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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1949
Page
1
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The United States denounces Bulgaria over attacks on US Minister Donald Heath and alleged Bulgarian hostility. State Department cites intimidation, travel bans, false charges, and restrictions as undermining normal relations. Undersecretary Webb questions Bulgaria’s intent to maintain bilateral ties amid chronic indignities.
Centerville State Police report a one car crash on the Centerville railroad crossing in rain. The driver Lawrence Hlehart, 20, Centerville, Fe Ty, told officers he failed to yield due to rain and lost control. car damage estimated at 200 dollars.
Antielated Press reports GM Air Transport confirms C-47 transport plane missing since November 4 landed in Vietnam. Pilot Jarmes McGovern from Elvabels and co-pilot Ho were held by Wetmiamese authorities. Haiphong CAT agent relayed news via American Consul Wil jins Gibson in Hanoi. Weather forced loss en route from Hong Kong to Kunming.
The United Nations trusteeship council opens to implement the General Assembly plan for international rule over Jerusalem. Israel and Jordan oppose ceding control of their sections. U.S. advised restraint to avoid straining ties with Vatican and Arab states. Council aims to draft a statute covering Jerusalem and suburbs like Bethlehem.
Dec 13 report from Youngstown says 23 people were overcome by fumes in a cafe fire. Fire chief LeRoy Halstead notes carbon tetrachloride from an extinguisher fed the fumes as burning grease above the grill spread smoke. All treated and released. four remain.
An Erie man was arrested for a downtown candy store robbery after police broadcast a description. Detectives tracked the suspect by radio and spotted him fleeing on Brock street, leading to his arrest by Detective Sgt. Tone Haye. The store reported a loss of 310.33 dollars and identified the suspect.
Former president Herbert Hoover outlined an eight point plan for government reform at the National Reorganization Conference. He urged reorganizing civil service and budget systems, modernizing the post office, unifying the Federal Hospital Service, merging water conservation, consolidating grazing and forest administration, creating a central transportation agency, and reducing presidential burden by ironing out agency conflicts. He warned higher taxes and inflation threaten the nation and predicted continued red ink if reforms delay.
In Kelso Washington on December 13 hopeful townspeople, amid wet brush and snow, searched six miles northeast of town for Ruth Aberle a 16 year old Girl Scout missing since two days. Snow of over two inches blanketed the rugged woods as volunteers fanned out with flashlights hoping to locate her.
The school board president Hubert Vaughn announced new committees with chairmen listed. Items include administration, property, insurance, athletics, and sinking funds. The board discussed expansion of an AJ program for boys pending armory access for 18 hours weekly. Superintendent Swarts outlined job distributions and announced cafeteria activity stats for November.
Corry chapter of Barbershop Harmony Society plans carol singing next Tuesday and visits to Corry Hospital and local homes to cheer patients during the season. Thomas presides and requests advance indications of attendance by members and friends to enable coordinated caroling.
Washington December 8 The Truman administration moves to push civil rights legislation including the Fair Employment Practices Committee bill with a vote sought in early session. Senate leaders say the measure would curb job discrimination based on race religion or nationality, and faces a hard fight though some favor tackling civil rights step by step with anti-poll tax and anti-lynching bills first. Other priorities include displaced persons admissions Social Security expansion and government reorganization plans for action early in the new Congress.
Berlin reports the three year old son of the American deputy commander was found after a city wide search that mobilized German civilian and American military police. The boy wandered into his front yard and stood with his father nearby after a long, congested search through Grunewald. The rescue ended with the boy safe and cold but unhurt.
Police seek four Corry suspects in a $200 robbery at UC. They report seven slots ripped from a club registry book, a broken safe, and tools used in the break in. Fingerprints will be checked as officers investigate the unusual entry.
United Mine Workers and hard coal operators plan to resume contract negotiations this afternoon after a two hour session. Thomas Kennedy said there was no change in positions and no offer from management, while Edward Griffith opened that the door remains for a possible agreement as talks continue.
Moscow dispatch reports Pravda accuses Finland’s anti Communist government of undermining the Shvioe Finno pact and seeks to frame Finland as a threat. The piece cites editorials alleging Kurt A. Pawerhalentay plots to align with Soviet actions and questions Finland’s independence day changes amid Baltic border tensions.
A transport plane crashed near National Airport in fog, killing four of 29 aboard. Survivors were taken to hospital at Bolling Air Force Base with many seriously injured.
Porter a former sugar grove farmer and World War II pilot was killed in a crash that wrecked the DCS plane near Chandlers Valley. Surviving family includes wife and three children in Alexandria Virginia, with other relatives listed. Rescue crews recovered the bodies from the partly submerged wreckage as Navy and Air Force teams investigated the worst air disaster in recent memory.
Albert Fox of 450 Million Street was cited by city police for reckless driving and leaving the scene after a collision on East Main Street. A Studebaker coupe parked at 408 East Main was damaged, with a hub cap from a LaSalle found at the scene. Fox claimed another man accompanied him and said the LaSalle struck a telephone pole. his Studebaker was valued at 180 dollars and Fox’s car at 100 dollars.
Harrisburg report notes a request to the General State Authority for $14,935,000 in new facilities at Pennsylvania State College to address service demands. Acting president Daniel Milholland urged approval, arguing current state funds cannot meet needs without the investment in new buildings.
At TarentomPennsylvania December 13 observers fear a local business slump, but new factory expansions and a major water supply project promise to buoy the economy. Analysts predict near full capacity operations at several plants, with steady job prospects and improved demand anticipated in the near term.
Police reveal a December hearing date for the murder of a University of Iowa coed in Des Moines area crime case. Names Robert Bechinsdl and Hutchens are linked to the investigation as prosecutors prepare charges.
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