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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1953
Page
1
Fragmentary notes mention a barn with six rooms a house with an Elisart reference and a Corry area, northern hints, a telephone number, and scattered items like a table and a silo. Details are incomplete and unclear, but indicate housing and outbuilding features with stray names and places.
Fragmented listing items show addresses, properties, and contact notes with partial estate details and a Petition of On Pleas of Fa No 438. Incoherent fragments mention town, streets, rooms, garages, bids, filings, and a court-related date, avec scattered personal names and locations.
Washington reports farmers backed quotas for 1964 wheat crop with 88.9 percent yes. The plan tightens controls to hold prices near parity, likely lifting market prices and easing pressure on Republican candidates facing re election. Quota approval could raise prices by about one dollar per bushel or more overall.
Stewart Long was elected president of the revived Corry Building Corporation at a directors meeting at Hotel Cory. Lawrence Thomas is vice president, Helen Jones treasurer, and Roger M. Brown secretary. The board authorized a second mortgage on the plant of the Bili and A.B Howard Company as collateral for new capital and approved a plan to distribute interest and principal as an annual refunding to shareholders.
International rescue efforts rush to Ithaca Kefallinia and Zakynthos where a series of quakes has devastated towns. Health tremors linger, officials warn of possible further quakes. Greece, the United States, Britain, and Tsatates ship crews and relief to the stricken areas as authorities tally casualties and search debris.
Rob M. Swanson of Corry has been approved for the Doctor of Education degree by the committee at Teachers College Columbia University. He has teaching experience with the Army Signal Corps and Thiel College and will be visiting professor of business education at Thiel College for 1953-54. His doctoral project covers supervising student teachers in business education and he belongs to Phi Delta Kappa Kappa Delta Pi and Delta Pi Epsilon. He and Mrs Swanson have three children Catherine Mary Ann and Robert Jr.
Paris reports waning enthusiasm in a costly strike wave with no fresh walkouts and only few near breaks in the solidarity front as Assumption Day and the post holiday return test resolve. The scene centers on workers expected back to tele jobs and the uncertain end to the stoppages. In Glasgow, Alexander Brown is fined five pounds for throwing his false teeth at a theatre usher, with his wife blaming his behavior on being in poor spirits.
Tokyo reports that a third flash flood this summer killed 229 people and injured 260 with 103 missing near Kyoto. Police said many houses were washed away as swollen waters burst a dam east of the village, and over 790 homes were swept from southern Iyoto suburb in a rapid torrent.
City Council expected a light agenda for the second May session with talk again turning to widening North Center Street north of Smith Street. Officials note widening the south side eased traffic and crashes, and propose extending the five foot widening for about a half block beyond the intersection to ease bottlenecks during highway work nearby.
Officer James Keppel of the Corry police was assaulted while attempting to subdue Mae Moore and subdue a deranged Mrs Moore during an incident on West Main Street. Moore and his wife were taken to jail. Keppel suffered possible broken ribs and head injuries. A separate crash in Clearfield killed two men and injured the driver, Charles Lippert and Peter Mauryn were the victims in the accident involving John A Lippert.
Gloucester column argues climate influences character and drive in New England. It praises local energy and rugged initiative while noting regional limits in natural resources, urging readers to consider weather-driven growth factors and citing Bilsworth Huntington.
A battered but advancing storm spared New England as it moved out to sea. Reports describe disrupted prep efforts in Boston and the Northeast with crews securing properties, evacuations avoided, and emergency services on alert. Strong winds and heavy rains impacted coastal communities, while officials warned of possible residual swells. The system shifts away, leaving scattered damage and continued weather monitoring.
The Joint Committee of the Corry Are Schools plans a special adjourned meeting to review funding and consider a new Wayne Township school application. Elgin and Ontario districts may seek extra construction at the site, with possible staffing changes and the search for an interim principal.
State police were summoned as residents clashed at Canadohta Lake with moller mating and a prolonged disturbance. A male offender, linked to Titusville, was jailed in Meadville after officers detained him following repeated trouble at the roller rink. The chaotic scene drew barracks units and a swift removal of the disruptor. A separate blizzard report from Sydney notes AIDS relief efforts 950 miles southwest of Sydney.
A dynamite theft occurred near Youngsville in Warren County. Authorities report 20 sticks of dynamite and several blasting caps were taken from a storage area. Investigators visited the scene and say the Gent was removed from the shed. Officials plan further inquiries with today’s report noting potential motives and suspects.
A Butler County jury found Ernest Stovor guilty of murdering his wife, with the state seeking the death penalty but a life sentence likely. Co-defendant Ethel Herenton, 18, faced conspiracy charges dropped to a plea on a related count. Judge J. Frank Geatt offered a suspended sentence possibility for treatment, while the court considered post-trial motions.
A collision in Manchester between two British trains sent a coach into the River Tri, plunging passengers into the water. Ten people were killed and about sixty injured as one car somersaulted over the viaduct 80 feet above.
Reported rift between Britain and the United States over Korea negotiation terms grows. Washington insists on U N representation in talks and unification terms, while Britain questions proportional representation and alliance roles amid Korean crisis.
A Brooklin man, William Sadie, 53, attempted a longer lake swim from Point Pelee to Cedar Point but quit after over six hours on August 3. Coast Guard boats searched and a coach from Toronto said the effort was abandoned as conditions worsened. Police noted Sadie completed about two thirds of the distance before the swim ended at sunset.
At Panmunjom the UN Command reported 50 more U S soldiers freed from Communist prison camps after an outbreak of violence near Inchon. About 40 Allied prisoners were freed as civilians fled toward safety, with some Americans in visibly good condition and others seriously injured. Aboard a transport, 43 American Marines and others head home, while the voyage home is expected to take about ten days. The incident follows reports of Red guards and bystanders at a South Korean transit point, as diplomatic exchanges continued with Peiping over prisoner retention and possible additional releases.
Two officers from the 18th Infantry Regiment of the U S Division are missing after a routine flight five miles into the East German area near the East West border. An Army statement said the plane disappeared near Hart seen and was not off course. Details of the incident remain undisclosed.
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