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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1947
Page
1
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An unsigned letter from Erie mentions a demand and estate matters involving Brig Pa and attorney Stocks. The garbled text indicates a financial or legal notice about a property or stock market issue with unclear details.
Washington April 9 owners of seized soft coal mines accuse John L. Lewis of engineering a deliberate new strike by United Mine Workers. Federal officials kept their view pending another appearance by Lewis before the judge who fined him and the UMW. the case centers on labor action and return-to-work pressures.
In Harrisburg, state officials certify 74 oil mines safe for reopening after inspections. 84 pits may reopen once inspected and certified by week’s end. Officials discuss conditions with unions and operators as strikes and fines surround the coal industry.
The House committee on un American activities voted unanimously to cite Eugene Dennis, Communist Party secretary, for contempt after he failed to respond to a subpoena. Robert Stripling urged prosecution for conspiracy to contempt, while Dennis’s New York attorney Daniel Lapless said Dennis would not appear and filed a statement challenging the committee’s authority.
One of three escaped patients, John Zolbok, 28, surrendered at Valley Forge General Hospital. Nathaniel Green, 23, of Chicago, and Charles Piezell, 33, Milwaukee, remained at large as five men plotted the breakout. Guards overpowered staff during the escape after using duplicated keys to flee through the front door at 9:15 p.m. The trio reached the grounds, climbed a 15 foot barbed wire fence, and stole a car in Philadelphia after overpowering Sgt. John Peed.
In Norristown police report, 46 year old Thomas Henry Grant, on trial for the Dec 16 shooting of his wife Helen, 83, hanged himself in a jail cell about 15 minutes after a guard spoke with him. Artificial respiration was attempted before a coroner ruled death by strangulation.
Athens reports a broad offensive against guerrilla bands in Western Macedonia and Thessaly. Leaflets warned civilians to stay away from combat areas as troops massed for a combined assault involving up to 130000 soldiers and allied forces to crush the insurgents.
Len Durocher manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League was suspended for 30 days starting April 15 1947 by Baseball Commissioner A Bandler Chuck Dressen a former Dodgers manager and now a member of the New York Yankees was suspended along with a $2000 fine Harold Parrell traveling secretary of the Brooklyn club was fined $500 after an investigation prompted by charges of defamation brought by Larry MacPhail of the New York American League club against Burocher and Branch Rickey head of the Brooklyn club
Weather has enabled a strong maple sap run with forecasts predicting the largest output in years, about five times last year’s in this region. Producers report the season’s best flow after freezing nights, sap quality superior to recent years, syrup selling at seven dollars a gallon in Corry stores and five dollars or more elsewhere. A Titusville farmers market note: syrup at four dollars a gallon sold quickly.
The Agriculture Department announced a 1 cent per quart drop in producer milk prices effective May 1, with a 44 cent per hundred pounds reduction for the Northeast market including New York Boston Lowell Lawrence and Fall River Mass. The price cut establishes a pattern for other regions under federal milk marketing orders, lowering minimum producer prices to $4.18 per hundred pounds delivered to New York within a 201 mile radius.
Two WWI veterans led the area’s first naval reserve enlistment last night at the VFW hall. About 100 veterans and other youths attended to join a nucleus for a proposed division of 200 reservists, with Lt. L. K. Deeds and W. A. Redmond Corry speaking on reserve duties and cooperation.
POILIPSBURG Pa April 3 One of the largest manhunts in central Pennsylvania continued as searchers refused to give up hope of finding four year old Jimmy Seniser. Red eyed weary volunteers worked dawn to recover a body from abandoned coal mines. The child was last seen Sunday while playing with his brothers near their home in Lich Lohimond Mesnivhlle as area fire companies pressed the grim task.
Mrs. Glannys Lord of Spartansburg was shot through the left breast as a rifle bullet ricocheted in the hotel office. She was rushed to Corry Hospital where surgeons operated. doctors say the first bullet missed vital organs and she is expected to recover. The event followed a confrontation at the hotel and investigators pursued a possible motive tied to family tensions.
State Police report one state highway remains blocked near Beaverdam due to washouts from high winds and a breezy incident. Extra caution urged as repairs and temporary detours are planned. several township roads in Wayne Concord Columbus and Spring Creek are flooded or washed out with traffic slowed and reassigned until grading and drainage work can be completed.
Moscow reports describe a German boundary plan involving the Ruhr and Upper Silesia. A proposed boundary commission would oversee key regions with international administration or supervision of vital resources. The United States favors French aims within limits, while artifacts of Polish control shift east of the Oder and Neisse rivers.
News briefs report a Newark strike back to work after legislative changes and compulsory arbitration. Venezuela mourns 24 dead after Aeropostal plane crash near mountainous terrain. The U S Commerce Commission cites the Pennsylvania Railroad Red Arrow in a fatal crash with 24 killed and 138 injured. United Mine Workers Welfare Fund sets 1,000 death benefit per miner. President Truman讨论 economic problems of rising prices in a cabinet session with actions planned or taken.
Detroit observers recall Henry Ford as an industrial genius as crowds gather for his body in state. Ford died from a cerebral hemorrhage Monday night, prompting Mrs. Henry Ford and family members to mourn with composure while the city honors his life and work.
New officers of the Archie W Thompson Veterans of Foreign War Post were installed last night with Adjutant Eugene Lethman in charge. Elected leaders include Harold Cragg as commander Henry Hicks senior vice commander Olin Bracken Jr vice commander Pred Hosman quartermaster Eugene Bethman adjutant Walter Scott judge advocate Archibald Crowell chaplain Sam Baressi patriotic instructor William Allen officer of the day Cassing Sears historian Robert Morton service officer Alfred Murnon Ary Floyn Blude and R M McCoy trustees. An athletic committee was named to direct post activities for the next year with Walter Scott Clinton McKean and William Roehrig. The Bugle Corps and Firing Squad remain under Burch Gordon Past Commander C P Keating.
Langley Collyer s body was discovered amid filth in the former fashionable Brownstone shared with his blind brother Homer. Autopsy to determine death. extensive junk removal left the house nearly bare. Police noted Homer Collyer died from malnutrition days earlier.
Washington April 9 Negotiations on the nationwide telephone strike progressed through a long session with hopes for a key Bell System unit near settlement. Government aided talks centered on long distance rates and arbitration costs as wage disputes and proposed three man panels arose. The union offered a $1 payroll deduction compromise but the company refused, prolonging the stalemate and delaying a broader settlement.
A packed galleys and crowded Senate chamber heard spokesmen on Governor James BH Dail's 313,000,000 tax program. More than 1,000 people filled the hall while hundreds milled outside as the finance committee debated proposed levies including a rise in cigarette taxes. Arthur Schultz of the Pennsylvania Tolesco Distributors Association objected to an increase from two to three cents per cigarette, arguing federal taxation already boosts prices. The session aimed to approve bills advancing to the House.
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