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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1947
Page
3
A Chevrolet truck was reported stolen and linked to two burglaries in Erie. Police asked area units to watch for the vehicle as they pursue leads and review evidence.
In Cleveland last night Hemming said Miss Kimberly willingly joined a trip aimed at marriage after a New Year’s Eve party. He claimed they planned to marry but learned state residence rules caused a delay. Dr Frank Watson reported Mary Kimberly unharmed but nervous, while her family noted she fled the car and sought another ride before rejoining them.
Corry observers report December as mild with no sub-zero days this month versus five last year. December temperatures ranged from 10 to 30 degrees above zero on key days, snowfall this month 182 inches in the city, far above recent years. The note ends with a stray line about Sargon of Akkad.
The calendar for 1947 lists key dates and seasonal events with weekday alignments. It notes Groundhog Day Lincoln’s Birthday Valentine’s Day St Patrick’s Day and major holidays such as Memorial Day Flag Day and Thanksgiving, along with summer start and Christmas details and the countdown to 1948.
Erie police and State Police investigate a burglary at Libbys Drug Store at 1260 West Erie Street. A 300 to 350 pound safe containing $400 in cash and narcotics including cocaine morphine tablets codeine and other drugs was moved onto a truck after entry through a coal chute and a rear door. The Firestone Company truck was later found missing. Investigators note a truck from the Firestone garage may have been used in the theft.
Nine men aboard a Martin Mariner seaplane disappeared in the Franklin D Roosevelt Sea area after a 2:45 a m departure on a photographic mission. Bad weather hindered search from Ping Island and Mount Olympus in the ice pack. A final radio message indicated the plane was over the Roosevelt seacoast as snow and fog closed in.
Merje Edward Kline, 26, of Emporium Pennsylvania, arrested on a warrant charging assault in the road near Hinsdale on Monday. He pleaded not guilty and asked for a hearing before Police Justice David R. Stater in Allegany. Hearing set for January 16. Kline jailed on $300 cash bond or $1,000 property. Corporal Smith and Trooper Baston served the warrant. Kline waived extradition. He claimed to be a veteran who was in the invasion of Africa.
Mead Park Association approved 1200 for rink maintenance and repairs and hired Ralph Foster and Donald Simmonson to care for the rink under Howard Sheen. A 934.49 Rotary Club gift funds the park pool project, with Elks Chorus proceeds slated for pool support. Donations from Zalzbeck and Sons and Homer Berkhaus were received for past summer work.
Dr Gustav Grahn world wide explorer and sportsman will address the Talk of the Month Club in the Senior High School auditorium next Tuesday evening. He recounts early life in northern Sweden near the Arctic Circle and a career of big game hunting expeditions, photography trips across Norway Sweden and Africa, and later publication of travel experiences.
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