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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1946
Page
4
The Corry Jamestown Mig Corp announces annual bonuses totaling 9000 to be distributed to employees this year, following a prior year distribution of over 1000 to staff. Most workers receive 103/17, with some receiving additional sums as announced.
A feature recounts major fires and fatalities, urging fire prevention in homes amid rising cold weather. It notes historic blazes from Boston 1942 to Natchez and Cleveland, with thousands burned or killed yearly, and stresses housing conditions and old unoccupied buildings as risk factors. It ends with a quiz note and safety advice on heating systems and electrical safety.
In Erie on Saturday morning two children Hetty Jane Pops age 12 and her sister Hwellyn age 4 were brought to St Vincent's Hospital after being overcome by carbon monoxide fumes. Their father Doyle Pope and Mrs Thomas Flatley Jr and her three children accompanied them. A second similar incident occurred Thursday night involving five children. All are reported recovering.
Mrs Alice McWilliams, age 2, and her infant Joyce of Buffalo sustained injuries in a Warren Warren incident on the Warren Jamestown road near Venturstown and Nesth Warren at 11 05 Saturday night. The Buick carrying W M McWilliams and family was wrecked when a truck driven by Warren Fehlman skidded and left the road.
An accident injured several people including Mrs McWilliam and a baby with facial cuts. Several others were discharged from Corry Hospital after treatment, among them Mrs Blanche Deschamp and Madalyn Lines and Gerald Ayres, and Mrs Darrell Kysor and son.
The piece reviews the Council of Economic Advisers created by the Employment Act of 1946 and its first report. It notes a shift away from New Deal economics toward pro business forecasts aligning with industry views. It emphasizes limits on legislative action and the need for cooperation among management labor farmers and financiers to spur investment and employment.
Jons Onusehak, 23, son of Mr and Mrs John Onusehak of Albion R D, was killed in Boston Mass Saturday in an auto accident. He worked as a truck driver there and previously attended Albion High School before joining the Navy, serving in the Pacific. He is survived by his parents and siblings Alex and Mary.
Smithsonian experts examined the head and pelt of a Western Pennsylvania animal shot near Clearfield. They ruled it a domestic dog, a German Shepherd police dog, not a wolf or coyote, settling the argument between local disputants.
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