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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1945
Page
6
Harrisburg Pennsylvania secretary of highways John A Shroyer announced a nine year survey showing truck weights up 28 percent since 1936. Twenty eight state stations weighed over 1100 truck and trailer combinations revealing average single truck weight rose from 8100 to 10500 pounds.
A momentous Tokyo meeting unfolded as Emperor Hirohito traveled from the palace to the American embassy in a brief, orderly convoy. MacArthur escorted the dignitary through a guarded drive as reporters struggled to document the historic contact between Japan’s ruler and a foreign military authority.
An unidentified furloughed soldier provided information leading to the capture of Almond Lewis, 27, of R. D. 1. McKean, after his car struck a pole at 30th and Peach streets in Erie. He was arrested in Kearsarge and booked on a hit and run charge, awaiting arraignment before Alderman Joseph Kiliszewski.
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