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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1950
Page
4
The page shows a Corry Evening Journal masthead with staff and advertising details. It includes a garbled passage referencing Nehru, India, Kashmir, Korea, and Formosa, noting diplomatic positions, U N Security Council actions, and postwar alliances amid incomplete OCR text.
The Indian delegation at the UN may back a British drawn Korea resolution with Nehru as mediator. Despite elite education in Britain, he projects a reformist, pro bourgeois stance, keeping Chinese Communists from open participation while opposing India's communal riots and strong on outlawing the Communist Party.
A dated drug ad touts Gerta Ven as a hematonic that enriches red blood cells and boosts energy. Claims it relieves gas and improves digestion while taking before meals. Promoted at Widmann Drug Store for a few cents a day with results in 3 to 4 days.
A fragmented quiz asks if scoring ten questions makes you a Genius and assigns ranks from Superior to Poor. It lists mis-typed questions about General MacArthur, Shaw, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, refrigeration, presidents, cigars, Genesis, named authors, Malis, and pendulums in devices.
Twenty years ago these notes from the Journal Plan dated October 2 1940 cover local issues. The city of Corry seeks state approval for a new sewage treatment works along Hare Creek. Police report a Brooks Studio arrest tied to passing bad checks in Corry and Titusville. County funding is exhausted, hindering road and maintenance projects. Concord School posts a notable September record amid ongoing building work. Heavy fall rainfall causes damage to flower beds and flooded roofs in nearby areas.
Democratic Governor candidate Richardson Dilworth and Republican John S. Fine plan a joint appearance in Philadelphia at a Greater Philadelphia movement dinner to discuss municipal government reforms. They will speak on the same platform and debate each other, with over 1,000 business leaders expected in attendance.
The city manager plan of government was rejected today by the League of Third Cities at the convention in York. Supporters planned to renew efforts when the General Assembly convenes in January, as debate over the controversial plan continues.
Funeral for Carlton V. King was held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Bracken-Keating Funeral Home with Rev. Paul F. Bauer officiating. Hearers included Frank M. Loveland and others. interment in Pine Grove Cemetery. Relatives traveled from North East, Jersey City, Cambridge, Wakefield, Erie, Titusville, Sharon, Findley Lake, Sherman, and Corry Chautauqua Company employees attended in a body.
About six million sheets of plant specimens are stored at the Kew Gardens herbarium near London, a vast collection supporting scientific study and cataloging of global flora.
Police hold four men for questioning in Erie after a woman’s tip leads to arrests in a summer spree of 23 car and house burglaries. Detective Captain James Niland says further details will come after meetings with detectives Wisikowski Reagan and state police.
Included in the loot they supposedly had gathered were wrist watches, rings, other jewelry, clothing and money, it was learned.
The record notes a shift in corn production with yellow varieties becoming predominant in contemporary U.S. agriculture, whereas two decades earlier nearly half of the corn was white. The transformation reflects changes in consumer demand and farming practices across regions and markets.
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