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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1946
Page
1
Fragmented notice from the City of Pennsylvania estate proceedings and a city market listing. Reads as a probate notice among produce prices with various figures and product names, including cattle odds and wholesale weights.
The War Department told Congress the creation of an independent air force won t work. Acting War Secretary Kenneth Royall cited President Truman s single department proposal as the path to unified command, equal status for air with land and sea forces, and maximum economy in men materiel and money. Eisenhower and Arnold backed the single department view.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania volunteers led by ex-GT workers clash with police at Conestoga Transportation car barns. Pickets knocked down. one arrested as five trolleys and seven buses moved through the main gate. No serious injuries reported amid tense scene.
In Jounstown Pennsylvania on February 9 1945 Penn Electric workers reached a new contract with AMD Enmionational Brotherhood Union Local. The deal raises wages by one tent per hour and runs from Monday until May 27 1945. Paul Perrin personnel director announced the signing with Richard McClement business agent noting there was no work stoppage and the agreement followed three days of negotiations. Penn Electric serves 18 colonies along a northwest spur from Deep Greek Mountain to the Pennsylvania border.
The first bank holiday of the month falls next Tuesday February 2, the anniversary of Lincoln's birth. Banks citywide suspend operations and liquor stores close. post office hours are reduced with no rural postal delivery. Retail business will operate 9 to 6:30 except morning openings for produce shipments.
Attorney Walter H. Scott moves his practice from the Cameron building, where he started February 1, 1929, to a three room corner suite on the second floor of the Barlow block next week. The city solicitor will occupy the new location formerly used by the Cary Sewing Center and Williams Insurance Agency. Move is expected complete by Monday evening after renovation by J A Lanaten firm. Entrance remains the same east of Main and Center Street, used by the late Dr. V. W. Graham.
Mayville officials fear a scarlet fever surge as ten pupils are confined and Dr. Guy Granger monitors students daily. Brocton cancels the basketball game to avoid spreading illness. Principal Robert P. Dye urges parent cooperation and strict home quarantines to limit contacts.
Democrats and Republicans warmly back the emergency housing plan aimed at building 2,700,000 new homes. The campaign, designed to accelerate housing supply, could enter high gear by April 1 as officials push for rapid enactment and broad public support.
President Truman’s housing program aims to build two million homes in two years with private contractors and price limits. Congress signals swift action, but Republicans and real estate groups oppose price controls on existing homes while endorsing the rest of the plan. The proposal envisions about 16 billion dollars in housing construction funded partly by the federal government, with housing costs capped at 6000 dollars per home or 50 dollars monthly rent, and a major focus on veterans’ needs.
An explosion at the Carney Point plant of B. T. DuPont de Nemours shook a 10 mile radius and damaged the smokeless powder building. No serious injuries reported though several windows shattered. cause undetermined. The damaged area housed equipment for applying graphite to smokeless powder as the firm makes chemicals. In Pennsylvania, Bucknell University student Elizabeth Ann Quinn, 19, of New York City, died from injuries after a car crash near Lewisburg while three others were injured.
London bulletin reports the United Nations general assembly voted unanimously to remove Francisco Franco's Spain from UN membership after 25 affirmative votes and two abstentions. The measure was introduced by Pasema.
Harrisburg delegates attended the joint meeting of Commonwealth school district directors and secretaries. The 50th annual conference opened with Dr. B Hass outlining sessions and a study on changing the tenure and dismissal rules. Directors reported on feasibility studies and district responses from recent questionnaires.
Manila reports the war crimes trial of Lt Gen. Masaharu Homma concluded in its fifth week. Prosecution seeks the death penalty for ordering the Bataan Death March. Verdict and possible sentence to be announced Monday. Maj Gen John Skeen, chief defense counsel, urges clemency if Homma’s wife could be spared public harm.
Local plants report uninterrupted output despite strikes. At the Corr y Jamestown complex shipments arrived, enabling continued production at Avro and Rayingud facilities. Some lines face delays with certain gauges, but overall operations run on full schedules while plans adapt to supply gaps.
A Red spokesman reports difficulties in China implementing the status of guerrilla forces in Kwantung. Gen Chang Fuh-Wei allegedly refuses to redenive the guerrilla status, hindering the work at Kwantung. Marshall and the truce committee discuss restoring communications as Chou En-lai andChang Chi-Chine confer with Sino-American HQ staff in Peiping. The Communist spokesman insists Japanese and puppet troops must be disarmed before movement.
In Lewisburg Virginia former Federal Judge Albert W Johnson rescinded his waiver of a ten thousand dollar per year full pay pension claiming he was in need of money and unable to render service when he waived rights several years ago. The House Judiciary Committee described him as evil and wicked during a recent report.
Cairo scene shows student protests spilling into the street near the Nile bridge area. Police chief Russell Pasha arrived quickly to restore order as bystanders joined the melee and shouting escalated into a tense confrontation.
Edward Morrison, a 23 year veteran of the Raymond Milling Company, is retiring effective February 1 after long service including operating the first double grinder and work in night watchman and millwright roles. He is one of several pensioned employees this year, joining Walter Wildred, Fred Laue, Lester, and Weavers.
Washington, Feb. - The United States outlined a two year trusteeship plan for Tripolitania and nearby colonies, aiming toward independence for Tripolitania and two other war-torn areas in Africa. Byrnes linked this to U.S.-British aims to secure a wider Middle East trusteeship and peace conference momentum. The press briefing touched on dissolving Royal Army occupancy remnants, open-door trade in China and Manchuria, and pushing pace on peace treaties with Japan and Germany within months. An American-Austria Korea commission was floated for provisional government setup by March 1.
Babson Park, Fla. Feb. Mortgage money is cheaper today than ever before in U S history. Cooperative banks charge four per cent now after years of six per cent. Mortgages longer than before, up to twenty years or more, are common. Building costs rise about 60 per cent while four per cent carrying charges on a 750 dollar house equal prewar costs on a much larger home. Land should be bought now. Lenders are wary of long term bonds. First Federal Savings and Loan in New Haven offers loans for home improvements and conveniences.
Mayor William O Dwyer orders a drastic fuel oil rationing system in New York as 3300 AFL workers reject a wage proposal ending a six day hour wage dispute. Tugboats and fuel barges are mobilized to restore fuel flow, amid health and safety fears in a city hit by shortages with hospitals and public buildings at risk.
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