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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1953
Page
1
A fragment references an actor and a 1951 corn related incident involving a rake. Details are unclear but the note points to a life event or conflict tied to a person named Bu. Further readable context is required for precise summary.
Fragmentary text shows unclear references to a navigator or person named Uty and a call to pay alms or charitable offering. No clear event, date, or place is discernible from the damaged lines.
The Communists agreed to major points of a allied plan to exchange sick and wounded POWs in Korea. A signing could occur tomorrow with exchanges starting within 10 days. The deal limits returns to about 600 Allied prisoners and outlines convoy operations and a 20 day termination window.
In Luxembourg a grand royal wedding unites Belgium and Luxembourg houses before nobles from eleven nations. Prince and Princess ride through a packed city as church bells ring and crowds cheer Vive. The ceremony at the cathedral draws a vast crowd filling the capital with pageantry and honors.
Mrs. Maur wirel Beale Rinhold, 4% daughter of a prominent Pittsburgh industrialist, died yesterday. Rites are set for the funeral honoring her memory.
Marine forces recaptured Carson Hill after heavy fighting with Chinese troops. About 240 enemy dead or wounded were reported as Marines advanced up shell battered slopes and secured the outpost eight miles east of Poumiun jam. American bombers then pounded a large Red supply dump nearby.
Senate Banking Committee backed a five month extension of federal rent controls by 19 to 8 though approval may stall before final passage. The panel endorsed Eisenhower’s plan to extend controls to September 20 and to continue mobilization provisions amid debate on wages and rents. The move affects about one third of U.S. rental units across major cities like Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis Boston Baltimore Minneapolis and Cleveland.
Erie hardware man Norm Weibler aged 44, leader of a local band, drowned in Lake Erie off the Peninsula. Coast Guard recovered a brown coat and initials from the mud. police chief Pronk Strasomer directed search near Moeller's restaurant.
Ajax Tran Works Local 1748 voters approve a new long term agreement through August 30, 1955. The contract provides about 15 cents per hour increases plus a 1,500 health policy, quarterly cost of living adjustments, three weeks paid vacation after 15 years, and retroactive raises from February 1. Substantial annual improvements total over 16 cents per hour including fringe benefits, adding roughly 100,000 dollars to Ajax employees.
AP reports from Mukden Manchuria that U S jet ace Harold Fischer was shot down and captured after his Sabre Jet was intercepted by anti aircraft units near the Yeh River in Manchuria.
Dag Hammarskjold newly elected U N secretary general arrived from Stockholm today aboard a Sognia navien Airlines plane. He was greeted at Idlewild Airport by outgoing U N secretary general Trygve Lie and several other high ranking officials.
A North Korean radio broadcast says seven British subjects have been released after a Soviet request dated March 9. The names were not immediately available and one identity remains missing.
DAVID J. MCDONALD president of the United Steelworkers urged President Eisenhower to act on the guaranteed annual wage. He spoke at the 16th annual CIO Gospel convention in Philadelphia noting workers fear insecurity as some contracts guarantee wage while idle periods occur. He outlined a new union focus on guaranteed wage and related compensation, with planning for state lobbying and field reports.
Pittsburgh parents of six children killed in a December gas explosion sue Equitable Gas Co and a motorist for 47000 damages. They claim negligence by Liput and the company after a line broke and a gas line exposed the Moulls family home leading to the blast and fire. Liput is accused of driving over the sidewalk and striking the line. Bound over to a May grand jury in Wheeling a 20 year old secretary, Joyce O Rathoveky, was found dead May 22 on the Ohio River bank. details describe a fatality with torn clothing.
A disastrous collision near London results in nine deaths and about fifty injuries as two trains collide and derail. Firefighters and medical teams evacuate the wreckage, while officials express relief that the death toll may be lower than feared.
Former Let tary of the Ating Frank Payee Jr told Senators he never saw reports from Gen James A Van Fleet about ammunition shortages in Korea. Lovett said he assigned the problem to a civilian assistant and blamed the Army as a whole for delays.
A party of American newspaper executives arrived in Berlin from Motow laday for a two day trade journey through Western Flussig and Poland. A crowd of reporters greeted them as the Boylet Bhue Express pulled into Silesian Station. James L. Wick said a news conference would be held later today.
The United Mine Workers Union was ordered by the NLRB to stop violence or threats at seven strip mines in Somerset and Clearfield counties. Operators accuse the union of unfair labor practices to organize about 250 workers at M J Metteroff and several other Co coal firms including Central Moshinnon and Banner Coast Co.
A federal judge in Philadelphia ruled the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association and other trucking firms must respond to questions in the 250 million dollar lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Railroad. Judge Thomas J. Clary approved a motion by PRR counsel Philip L. Price, with the PMTA and others named as co-defendants.
The board outlined condemned properties including land and houses tied to the Armitage and Hall properties. Viewers questioned values while litigation addresses costs and timelines for appeals, with a 10 day to هایake execution and potential state financing approval.
An aviation note reports pilot Joe de Bona departing for New York aiming to set a faster speed record. Reference is made to prior marks by De Homi and an 1850 attempt by Paul Mante, with names and numbers appearing in a garbled budget of OCR text.
Harrisburg reports show Republicans delaying a House vote on a 2 percent sales tax with exemptions for medicines farm equipment and some groceries. The measure would raise about 88 million to 1.4 billion annually depending on wording and enforcement, as opponents push referrals back to committee.
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