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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1950
Page
1
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White House sources say President Truman will seek a broader tax program to fund defense costs. Officials have not announced when the tax measure reaches Congress. Four top advisers dined with Truman at Blair House to discuss the state of the union message for early January.
The AP reports freezing temps from 4 above in Pittsburgh to 21 below in parts of Pennsylvania. Fires occurred as residents faced hazards. crews caution against risky stove and furnace use. A pipe thaw incident in McKeesport caused damage to four trams halted. one resident burned after a stove fire. Sandra Youngblood, eight, suffered a fatal burn in Braddock due to a clothing flash fire.
Temperatures plunged to seven below and hovered near record lows in the city as thermometers ticked down across districts. Reports say the cold front started late last night, with winds and light snow expected to follow, easing by Thursday morning.
AP report from New York describes Ann Remington testifying that her former husband William H. Remington, a Commerce Department economist on trial for perjury, and she attended Communist party meetings in Croton on Hudson and New York City. She claimed they took orders from organizers of Bill Browder’s 1940 presidential campaign. Remington denied party membership.
About 800 members of AFL Cleaning and Dye Workers Local 9 in Pittsburgh will see a five cent hourly raise in their next pay envelopes. The retroactive increase to December 18 follows an agreement with local dry cleaning companies in the Pittsburgh district. Current rates were not disclosed.
Washington Dec 7 The Army will call 7 600 junior officers from National Guard and Organized Reserve to duty in March plus 890 medics 850 dental officers and 415 medical service corps officers in two groups February 5 and May 19. The Navy delays reserve leasing plans next Sunday. The move marks first use of guard and reserve officers since the Korean crisis amid steps to fill quotas from ROTC volunteers and deserters with varied service histories.
Draft Board No 64 issued January 12 notices to Corry and nearby youths to report at 8:15 pm for production physicals in Erie. Named are Arthur Roesch John J Windahl Henry G Hill Jr David J Crowell Charles V Cummings Clarence E Walker Curtis M Miller from Corry and others from Union City Waterford and Edinboro plus Robert Windsor Thaddeus Orion to report next Tuesday at 8:15 am for induction. The Duquesne Club won a mercantile tax ruling, with Judge Ellenbogen noting the club is not operating a commercial venture, since its food drinks cigars and cigarettes are incidental to club facilities.
State Police say two logging truck drivers were injured in a crash near Union City yesterday. Robert Sheldon 18 of Centervise and Kyte A Parker 38 of Townville were taken to Union City physicians. Parker’s vehicle rear end was damaged and Sheldon’s right side crushed. Estimated damage about 600 to Sheldon and 400 to Parker.
The Coast Guard issued immediate port and ship security rules to screen subversives from maritime workers. Commandant Merlin O Neill announced changes after union leaders from TLWU and Marine Cooks and Stewards protested, arguing the plan侵犯 would grant the coast guard power to deny employment security cards unjustly. The final rules differ from initial proposals but risks of a strike and subversion remain under review.
A four alarm blaze swept three buildings in New Kensington's business district forcing five families to flee in night clothes. The fire started in a confectionery store aided by Henry Giancutti and spread to Zueger's Dairy, Dairy Stores, and the Peoples Furniture Company Warehouse nearby.
Washington faced administration unease as five appointees to the subversives activities control board awaited confirmation. Senatorial critics warned hearings likely after Congress convenes next week, with concerns focused on the qualifications of Ta Pollete and Mise McHale. The board enforces registration for Communist and front organizations under the McCarran act, with continued judicial review shaping its future.
President Truman appoints Stanton Griffis as American ambassador to Spain ending five year gap with Franco regime. Griffis, 63, Boston native, former ambassador to Poland and Argentina. Senate confirmation awaited by early Congress. Relations with Madrid resume at ambassadorial level after UN vote allowed ambassadors.
Berlin officials report three West German barges carrying Berlin scrap metal were held four days in the Soviet zone. Allied authorities are pressing Moscow for an inquiry and consider reprisals against Soviet barges in West Berlin canals while a fuller investigation proceeds.
A wartime dispatch outlines a vast mobilization in Communist China amid rising tensions. It cites 5,000,000 to 12,000,000 in various mobilized forces, with estimates of irregular units shaped into fighting formations. Officials claim a potential surge to 11,000,000 volunteers, while analysts debate readiness and global impact.
The Associated Press reportsPennsylvania’s 1951 legislature opens amid clashes over reapportionment to reflect the 1950 census figures. Republicans push a plan to redraw state Senate and House districts, shifting from 1920 ratios to roughly one representative per 52 000 residents and one senator per 1 209 000. The process may curb the 208 assemblymen and 50 state senators, with the census figures driving district changes. The issue follows a 1920 baseline and court invalidation of prior attempts.
Two empty cars and a box car of a Cincinnati to Chicago passenger train derailed about a mile north of Somerville early today. The Pennsylvania Railroad reported No. 287, with thirteen other cars and the locomotive remaining upright. No passengers were reported hurt.
A St John’s Day banquet at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Erie headlines a program featuring Halph Walter of the Quenel Vhuple, Dutch Andrews and Mrs Andrews, Wilbur Bickers and Duane Mose. The event includes jewel presentations, a lobster dunker, and a meal at 6:30 p.m. by the Order of the Easter Star. Local Masonic and civic groups sponsor and invite Cory Lod e, No 905 Fund A.M. members and Columbus Royal Arch Chapter officers attend.
HARRISBURG December 27 Dauphin County Court dismissed the suit of Judge Michael Eugen of Lackawanna County seeking a certificate of election as a justice on the State Supreme Court The court held March 70th as the final deadline for certifying vacancies for the November general election The secretary of the commonwealth certified only one vacancy by March and Judge Woodside said vacancies after March 7 would be filled next year The Democratic candidate Justice Breen was deemed eligible and Justice Juan Bell was certified as the Republican winner with the highest votes
Tokyo dispatch from Associated Press reports General MacArthur’s headquarters estimate about 1,350,000 Chinese and North Korean troops ready to strike UN forces in Korea. The article notes extensive manpower, new North Korean divisions, and ongoing allied countermeasures along the 38th parallel. It mentions U.S. Joel Carnes and Lt. Col. Matthew Rideway with strategic redeployments and warns of possible massed assaults, while detailing terrain and defensive positions along the frontier.
Sedition indictments against Steve Nelson are upheld and he must stand trial as scheduled. Two federal judges ruled yesterday that the appeal by Attorney Schlesinger is invalid and the indictments should not be quashed. The decision preserves the process for the pending trial.
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