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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1946
Page
8
A severe storm struck the Corry area with heavy rain and fire, causing extensive damage to farms and equipment. Barns and silos burned, livestock saved. North Bain and surrounding towns reported flooding and property loss, with fire departments battling spread and safeguarding others.
President Truman said the nation has met food relief promises as exports of food grains exceeded commitments for the year ending June 30. He noted continued cooperation is needed to relieve world hunger. The Agriculture Secretary reported foreign food shipments totaled over 16.5 million long tons, about 27 percent of the nation's supply.
Answers printed for quiz questions include names like Edgar Lee Masters and Abraham Lincoln. The editorial page presents responses with hints toward figures such as Attila the Hun and a Doctor of Jurisprudence, while noting a false statement about copper manufacture and tempera description.
Berlin reports narcotics usage in the U S occupied zone is not as severe as in New York or Hollywood. Artin Glubunk, Central narcotics officer, says most addicts are physicians or war wounded. morphine and cocaine are most common with opium powder sold illegally at high prices.
A Constellation carrying members of London's Old Vic Repertory Company made a forced landing near Willis, Connecticut, on June 13. Four crew died in the crash, including First Officer Dunia Herden and Captain Norman A. Nuson, with Captain R. F. Biyoss aiding survivors before succumbing to injuries. Eyewitnesses described the plane tipping toward a barn and bursting into flames as bystanders, Ralph Brown and George Beeshore, watched.
The state milk board indicates a four percent price rise with expected average bulk milk cost around 18 cents per quart for most areas. In Western Pennsylvania near the Ohio line retail prices may jump about four cents, lifting consumer quart costs toward 19 cents. The commission plans to end the Northwestern marketing area and consolidate Crawford and Venango with Pittsburgh to align prices at 19 percent cents.
Community notices include a dog description and reward, repair shop ads, church announcements, sales of building supplies and hay, auctions, and public sale reminders. The fragments mention Raymonds, Washing ton Lunch, Corry Instrument, and local phone numbers with multiple classified-like items and a sealed bids notice.
Buffalo hogs and cattle markets show uneven price gains with slow trading as cows and calves trade steady to higher. In Pittsburgh, produce demand is moderate with mixed fruit and vegetable offerings and steady to higher potato and egg notes. New York stock quotes drift lower as overall market sentiment weakens and midday losses widen.
Notice in the 1946 Erie County case reveals a petition by Worth Hammond and Hammond to classify a mortgage. Sheriff Paul H. Babbitt and attorney Roger M. Brown announce an advertised sale to satisfy the mortgage, with owners of record urged to appear in court on the first Monday of August 1946 to show cause why the mortgage should not be satisfied.
A fragmented note mentions progress notes and preparations with references to personnel and expected arrivals. The text references Washington, Executive D Erection building, and crane operations with unclear context and dates.
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