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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1947
Page
6
Officials discuss bringing an expert to Warren to determine the soot source as the community suffers escalating pollution weeks. The town has no smoke ordinance and local matters keep focus on health and safety while discussions proceed.
President Truman's food committee revised the tryless Thursdays plan to exclude three holidays. The committee urged the nation to forgo those foods on the Mondays preceding the holidays.
A fire of undetermined origin yesterday destroyed the Donald MacKenzie farm house and milk shed between Denton and Goodrich Corners. The Barrett family, Mr and Mrs Lee Barrett and sons Faye 16 and Lee Jr 15 months, were away grape picking in Brocton when the blaze started about 9 am. Dewittville Fire Department saved a barn and two sheds but could not save the home or contents, though they did extract a hot iron safe containing private papers.
Police in Philadelphia searched two South Philadelphia districts after a report that two ex-convicts linked to a murder case were spotted in an automobile. An unidentified witness told Detective Sergeant William Martucci that the men were David Almeida and Reed Smith and that they once lived in the same area.
Erie Oct 7 Erie county three judges led by Judge D M Larabee opened the October term with 105 cases on the docket. First case involves a $50,000 damage claim by Mrs Abbie V Blake against Michael Marinelli owner of Lake Shore Distributing Co for injuries from a May 8 1945 truck collision in front of the Boston Store. Mrs Blake in a wheelchair suffered a broken hip and fractured pelvis. A prior jury found both parties negligent and awarded no damages. The Supreme Court granted a retrial after witness Arthur Scholton admitted tampering. Also noted a rent suit against Walter J Hammond of Parrell was dropped by the Federal Housing Expediter office in Pittsburgh.
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