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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1948
Page
3
Paragraf Ayers of the Atlantic Service Station on North Center street told city officers a thief took an eight dollar bill from a cash box. A hitchhiker who had been at the station and left moments before the discovery is named as a suspect.
City police investigate an attempted break in at the Hammond Elevator Company on Eagle Street. Wallace Hammond reported the incident. officers found a broken window, footprints in the snow, and no further entry attempt indicated.
Three civic clubs Rotary Kiwanis and Exchange contributed 25 to the Pennsylvania National Guard fund, the sixth such gift to bolster the State Armory recreation room. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks had previously given 150 total. Guardsmen await uniforms motorized equipment and other gear to carry out duties.
Rep. Carroll D. Kearns announced he will seek an alternative to eviction for 462 families facing displacement from Harbor Homes and Lake City Dwellings in Erie. He argues current rules are inhumane and plans to interview Housing and Home Finance Agency Administrator Raymond M. Foley as a decision nears in a few days.
A four story building on McKean avenue in Donora Pennsylvania burned early today, causing about 150000 dollars in damage and leaving 60 people homeless. One firefighter was hospitalized and 20 treated at the scene as four companies battled the blaze for four hours. The furnace room ignition drove residents from upper apartments while an elderly woman and infant were rescued. Stores and services including Lieber's Furniture Costa's Restaurant Barone's Shoe Repair Namle's Barber Machala Radio Roseae Barber were destroyed or heavily damaged.
Princess Helena Victoria a cousin of King George VI and granddaughter of Queen Victoria died today in her London home at age 77. For years she lived quietly with sister Princess Marie Louise and devoted herself to social welfare work for British workers and various charities.
Prague reports Jan Masaryk received the last rites of state as President Eduard Beneš wept at his bier. Communist Premier Klement Gottwald delivered the funeral oration in the national pantheon as a children’s choir sang a folk song of Thomas Masaryk. The frail president sobbed and wiped his eyes throughout the ceremony.
The article discusses inflation, wage demands, and potential price shifts. It notes that a serious crop failure and a new wage round could push commodity prices higher, while high employment and wages may sustain purchasing power. It predicts stock values may rise in summer or fall with selective markets and warns of rising long term interest rates lowering bond prices.
The piece argues the 1948 international drama will be more significant than ever, with the United States expected to lead aid and economic health. It urges unity across management, labor, radicals and conservatives, farmers and industrialists, Republicans and Democrats to fight communism abroad and at home.
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