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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1947
Page
1
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President Truman intends to urge Congress in the State of the Union to speed passage of the Marshall Plan and avert a spring European crisis. Officials say the administration seeks swift approval before the April deadline, with Democratic leaders divided on timing. The plan faces potential delays as politics and foreign resistance shape congressional action.
The Stawford Hose Company will host its annual open house on New Year’s Day from 10 a.m. to evening. Members plan a turkey dinner with trimmings ham pork and sauerkraut hot coffee and refreshments. The gathering honors firefighters who saved the city and now attend the event. MISSING MAN FOUND DEAD in Pittsburgh a 65 year old Myles Piskin was found dead in a basement after vanishing last week. He likely died of a heart attack.
Route 97 will be closed this week while Route 7 near Under ety, Wh Wolertird isplexed for road work. A three day window extends from Tuesday to Thursday for a new Metcarpine widening at Waterford Street East. One way traffic is in effect due to pipe repairs and delay from material shortages impacting the construction.
Police investigate a weekend spate of three vehicle crashes. A driver fled after damaging a home on Columbus Avenue near North Center Street. descriptions point to vehicles operated by Richard Rapp Evie and Arnold Johnson of 599 Tring Street. Another crash occurred at Parks Street and Park Place as a car skidded while trying to flee.
Penelec begins a training program for apprentice linemen at Union City with eight sessions. E T Cherry district manager says the course runs three weeks classroom and twenty five weeks practical training for workers aged 18 to 30. Programs will qualify successful trainees as third year apprentice line workers.
Fragmented report lists John R Taylor, survivor of a famous medical experiment, dying at Delaware County Hospital from injuries after a fall at his cousin's home. The text also briefly mentions Deborsh Kerr and her newborn, Mélanie Jane, at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, with Kerr married to Tony Bartley, a former Royal Air Force pilot. The article mixes several disjoint notes about health and Hollywood figures with unclear dates and places.
Corry city residents faced heavy snowfall as the storm blanketed the region. Highway crews report firmer drifts with up to two inches in places and a weekend total around seven inches in higher elevations. Temperatures cooled to the twenties with minor adjustments in the teens elsewhere. City plows and sidewalk crews began operations yesterday, with Jeep plows clearing sides roads and resuming work this morning.
AP dispatch from Athens reports Greek government forces broke through guerrilla lines and entered Konitsa near the Albanian frontier. A relief column seized the Konitsa Kaipaki road nine miles southwest, aided by air support from Ioannina. Refugees fled as the besieged city faced heavy guerrilla casualties, with chief targets including a 66 mm gun and two Fils reportedly knocked out.
A mid Arctic rescue operation near Nome was hindered by a C-47 crash landing and a B-29 incident. Four survivors and several rescuers faced injuries while awaiting aeromedical transport as weather and radio communications added complications.
A derailed passenger train on a Corsicana trestle collapsed cars and a diner lounge after a broken rail. One victim died in a hospital. about fifty people were injured with varying degrees of seriousness. The accident halted the streamlined train scheduled to stop at 340 a.m. Sheriff Dave Castles said cars span the trestle and plunged into a gully while others stayed upright.
Associated Press reports four men from Wineber and two Ambridge residents died in plane crashes after takeoff near Mag oll, Windber, and Magnolia. Victims include Agron Elgun age 16, Robert Heiehel 22, James Moray 10, Hobert Parisi 22, and George L. Karangsos 32 in Cambria county along with two Ambridge men. Bodies and wreckage scattered. coroner suspects midair explosion near takeoff. The crashes occurred during a vacation flight to Washington and a trip to Miami.
Dr Kelsey announced today he will relocate his office from 5214 North Center to 192 North Center Street, moving Wednesday, with the move taking place upstairs above the Murphy Co. Shop. The relocation is tied to remodeling plans by the Bin Brothers Theatres, converting the Grand Theatre complex into a modern movie house early next year.
Washington December 24 Henry A Wallace seeks a decisive move tonight as he weighs a possible third party bid. Democratic leaders fear a Wallace peace ticket could drain votes from Truman, while Wallace portrays the Democratic Party as war-timbers who would curb aggression. Sparksman defends the party against charges of extremism, linking Wallace to communism fears and urging cautious stance.
Report from Canton says the motor ship Chow Lung and its 20 passengers and crew were killed in an hour long battle with pirates on the East River. Details come from Sing Tao and Jih Po via Canton dispatch.
Washington March 29 Brig Gen Wallanee Ogham Truman’s personal physicist said Gov Maw of Wisconsin and 99 officials named by Secretary Andersen are listed as speculators. The list includes 80 federal agents and others working for state or local governments. Prices on both sides of the market were reported with large wheat holdings. The department noted today’s list is the third release amid political charges about government insiders and market manipulation.
A series of fires in Philadelphia, the fourth major blaze in 21 hours, destroyed five story industrial buildings in six downtown districts. One million dollars in damage was reported, with total losses near 1.5 million from the weekend fires. Eleven families evacuated as crews battled the flames for hours near landmarks including Christ Church and Betsy Ross House. Damaged firms spanned clothing, shoes, appliances and printing. An unidentified plane with 20 aboard was later reported washed into water near Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen.
The report notes the president plans to sign a price control measure today amid a tense scene in Jerusalem where at least 12 people were killed in clashes. Police say Arab mobs attacked a taxi near Damascus Gate as a grenade was hurled into a crowded street. A taxi was burned and British constables struggled to restore order while Arabs chased fleeing Jews.
Nanking dispatches say 20,000 Communists pressed toward a government position 14 miles west of Mukden as shelling eased. One column reportedly moved three miles further under heavy fire while National troops repelled advances. Rumors of air attacks were denied by a military spokesman.
Elmirа Ontario reports a double tragedy climaxing in a mass killing by Walter Letson. He shot four members of the Hughes Letson family after taking a 1-year-old prisoner, then killed himself near dusk Sunday. The escapee, Miss Springer, described the assault and her narrow escape.
GOP leaders defend legislation as grave peril to the nation’s economy. High cost of living cited as a key issue in the 1948 election campaign, underscoring partisan debate over proposed measures.
President Truman vowed to sign the Republican anti inflation bill but called it pitifully inadequate to meet the grave peril of rising costs. GOP leaders push voluntary industry cooperation while some Republicans warn of politics in the move. The plan would urge voluntary agreements to share materials and limit anti trust risk, and set up a food program while seeking a broader statutory rationing option for meat.
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