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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1947
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text mentions firings at a facility and chart data items. No clear names, dates, places, or organizations are readable. The readable content hints at staff dismissals and internal charts but specifics are unavailable.
A historical market note lists cattle and sheep prices with range figures. Mentions heifers and various lots, including top and rail pricing for different stock. The readable OCR shows prices around 10 to 20 units, with references to specific lots and sellers.
Terrific rains flood all lowlands east of the city causing severe damage. Brokenstraw and Hare Creek rise, with roads underwater and sewer backups in the second ward. In Columbus Brokenstraw Valley becomes a lake, while Swyible's Flats and nearby areas flood beyond recent records. Maritime and foreign minister talks on Germany occupy headlines elsewhere.
Floods wreck bridges west of Corry and flood the Corry Creek valley. Water surged through pump station grounds as berms failed and culverts clogged. City streets south of town submerged with basements flooding and sewers backing up. City engineers report rising water threatening utilities and roadways.
Washington reports the government pressing mediation to avert a nationwide telephone strike set to begin Monday at 0 a.m. Negotiations involve the Independent National Federation of Telephone Workers and the Bell System, with 287000 members in 39 unions, potentially rising to 340000 if the strike occurs. Conciliators Edwards Le Warren and John W. Gibson, aided by AT and T officials, work amid private talks as Attorney General Clark weighs federal action and seizure options while President Truman remains wary of seizure outcomes.
District men invited to form a nucleus for a Naval Reserve division with headquarters in Corry. Veterans of Foreign Wars club hosts the event next Tuesday evening with Chief Gunners Mate Fopka and Abahazi present to explain enlistment benefits. A third officer will administer the oath to eleven prospective enlistees. Navy action films will be shown and eligible men must present discharge and separation papers if ex servicemen. youths over 17 and men 30 to 40 with no prior service also eligible. Also officers elected at the Vets post will be installed.
Clymer was hit hard by high water this morning with the town center to Spirit Hill submerged. French Creek rose near the Meyerink Mill flooding roads and striking fear of the bridge failure as residents fled homes and highways including Clymer Cutting road and the Corr y route were under several feet of water. Water damaged basements at Meyerink Mill and other businesses, while many highways to Wattsburg and Carter Hill were blocked by flooding, and the Waltsboro flat valley faced extensive damage. In Germany, Ruhr valley coal miners returned to work after protests over food shortages.
Roger W. Babson argues readers should shift from big cities to small, self-contained areas. He warns urban centers face real estate declines and rising costs, urging locally controlled firms in grain processing, building materials, and transportation to prosper. He outlines opportunities in gypsum, timber, cement, lead, copper, and related industries.
The Pennsylvania Telephone Corp. Erie office commercial manager B Carnahan is expected to address the Chamber of Commerce board on April 11 about steps to overcome the overtraded facilities and improve service. Inquiries and complaints about long waiting times and slow connections prompted calls for specifics on material shortages and plant expansions to handle peak demand.
Ajax Tron Works expands with a large brick complex visible from the city as a stockroom and cleaning department rise. The cleaning building should open soon, with windows removed and blast doors inverted, while the stock department is planned to be ready before June 1, adding showers and locker rooms for employees to ease current congestion.
The Pennsylvania State Police unveiled a statewide radio system with 13 land stations and 250 cars on the 42 megacycle band. Transmissions support police operations across the state with Call letters WPLS at the Corry station and private messages barred by the FCC.
Diky Coun will meet next Mar day night for the Ast Popular April segalon for Whaapaedes today to be A comparatively Weht meeting witht pny. Bids will be opened and the work may possibly be synchronized for the purchase of new police uniforms, eight in all. Three clothiers have submitted bids already. one or five more may come. Council undecided if contract will be awarded Monday night or held over. Other matters are still listed but action unclear.
A proposal to curb national paralysis strikes was submitted to the Senate labor committee as part of a general labor bill. It outlines banning the closed shop and outlawing jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts, aiming to stop union tactics from dictating terms to industries.
Two Cory youths Charles Armstrong and Richard Peebles may receive the Carnegie Hero Award for heroic rescue at Findley Lake last June. Witnesses say they saved Mrs. Clara Smith and her daughter from drowning after their canoe tipped over. If awarded, each would receive 250 and a Carnegie medal. a Pittsburgh commission official says the decision will be announced later in the year.
The weather forecast predicts showers today and early tomorrow for most of Pennsylvania then clearing and warmer conditions in western areas. The extreme east may see clearing by early afternoon with brighter Easter skies in that region.
Certification of a small number of condemned mines to resume operation is expected Monday in the Pittsburgh district. Officials warned a wave of late approvals may occur while some mines remain deemed unsafe by federal inspectors. The process follows the AFL-United Mine Workers mourning period for Centrailis mine disaster victims.
Southern Michigan faced its worst flood threat as two to three inches of rain swollen rivers and streams. Coast Guard auxiliary set up rescue centers in Mt. Clemens where 50 families were urged to evacuate. Red Cedar River near East Lansing threatened the main power station at Michigan State College and several homes were abandoned.
Corry woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross posthumously for her son Staff Sgt. Burland T. Pelton who was killed in the European theater in 1944. Army authorities announced the medal and seven others will be presented in Baltimore on Monday, adding to the 17 medals her family has received, after moving from Cleveland to Corry.
Staff Sgt. Pelton, born in Aurora Ohio and living in Columbus at enlistment, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross posthumously for leadership in an attack. Initial hope remained for his recovery on 16 1945, but he was later declared dead by the War Department as several crew members survived. His mother will accept the honor for him.
Bulletin from Wieter Oklahoma reports four persons hidet q when a wind storm struck Glendale community in Lethury county. The storm struck about 2 p m today damaging severe houses and mpragling Eek Jerusa...
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