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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1947
Page
7
Fragmented OCR listing farm machinery parts and items including loader, corn and grain augers, binder, wagon, elevator, grinder, drums, pine items, and partial names. Also mentions parish or county legal notices and names like Arthur and Fred, with garbled dates and locations.
The 1947 duck season opens Tuesday at noon with Corry area hunters taking blinds to pursue migratory birds. Officials shortened the season to November 19 and ban early-day slanting times, warning of fair outlook and poor hunting conditions. Local haunts include Columbus Spar talnburg Tamarack Swamp and Canaddits Lake. daily limit four ducks with one wood duck, shotgun use only, no more than 10 gauge, and no shells over capacity.
Villanova coach Jordan Olivar says the starting backfield may be changed for the Sunday game against Detroit because fullback Ralph Pasquatiello has not fully recovered from a leg injury. Sophomore Tom Glavin will replace him.
Only two of the top ten college football teams face challengers as Vanderbilt and Illinois draw tougher opponents while others have easier tests. Michigan opens Big Nine pursuit against Northwestern as Notre Dame visits Nebraska. Army, Penn State, Penn, Yale, California and other matchups shape a wide set of coast to coast games.
Larry MacPhail, former president and GM of the New York Yankees, tells reporters his retirement was not influenced by Commissioner Chandler or any other individual. He notes selling his one third stake to Dan Topping and Del Webb, with the sale netting $2,000,000 and his past year’s compensation near $250,000, citing a heavy tax as the decisive factor. Temple Upsets Muhlenberg to Break Undefeated Run.
Pennsylvania's waterfowl season opens with a predicted heavy turnout while bag limits tighten due to low duck supply. The State Game Commission bans live decoys and baiting, requires a federal duck stamp, and launches a safety campaign with posters and leaflets after last year's 49 hunting fatalities. College football scores and boxing results follow.
Jamaica's race track canceled its Saturday program due to a three day strike by grooms and exercise boys, causing the loss of two $25,000 stakes and disrupting New York track followers for the first time since the 1945 war emergency. Scholastic scores from Meadville to Punxsutawney are also listed.
Officials and arms makers deny any government authority to freeze ammunition amid rumors of shortages. Corry retailers report reduced shell availability during buttin g season with 12 gauge remaining plentiful while 4, 10, 12, and 16 gauge shells grow harder to buy.
Robert Tigeme Fitzgerald, 16, a Van dergrift High School substitute halfback, died in a hospital after collapsing during a game in which his team beat Baldwin Township. Death due to cerebral hemorrhage per Allegheny County Coroner report.
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