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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1947
Page
4
A historical overview notes meatless Tuesdays and chickenless Thursdays as part of wartime diet shifts. It tracks UPA and Truman actions in 1946 1948 including price controls on livestock, ceilings, and removal dates as meat availability fluctuated and prices soared, with references to public concerns and radio broadcasts.
A joint Sunday school service will be held at Excelsior Church Gutters Corners on Sunday October 19 with schools from Excelsior Dobbs Corners West Spring Creek and Picadills Hill. Morning program starts 9 a m and afternoon service 1 30 p m Basket lunch served at 12 30. Excelsior Sunday School will provide coffee milk and sugar. Directed by Rev RF Armstrong Warren county mission leader for the American Sunday School Union. Pakistan has about one fourth as many people and is about a third the size of Hindu India.
A local ad promotes Francis Hooper at Personal Finance Company of Corry at 138 N Center Street offering cash loans with no co signers and privacy. It touts small monthly payments and flexible terms such as a $25 loan for 4 months or $100 over 18 months, urging readers to call today.
Delinquent city taxpayers face arrest if 1927 assessments are not settled. Tax Collector Gordon instructed to pursue the remaining $11 000 balance. Plans for a large modern dance pavilion at Findley Lake announced by W L Wakeley. Members of the Pennsylvania Railroad Veterans Association head to a fifth annual outing from Baltimore to Annapolis. Ed Marsh and son Barrett left for Adirondack camp for two weeks. Perry and Paull Lines are at camp. Perry to join soon. A reception at Maple Lane Farm honored Mr and Mrs James Heppel newleyweds with songs and piano. A local autoist reports a Detroit to Niagara Falls trip with detour at Cutting and fine pavement on Worth Center Boulevard.
A column debunks common medical superstitions and myths. It warns that beliefs like bad luck from a black cat or feeding a cold are unhelpful and sometimes harmful. It promotes rational medical thinking, rest, nourishment, and correct breathing for recovery and health.
Jamestown detectives link a speeding halt at a store to a deer poaching case involving Arthur K. Hotchkiss of Randolph. He faces $200 deer season violation and a $500 bond on a loaded weapon charge after police recovered a Mauser pistol and a 22 rifle, plus deer hair and meat. Authorities noted two deer killed on Sept 21 and Oct 1 with others implicated. Carl Hotchkiss, the father, paid $25 for possessing deer meat during closed season, and Ernest Shubb of Randolph paid $60 for tagging and possessing venison. Protected: John L. Zentz and Elmer Cone assisted in the investigation.
The note asks seven quiz questions from a classified page, covering subjects from royal marriages to state suffrage, with asks about gladiolus plural forms and deer species. It mentions Magda Lupescu, Mrs Roosevelt, Sister Kenny, the Chicago fire timing, and naval commissioning ranks.
Erie youth Touls Abbsto, 17, admits three recent thefts after an arrest at the YMCA projection room on 10th and Peach streets. Det. Capt. Roy Mong says the youth, in juvenile court care, admitted stealing a jar containing $6 from St. Mark's Hall and breaking into a location via a window. The money was recovered after the arrest.
Park Fountain Barbecue reports a theft on October 5 involving two cash registers totaling 3660 dollars and the theft of a Whizzer motor bike. The vehicle, owned by Lowell Askotnes, was found abandoned by police yesterday after the incident near the Wick YMCA alley.
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