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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1953
Page
4
The notice lists advertising rates and deadlines for Spacea Daily Corry Pennsylvania edition. It notes Associated Press reproduction rights and postal mailing details including price by mail and by carrier. It also provides deadlines for display advertising at 9 a.m. prior to the publication date.
The Atlanta New York air mail link began May 1 1928 under the Air Mail Act of 1925 private contracts. In 1927 pilots trained at Army schools flew the first legs, with Eugène R Brown at the controls for the Atlanta New York flight taking nine hours and thirty minutes. By 1928 two hours forty minutes became common. The Post Office had started air routes in 1918 with army pilots and plans to connect New York Chicago and the Pacific by 1920 and 1928 end for all 48 states. The Chamber of Commerce surveyed 100 firms. 84% used air mail speeding business. The rate was ten cents a half ounce.
In 1926 a nocturnal flight from Atlanta to New York drew wide attention yet sparked aviation fever in Atlanta more than New York. Lindbergh planned to greet the pilot in Washington as newspapers circulated a Journal clipping praising new horizons and opportunities from aviation. The New York terminus was a New Brunswick New Jersey airport and headlines celebrated the Bremen era figures as the nation plotted aviation progress.
A vintage quiz fragment asks ten questions testing knowledge across politics aviation retail history and language. It includes items on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee a 1919 Channel crossing the Wanamaker store opening in 1861 and a mix of wordplay and German Nazi references.
Twenty years ago Mrs W H Howard was elected president at the Corry Womans Club meeting on Mott Street. The item notes other city happenings including mumps and measles cases in quarantine and beer regulation discussions affecting revenue and licensing.
Assistant District Attorney Herbert J. Johnsory Jr. backs a May grand jury recommendation to have intoximeter reports accepted as valid evidence in drunk driving prosecutions. He notes royal courts admit such reports but no defendant has appealed to the Supreme Court to date. A ruling in the DA’s favor would shape enforcement.
The Pennsylvania YMCA set up a commission during its 84th convention to investigate exploitation of younger boys in high pressure competitive sports. A report to the 1954 state convention will be prepared, with findings admissible as legal evidence statewide.
Erie, Mrs. Frank Norris, 20, mother of two, of 704 East 16th street, a niece of Sam Jethroe, was killed in a freak accident at 14th and Parade streets while outHelder for the Toledo base ball club.
A woman in delicate condition was crossing Parade Street when she suddenly stumbled. Her head struck the curb and she broke her work, according to her husband who was walking beside her at the time of the accident.
Mrs. Margaret Moyer aged 56 died Saturday after injuries from stepping from a safety island into an auto path in Homestead. A coroner's report states she was en route to a physician for treatment and appeared to be in a diabetic coma.
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