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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1946
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes show unclear wording about civic votes and election activity. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, making precise details unavailable. The fragment only indicates ongoing or completed ballots without identifiable entities or outcomes.
Police tailed a late disturbance on North Center street leading to a street fight with two arrests and a magistrate hearing. Beatrice, missing since June, remains a focus as investigations, reunions, and army recruitment fill the town scene along with weathered reports on industry, taxation, and a potato queen contest.
In Trompvill e Pa on July 5 a Pittsburgh firm bought several large timber tracts including about one million feet of lumber, with plans to publish a mill and mill operations. The purchases, near East Byenet and Clearfield County, total around 300000 board feet per tract and include pine and hemlock with some hardwood. The deal signals a migration of four million dollars into local mills and farms, creating many jobs as a new mill is established on the London tract and shipments to customers begin.
An Erie native, Harley Finnen, a former Navy serviceman, was shot on an abandoned Cleveland bridge by three youths. He endured nearly three hours before dying after the bullet shattered his spine.
Readable text shows furniture sellers warning buyers of higher prices after a Summer Furnishings Show in Chicago. Prices for lumber and raw materials are rising as manufacturers fear supply constraints. Dealers expect gradual increases on new stock, with no immediate changes to current inventories. Strong wording references OPA impacts and timber dealers.
The readable line asks about providing a fir for every New ue six heng in the Wyilig nek and whether Irop nests or Whure shall be used for every theee or tae. The text is garbled and lacks clear entities or a coherent event to summarize.
Treasury report outlines 12 million dollars allocated for state flood control projects. The Army civil works program and Pennsylvania river maintenance receive funding for prewar and wartime infrastructure. Details show receipts and expenditures with multi million dollar totals and ongoing river charge and reservoir work.
Fragmentary text reports corrosion affecting iron and buildings with unsafe conditions and punitive mention of whiteness, but details are incomplete and unverifiable. The passage appears damaged and lacks coherent context or identifiable names.
Six people were injured in a series of crashes around Erie. Authorities reported multiple collisions on city streets, with one vehicle plunging into a roadside area. A 24 year old unnamed man sustained rib and facial injuries, while Robert Williams, 88, and others were treated for various concussions and abrasions. Mrs Emily William, wife of one victim, was among those tested for injuries. The crashes prompted hospitalizations and investigations into the cause of the incidents.
A car with a locked wheel bearing caught fire near Shefield yesterday. Occupants, including Misses Chrie Uie and Bora Helm, escaped before the vehicle burst into flames. A nearby motorist helped by spraying water and flicking a cap from the air, while others used an extinguisher to fight the blaze as emergency crews arrived.
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