25 Apr 1951
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1951
Page
1
The readable fragments depict Erie and neighboring areas with mentions of Brown Corry and Bracken relations, several individuals, birthdays, and community ties. The garbled text references Keeabline, HUA, and local names, suggesting a personal or obituary style notice among neighbors and relatives with birthday acknowledgments.
The Public Utilities Commission approved a second rate increase for Pennsylvania Telephone Corp. effective May 1, boosting monthly charges across multiple service plans. The expansion, sought by the company, raises estimated annual revenue and affects customers in Erie, Venango, Warren, Cambria and other counties with new rates varying by business and residence lines. The commission rejected protests from several communities and allowed only partial rate increases after hearings. The article also notes a Senate committee’s plan to fully study Joe Fhnley’s probe.
Loud relatives of guardsmen with the Wath Infantry Regiment 2kth Division at Carp Alterbury Ind report unit alert for overseas movement to Germany. Partial orders were said to have moved One 28th to depart last week, with many Company A men taking short leaves home. An official 2:30 p.m. denial from a Strickler spokesmen said there is no truth to the rumor and division headquarters have no confirmation.
Three youths aged 13 to 15 admitted a month long spree of break ins and thefts across the city. Police said the first boy dismantled a stolen scooter and blamed others, then implicated two accomplices in burglaries at Mead Park, Mead Avenue, West Band Street, and a garage. Items were mostly tools and household devices of small value. They were released to parents but will be cited for juvenile court.
An enthusiastic Rex Theatre audience filled two hours of song by Horace Brynolfson with pianist Svend Thilefsen. The program spanned Swedish Italian Irish and American tunes and drew multiple encores. Local residents praised Brynolfson's return and a brief reception followed.
Representatives from six districts met to discuss a tentative joint education program merging elementary schooling under a single superintendent with a joint board. Opponents fear loss of home rule and higher costs, while officials aim to inform parents with a Q&A pamphlet before a formal review and possible new recommendations.
Washington approves six cents an hour increase for 1,000,000 railroad workers under a cost of living clause. The move comes despite a government pay freeze and follows a March contract settlement that granted 4.2 percent cents. The action stems from a three-man panel review under the Railway Labor Act noting longer contract negotiations for rail workers.
A safe at the Anerind Legion Post home on Nori Center street was broken into and $510 stolen. Police and post officials suspect an intruder gained entry through a connecting garage and used a small glass window to steal the money and remove metal cash boxes. The theft occurred between late Sunday and early Monday, with no immediate arrests. Insurance coverage noted. investigation ongoing.
KEY WEST Fla April 2 two aircraft collided and crashed into the ocean near Key West South Beach. A Navy training plane and a Pan American World Airways DC-4 operated by Compania Cubana Aviation were involved. A body was found at the scene and more Navy personnel were recovered as searchers sought additional victims. Capt William R Carruthers of the Naval Submarine Base said eyewitnesses saw the Navy plane plunge into the water immediately after the collision. The DC-4 was overdue on a Miami Havana run with 34 passengers.
City officials agreed to a professional survey after two accidents involving young children near North Center Street and East Bond Street. The request followed letters from the Board of Education urging safety improvements. An engineer will assess the street conditions and recommend actions to protect schoolchildren walking to Timber High School.
City taxpayers face a looming deadline for paying property and personal levies with a 5 p.m. Monday cutoff. City Treasurer Smith notes about half of property taxes and a quarter of personal levies remain unpaid, totaling 44 092 dollars yet to come in on property fines of 91 244 dollars. A five dollar per capita levy for residents over 21 adds 25 410 dollars with only 800 paid so far and 18 610 still outstanding. If unpaid, penalties apply after July 1, plus potential tax-treasury options for two months past due. The treasurer expects a busy period through the deadline.
In Washington on April 21, GOP leaders pressed for bombing Red China bases as a Debate raged over using Nationalist troops in Korea. The dispute involved Gen Omar Bradley and Gen Douglas MacArthur, with Truman wary of widening conflict to World War III.
London April 25 Associated Press chief of bureau in Prague William N Ontis aged 36 from Marion Indiana has been missing since Monday. US embassy in Prague urged Czech foreign office to help locate him. colleagues said he vanished after leaving his office and calls to his hotel only yielded that he is not there. French and Czech officials provided vague replies amid intensified inquiries by AP and United Press.
The government announced a broad price order covering consumer goods and industrial products to curb the general level of inflation. It targets appliances, radios, televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, ranges, furniture, hardware, and food items with wage adjustments and material cost rules. Firms must issue a 15 day notice before price changes and face rollback penalties if they exceed limits. Extension and revision talks continue with the defense production office and price stabilization officials.
Pittsburgh April 25 An award of 69768 was made today by Federal court to Mrs Dorothy L McKee Reynoldsville in the accident liability of her husband George June 24 1949 Defendants included F Burns Tri County Heating Air Conditioning Service of Reynoldsville and Jamestown Baking Co of New York McKee a construction foreman for Burns was killed while moving a beam when a Jamestown truck struck a table and he was thrown into the work area
A Colorado report notes the Rocky Mountain range in the Front Range gradually shifts, lifting sections of a highway toward Central City and inching the roadway State Highway 118 toward Clear Creek, once a gold panning mecca.
Allied counterattacks halted Communist forces on the eastern front near Seoul as the third invasion of South Korea stalled. Reports from AP and UN generals cite heavy fighting, Chinese troop movements in Manchuria, and allied reinforcements pressing to push Reds back.
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