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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1946
Page
3
Paraphrased items report direct relief funds to needy residents of Erie during the week ending July. The week’s payouts totaled 1508 dollars, up 815 dollars from last year’s comparable period. Additional notes mention police reports, traffic incidents, a marriage license filing, ferry business, and various local civic updates.
Power equipment operates at the Cameron building site as insulation is placed over ceilings and under floors of the new club developed by Al Marty. The Evie Railroad reports work on main tracks through Yalainguid, with line reconfiguration from last year increasing track height by one to three inches after months of heavy traffic.
In Jamestown a woman, Florence Love of Buffalo, faced a federal trial before Judge John Knight after being accused of stealing mail. Postal inspector T. J. Burks testified a test package was observed, and Love allegedly took it from a box. The defendant signed a confession for the test parcel but denied broader mail theft and remains free on $2,500 bail.
The Corry Red Cross annual meeting last night reported total receipts of 6881 and disbursements of 12, with a cash balance of 415,780 on July 1 1945. Treasurer Mrs W M Houghton noted a total year income of 9930. The Junior Red Cross membership drive in November added 1500 new members and activities included packing 61 gift boxes for overseas children.
The government grants a wage agreement covering 136 mine supervisors during federal possession. Johnston L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers gain recognition as talks continue, though owners resisted union contracts in the past. The pact, signed by Interior Secretary Krug and coal administrator Morrell, applies only to Jones & Laughlin mines in western Pennsylvania and ends if court rulings void the seizure.
A plaza statue in Guayaquil, Ecuador mislabels a memorial as Olmedo the country's famed poet who died in 1847. In truth the sculpture depicts Lord Byron, bought from a London junk shop to save costs on a memorial, yielding a compromised tribute.
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