10 Aug 1950
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1950
Page
1
An advertisement fragment mentions a luncheon room and a deli named Deli SLL Joe Lun. It hints at a local food venue and possible dining event. No dates or explicit details provided.
Fragmentary note lists dairy, milk, silage, barn, and equipment terms with scattered numbers and dates. No clear event or names emerge. content reads as a rough inventory or ledger fragment from a farm setting.
Washington and Wallington reports say President Truman seeks discretionary powers over wages prices rationing and credit to curb inflation linked to Korea while Senate debates how far to extend control. Keyserling urges a 950 billion production goal by 1955 as tax and security measures move through Congress.
The Columbus Municipal Authority won state approval to rebuild the Columbus Dam on the Brokenstraw Creek. The plan includes an 8 foot high spillway and a pond covering about 50 acres. Five local property owners opposed the project citing recreational and land-use impacts, though the authority pledged to maintain safety and compensate for damage. A special meeting will map financing for an estimated cost over 2,000 dollars.
In Erie County court four youths pleaded guilty to breaking into and stealing wrench items from the Zalzneck Cement firm. Robert Post, 17, received an Indefinite term at White Hill Industrial School, while Robert Moorer 16 Floyd McKuhn 25 and Fred L White 19 received probation. Post already faced auto theft probation at the time of arrest.
John Tinka 0 Cory B D 5 was fined 50 dollars and costs after arraignment before Alderman M 5 for disorderly conduct. He was arrested at 10 10 last night on a warrant from the alderman. The information was brought by Mr and Mrs Sebastian Franchina who charged Tinko used vile and obscene language in an altercation Tuesday night. He was placed in city jail while arrangements were made to pay the fine.
Memorial Hospital Association schedules a special meeting next Wednesday at 8 o clock in the basement to vote on increasing the board from 11 to 15 directors. The expansion aims to include representation for nearby communities whose patients are treated there and whose residents support the hospital.
Informal meeting with Malik fails to end procedural deadlock as Western and other delegates brace for a flood of anti Communist rhetoric. Britain’s Sir Gladwyn Jebb chaired talks in New York with Norway’s Arne Sunde and others.
Mrs. Walter A Heichel of Crofton says she will not give up for the return of her two sons Homer A Heichel 18 and George D Heichel 19 missing in Korea. The brothers enlisted December 26 1948 and served overseas last year and have sent letters home this summer.
W Smith of Lebanon Pa is named supreme president of the Fraternal Order of Orioles, succeeding Lester B De Haven of Reading Pa. About 400 delegates re elected James V Mannion Norristown Pa supreme secretary and George M Gross Pottstown Pa supreme treasurer.
Carry Iversons led donors who gave 103 pints at the Buffalo center as Red Cross crews, Dr Brown and Dr McCarter, organized testing and registration at the parish hall. Donations moved in lines with refreshments and canteen support, with Bloodmobile shipments to Corry Hospital and weekly deliveries to follow. Unused blood returns to the blood bank for processing into derivatives.
Johnson Murray won Oklahoma Democratic nomination after a statewide recount trimmed his margin from 1 009 to 962 votes over William O Coe. The state election board will certify the recount and issue Murray his nomination. Coe alleged fraud and sought Supreme Court approval for the recount.
Local officials report the Gorky Memorial Hospital is 68 percent complete with $102,000 of federal aid received and $404,000 pledged locally. About $74,000 remains unpaid as a special committee plans final fundraising and a midyear completion target.
A Defense Department spokesman told the Senate Armed Services Committee that a new universal military training proposal for youths is likely. Rear Admiral H A Houser, representing the Defense Department on Legislation, testified as Chairman Tydings questioned the plan covering youths aged 12 to 18.
President Truman spoke on the Soviet nuclear radi-dial tension before the United Nations Security Council. He said Russia appears unwilling to cooperate and discussed possible high level talks with UN leaders and allies, while noting uncertainty about scheduling.
Ten merchants begin selling car tickets with every dollar spent as part of a Corry Chamber of Commerce promotion. Shoppers collect tickets from participating stores such as Helen Shoppe Cherry Hardware and Loblaws for a chance to win a car in a drawing on October 21.
A worker at Tarentum Pennsylvania found the charred body of a newborn baby in the interior behind the Netraw Heights lot yesterday. The incident prompts an investigation by local authorities as they search for clues and assess potential causes.
Washington report details a head-on clash in Congress over a security bill. Senators from both parties push for strict measures including barring suspected subversives and aliens, with Democrats seeking milder reforms and broader wartime espionage powers.
U S troops pushed 13 miles on the Chinju front in South Korea, closing a trap around about 1,000 North Koreans. Allied aircraft supported, with Migs challenging western air, as initial advances pressed near Pulane and Masar. Russian-made tanks were reported captured, and frontline gains extended along the 140 mile front.
Philadelphia August 10 Dannie Mack's two older sons Roy and Earle announce they will buy controlling interest in the Philadelphia Athletics with backing from the Connecticut Life Insurance Company. They had revealed 10 days earlier they hold an option on stock owned by the step brother Connie Mack Jr and their heir of Benjamin and Thomas Shibe.
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