Barber Officials Ready for Election Returns
Fragmentary OCR hints at local Barber officials awaiting results on elections and public notices, with references to positions and community role. No further readable details available.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1949
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR hints at local Barber officials awaiting results on elections and public notices, with references to positions and community role. No further readable details available.
Tax data from the Pittsburgh district shows Erie and 29 neighboring counties paid 1.2626 billion dollars in fiscal 1948 49, with individuals contributing 926.5 million. The district maintained high tax output despite national declines, outpacing eight states and rising 59.7 million over last year while about 800 local workers handled the collections. In Lock Haven Pennsylvania the town faced a second day without a daily paper as the Lock Haven Express staff wage dispute halted production, with copies redirected from Renovo Record for distribution.
An 80 year old Erie trucker Oliver Wright remains in Erie county jail awaiting trial on perjury charges after pleading guilty at arraignment. Wright claimed a camera theft by a former Army buddy led to arrest warrant while investigations showed the man was in Mexico. Also reported: Mildred Howard 25 died from injuries in a June 25 auto crash on Ardmore boulevard after a sideswipe.
Five men are missing and seven known dead after a violent wind squall that hit the metropolitan area on Monday. Coast Guard air and sea searchers comb Long Island Sound as relatives delay contact, while six drownings occurred as boats capsized in 60 mph winds. A boy drowned in Central Park Lake when knocked from a rock by the storm.
The State Agriculture Department warned that a continuing dry spell has reached a serious stage with eastern Pennsylvania crops hit hardest. Pastures brown, livestock feed scarce, and rainfall averaged only 0.8 inch last week compared with the normal one inch across the state.
A damaged text fragment references a public sale action with mentions of local places and names. Readable items include a Lebanon California area and individuals linked to a drug store notice. The garbled OCR limits precise details.
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