimates 1,906,233 in receipts and 1,164,469 in expenditures with a 41,804 balance, boosted by 150,000 in bonds and 100,000 in replacements likely to fetch around 1.5 percent.
A Wesleyville boy his sister and an eight year old from Conneaut Ohio are held by Buffalo police after their Tuesday afternoon arrest. The youths allegedly stole a car from Wesleyville Tuesday morning and the vehicle was involved in the arrest.
Funeral services were held yesterday at 3 o clock for Mrs Matilda Nast at 33 West Pleasant street with Rabbi Abraham B Shoulson of Brith Sholom Temple Erie officiating. Attending were Corry Chapter No 17 Order of the Eastern Star and Nast Ladies store helpers. Bearers included Philip Zalzneck Milton Zalaneck and others. Attendees came from Washington Pittsburgh Youngstown and Erie. The body goes to Hornell for burial in Hope Cemetery with Rabbi Charles J Shoulson Elmira officiating.
Lewis W. Douglas, former budget director, is appointed ambassador to Great Britain by President Truman and sent to the Senate for approval. Douglas, born July 2, 1894 in Bisbee Arizona, served in World War I and later led a budget policy dispute during Roosevelt era. The report also notes treasury figures for February 24 and cites the Cascade Tunnel as the longest railway tunnel in the United States.
William Bemus, special deputy county clerk, was named Chautauqua County's first jury commissioner after a recommendation by Supreme Court Justice Lee J. Ottaway County Judge Hugh V. Bodine and County Clerk Clark Goodrich. The board of supervisors created the office at an annual salary of 1300 dollars and Bemus will handle duties alongside his regular deputy court clerk role.
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