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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1951
Page
6
Venango county American Legion band won first prize in the annual 40er parade during the Legion's 5th Pennsylvania convention. The unit, a four time national Legion band winner, scored 9526.1 points out of 100. Oil City, state winner in 1949, had national honors in 1917 and 1948 49 50.
Humelsine, who runs State Department administration, said McCarthy’s list named 29 people, with two not in the department, 14 cleared by the royalty board and 18 cases still under review. He blamed McCarthy for the attack and said those cleared may have become victims of an unfounded charge.
Aug 10 Franklin residents awoke to 51 tires cut on 25 cars during a vandal spree. The attack spanned a two and a half mile trail through Second and Third wards near the jail. Police and citizens formed night watches. several residents with shotguns waited while authorities urged restraint. A few suspects used knives to puncture tires, with one woman reporting repeated tire slashing on her four vehicles.
South Penn Oil Co and Healey Petroleum Corp bought all Phoenix Oil Co stock in Bradford for 924000 to 17 stockholders. Phoenix, formed in 1891, produces about 16 barrels of oil daily and leases 1700 acres in McKean County.
Iva B Calvin of Bog West Pleasant street died at Corry Memorial Hospital after a long illness first admitted July 28. Born October 9, 1877 in Forest Ohio she moved to Mahoning County and later resided with her sister-in-law H D Haupin since January 1950. Her husband R Linnaeus Calvin died in 1942. Surviving are a niece Mrs Roy Brooke of Salem and a nephew. Friends may call Bracken/Eating Funeral Home. Funeral at Locust Grove Baptist Church Monday at 3 PM. Burial Lake Park Cemetery near Youngstown.
The report notes extensive tire damage across vehicles with tires slashed on one to four wheels. A pair of premium tires is valued at 1 sit, indicating targeted damage and loss of expensive components.
Aug 10 at Mayville health officials accuse Harold M Johnson M D of operating a 17 acre tract with 15 cottages as a camp without permits or proper sanitation. He denies wrongdoing and says water is clean and garbage disposal is adequate. California leads U S barley production at 47 million bushels in 1949.
The UN said the senior Communist delegate remained silent as negotiations neared a deadlock. Gen Nam Tl refused to discuss items beyond the 38th Parallel and the buffer zone, resuming talks after a six day pause. Ten envoys, five Communist generals and five UN officers, appeared jovial entering the room. Negotiations had paused after a Kaesong neutrality zone violation.
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