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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1947
Page
4
Notice lists postage details for First Class and Second Class mail from Gerry Pennsylvania. It notes rates for annual subscriptions, mail by carrier, and 24 cent weekly advertising rates. Also mentions advance payment, restricted area terms, and inquiry for advertising rates.
Sunday October 2 marks a historic rededication of the United Brethren Church on North Center street Corry with cash pledges reducing debt to 3000 dollars. Hotel Corry reports record September business and plans upgrades to the coffers shop. Will Fox longtime Erie railroad telegraph operator died at Mendenville after months of illness. St Thomas Church outlines permanent care lots in St Thomas Cemetery with spring plans to improve grounds. Stanford Hose Company led 93 uniformed men to victory in the Meld meet parade at North East. Ruby Sickler and Blywyn Henton wed Sept 30 in Spring Creek.
Discussion at Lake Success on restricting propaganda and disinformation aims to bind nations to punish media outlets for false reporting. Warburg proposes UN Charter amendments and a universal agreement to outlaw acts discrediting or dividing signatories and inciting hatred, with governments enforcing within constitutional bounds.
The Medical Society of Pennsylvania notes more than 126,000 U.S. adoptions yearly and warns adoption requires careful matching. Emphasizing readiness, emotional happiness, and lifelong commitment, doctors say applicants should be young enough to share in the child's future and help determine needs before placement.
The State Milk Control Commission rejected Erie’s protest against a cent and a half milk price increase that took effect Wednesday. An order issued during the day raised Pittsburgh area prices by a cent per quart effective October 10. Solicitor Edward M. Murphy argued for review, noting Pittsburgh had escaped a rise. City officials will confer with Murphy upon his return from Harrisburg to discuss next steps.
Erie workers indicate plans for a salary increase near thirty percent. observers note much talk but no organized movement yet as county employees contemplate action on a wage raise.
A reader presents ten trivia questions from the classified page. Topics include Mayo Clinic location, Bataan hero, Dick Tracy character offspring, a May 1941 German flight, Canada’s largest ally, tree growth rule true or false, Dawes under which U S president, Oscar R Ewing federal post, term for odor masking, and Lincoln’s assassination city.
Officials report no definite raise figure yet but many employees expect about thirty percent. County department heads warn that without increases they risk losing key staff, noting rivals already pay more.
Ernest Wright, owner of the Cleveland Buckeyes baseball team and the Pope Hotel in Erie, seeks to overturn a 1984 arrest for operating a numbers lottery. A judge’s opinion could reverse the conviction or allow an appeal to the Superior Court. Wright contends a $1,500 seizure in a raid caused the two year delay in action.
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