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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1957
Page
9
An auction listing describes land for sale near Denmore and a household lot including cabinet kitchen items, furniture, rugs, and garden items. The catalog mentions a 1957 date cluster and multiple items like tractors, plows, chains, and feeders. Cash payment terms with references to a dealer, consignor, and location in Pennsylvania.
New York report from Standard Rate and Data Service shows Erie County farm gross receipts reaching 20 000 000 in 1957 up from 18 584 000 in 1956. Income mainly from livestock sales about 11 000 000 and crop receipts around 7 800 000.
The Commerce Department reports August personal income rising at an annual rate of one billion dollars to a record 347 billion. Despite declines in manufacturing, construction and mining, payrolls increased by half a billion dollars annually, with proprietors income up due to retail service trade and higher livestock prices.
Wall Caster, ex employee, shares pictures of Climax locomotives including the largest 108 ton 1927 build at Corry and a diesel-converted unit used by Canadian Forest Products. Also shown are an 80 ton logging Climax in British Columbia and an in‑service engine at Ellamore West Virginia with steam visible. The note also covers a revised Highway Painting program targeting major routes by Memorial Day with completion aimed by next July 4.
Chin Brig Gen David P. Hardy ret San Francisco former assistant superintendent of schools died Tuesday. He joined the National Guard as a private in 1914.
A National Coal Association study for the period shows coal's share in U S electricity generation rising as oil and gas use declines. The report notes regional shifts with coal increasing in New England, the Middle Atlantic, East North Central, Mountain states, and parts of the South Central while natural gas demand remains steady and oil usage fluctuates.
Secretary of Commerce William Davin notes Pennsylvania's nonfarm housing starts declined 14 percent in the first quarter of 1957 from 9,000 in 1956. The drop mirrors the national average, with FHA VA financed starts down while conventional loans held steady. Coal and gas use trends also appear in the 1956-57 data, and the Cullinan Diamond is referenced as a world-record gem in South Africa.
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