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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1951
Page
3
Attorney General McGrath announces plans to divide War ner Brothers empire into two arms. Potential transfers target Columbia at War ren Orpheum in Titusville Erie theater Panxsutawney and three Pittsburgh houses.
In Keremeos British Columbia on January 6 thirty members of a sect calling themselves the Children of Light wait for the world’s end, predicted for next Tuesday. They are part of the Church of God, a breakaway from a Pentecostal Tabernacle, living in a shuttered farmhouse and having sold possessions. A mother urged her son to leave, but he refused, saying he would see his father in four days.
Four contempt of Congress trial dates were cancelled by Associated Press from Washington on January. New dates will be set after motions challenging the indictments are disposed of. Nelson and Lomanitz were key witnesses in wartime atomic spying inquiries. Patterson and Jaffe faced earlier trial dates. Twenty four defendants were indicted in December for refusing to answer questions or provide records to congressional investigating committees.
Mrs Anna L Knight dies this morning at her son’s home in Corry after a lingering illness. Born Syracuse May 1 1873 she moved to Corry in 1949 and was a member of St Boniface Church Hammett. Survived by Freel Markert two sons five grandchildren a sister and three brothers. Prayer service planned at Bracken Keating Funeral Home and body to be taken to Syracuse for mass Monday at St John the Baptist Church with interment at Assumption Cemetery.
In Philadelphia on January 6 two sugar refineries stopped work after a three day strike by turbont crewmen idleing over 6 000 workers. About 2 500 refinery workers were idled as raw sugar remained aboard strikebound ships. Thirty two ships tied up in the Delaware River unable to move from piers, as officials investigate the walkout. The Civil Rights Congress appears on the attorney generals subversive list.
The Twentieth Century Club gathered at Mrs Ethel Wallace home with Mrs Nellie Querreveld hosting. Amy Newhouse led business while Bernice Miller showed slides on Mire Quine and Florence Nightingale. American Legion Auxiliary and church groups held meetings with reports, plans, and operations notes.
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