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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1946
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text listing farm items and prices including cattle, timber, and household entries. Mentions locations such as Platts, Columbus, and Maryland with scattered numeric values and product notes. The garbled lines hint at rural sale details and commodity listings with no clear single event.
The Gerry Chamber of Commerce plans a Monday dinner at Hotel Corry at 8 30 p m to elect officers and adopt bylaws for a new chamber. Members urged to attend as changes include dues, voting rights, and potential subsidiary groups under the State Chamber of Commerce guidance.
Washington February 24 President Truman urged a voluntary reduction in U S food consumption to aid famine areas abroad. He said Hoover and others would confer Friday, and directed government agencies to help, but emphasized private citizen action is essential to meet acute needs in war torn Europe.
Reports from Buenos Aires indicate José Tamberini of the Democratic Union led early May provincial returns in Argentina. In Washington, the House appropriations committee urged recapture of vast unspent war funds and a new two year housing program for veterans. In the Indies a regional leadership breakdown among native troops at Manado drew concern but was deemed temporary. Administrators warned danger to Truman’s housing bill as the measure moved forward. An Agriculture Department bill totaling about a billion supported peacetime farm activities and rural development.
Lloyd Decker and Blain McAninch, coal miners from Parrmount City, are jailed after the death of 88 year old Trylany Radaker in a fight near New Bethlehem on a Saturday night. Decker faces murder charges and McAninch accessories after the fact as autopsy shows skull fracture and hemorrhage.
The Allied prosecution wrapped its case against 22 Nazi leaders after three months of hearings as Ribbentrop lost his bid to summon Churchill, Eden, Daladier and other prewar leaders. The tribunal rejected eight names from his list of 38 and allowed written interjections from British peers and Swiss Red Cross president Carl Burckhardt while approving eight other witnesses and interrogatories.
Washington February 27 the armed forces asked for a 20 percent pay raise and allowances for all personnel. The plan costs an estimated six hundred thousand dollars yearly and aims to boost voluntary enlistments by improving living conditions. Secretary Paterson and Secretary Forrestal endorsed the proposal, aligning with White House policy on wartime pay increases for industry.
Harrisburg report shows 28,500 teachers favor retaining tenure with only minor changes. The commission highlights strong opposition to abolishing tenure and to empowering superintendents to appoint or dismiss teachers by large voting majorities.
OPA estimates wage boosts for five packing firms will lift meat prices little. Bowles says retail prices may rise 14 percent for families while wholesale costs adjust next month. American Meat Institute calls the increases inadequate to curb black market activity and higher consumer costs.
Assented Press reports Dr J G Hianford of the New York metropolitan dairy market predicts a record uniform price of 85 dollars per hundredweight for February Petty tall deliveries to pool plants. He cites a 4.6 cent fat differential and a U S subsidy of 10 cents per hundredweight, aiming for about 425 dollars per hundredweight with earlier highs noted. The six-state farm region includes New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Connecticut Massachusetts and Vermont.
More than 100000 Ford employees win an 18 cent per hour raise under a new contract lasting until May 20 1997. The deal, aided by CIO United Auto Workers, avoids major new issues but leaves GM and other talks unsettled.
A Concord township gathering at McCray Community House honors returned war veterans with a 6:20 dinner hosted by local church women. Rev. G W O Keefe of Spartanburg delivers the principal address as the Melody Four from Corry provides music.
Chinese military sources report thousands more Soviet Red Army troops arriving in Manchuria around Port Arthur and Dairen with rapid deployment. Tass cites Soviet command vows troops will not stay longer than American forces, amid seven days of student demonstrations in Chungking Shanghai Nanking and other cities. Chinese central government denies reports of large exodus and prepares for limited foreign envoy tour to northern and central China to witness ceasefire efforts. Peiping truce headquarters to be the best stop for the envoy.
In Philadelphia 27 Feb mounted police charged 800 CIO pickets at a General Electric Co plant, scattering marchers with clubs. After dispersing they reassembled at the gates, with one picket injured and taken to Mercy Hospital as officers detained others for questioning.
In February in Tranefort Germany American investigators describe Friedrich Flick, a secretive Armament magnate with a vast empire, as the hidden power behind Nazi war production. Treasury War Department detectives, led by Jude Murer, pursue detailed dealings that link Flick to massive profits and coercive industrial influence.
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