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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1948
Page
4
A fragmented reader quiz lists questions on memory, science, history, and geography. It also references classified pages with answers and notes on Roosevelt era congressional majorities, mentioning the Supreme Court proposal and the republican bloc. The text is garbled with OCR errors and partial sentences.
G I Hughes 44 prominent Emlenton and Rockland resident and bank president was found drenched and exhausted after wandering in a rain near Barr's Corners. He was taken to his cottage and then Oil City Hospital for treatment.
An Erie fraud case centers on Meyer Slote alleging that My and Mrs Louis Tenenbaum and Tsadore Presteg led him to sell his Turnpike jewelry store for 20000 while liquor influenced him. A preliminary injunction keeps the store padlocked with a deputy guard as $13000 of gems are moved to a vault for safekeeping.
Two 11 year old residents of Erie confessed to a second car theft after questioning by West Springfield State Police in Erie County prison. The youths James Wents and Ropald McKnight, formerly of Pittsburgh, had been arrested for a local theft last week and now admit stealing and wrecking a second Erie car. They said they boarded a bus back to Erie after abandoning the first vehicle and drove a second car from in front of the Lawrence Hotel to Route 02 near Fairfield before it ran out of gas.
The body of Sgt. Merle Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wright of French Creek, will arrive in Clymer Tuesday morning at 7:45. Friends may call Spitzer Funeral Home from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. He was born December 14, 1924, in French Creek and entered service February 13, 1943. He was killed in Landshut, Germany, on May 1, 1945, serving with the 28th Regiment of the 99th Division. Surviving are his parents and siblings Helen Wright of Jamestown and Rush, Rachel and Kathleen Weight. A family service will be at Cutting Cemetery Tuesday at 3 p.m. Rev Wallace A. Stoepker will officiate, with military honors by the Damcatt Jones American Legion Post.
The piece discusses Republican leaders showing shift in stance on proposals from 1947 and 1949 amid Truman's presidency. It notes Truman's stronger party control, forecasts a possible early year parallel to Roosevelt, and cites smoother economy reducing jitters while calling for significant policy innovations and a return to earlier norms.
A survey traces legislative aims from replacing the Wagner act to farm price support while noting shifts in party majorities and Southern balance of power. It recalls past New Deal tensions, labor goals, and bipartisan hesitations on veteran and public works cuts as Roosevelt navigated Congress.
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