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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1950
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment lists various items and notes including weights, sales, machines, hay, milk products, and farm goods. The text is incomplete and contains nonsensical sequences, making precise interpretation of events or entities impossible.
The readable portion references a primary county petition and a penalty amount noted as 50 with a case number 1139. Mentions a person Kasper and a cautionary context around municipal or court proceedings. Details are incomplete but indicate a civil or penal matter with formal action pending.
Senator Sparkman proposed a full scale Senate debate on foreign policy to settle the western Europe versus independent defense dispute. He backed Dulles and urged exposing the issue to the public to choose among Truman Acheson and Dulles’ views. Taft complained of national confidence loss and warned of heavy defense costs, urging a stronger air base ring around Russia and a clear program from President Truman.
The first Corry baby of 1951 born at Corry Hospital will trigger gifts from local merchants displayed at Wallace garage. Participating shops include Spies man’s Shoe Store for baby shoes, Ross Ducher’s Insurance for a sweater and cap, Patterson’s Photo Shop for a comb and brush set, Johnson Brothers for a blanket, and Corry Wallpaper and Paint for a wrap.
Washington report from the Associated Press outlines a metal use ban restricting civilian copper conservation for defense needs. The National Production Authority permits copper for essential work and not for nonessential items, listing forbidden items such as furniture hardware and decorative pieces.
Stewart Long, chairman of the American Legion, announced a mail appeal to all Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars members to donate usable non electronic non perishable toys for a project aiding children in European countries west of the Iron Curtain. Toys donated at the Legion Home on North Center Street or through contact with Mr Long will be processed for shipment via Utah gifts.
Arthur Burgess announces a Twelfth Night event with Corry YMCA and Rotary Club, plan to burn Christmas trees in a vacant lot east of Thompson Maple Products on East Washington Street next Saturday. Students from all schools will meet at City Park before a procession and fake dance as the trees move through town, with Rotary members Stewart Long William Leaby Dan Taggart J Fred Kinley and Arnold Seastead assisting.
Mrs. Clarissa Helm, 41, of Baxter West Virginia, was found dead in a tourist cabin near Greensburg. Police say Roy W. Huey, 50, a carpenter from Watson West Virginia, shot her and then killed himself in what police term a murder death by own action.
City officials plan a 1951 budget with a 2.5 mill property tax increase and expenditures around 197,027 dollars. Finance Director Walter Swath notes little change from the preliminary plan as the millage may be set at 17.0 with an 8 percent per capita levy for those over age two. Next year’s expenses would rise by about 12,639 dollars, driven by salary boosts for non elected city workers and planned equipment purchases.
The article notes watch night services and parties across churches and social clubs to welcome 1981. Many license venues will be closed or limited, shifting merrymaking to fraternal groups while industrial plants and banks also observe New Year closures.
Police search for three young men about 24 who rifled the Esso Hall cash register, taking 25 dollars in bills around 5 a.m. A State Police alert followed a call from Thomas Cooney, attendant. the trio, from Meadville, drove a black Chevrolet sedan and fled toward Jamestown after looting the till. Cooney provided a vague description and the car without heater.
Corry forms a fully organized Civilian Defense Corps with ward units and a Red Cross Disaster Committee. Leading figures for each ward, armed police from the VFW post, city fire unit, and hospital staff will coordinate with police to maintain order and preparedness.
Civilian Defense rules outline alarm, insignia display, and conduct during air raids. Civilians must comply with police guidance, wear Civilian Defense or Red Cross insignia visibly, and avoid interfering with authorities. Mobile telephones limited. shelter locations and evacuation procedures emphasized for safety.
A new church advertisement series begins to promote attendance and faith across denominations. The pattern uses striking artwork and inspirational messaging to accompany regular church announcements from Corry pastors, aiming to reach 65 percent unchurched nationwide and 20 million youths without religious training. The ads intend to stimulate regular worship and are seen as worthwhile for active congregants.
Readers learn how Americans plan to bid farewell to the old year with varied rituals and how New Year celebrations unfold nationwide. The piece notes religious observances, major bowl games, Times Square festivities, and public prayers as the calendar flips toward a new cycle in the mid 20th century.
In Harrisburg on December 30, debate centers on adopting a city manager form in Windlass cities. The League of Third Class Cities led by Walter E. B Greenwood opposes allowing voters in Pennsylvania’s 47 third class municipalities to choose between forms of government, threatening passage.
In Cleveland on December 20 80 000 engineers pressed for a three year peace pact backed by the Government to suspend future wage claims while wage increases and retroactive pay are debated. Union leaders discussed terms with a plan offering raises for engineers firemen trainmen and conductors totaling about 22 cents per hour plus retroactive adjustments with various settlements to be approved by the three unions and possibly a special board under the Railway Labor Act.
Two Erie banks move toward consolidation as First National Bank of Erie and National Bank and Trust Company finalize a contract to merge. Key steps await Federal approval and stockholder votes scheduled for January 20 with liquidation profits around 55 dollars per share. Postlethwait named vice president in charge of finance at Lord Manufacturing Company.
Tokyo dispatch reports the biggest air battle of the Korean War near the Manchurian border with F-86 Sabres and MIG-15s. Two MIGs damaged. Allied planes returned safely. Earlier Sabres claimed a MIG downed and another damaged. UN forces clash on eastern flank as 5,000 Reds engage. Ridgway warns of severe trials and calls for determination. Continued on Page Six.
A collision on Mill Street between a car driven by Wilmur Sorenson of East Main and a truck owned by Corry-Jamestown Mig. Corp backing from near Kinney and Splesman plumbing shop caused about 400 in damage. Sorenson’s 148 Hudson sedan suffered extensive windshield and left-side window damage. the truck had minor damage. City officers reported the truck’s rear gate swung left, causing the crash.
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