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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1950
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment lists various items such as yard goods, antiques, cows, storms, and grain. It mentions quantities like percent sushels and 100 torn, with scattered references to dates and places, yielding a partial snapshot of a market or notice.
President Truman and Secretary Acheson pledged to keep Republicans informed and seek their views as they establish a bipartisan foreign policy. Senator Bridges reported planned meetings with GOP leaders in Paris and London, with John Sherman Cooper named as Republican adviser to coordinate briefings.
Erie plaintiff Tessie Glessier, administrator of Archie Smiths estate, loses in the Pennsylvania Superior Court. Judge F Clair Ross upholds a lower ruling granting the $1850 fund from Security Peoples Trust Company to Thomas Shreve of Erie, who was made a joint depositor in 1987.
Wy County channels DST into effect April 30 while Mayor Kinley is authorized to implement the change. After extensive discussion the council approved the move to align with summer months, a policy followed for years. Protests from residents, especially in the Sun area, were largely absent.
City council votes to buy 1500 feet of fire hose for the Corry Fire Department while considering bid requirements and funding. They authorize deeds exchange for Shady Avenue, approve vacating the alley, discuss traffic and police staffing, and set dates for Clean Up Day May 2 and 3 with rubbish pickup by Streets Department crews.
The Corry-damestown Mfg Corp awarded the contract for a single story brick and steel plant to H Platt Co of Erie. Rogers Street and Steel Co from this city to supply and erect the steel. Platt Co was the low bidder among several large contractors. Groundwork starts this week with a five month goal for one project phase. The 120 by 600 foot plant will sit on Brownd Brownd 0 acre, eastern city edge, to house Steel-Avenue desks and 12 styles of desks and tables.
AP reports a string of recent Soviet obituaries for military and civilian officials including N V Brogrov aged 48 and Anatoli Kapytov aged 43 fueling Western speculation of a purge though Moscow censorship offers no evidence of such a campaign.
Firemen were called at 7 15 this afternoon as a grass blaze near the Sclota lumber mill threatened the structure. The flames were brought under control after about 20 minutes using pumps and brooms. No damage was reported despite a large scorched area.
Police say a love triangle sparked a bomb plot aboard a United Air Lines flight from Los Angeles with Betty Suomela and Jatin Henry Grant at center. Grant, facing divorce, allegedly planned to collect insurance and fled after a bomb failed to fully detonate injuring no one.
Members of Local 1508 at the Aero Supply Co. plant on South Center Street rejected the latest company offer on contributory plans and hospital and insurance provisions. Negotiations to secure a new working agreement continue as the union authorizes renewed talks.
Bruce resigns as director of arms aid plan citing return to private life amid reshuffle. President to consider Bruce successor while Lewis Douglas leaves embassy post in Britain. James Bruce informs White House of decision after organizing military shipments overseas.
A Corry man aged 21 finished a 3172 mile journey in a 1826 Dodge coupe. The vehicle, rebuilt after over 130000 miles of use, traveled from South Ceetee Street to Florida. The trip ended after 49 years at Morris Works on August 16.
Suen witnesses testified in Chautauqua county court at Mayville in a wrongful death suit over a July 31 accident. Mollie Clymer seeks damages for the death of her husband Marvis Lester, killed when the Legters car collided with a pickup driven by Harry Smith on Morris Road.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Memorial Hospital Association supported the hospital with pledges and equipment purchases from 1945 to 1949. They donated thousands for beds sheets fans steam tables and medical items and pledged $1 000 toward the memorial building fund for the coming year.
In a city council meeting, members narrowly supported authorizing a dog catcher visit to enforce licensing. The measure targets unlicensed dogs and would fund the effort via a new $82 fee. Mayor and officials cite public safety and compliance as key goals.
Washington April 18 Senator McCarthy announced he will seek subpoenas for two ex FBI agents to testify on his charges of communists in government. He offered to provide the witnesses’ names to Senate counsel Edward Moran, saying he would reveal them only if required. The case centers on Owen Lattimore, accused as a Soviet agent, a claim Lattimore denies as moonshine. McCarthy indicated other witnesses would corroborate or supplement statements as the inquiry continues.
The United States accused Soviet fighters of shooting down a missing American navy patrol plane over the Baltic Sea. The formal reply demanded indemnity for lives lost and instruction to prevent future incidents, citing the need to ease tensions and preserve peaceful international relations.
Stanley Beltz of Erie was arrested for failure to yield after a two car collision on Route 6 at Fitch's Corners. Beltz drove from Route 25042 in front of Richa Musto of Bradford. Beltz car damaged $500, Musto car $ 8890. no serious injuries.
Two brush fire incidents within the city prompted alarms today. Firemen responded to a brush fire near Jackson House on East Oohamtu s avenue and another blaze at Setota Street hill top, with units called out again later in the afternoon.
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