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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1946
Page
3
Fragmented text references a diploma, a Greek double, and mentions porch quality and washable items. It reads as garbled OCR without clear events, people, or locations. No identifiable persons or organizations are discernible from the readable portions.
An old classifieds style item touts a 13 inch baby doll with bottle, sleeping eyes, washable diapers, and sunscreen resistant features alongside drapery slip covers. Also advertised are all purpose pliers and durable carbon steel drop-forced tools for home use.
Carmon Ross former president of Edinboro State Teachers College died Saturday night at Hahnemann Hospital Philadelphia after an operation. A Doylestown resident, Ross retired ten months ago as a public school administrator to head the Public Education and Child Labor Association of Pennsylvania. He was Lafayette College class of 1905, superintendent of Doylestown and Lansdowne schools, and led Edinboro College from 1934 to 1930 before joining the state education department. He held Kiwanis roles and belonged to Masons and several fraternities.
Albert Bemis of Erie, formerly of Corry, died at Corry Hospital at 7 AM Sunday. Born November 14, 1869 at French Creek, he lived there and in Wayne County before moving to Corry for many years. Due to failing health, he moved to Erie six years ago to live with his son Carlyle. He was visiting Corry last week when taken ill and hospitalized. Survived by son Carlyle Bemis of Erie, daughters Katherine Nekemy of North East and Milcrede Beach of Nevada, and granddaughter Ruth Bemis of Erie. Remains at Bragken Keating Funeral Home. service Tuesday at 1 PM. interment in Cutting Cemetery in the family lot.
A power strike prompts makeshift heating across Pittsburgh with a 150 horsepower steam boiler used to warm workers in the 12 story Union Trust building. Colleges reopen as strikes drag on with Duquesne, University of Pittsleigh and Mt Mercy among those resuming classes while Carnegie Tech and Pennsylvania College for Women operate normally. Night blackout persists but police report crime dropping, with only one notable robbery in three weeks.
Treasury position shows receipts 117045154945 dollars and expenditures 72 balance 8009119170.03 dollars with a daily increase of 46745052.00 and a large balance figure discrepancy in the OCR rendering.
Millie report details Bubna’s partial confession linking him to the March 4 murder of Robert Fisher. He admits complicity, corroborates most denials, and says he paid Mike Dominick to help cover the crime while defending against capital punishment. Defense argues questioning was hard and seeks a higher court appeal to overturn, or at least lessen, the sentence.
Erie Oct 14 Wanerverty Perry aged 33 was arrested after allegedly drunken disorderly conduct and assaulting Policeman Joseph Hilbert during a night arrest at 17th and Fried streets. Perry struck Hilbert in the chin as reserves arrived. he was subdued and jailed on $26 bail for a hearing before Alderman George Byubender. Perry received scalp wounds and was treated at Asmot Hospital after Hilbert said he had to club him.
In Uniontown on October 14, 111 Redstone Township teachers received back pay exceeding 60,000 dollars while their strike for a 400 dollar cost of living raise continues. Schools remain closed to 3,224 pupils as teachers prepare for a school district institute. State funds allocated 90,000 dollars for salaries, though the township is nearly broke. spokesperson Aired Defigio notes many teachers have cashed policies and lived on extended credit.
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