Corry Post Office Rates and Wage History Note
Advertising rates and delivery terms from Corry Pa post office are listed. The piece discusses two week hearings on raising the minimum wage from 40 to 60 or 65 cents per hour, noting Republican support and ongoing Senate and House actions, Pepper bill proposals, and farm labor rider impacts on parity price calculations. It mentions Truman administration aims and legislative moves through 1947 remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Labor Committee
Rep. Landis
Ind
Senate
Truman
Congress
State of the Union
Pepper
House Rules Committee
Fat and health in seventies era diet do nots
The text discusses fat's role in human anatomy and energy reserve, noting fat constitutes about fifteen percent of body weight and protects organs, regulates temperature, and cushions tissues. It mentions emergency energy, camel fat distribution, and critiques a legislative rider veto related to Pepper bills from June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Is Walste
Seven Gaia questions from classified page quiz
The reader is asked to answer seven Gaia questions from a classified page quiz. They reference topics spanning U S history economics labor strikes, horse racing, aviation firsts, presidential births, the Declaration location, and eel habitats.
State Police report 183 injuries in 1947 Northwestern PA
The four northwestern counties Erie Crawford Venango and Warren in Troop B recorded 183 injuries in the first five months of 1947 on highways outside cities and boroughs. It notes 30 fatalities and urges courteous safe driving to reduce highway losses in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Erie
Crawfor Venango
Warren
Sheriff Sale Converts Knepp Paint Shop Trade
Twenty years ago in the journal notes the Knepp paint and paper business on West Main Street was sold at sheriff sale by Deputy Frans. G H Gordon bid in the stock fixtures and accounts and plans to continue stove operations. Also noted is a hot spell boosting northwestern Pennsylvania corn after a slow start and a summer recital by Mrs Harriet Elston’s pupils including Pauline Weir Ruth Johnson Elimear Smith and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. ‘Knepp
West Main Street
Frans
G. H. Gordon
Harriet Elston
Pauline Weir
Ruth Johnson
Elimear Smith
Bilzabeth
Ruth Lansson
Sarah Shaver
Myrtle Skinner
Betty Morton
Thelma Messenger
Alton Laurie
Prise contest leads date marks fish etch winners at Downey
Top placements were announced for fish etch prizes at the Downey Sport Store with Brook trout awarded to George Patterson and Memp his Chapin, Brown trout to W. E. Wright and B. B Hawkins, Rainbow trout to Warren Tins and M. R. Tipton, plus a note on Florence Costello sustaining a head gash in a driveway accident involving Mrs Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downey Sport
George Patterson
Memphis Chapin
W. E. Wright
B. B .Hawkins
Warren Tins
M. R. Tipton
Florence Costello
James Costello
Concord Street
Parker
Costello
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Corry Evening Journal
Bouth Street
Corry
D. Colegrove
Galegrove
Nalingal Advertising
Fred Kimball, Inc
Wath Bt
New York
Michigan Square
Chicago
Mibrigage& Bond
Detroit
Chamber of Com
Pittsburgh
Weightman
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Ruffener’s
N. Worth Street
Corry, Fa
Prwaial
At Finance Co
Spesanal Consumer
Dis ‘Enti Co
Center Street
Loblay
Daily Dozen
Medical Society of
State of
Yale University
James A. Gadfield
the State Police
Rugby & Catalina
Gay New Southern
Al’s
North Center Street
Hardware & Service
East Main Street
Dial
REX Theatre
Gregory Peck
Jane Wyman
Claude Jarman, Jr
Fleischmann
Leslie Wilkinson
A. W. Gates
Spiesman’s
Franz
Everetti
Phillip
Robert Eddy
Cine-Kodalk
Keystone
Robert Pettit
Frank Gates
Koda
Patterson Photo Products
Simon Cosma
Johnson
Kiely
Robert Pilt
Ruy
Lastex
Topp
Smart Women's Shop
OUR Service
Seaithe
Mrs. Marian Hutchinson
THE
Boston House
Don Bigelow
Sorenson
West Main St
Sarah Crane
Helen Cassidy
Guy Rogers
Mrs
Frank Gratt
Erican Bantam Car CO
Utler, Paj
Farmwagons Cc
S. Wallace Garage
W. F. Moody
Leland Johnston
Velva
Widmann
TU Es
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