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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
1
Taft said Republicans aim for quick approval on inflation curbs housing and UN loan measures as adjournment stays a possibility. He indicated strong momentum for the full program despite uncertain timing.
In Washington on August 5, Republican leaders pressed adjournment as a political bargaining chip to push the anti-poll tax measure off the floor. Senate Republicans and Democrats clashed over civil rights tactics, with Taft signaling the bill’s return to the shelf and plans to end the current session pending a new push later.
The Ajax Works annual picnic for employees and families will be held at Mead Park on Saturday August 1. Miss Mary Evelyn Hopkins personnel director is general chairman with James Loveland as co chairman. Prizes include a pressure cooker electric pop up toaster and a star drag reel plus ribbons for winners in ongoing flywheel contest and plant publication recipes. Committee chairs include refreshments Glorie Porter beverages Robert Frown games and contests William Blakely.
Tel Aviv reports say Count Folke Bernadotte, UN Palestine mediator, was asked to transmit an invitation to the Arab nations to arrange peace talks. The move follows efforts to create a Jewish state and center peace discussions. In Washington, Truman urged Congress to act swiftly on anti Mafia measures and pledged hope for peace and a future outlawing of atomic weapons, while declining to comment on Moscow diplomacy and expressing cautious optimism about the postwar outlook.
A morning conference at Hotel Corry featured Regional Director Shore and officials from the Pilishureh Natoma Leber Relations Board hearing Raymond Mfg. Co representatives and DAW-GTO Tyson about the July 8 local plant election. The tally showed 189 177 in favor of taking the union bargaining agent, with 8 votes challenged. The management appealed and a Wednesday hearing followed as witnesses were questioned. both sides may file briefs within a week and a decision is expected soon after.
Ray F. Tanner in charge of the local service office reports a busy month with more than $607,000 in regular term insurance reinstated and $42,000 in converted policies processed. The July breakdown shows 42 education cases, 38 hospitalizations, 14 outpatient treatments, 37 unemployment or income issues, 103 personal problems, 40 veterans' commission cases, 5 on the job training, 40 flying applications, 1 Civil Service job, 4 mental care cases, and 29 miscellaneous. the Pennsylvania State Veterans Commission distributed 107 quarts of blood plasma and other aid in July. A separate item notes the identification of the tortured body of George A. Ried Enyths, 08, a member of the Tunnel Gang currency exchange robbers, found in the trunk of a car near Ohio City, with details of the shooting and torture.
Kenneth O'Day, a Warren Warren area used car dealer, returned to Warren to be served with warrants stemming from fraudulent operations involving checks totaling thousands. Authorities say he vanished for three weeks and traveled by plane, later claiming funds owed him from other dealers and hospital treatment in Rochester as reasons for his absence. He was held under bond for a Mon tour county hearing as investigators pursued the case.
Washington Alg 5 Increas ing resistance to rising food pricks was reported today by the Agriculture Department. Demand for talk and most dairy products weakened in many parts of the country during July. There was a shift from red meats to substitutes such as oats and poultry as speculation and storage costs influenced prices and consumer demand.
The United States and Britain raise airlift efforts to Berlin amid stalled Western talks. In a 24 hour push the RAP logged about 44,000 tons of supplies. additional aircraft and convoys move goods toward the city, while Moscow discussions continue. Observers note private embassy reactions to stall, with hints of potential new meetings with Stalin.
Belgrade Yugoslavia August. The United States accused Russia of trying to create Soviet control over Danube shipping the central European waterway. Ambassador Cyvental Cannon said the Soviet plan would place 1800 mile river traffic under Communist control and deny open navigation to non Communist nations.
Harrisburg dispatch reports two separate Pennsylvania National Guard encampments, Aug 14 28. The bulk of troops gather at Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County with about 10 000 of 16 500 guardsmen, while Pendleton Camp Virginia receives smaller contingents. The 28th Infantry Division under Maj Gen Daniel B Strickden leads the Gap force, with about 3 000 troops from 61 units of the 51st AAA brigade heading to Camp Pendleton for field gunnery. A second report notes a divorce in Sayre Pa as Helen Best Simmons is granted divorce from Donald M Simmons.
The State Milk Control Commission debated raising milk prices, with Chairman Cobb opposing cuts. Snyder and O’Laughlin argued for a 2.5 cent per quart increase and a 40 cent per hundredweight wholesale rise, to keep farmers and dealers viable. No final order issued. tentative plans for August 16.
Andrew Paulson resigns after 39 years as fire chief. He will stay until volunteers select a successor at the Stanford Hose Company meeting on August 13. Paulson, named chief in April 12, would mark 38 years in service this October. Carl Petron says selection by the volunteers will be considered at the next meeting.
Figures released by United States Postal Service indicate increases in postal receipts for the first seven months of the year. The postal service notes higher revenue from money orders, stamps, and parcel services, despite slowdowns in recent weeks. Congress has passed regulation affecting rates. the overall rise is attributed to a boost in parcel and miscellaneous services.
Philadelphia woman Louise Armigarr and her ex husband Byron B. Charlesworth face charges for smuggling a $75,000 emerald into the United States from Sweden. They were held on $4,600 bail as customs agents revealed a Swedish vessel carried the gem to Philadelphia where it was handed to Mrs Armigarr. The pair denied the charges at a U S Commissioner hearing and provided statements tracing the stone from Gothenburg to Philadelphia.
J ks wunsoerey, Ajax Iron Works employee, has turned his absorbing hobby of working with wood and plastics into a small home shop at 14 Gould Street. He has created vases, trays and similar items now sold locally and plans to register a Wood Metal Products company to formalize the venture.
Western envoys continued negotiations in Moscow shaping Western policy on policing postwar elections. Ambassadors Walter Beriol Swith Yves Chataigneau met at the British embassy with Frank Roberte and Geoffrey Murussor, while a second discussion with Molotov remained unconfirmed as night fell.
Ottawa Aug 5 Heavy favorites emerged to succeed Prime Minister Mackenzie King as Liberal delegates convened to name a new leader. The party seeks a long-serving elder statesman to guide Canada after 20 years in office, with the question of who becomes prime minister hanging on the convention outcome.
In Bradford Pennsylvania police report the mother of George Miketish asks reporters to urge her son to surrender. Miketish is accused of bludgeoning his wife to death while the baby was unharmed though the infant’s relatives were injured. The district attorney notes the wife’s parents were harmed and the mother pleads for surrender for the sake of his family.
Rep Rankin proposed House investigators question Henry A Wallace about placing Communists in key Commerce Department roles. The inquiry follows Bentley’s allegations and Wallace's past dissent from policy, as hearings expand to loyalty and espionage concerns amid postwar scrutiny.
A night watchman, Anthony Piccini, 60, was struck and killed by a car at 12th and Liberty streets while walking from the company premises. Police hold driver Joseph W. Weschler, 14, of West 12th Street, as the investigation focuses on the events leading to the fatal crash near the Liberty Street intersection. The victim resided at 100 West 12th Street.
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