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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1946
Page
1
Fragmentary text lists Katahdin ranks and prices for sheep and cattle, with figures like 4,00 2 and 10.00 13,00. Mentions bulls cows and various price cues, plus stray references to purebred names and handicaps.
Phillip A Teah of Lock Haven bought the North Center street Brown Block from the Rosenthalls. The deal, finalized in Erie, plans include remodeling, with two upper floors becoming modern living space and potential mercantile use for the first floor. Teah, tied to Widmann and Teesh drug stores, may lease to a large food chain.
Berks County Coroner completes probe into deaths in Reading as a 25 year old woman claimed fear of blindness led to a joint suicide pact with her husband and two unmarried sisters. The four bodies were found after they ended their lives by gas in a shared apartment. Also reported Philadelphia politics: James Clark resigns as Democratic City Committee chairman after pressure from private affairs.
The Advance Gifts Group reports progress with more than $80,000 in hand and several large gifts expected before the 6 January 1901 dinner meeting. Churches including Cory join the campaign through the Mee mar Hospital Bund initiative, aiming for a total exceeding $100,000 before the main campaign begins.
The Texas twister disaster leaves 11 dead and 137 injured with one missing as rescue teams sweep mud and rain drenched areas. Four East Texas counties report devastation and power outages. In Nacogdoches and nearby towns casualties mount, communications fail, and relief work proceeds under police and state guard aid.
Erie readers watch as Burian Laub ts is sworn in as judge and Jade Blier Evans becomes president judge. Speculation centers on replacing district attorney and county commissioners. Possible appointment between Damian McGouhain and Wayne Gleeson, with Miles B. Kitts hinted to seek influence despite legal constraints.
Bulletins report Frank J Pitashioninis of the Independent Western Electric Employ Association says the three day old strike against Western Electric is nearly ready to explode into a nationwide telephone workers walkout. President Truman names an emergency board to avert a railway strike on the Frisco line. In Bucharest the Groza government reportedly refused the opposition’s candidate for government wars role under the Moscow conference terms.
Corry School District and City Council confront the new state tax collection law. Solicitors for the city and school district seek complete options and interpretations. The changes offer tax relief through discounts but threaten revenue for both Corry and the county. City treasurer Miss Trene Mullen outlines contrasts with prior practice, noting discounts increasing from 1 to 2 percent and shorter payment timelines, while penalties shift from monthly 6 percent after five months to 5 percent after four months with no rebates for installment plans. The law restricts installment options and rebates, impacting delinquent tax collection and necessitating resolutions or ordinances for installment eligibility.
A greyhound service will resume Sunday schedule with direct westbound buses from New York City to Corry. The Corry terminal plans regular departures starting November first, marking a return to normal operations after a divestment dispute and terminal improvements.
Washington dispatch reports Pearl Harbor committee hearing where witnesses including Admiral Stark and Captain Zacharias discuss the Navy ship location board and pre attack dispatches. Senator Ferguson pushes for hidden report details and a 1942 memorandum linking warnings to Pearl Harbor.
A Williamsport hospital reports a five vehicle crash near a grade crossing last night involved Army ambulances and private cars. One Lock Haven soldier, Flo Ckloyd Yariell, on furlough, underwent an emergency appendectomy en route to Indian Gap Station Hospital and is described in satisfactory condition.
The new mayor and council members will convene to organize, with appointments to key posts in police, fire, health and street departments under discussion. The mayor is to outline early policies, while the council may reorganize the Board of Health and retain Williams as city clerk.
Sarah B. McGregor of Punxsutawney died at age 86 in a small frame house. The will discloses an estate over 800000 with about 230000 in cash across 20 banks. Three churches receive 10000 each, and the remainder goes to legal heirs, relatives, and cousins. Levi McGregor, the father’s son, accumulated his fortune through investments over five years.
In Cambria County Portage Pennsylvania a newly installed hot water furnace exploded in a dwelling killing widow Willine Mfrs during the blast. Deputy Coroner Joseph Govekar reported the victim was incinerated by a piece of metal from the firm fire and suffered a fractured skull with burns over the body.
Taft accuses President Truman of steering toward left wing economics, claiming Democrats and Republicans split on policy and stalled legislation. He asserts CIO influence shapes measures and criticizes labor proposals tied to unemployment oversight. Report released by Republican National Committee signals 1964 campaign context. In London, UN relief head Sir Frederick Morgan ordered to London resign amid controversy over refugee remarks, with deputy Grig, William Arthur McDonald Bayo to step in.
A city survey initiated to assess the Ajax Cove project amid management changes linked to the Superior Tuainn Co. purchase. Plans call for consolidating engine production, relocating machine shop work to Precision Products, and preserving foundry operations at the Ajax plant. Final building decisions await upcoming conferences and spring site work.
Hershey Pa January 5 prompt action by Congress to pledge US acceptance of the International Court of Justice jurisdiction is urged by the Pennsylvania Bar Association World Court Committee backed by a US member of the Permanent Court. Judge Manley Hudson of Cambridge Minnesota voiced that the United States is missing a great opportunity to aid UN effectiveness if Congress does not move with other nations to accept the new court.
Government and labor officials scramble as the Frisco railroad warns a Sunday 7 p.m. EST strike could halt operations in nine states Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Texas Tennessee Mississippi Alabama and Florida affecting about 7000 workers. The CIO and union leaders warn of broader plant disruptions across meat packing steel and related industries if pattern of action spreads.
The Supreme Court appeal remains possible as a Federal court approves the sale of 7,500 Pullman Inc owned sleeping cars to a railroad coalition. The deal, valued at about $76 million, ends years of antitrust disputes stemming from Pullman’s monopoly findings in 1940.
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