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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1949
Page
6
A late yesterday grass fire near the former U.S. Chair factory was damped by a booster line. Police logged assorted incidents including a car collision, a window peeping arrest, a purse of worthless checks, and a notable forest fire two miles from Honesty that damaged a oil rig and sent flames 1900 feet high before backfiring cleared the blaze.
Jamestown hosts a Spring Market showcasing new home furniture lines with a hotel dinner tonight as manufacturers invite buyers from Western Pennsylvania. The event aims for modest price reductions this year after several years of higher costs. Meanwhile state police join search for a missing yellow and blue light airplane, last seen near Emporium, PA, en route from Lock Haven to Cleveland.
Miss Erie a. smith died Saturday evening at 6:30 at a hospital in Erie. Born July 28, 1805, in Corry, she lived there until 1983 when she moved to Erie. She had been ill for years and bedridden for two, survived by a sister Mrs Bert Miles and three brothers. Funeral set for Wednesday at 1 30 PM at Bracken Keating, interment in Beaverdam Cemetery.
Two Erie men Nelson Bull and Edward Rushton were arrested in Edwardsville Pa by Wyoming State Police for an armed robbery at the East Troy Diner Bast Troy. They allegedly bought gas and entered the diner, robbed proprietor Henry Morris of about 40, fled in a car later found. Police tracked them to their residence and detained them as they parked in front of a home.
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