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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1949
Page
1
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The joint state government commission opened an inquiry into why Pennsylvania spends a record 160000 on relief over the next two years. It will take a six percent random sample of relief case histories to assess personal, job, and other characteristics of those receiving aid, comparing periods in 1987 and the following year.
Sen Joseph McCarthy stated there is no evidence Mrs Truman or her dealings show improper influence. The inquiry examined gifts of deep freezers linked to Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan and Albert Verley Company. Vaughan said freezers went to friends including the White House.
Senate and House leaders push to trim President Truman's earmarked $1.45 billion foreign arms aid as opposition grows. Debates may start midweek with committee actions possible, while supporters seek full funding and opponents push for half cuts and limited terms.
The Economic Cooperation Administration approved France to purchase 20 million dollars of U S cotton as part of new recovery grants to eight European nations Western Germany and Korea. Total Marshall Plan authorizations reach 690 156 million with Korea receiving 24 021 million and Turkey allotted 1 508 million for wheat purchases from the United States.
In Western Germany aug 15 voters delivered a four year mandate to right wing parties. Convervatives led with 7 9 million votes while Social Democrats trailed with 6 99 million. Free Democrats rose to third as Communist support collapsed.
Senate Democratic leader Lucas said it is virtually impossible for Congress to adjourn by Labor Day after a White House conference with President Truman. He warned that unless penitents on debate change attitude, finishing by Labor Day is unlikely and even predicting when session ends is futile.
A non profit Findley Lake property owners association buys water rights and dam site from Lawrence L. Swartz of Sherman to lower the lake three feet this fall. Fifty property owners join, contributing 5000 with 4800 going to the Swartz holdings. Plans include removing the old grist mill buildings and widening frontage walls to improve lakefront safety and flood margins.
Former President Herbert Hoover lands in New York from Chicago aboard the Twentieth Century Limited. He assures reporters there is little to worry about his gall bladder wobble during the California trip and spends time in the Waldorf Astoria with his secretary.
A two year old Erie girl Nancy Joan Edmonds died after a car backing from a driveway struck her. The driver Richard Lincoln of Spartansburg cooperated with police. coroner labeled accidental death. The child’s parents siblings and grandmother survive. body sent to funeral home in Erie.
In Waxnesburg Pennsylvania a car struck an abutment igniting a gasoline tank. One youth Allen Yesger twenty one of Sycamore died after being thrown from the vehicle. Four others and two passersby were injured and several were trapped as flames spread. George Crouse eleven was critically hurt pinned under the car and died later? Five others including James Rope twenty and Donald Miller twenty one were hospitalized in Greene Memorial Hospital.
A military coup in Syria toppled President Husein Beg Alassi and Premier Muhsen Bey Bernal after a night of violence. Marechal Hus Zayim, a veteran officer, led the seizure and ordered troops to secure key sites. A meeting of about 50 politicians blamed the president for misgovernment and called for a new administration led by Alassi’s successor.
An iron lung from Corry Hospital was moved to Lakeview Hospital in Erie to aid three polio victims in critical condition. The county sees new cases as the disease spreads, with 21 total cases this year and 10 isolated in Lakeview Hospital. Community health officials and Supt. Edgar Alexander supervise the response amid the outbreak.
Washington reports the House Ways and Means committee advancing legislation to extend Social Security to about 3 million workers and boost benefits for 3.5 million retirees or survivors. It would raise payroll taxes from 1 percent to 14 percent over years and create a new category for totally disabled workers under both insurance and public assistance programs.
Letter from Corry Erie County Chief Assessor John Pokorski addresses a tax assessment dispute. He urges uniformity in real estate valuations and notes the 1941 basis used for 70 percent of market value due to wartime conditions. He says assessments should reflect fairness, not higher taxes for any neighbor.
State Police report a one car crash four miles past Waterford on Route 87 at 12 30 yesterday. Lawrence Boop 20 of Ele Boop was driving when he apparently fell asleep, losing control and striking a utility pole. Vehicle damaged. property loss about 200 dollars.
An airliner with 47 Italian emigrants and Americans vanished after overshooting Galway en route to Caracas. A rescue ship found 40 survivors. eight Americans and one crewman perished. Notable aboard included aviatrix Miss Althe Nichols and Trans Ocean Airlines personnel.
Harold V. McNair seeks both Republican and Democratic nominations for common pleas judge in Dauphin County. A public debate challenge is made by James H. Dulley. criticism targets delays in judicial education and the appointment of an extra judge after a vacancy.
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