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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1952
Page
8
Erie report notes Pennsylvanian Electric Company may raise rates in 1962 as net income falls for second straight year despite record kilowatt hour sales and operating revenues. Titus, president, cites higher taxes and costs as reasons for potential rate changes.
Three Aridiantown Gap soldiers were released after questioning in the slaying of Pvt Elmer Harrington 20 found beaten to death in a Pottsville laproom. Det Buono said investigators were satisfied they were not involved. In Washington thieves looted Rep Halleck home while family was away. jewelry and valuables taken.
A 22 year old inmate Elmer L. Fritsinger of Walnut Court R. D. 1 reportedly scaled a 40 foot wall at Schuylkill county prison in Pottsville. Authorities say he used a 14 foot plank and a hooked poker fashioned in the boiler room to aid the escape.
Philadelphia reporters recount the 52nd Mummers Parade as 15 000 bespangied marchers wowed 250 000 onlookers despite drizzle and fog. Thirty three string bands and comic troupes performed. prize money totaled 250 000. Crowds along Broad Street and television viewership marked a strong New Year’s celebration.
Gracie Fields and her Romanian born fiancé Abraham Boris Alberovich applied for permission to marry in the Roman Catholic Church. The British comedian and Alberovich, a radio repairman, signed the request at the parish home of Father Leigh Lembo. Fields gave her birthdate as January 9 1898 and Alberovich as October 28 1903. The wedding is planned for next month and Fields will adapt her faith.
Tokyo dispatch reports a woman pilot led the Communist air raid on Inchon Harbor early yesterday. North Korean radio claimed Red bombers attacked Taechon and Kimpo Air Base, destroying 44 UN aircraft, while U.S. Fifth Air Force said only three obsolete biplanes dropped explosives near Kimpo and Inchon with no damage. The broadcast quoted a communist correspondent describing the woman as a hero who directed the raid and ensured all bombs hit their targets.
The Bureau of Employment Security reports a sharp drop in overpayments due to willful misrepresentation. For the July September quarter overpayments totaled 4.725 million, with 1,280 convictions from 1,256 fraud cases. Unemployment fund losses fall as fraud declines.
The Steelworkers union leaders in Atlantic City consider pursuing a strike if needed with Murray seeking a 12.4 cent hourly pay raise and other gains. Industry rejects wage demands, while President Truman pledges use of all laws to prevent a walkout as steel runs at record output for military and civilian needs. Union cancellation could lead to an early wage-board hearing.
The funeral for Harry T. Moore drew about 500 people in Mims Florida on New Year’s Day as FBI agents combed the blast site a mile away. Moore’s widow, hospitalized, did not attend. a 16-member Civil Rights Congress delegation from New York and Philadelphia attended. In Bedford Pennsylvania a 16-year-old girl dies from a crash as a crowd of teens rides in a wrecked car near the Bedford Springs Hotel.
An OCR fragment lists figures and places including Senator Robert A Taft, Great Britain, Vaihalia, California, an ore of copper, Cats, Herbert Hoover, Arizona Thalian, Lord Howe, and a note on the average Englishman consuming about 5 pounds of meat per year.
A chaotic race event in London saw Arthur and film rivalries collide as a derby concluded with a narrow result. Key figures from racing circles and entertainment circles were present, with attention turning to ownership and control of the featured competition.
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