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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1949
Page
4
A scrambled trivia quiz with ten questions tests memory and general knowledge. Items cover blood heat on a Fahrenheit scale, sentence critique, poultry ownership, fuel types, presidential salary history, explosive nicknames, cream versus milk weight, wedding seating etiquette, the Pan American Union’s republic count, and the 1948 baseball world trips winner.
The text notes Leo XI opposing the Kulturkampf while National Liberals distance from Bismarck over legislation. It cites 1880 and 1886 partial repeals of anti Catholic laws, a 1877 agreement with the Vatican, and the return of many measures. It also mentions Bismarck courting political support by promoting organized anti-Semitism.
Clayton L Brown 26 of Sample Hill road Randolph died at Jamestown General Hospital from third degree burns after a long pipe struck an electric power line while repairing a farm well on the Joseph Gray farm near Pope School Road. Fellow worker Henry Aanerud escaped injury as the pipe bound to the line. Brown, a World War II veteran, was unconscious after contact with a rural electrification line carrying about 290 volts from a nearby high tension line feeding a transformer. The line was about 18 feet above the ground.
Coroner Warren W. Wood announced an inquest into the death of Glennis Brown 4 of North East following a head on crash on Route 20 in Harborcreek township. Passenger Albert Tressler 26 remains hospitalized with a cerebral concussion and injuries. The accident involved a semi trailer driven by Van Tight 53 of Tarentium. the heavier vehicle carried steel and the pipe struck the guard, causing a fuse to blow in the Gray home.
Twenty years ago Cory High School’s basketball team edged Clymer with Curtis scoring 19 points for the Orange and Black. City Council to discuss a future sewage disposal plant to meet state requirements. County Board to appoint the county tax collector, with G J Gorton and Frank Westley as contenders.
Harold Patterson and others toured the Pittsburgh plant where a new truss type was tested to bear 4600 pounds. Miss Ruth I Bennet and Miss Ruth I Prang were admitted to the national Theta Phi Alpha sorority in a special ceremony, marking their entry into the Rho chapter.
The article recounts Bismarck’s anti Catholic Kulturkampf and notes parallels in Soviet dominated Hungary and Bulgaria. It describes moves to control births marriages and deaths, civil ceremonies, school oversight, and clerical expulsions, with Catholic leaders resisting civil authority and Pope Pius IX urging defiance.
James Towry and a Frewsburg mother and son faced multiple charges tied to the son's car use while his license was suspended. They pleaded innocent and were released on bail after preliminary police action. Norman Warn, 30, Ivory Road, Frewsburg, was arrested for driving with a suspended license. He was warned not to drive and reportedly used an oath at Officer Ernest Larson before being booked.
In State College, two organizations linked to Penn State have been admitted as members of a national sorority, marking a notable step within the Omicron Era.
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