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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1946
Page
8
A gas tank explosion on an Ere public launch injured four men. Sali tiny and Ro Kelly escaped uninjured, while Bris 69 and Walter Mray 48 sustained burns and bruises. Fire dept says gasoline spilled during refueling caused the blast. damages estimated at $100.
Cambridge, July 15 report of a 35,000 blaze that destroyed a mime garage with sleeping rooms and damaged Hotel Beedy property and nearby summer resort. Firemen fought the flames for three hours as an ice threat threatened guests. a storage tank valve opened by accident may have caused the tank to tilt.
A blaze at the A D Center farm near Howard destroyed a newly remodeled dairy barn injuring or killing four valuable cows. Fourteen other milk cows and several buildings and farm equipment were burned. The origin is undetermined and losses include wagons, a mower, a plan t er, a hay rake, and 100 bushels of wheat and 125 bushels of oats. Insurance covered the loss.
James town July 15 L Rooth 36 of Wanakah convicted in federal court of giving daisy information to his draft board to evade military service. Jury of five women and seven men found him guilty after a three day trial. Sentence set for July 22 with possible appeal, bond of $1,000 continued. Rooth is married and has four sons born during the war. A separate note mentions a potato digging combine.
Dr. J Blanford, administrator at the New York Milk Marketing Area, announces a June price of $4.19 per hundredweight for delivered white milk, with a 4 cent subsidy increasing the return to $4.45. This marks the highest June price since federal and state orders began in 1988, equaling the December all time high.
Sunday morning crews of more than 10 men cleared the wreckage from a major Saturday collision. The steel car bent and folded section of the railroad like an accordion, with several cars toppled 300 feet along the track and a tractor trailer spared in the center of the wreck.
Various classified items for sale and wanted notices appear from Mister Breger including musical merchandise pianos scopes and furniture. Listings include contacts in North East Corry and nearby streets, plus a gas heater wardrobe and dinette table ad. Also see hardware seeds plants and gun shop ads with prices and phone numbers. An administration notice and a card of thanks accompany the classifieds.
Market updates show hogs, cattle, calves and sheep prices moving unevenly with steady to firm tone in parts of the market. Buffalo livestock values range widely from hogs at 20.00 to cattle 16.60-21.50 and calves around 22.00, while Pittsburgh reports limited fruit and produce prices with No. 1 baskets and regional potato quotes amid a general market retreat in stocks.
A fragment from a local page hints at a staged confrontation or dispute labeled as a battle, with references to signs and imagery. The readable text remains unclear about participants or location, leaving the exact sides and outcome unspecified.
An unclear OCR text fragment discusses Senate and House actions. References to a vote, possible poultry approval, and mentions of figures like Keate and Ferguson appear amid garbled lines. The piece hints at political maneuvering, with lines about signatures, majorities, and administrative procedure, but details are unreadable.
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