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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1948
Page
1
Roger W. Babson cites debate over UMT military training with supporters claiming strength and opponents calling it undemocratic and expensive. The piece notes wartime fears, possible global conflict, and the burden of a year lost for youth, plus costs estimated around six hundred fifty million dollars.
Southern Democrats in Washington map further moves against President Truman and his civil rights program. A Mississippi Democratic executive committee proposed a special route for a conservative wing, with eight states already contributing to a $100,000 war chest. Governors meet in March to hear a civil rights report while party leaders plan to push anti-lynching and anti-poll tax legislation despite Senate opposition.
Local railway circles revive rumors of replacing Corry’s 80 year old passenger station with a modern brick structure. Erie officials and Cleveland offices have offered no definite statement yet, but a formal decision and public comment are anticipated soon.
Winter roars back to parts of the Midwest as strong winds and snow block highways. About 500 people en route to a basketball tournament at Cloquet were marooned for hours, rivers rose in Kansas and Minnesota towns, and tornadoes caused fatalities in Texas and the broader south. Temperatures plunged to near 10 to 15 above in North Dakota and Minnesota, with milder conditions in the south and Pacific coast. Highways flooded in Illinois and Iowa, and Galena’s business district faced water from the Galena River overflow.
In Ford City areas neighbors plan a 16000 dollar fundraiser tomorrow to aid Glen Mohr a 20 year old blinded veteran wounded near Selman Germany. The Ford City Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars raised funds in April 1945 for a six room home designed for a blind occupant and Mohr and his family will move in immediately.
This morning recorded 50 degrees amid rain while a year earlier Corry streets were blanketed by 14 inches of snow. February 9 194% saw 16 inches on the ground with drifting conditions. the current day noted a low of 27 degrees and intermittent rain.
City council plans a brief session next Monday with few items. Four petitions cover about three quarters of a mile of streets. three carried over from last year await action. A decision on the former Imperial Hotel building, including possible condemnation, remains unsettled.
J Fred Kinley, long established in general insurance, opens a new real estate office in the Barlow Block Erie. He will not serve as a sales rep for the Ford A Zilch agency. Corry mayor will handle Corry rentals and sales as a local Erie division. Kinley has already listed Corry clients and will run real estate with his insurance service. British marines from the cruiser Sheffield reported on patrols in Honduras amid crown claims.
Corry area manufacturers begin receiving the 1948 federal census forms for 1947 operations. The six page detailed form asks for extensive statistics and must be completed within 30 days. Some larger plants have not yet received their packets, but distribution continues by classification as industries are surveyed. The 1948 census resumes a national count after wartime delays. manufacturers’ census history dates back to 1810 with ten year intervals until 1929. Continued on Page Five.
The Associated Press reports Senate action on the St. Lawrence Seaway bill ended 57 to 30 with the measure sent back to the foreign relations committee for further study. Supporters vow to persevere, insisting the bill remains viable this year despite opposition.
The Covey Chamber of Sommerer weighs a key choice on locating a new industry. A prepared-ministry plan, supplier talks, and a six-member core group frame the pending decision as talks with manufacturers continue. The group eyes six possible sites and expects a final ruling after consults with stakeholders.
The state Game Commission schedules tagging stations in multiple communities March 4 to March 9 to tag beaver hides and collect licenses with in person appearances. Officers warn hides must be tagged within the district they were taken and buyers expect fur prices to rise from last year. Arrests of communists in Athens mark political action with military or security committee referrals pending.
Local maple producers report the season has begun with tapping and initial syrup making. Weather delays and variable yields from smaller trees temper optimism, while larger operations push toward 5 000 pails. Several farms including Wattabure and Wallsburg units have started full production and expect strong tapping through next week. Prices are around five dollars a barrel with wide regional participation expected.
Moyd Bemis and Charles Woailows were arraigned in Ripley on a fraud count. They allegedly defrauded Thompson Maple Products by billing for lumber cut but investigators say only one fifth of claimed timber was produced. They pleaded not guilty and are held for a further hearing.
Last night strong winds ripped a roof from a fire gutted Imperial Hotel building. Fire crews and West Main Street department workers cleared debris from the scene as crews inspected the wreckage and ensured public safety along South First Avenue.
An Associated Press report describes Czech leaders pledging a “complete change” and new stage settings as Premier Gottwald seeks to solidify Communist control. A farmers rally tied to assembly votes signals pressure on the cabinet as political maneuvering intensifies. The piece notes labor groups and farmers weighing moves that could determine the party’s grip before a pivotal cabinet decision.
American girl Miss Marabelle Bucur, who resigned from the U.S. Information Service, has married Russian Konstantin Lapshin, a Moscow actor. Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith says she failed to notify the embassy of her marriage and calls her move incompatible with her duties. Bucur, born in Clairton, Pennsylvania, had worked on a Russian language magazine titled Amerie and reportedly told her family she had become more sympathetic to Russian life.
Helsinki sources report President Juho K. J. Ståinivio is polling parliamentary groups on a Soviet Finnish defense treaty. Stalin seeks prompt talks, possibly in Moscow or Helsinki, with a parliamentary path unlikely before midweek. The note targets urgent consideration by a 200 seat parliament, no party holds a majority.
Local reports indicate Howard Loop of North East timber mill prominence may challenge Republican incumbent WW Waterhouse for the district’s assembly seat. Circulation of petitions and party talks suggest a contested nomination with uncertain outcomes across the Third Assembly District.
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