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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1950
Page
4
The piece links farm price swings from 1944 to 1950 with voting outcomes. It notes 1948 Democratic gains and Republican gains in Town, plus shifts in farm income and ratios. It suggests farmer voters react to more than prosperity, echoing “You don't kill Santa Claus.”
Analysis argues that farmer voting patterns do not simply follow farm price swings. It compares 1946 and 1948 elections with concurrent price trends, noting 1946 prices rose while Republicans gained seats and 1948 prices fell as Democrats expanded control, challenging the adage that farmers vote by pocketbook.
A reader self test asks ten questions to judge memory and IQ levels. It includes a governor’s state, geometry, weapons, sports hints, horse ages, Cremona use, dog oyster term, WWII Coast Guard landings, last bearded US president, and chalet design purpose.
Springfield township residents petition Erie county court for a writ of mandamus to compel school district officials to install bus reading zones and School Bus Stop signs. Alty Samuel Rossiter serves as counsel for Springfield township and East Springfield borough. The joint school board operates the three area schools and is named as defendant. The petition cites state law requiring off the highway loading platforms and special stop signs on bus routes.
Erie officials consider an ordinance sponsored by Mayor C. K. Pulling to ban sales and furnishing of BB air rifles and similar devices to minors 18 and under. Violators face 10 to 100 dollar fines or up to 30 days in jail.
In McKeesport 39 year old Mrs Stella Gerber has been declared sane after a 1946 killing of her three year old daughter by telephone. She was adjudged insane and committed to a state hospital but now faces a murder trial next month per District Attorney William S Rahauuser.
A Pittsburgh unions spokesman welcomed an attorney general inquiry into the 25 day newspaper strike, saying the probe would not offend the workers. The ten unions idled by the walkout publish the Pittsburgh Daily Reporter, which will halt when the regular papers resume publication.
Attorney General Charles J. Marvell is conducting a special grand jury investigation into Pittsburgh activities. Details remain limited as the inquiry proceeds.
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