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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1955
Page
4
Historical Corry Journal page includes masthead details, advertising data, and notices. It also reports on national income statistics from the Bureau of the Census and discusses oil import restrictions urged by Defense Mobilizer Arthur Flemming. The items reflect mid century press content on economics and policy.
Yesterday's Memories notes two small fires in Corry over 24 hours blamed on defective chimneys. In the apartment of Gus Cestrantas wallpaper near the stove sparked a blaze, and a second fire occurred at O. E. Doane's residence on Fuk Street. WPA flood repair aids about 70 workers. project to finish in a week to ten days, then a street graveling program is planned. Executives of Cory dankstown Mis Compan elected officers at a meeting in the Hotel Corry vestern day afternoon with GR Till tram of Chitesgo named president and others filling key roles.
Police prepare a full probe into claims by David Brady a Strom Winvenp high school junior that Patrolman Harold Raymer struck him in the face during an arrest for disorderly conduct outside a bar near 6 PM. Brady's mother Dorothy Ann Brady and neighbor Edward Sheridan support the boy's account.
Forty years ago on November 9 1915 James I Blakeslee fourth assistant postmaster general would visit the city for the opening of the new federal building per official word from Washington The report also notes possible liquor saloon closures if current tips prove true and mentions Michael Boehm a Pennsy brakeman recently injured and a discussion of coal mining mood and oil import restrictions under Flemming presidential committees earlier that year limiting imports to domestic consumption levels
A reader quiz from the Classified page tests current events knowledge with seven questions. Topics include TV viewing versus cards, geography of Moroccan regions, John Roosevelt versus his father, the Jazz Singer release, auto registrations by state, a baseball nickname, presidential marriages to widows, and the Mayflower voyage.
Republicans lose three state contests and several mayoralties as Democrats gain ground in key regions. In New York cities Troy Schenectady and others swing to Democrats while Republicans seize a few mayoralties, and in New Jersey the party loses Senate seats but keeps control of the legislature. Incumbents in several cities are unseated as voters renew political alignments.
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