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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1946
Page
1
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The readable fragments describe a rush event at a location with unclear wording. Names, places, and exact actions are unreadable, but the piece hints at a sudden movement or crowd action affecting a group or venue.
In Athens Tennessee a bloody election night clash left multiple wounded as about 50 deputized officers barricaded in McMinn county jail. Explosions rocked the building, a vehicle was destroyed, and GI supporters stormed the jail before the deputies surrendered at 3:02 a.m. CST.
Mr and Mrs Arnold Seastead arrive from Rochester New York to establish Seas Drugs in the Babbitt building on North Center street. They lease the second floor apartment and plan to open in the early fall with a full drug and pharmaceutical supply line after securing fixtures equipment and a high end toiletries line at Pitts Jarred.
Reports from Washington London and Philadelphia cover an assassination trial investigation in Ath Eng, debates on Palestine policy, UNRRA guard requests in Trieste, Greece’s stance on Albania at the UN, U S Army orders for burial caskets, Justice Jackson’s Nürnberg return, and Elisha Walker recalling a 1941 payment to Andrew May.
Frewsburg authorities request assistance locating Charley Barnett a 40 year old resident of Robin Hill near Presyshire who vanished after an alleged fishing trip by Cone Wango Creek last Saturday. Police note his truck groceries and fishing gear found near the stream and urge reports of any sightings or trades.
Governor Martin approved pardons today in Harrisburg on the recommendation of the state board of pardons. Four individuals received pardons and nine others had sentences commuted. None of the cases were from Brie county.
A newborn boy found abandoned along French Creek near Findley Lake is under hospital care after exposure. Erie hospital staff say the infant, believed to be six to eight hours old, may survive, as state police pursue leads on the mother who may have left the child with a witness.
Chicago August reports that William Heirens, 17, may again make a formal statement to State's Attorney William J. Tuohy about the kidnappings and murders of Suzanne Dean and two other slayings. Tuohy said Heirens refused to answer questions Tuesday, and defense lawyer Malachy Coghlan arranged a two hour jail meeting.
Allied prosecutors expect verdicts for 23 major Nazi defendants by September 2 after completing their case. Names cited include Hermann Goering, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Rudolf Hess, and Wilhelm Keitel as summaries proceed against seven Nazi organizations.
The 79th Congress adjourned amid wartime and domestic policy tensions as press reports note the Senate delay on immediate adjournment and the looming election year. Many members expect a possible special session after November, with all 435 House seats and 22 Senate seats to be contested.
One person died and several were seriously injured when a 40 passenger bus operated by the Washington Virginia and Maryland Coach Company crashed through a railing on Memorial Bridge in Washington. The bus toppled onto the driveway near the Potomac River. It was en route from Arlington, Virginia to Washington. Details were not immediately available.
Gifford Pinchot former governor of Pennsylvania was admitted to Presbyterian Hospital last Monday for a check up. He will be 86 years old on August 8.
A dramatic highway crash near a rural town involved driver 5 A Wheeler of Tioga and others. Wheeler escaped without injury as the truck veered off the road and demolished a car, with several family members hospitalized and emergency crews responding.
Avanelatel Press reports the Senate House conference committee reached a unanimous compromise on the social security levy. The plan raises payroll deductions from January 1 and expands federal grants for pensions blindness and dependent children, adds survivors insurance for World War II veterans families, covers 200000 maritime workers under unemployment benefits, and doubles federal welfare expenditures.
Washington August 2. Veterans with young buddies killed by faulty shells urged a new probe. A Senate committee met to demand questions and a complete report from the Chemical Warfare Service about defective munitions and shell failures. Members cited shells exploding and deaths as evidence for a full investigation to be pursued this month.
Alfred Cone, former member of Company A of the 2984th, is the first to reenlist in the new Company A. He served with the group at Tidinntown Gap, Camp Livingstone, Loy, and overseas with the 2nd Rangers. The article notes pay scales for enlistees under a new Army plan and announces planned sports and social activities for Company A.
Senator Kenneth D. McKellar, age 71, wins Democratic renomination in statewide Tennessee primary. He carries Shelby County vote and outdistances Edward Ward Carmack elsewhere, amid statewide turnout and reports of election violence.
Nas Sau county detectives chief Captain Pinnell announced the arrest and charging of a 23-year-old Black man for murder in the July 2 death of Mrs. Marjorie Church Ligon and the rape and shooting of her daughter Mary Jo Jean Logan. The suspect was identified by Mrs. Logan as her attacker who forced her to disrobe in her home bedroom before shooting her in the face. The slain woman died in the living room moments before the assault on her daughter. Police reports tie the suspect's home near the Logans in Flower Hill’s Long Island community.
State Police and law enforcement were stirred by the claim that attorney John Blackmore, counsel for Big Mike Evlena and Millie Thom, sought a new car check by Erie police, aiming to bolster new evidence for Bubna’s appeal and a possible new trial. The move involved the car used in disposing of Bob Fischer's body, with shells not found in earlier probes.
The European peace conference rules committee spent its fifth session wrangling over a permanent chairman. Poland withdrew its bid for Hungary's commission representation after a clash between Molotov and Evatt. MacKenzie King urged faster, streamlined cooperation among the 18 nations to sign peace treaties with Bulgaria Finland Hungary Italy and Romania.
The Senior VFW Drum and Bugle Corps of Archie Thompson Post has accepted an invitation to parade at Dunkirk tomorrow. The group plans to travel by chartered bus with 50 to 35 members and aims for prize money. The Bon Metillis bus from Information City will transport the corps to Dunkirk and return tonight.
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