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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1951
Page
1
The Defense Department reports fewer than 200 telegrams remain to inform families of missing Korean War POWs. The Pentagon has sent messages for 9,008 of 3,198 names provided by the Communists, while Peiping broadcasts continue and some names face identity confusion and potential misreporting.
Washington December 21 draft boards will re open cases of about 300 000 men who previously failed to meet mental standards. Congress lowered minimum mental standards last summer and Selective Service Director Lewis B Hershey announced the re examinations will proceed next month. He gave no estimate of how many may be found fit under the new rules. About 25 000 will be re examined each month with others sent to centers with 1 A ratings. Older card cases and those involved will be re examined first. Men 18 to 20 are eligible for the draft.
Washington December 21 Steel bar negotiations collapse sending the dispute to the President amid a looming New Year strike deadline. Cyrus S Ching and Philip Murray lead talks with 10 steel firms while price controls and Capehart provisions shape potential concessions. A walkout could idle about 650 000 workers and affect major steel and aluminum contracts expiring December 31.
The government cost of living index rose to a new peak in November, boosting wages for about 1.25 million railroad workers by four cents an hour. Each cent increase adds roughly 30 million dollars annually to carriers, with total pay rising to about 120 million dollars yearly from January 1. The index reached 188.6 percent of the 1935-89 base, driven by higher prices for goods and fresh produce and up 10.8 percent from June 1950.
Widespread snow melt into slush crippled city traffic as hundreds of cars became stuck in deep slush. Trucks and small plows struggled to move them, delaying workers at industrial plants and trapping rural residents from reaching destinations. Authorities deployed tow crews to free vehicles and clear roads.
Widespread severe winter conditions move from the Pacific northwest to the Atlantic coast. Two storm centers near Chicago and New York drive rain and snow from the Missouri valley to the Atlantic seaboard, with high winds and record cold in several plains states and subzero readings in Montana and North Dakota.
Mayor Kinley assumed direct control of snow clearing along Center Street with A Zolaneck and Sqn firm equipment. Two snow plows and a tractor plow worked through the night to clear two feet of slush. Streets conditions forced closures and caused travel hazards as basins blocked and parking vanished. rural roads reopened gradually and school buses faced delays.
Washington today announced the United States has waived several clauses of the peace treaty with Italy. The move eliminates prewar war culpability language and Italy’s defense limits, removing targeted Allied guarantees. Secretary Acheson received a note from Ambassador Tarchi indicating three sections are no longer in effect.
The United Nations political committee rejected Russian charges that the United States supported anti-Soviet plotters on Soviet soil. The vote was 39 against the Russian resolution and five for it, with American denials backed by the U S mission. Severest pro America delegations had already left Paris.
Pennsylvania House advances redistricting legislation amid partisan debates and proposed judiciary pay raises. Speaker Herbert Sore supports the measure as lawmakers vote on amendments and a conference committee to resolve Senate-House differences.
In Detroit 3,000 men gathered seeking snow shoveler work as police faced masses outside a city hall. About 1,000 were admitted then released to work squads while 2,000 were sent away, drawing Christmas funds and highlighting a large backlog of labor.
Two Pennsylvanians appeared on a Red China list of Allied prisoners sending greetings to families. Captain Andrew Fidenets and Cpl Smith Harris were named with regimental numbers and hometowns in Unsientown and Philadelphia, but neither was on the final list later released by Allied spokesmen.
Walter C Rogers of Corry and Lyle Miles of Spring Creek were hurt in a three car crash on Corry Street. Police say faulty brakes on Miles’s car and slippery roads caused the collision. Miles and Rogers were treated at Corry Memorial Hospital and released.
Newhall California reports a DC-3 style airliner crash near Frazier Mountain in Tehachapis area with no immediate casualties. Earlier an Air Force flight from Bakersfield to Albuquerque was said safe. In Bridgeville Pennsylvania fire men battled a three story hotel blaze threatening destruction with no injuries.
Residents near the Carter Hill gas well report a strong blast sounding like blowing from the site as crews assess production. A report on the well’s success was promised later, with estimates suggesting near 860,000 dollars as a daily output figure.
Tense holiday reflections across the nation as families cope with loved ones missing or presumed dead in Korea. President Truman plans to spend Christmas at Independence, Missouri, before delivering a radio address from Washington. Holiday travel routes show substantial loads as Americans head home for the season.
John G Polens, central figure in the 1930s Airport Thy murder case, was granted freedom from a life sentence after a commutation. Governor John Fine signed a general batch of pardons and 36 commutations following guilty pleas to hiring a hitman to kill Metro Seminuk, owner of the Airport Inn, tied to a wife’s affair.
The UN and Allies demand an accounting for over 1 000 missing soldiers and a large number of missing Koreans as talks on prisoner exchange resume. The truce committee plans to oversee a direct exchange while both sides ponder coast island concessions and a staged rotation of prisoners.
Merton Querreveld, driving a Sivmer Bag Co. tractor trailer, escaped minor cuts when the truck tipped on a steep hill near Westfield. The load shifted into a ditch as a snowplow crowded the edge of the highway. the vehicle was dumped upright and reloaded before remaining on the road.
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