07 Apr 1952
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1952
Page
1
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The Wage Stabilization Board and industry officials pursue new talks with Siwet's big firms and the CIO United Steel Workers as a strike deadline nears. Officials caution no schedule is set, while unions push for a wage increase and benefits. Mills have cooled furnaces and merchants report an Easter buying slump amid production cutbacks.
Boston April 7 Rep John F Kennedy D Moss will seek the Senate seat held by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr R after conferring with Roy Paull A Dever a favorite son candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination Kennedy is the son of Joseph P Kennedy former ambassador to the court of St James and announced the move yesterday
Stores will close from 12 noon to 8 p.m. on Good Friday for a community observance led by the county Ministerial Association. Evangelical United Churches will adjust hours, with retail outlets departing from usual practice on Wednesday afternoon and opening Thursday as normal. The Friday afternoon closing is intended to allow employees to attend services.
Pact covers Pennsylvania Gas Co employees in five locals Erie Ludlow James Town Sackets Corry Bend food Bend areas including firemen and oilers. It provides retroactive wage boosts up to 18 vents an hour pending approval, paid holidays, up to three weeks vacation for long service, automatic progression pay, a comprehensive seniority plan and unlimited sick leave with pay under certain conditions.
Police seek the owner of a truck linked to a hit and run on East Main Street last evening. Foster Collier reports his parked car was struck after Eldon Huling and a witness saw the truck swerve and flee. Damage to Collier’s car about $100. officers checked with Harrisburg DMV to trace ownership.
In Renovo Pennsylvania civic volunteers race to complete a $52,000 payment to avoid foreclosure on a $200,000 community shirt factory building. Editor Jack Smyth said helpers aimed to raise the final $2,000 as officials contacted late donors.若
Charlee G C HutTinwh seeks release via habeas corpus in the slaying of his 15 month old daughter May 27. Attorney William Piudit says Judge Burver Laut has testEd rule to show cause with response due April 23. HutTinwh argues wrongful imprisonment, challenging medical testimony and criminal procedure. He was found guilty Sept 18 by an Erie County court jury for murdering his daughter, Duyue Marie, in the abdomen after she cried. The child died at Cofty Memorial Hospital. postmortem ruled a ruptured bowel the cause.
Area maple producers report strong sap flow as a weekend cold snap ends, shaping a possibly longer season. Droughty nights and warm days yield lighter syrup while continued cool weather could extend the season past mid month. Some village operations paused while hilltop sap runs improve, and retail prices remain around 4.50 to 5 per gallon with bulk 22 to 25 cents per pound depending on grade.
A .38 revolver with three discharged shells was found in a Brooklyn parking lot near Arnold Schuster's home, prompting investigators to connect it to the March 8 shooting. Police questioned a longshoreman as detectives, including Inspector Hammill, questioned several men and intensified activity at the Fourth Avenue precinct as the probe continued.
Job openings jumped 10133 in the past month as the district faces a tightening labor market. Paul L Heasley, manager of the Cory office of the Pennsylvania State Employment Service, warned a male worker shortage could occur within a month unless hiring rates improve. Uncertainty in the steel industry could rapidly alter the forecast. Last month 110 applications were filed, 99 in March, with 34 job seekers plus 184 females and 44 veterans among 194 placed. Referrals totaled 207, up from February, across professional and managerial to unskilled categories. Unemployment compensation dropped as new claims rose.
A Palm Sunday snowfall of two and a half inches left area highways slick and impassable in places. Motorists reported hazardous driving as roads froze overnight and traffic slowed to a crawl in Stevens, James Town, and nearby towns. By late morning, melting eased conditions but minor one car accidents were noted. In Los Angeles, Alphone Callahan 28 died after attempting to steal a piggy bank, bullets ending pursuit when he fled from LT. Whitinger’s home. $17 was found in the bank.
A garbled city health notice reports 278 disease cases with scattered medical terms and figures. Names and details are unreadable or corrupted, leaving an unclear tally and broken references to specific illnesses and dates.
A fire in Youngsville caused about 300,000 in damage to two stores and the Old Fellows lodge rooms. Chief Harold Culver said flames started in a basement area of a building on Main Street and spread through floors and stairs. Fire departments from Youngsville and Sugar Grove fought the blaze, with substantial smoke and water damage reported to nearby properties.
Pittsburgh based Jones and Loughlin Steel says it will send geologists into four southeastern Ontario sections to search for iron ore reserves. It has acquired exploration options for Petersborough north shore of Lake Ontario and parts of Durham Northumberland and Frontenac counties. A fourth area southwest of Ottawa near Kingston is also targeted. Indirect geophysical evidence suggests possible ore, with surface surveys planned and preliminary diamond drilling in areas flagged by geophysics.
John Filiptowski, 38, of Moosic Pa an electrician died yesterday three weeks after being bitten by a skunk in Wilkes-Barre area. Authorities report the incident led to his death with no further details available. Funeral arrangements are pending.
AP reports from Munsan on April 7 that UN truce talks promise a welcome home for prisoners released or repatriated. North Korea demands return of all prisoners, while UN controls insist no one be forced to return. Officials say returned men will participate in postwar peace work with families.
DuBois, Pa. April 7 A 53 year old brewery worker was jailed today charged with the murder of Mrs Mary Cameron in her DuBois home. Hangartner admitted shooting after an argument. He went to a church and confessed to a priest who advised surrender. Police arrested him.
Long time Secret Service members recall Fala the small black Scottie once close to Franklin D. Roosevelt. The dog died Saturday and was buried yesterday in Hyde Park's rose garden near the late president's grave.
Associated Press reports Senate hearings on James P. Meciniuery for a cabinet post will delay confirmation. Senator Watkins, R Utah, calls for a full investigation and possibly extended questioning. A federal judge case in Philadelphia and related Susie Department ties are noted as concerns.
In Chicago on April 7 the contest for the Republican presidential nomination tightens as Senator Taft and General Eisenhower gain delegates. Illinois and Kentucky push Taft while Eisenhower seeks New York and New Jersey gains. Michigan’s unpledged faction shifts add to the view a deadlock at July’s national convention. An Idaho result complicates the tally amid a broader primary map. A separate note from Somerset, Pa reports a two seat plane crash. the pilot survived.
Nationwide labor unrest centers on Western Electric with 67000 CIO Communications Workers strikes and a Western Union walkout. CWA members across New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan, California, Nevada and beyond threaten to disrupt telephone service while Bell System workers join the action. Negotiations continue with federal mediators as picketing spreads to multiple states and offices.
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