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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1946
Page
2
City notices report port costs and a car wash offer with $1 lubrication. Erie police arrest a drunken driver after a chase. Bradford dog bite and a hospital update appear amid a column of town items including grafts for a government beam purchase and a new appliance sale.
A shortage of freight cars alarms industries as railroads plan government actions. The Office of Defense Transportation may push faster deliveries, with the Reconstruction Finance Corp. considered to buy 5000 cars for lease. railroads have 40,000 cars on order, while war years produced under 200,000 cars. Two injured in gas explosion in Paulsboro, New Jersey, fire causes $12,000 damage.
The text notes that chartered corporations formed in the colonial period include banks as among the first incorporated businesses, with early companies also in stages, turnpikes, railroads, water works, and insurance. The sentence highlights the emergence of corporate structures in early America.
In Pittsburgh on July 29 witnesses including veterans testified that short term financing on used cars carried rates up to 116 percent. They described excessive charges on vehicles bought after service or refinanced to worse terms, with one case noting a car without an engine number. The hearing was led by Chairman Franklin H. Lichenwalter and Vice Chairman John M. Walker.
Municipal plan details sale of Fairhaven 10 to private interests with vacant units to Dec 31 1981 or until rent control law expiry. Letter requests earliest consideration and states city council will be kept informed and involved in disposition plans.
Arthur Balbach 38 an Air Corps veteran of the South Pacific died from smoke in a bedroom fire at his Edgewood home early today. Firemen said the blaze confined to the bed and his body was found in a corner of the room where he had apparently collapsed while attempting to stretch.
A brief note records a local incident involving a person and a vehicle on a street. Details are limited due to partial OCR text but indicate an accidental collision and EMS involvement.
Local news notes arrests in Ottawa Falls with names truncated in OCR. Details are unclear but mention of Robins and Mary F Wellar from Ontario.
In a tentative briefing, officials say polling stations report higher turnout expectations this year, with observers noting sustained interest in local races and community issues across several districts.
Fragmentary text notes investigation delays amid shortages in steel storage and servicing for a New York enterprise. Mentions Katherine Wart and possible quotes about effort and destiny. lacks coherent names, dates, or events.
Fragmentary text notes a parade event and homecoming celebration tied to September 3, with ambiguous references to invitations and the Associated Press.
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