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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1951
Page
3
A busy paragraph reports Donald Mosher escaping injury after a collision when his car swerved off the road near Mayville. Other notes cover a real estate transfer in Concord township, a dog bite on East Main street, and youths warned away from a used car lot. Also included are medical, military, and public assistance updates, plus a skeet match in Cory and a Taurus of savings bond sales.
Erie reports 107 Puerto Rican laborers arrived in two planes landing at Port Erie Airport midweek for Northeast work. About 150 more are expected. housing must be provided by employers. Wages start at 65 cents for farm work and 75 cents for factory work. International Service Co plans 60 arrivals of 150. source of remaining 100 unclear. Plane fare of 70 dollars is advanced by employers and deducted from pay. The firm earns commissions and profits from vendor meals.
Erie police issued a warrant for Albert B. Irwin a 48 year old Philadelphia native and former Harris Saver salesman suspected of larceny by bailee in the disappearance of a 1951 sedan and $1800 in company funds. Last seen heading toward Pittsleigh, the missing car valued at 1900 remains at large.
Meadville July 7 Lawrence Drake 41 of Cambridge Springs lay by Route 19 for seven hours signaling motorists during a heart attack while driving a coal truck. He collapsed, was taken to Meadville City Hospital at 7:10 PM where he died. The G P Flaugh Company employee had pulled off the highway three miles from Camp Perry. A motorist finally stopped around 6 PM and summoned aid.
Washington reports the spare tire ban on new cars will be lifted next week due to improved rubber supply and rising passenger car production. Manly Fleischman, head of the National Production Administration, announced the change last night. The ban began April 2, and the note adds that President John Quincy Adams once taught rhetoric at Harvard.
More than 300 pilgrims from twelve states including Pennsylvania and New Jersey left New York led by Francis Cardinal Spellman for a pilgrimage to the Ste. Anne de Beaupre shrine in Canada. Officials said the 1,000 year old shrine awaits their visit as the pope among cardinals attends on the journey.
Tarentum Pennsylvania July Dan Angeloni 21 of Tarentum sails for Europe on Monday for an official visit to Taranto the ancient Greek city founded in 083 He is a Grove City College student and part time employee at Tarentum Valley Daily News His editor approved the trip to cover the city and officials arranged meetings for him with Taranto officers on arrival
Scholarships were awarded based on essays titled What the Sodality Means To Me. A St Edward’s Parishia School student and other winners will meet Father Aloysius J. Mees on August 12 to receive official greetings and an assignment from the editor, with a Simmer in Europe ahead.
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