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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1947
Page
4
The Democratic National Committee weighs a 1941 convention date and venue choice, with Philadelphia and San Francisco as leading options. The piece recalls past nominations and notes regional strategy, highlighting Southern influence and the strain of funding convention expenses.
Lawrence Thomas leases the Phoen ic Hotel restaurant department and will open next week. The Davise-Forle Company builds a large lumber storage shed 160 by 20 feet. Farm thefts strike locally with 50 to 60 bushels of potatoes and poultry stolen from a West Spring Creek farm now owned by Charles Moore. Beatrice Daugherty hosts a dinner for Marion Bory with dancing games and cards. awards go to Charles and Robert Shaver Coyt Williams Mildred McElray Milan Williams and Ernest Palmquist. Adolphus Orsell aged 70 dies at his Eagle street home. he worked for Corry-Jamestown Mfg. Corp. This was one of the rare election years without a major party convention in Chicago.
An 广anecdotal ad extols SAN-CURA as highly recommended for irritated skin, promising rapid relief from itching and inflammation. It claims germicidal safety and quick healing of cracks, urging readers to buy convenient 5c and fever-sized bottles from local druggists or write to Thompson Medical Co. New York.
Analysis notes diphtheria trends in Pennsylvania and nationwide. It reports almost double the state cases in 1946 vs 1945, a 12 percent U.S. decline, and over 1,300 American child deaths. Experts link rises to wartime births and postwar factors, with transmission from returning soldiers and gaps in prewar immunization. Emphasizes that diphtheria is preventable through higher immunization among preschool children.
A reader quiz asks whether Japan declared war in World War I,U.S. government employment in 1947 versus 1935, the late Fiorello LaGuardia’s faith, validity of common law marriages, cabinet posts held by Clinton Anderson, the origin of the term funnybone, the archbishop’s excommunication threat over segregated parochial schools, Taft’s injury in Seattle, the columnist who writes Pitching Horseshoes, Valentino’s first name, and a forest entry order restricting access to Allegheny National Forest affecting Warren and surrounding counties.
Erie Mayor Gale H. Ross ordered Chief William J. Donahue to investigate rumors of disunity within the police department. Ross, who previously called allegations of Democratic Chairman Maurice J. Coughlin ridiculous, said he has heard rumors but believes they involve only one or two men and will back the chief's actions to remedy the situation.
Harmen Alvie Perrine, 47, of Umlontown Ett, died in Franklin Hospital from injuries after being struck by a car on Fifteenth Street last Tuesday night. Car driver Clarerice Phenecie said he could not avoid the accident. Perrine, a carpenter born at Raymilton, leaves a wife Tessie Hoff man, five daughters, two sons, 14 grandchildren, and a brother.
Eleanor Dolloff wife of W Dolloff of Warren died at the family home Sunday afternoon. She lived in Corry until three years ago when she moved with her husband to Warren. Survived by husband and parents Mr and Mrs Scott Stigers of Punxsutawney, a daughter Mrs Jean Quinlan of Eric, and brother Glenn Stigers of Punxsutawney. Prayer service held at Peterson Funeral Home in Warren with body taken to Punxsutawney for services tomorrow at 3 30 p m with interment at Glenwood Cemetery later.
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