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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1946
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text notes weights prices and items such as Katahdins and cannes with scattered numbers. Mentions garden and sympathy illness, prices ranging up to 54.95, and references to New York and buying time. No coherent event or person clearly identifiable.
Police press investigation deepens as two janitors remain in custody after a Chicago kidnapping death. A man is accused of a fiendish crime. Bones, hacksaw, and bloodstains were found in an apartment basement near a child's home, suggesting brutal involvement.
Chicago police pressed the hunt for the kidnap killer as evidence found in a North Side apartment basement was disclosed. Two janitors, Hector Verburgh and Desere Smet, were detained for questioning near the Degnan home, amid a 48 hour manhunt. A 15 year old Belgian boy was identified by police as a prime suspect.
F Lewe Edwards announced that seniors in Problems of Democracy have begun studying Corry city government as part of regular coursework. Four senior groups will cover council meetings, report progress to their class, and analyze operations across departments over several months.
Reported moves claim 26 further appointments announced though prior notes had suggested Probation Officer District Attorney and County Detective posts might be filled by an official action today A legal question arose whether a deputy should be named by Daniel Mel Laughlin serving in district attorney capacity only.
Evidence links Joachim von Ribbentrop to proposed mass lynching of Allied airmen linked to bombing German cities. Trial testimony shows German High Command rejected the drastic plan and pursued limited terror actions. Documents also detail Germany’s aims to declare war on the United States and coordinate with Japan to divide British, Soviet, and other territories.
Roger M. Brown, general chairman of the Memorial Hospital drive, will preside at the opening dinner for the $275,000 memorial fund tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. in St. Edward's Parish Hall. Rev. Francis Graves will offer invocations, and Rev. Ralph M. Mould of Germantown will be the dinner speaker. Committees total 170 and are expected to attend to hear reports from gift and committee divisions as plans near final organization.
London dispatch says Secretary Byrnes and Senator Vandenberg reached a complete understanding on safeguarding American atomic secrets as the United Nations Assembly opens. Other top issues include security council seats, general secretary selection, mandate supervision, and refugee placement.
Unclear plans for a Second National Clothing Collection Relief effort. Herald Wolfe and Philip Zalaneck seek input from local organizations and county leaders. Rotary Club heard the topic, with decisions affecting Erie Corry Jamestown Kane and Warren pending county guidance and January deadlines.
Floods across the South killed at least 22 people and caused multibillion dollar damage as towns in Kentucky Georgia and Arkansas reported fatalities and thousands displaced. Death tolls included eight in Tenfiesser Kentucky six in Arkansas and two in Georgia with the worst passes easing as rivers receded.
At Chungking on January 9 government and Communist negotiators adjourned after a one hour forty minute session led by General Marshall. Talks aimed at a possible early truce and political unity were inconclusive with details unsettled and no firm timetable for the next meeting. Marshall remained hopeful despite differences as the fourth session ended without a settlement.
Thelstory Mason of Delaware Street was held at the county jail after a quarrel at the family home. Police report Mason fled through a second-story window but was recaptured and taken to the station. A hearing was set for tomorrow as authorities prepare formal charges for a serious assault.
Officials said to be unnamed consider raising steel price by about 40 cents per ton to 1.50 over the OPA limit. Conversion Director Snyder and Stabilization head Collet reportedly approve a higher price as Bowles weighs a protest. Steel makers seek a $7 per ton rise tied to wage talks for CTO steel workers.
Dr Hugh A O H are MW yue Weir ed medical career resumes in this city after wartime service. He returned from Europe where he served with the JOB General Hospital and the Wath General Hospital prior to his reentry into civilian medicine. His family will occupy the former Corry-OHare home on East Bond Street as arrangements for a new office and equipment are completed.
The Northwest Rural Electric Cooperative Association announced a two hour power outage Thursday afternoon to install a new and larger substation on the Poneloe system. Areas without service include Concord Union Wayne LeBauer townships Spartansburg and parts of Warren and Crawford counties in the Northwestern service area.
A jumble of 1930s style reports mentions a potential tie up in telephone service and rumors of a price hike in butter. Officials, including the Secretary of Agriculture and other officers, discuss measures to curb shortages and stabilize essentials amid looming labor actions and subsidy program extensions.
Associated Press reports officials in Washington discussed moving Most class mail and parcel post to air service. They also considered reductions in foreign and domestic mail rates. Also Dwight Eisenhower told President Truman there was no need for disciplinary action over Manila protests. In London a Reuters dispatch claimed British security officers arrested General Nicholaus Von Geten, cited as a surviving witness to Hitler’s private will.
The Associated Press reports Pennsylvania may face a 90 day strike by Utility Workers Union of America members affecting electricity, water and gas in parts of the state. Dispute centers on bargaining rights and union recognition amid a NLRB action. Official comment was limited from Pennsylvania Power and Light Company.
Nationwide walkouts by telephone installation workers disrupt toll lines in multiple states. Independent Association of Communications Equipment Workers and allied unions mobilize in New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Illinois and New York as 6000 workers threaten mass stoppages. Western Union employees also join in extended strike action, isolating New York. Speakers warned toll service could fail within days but expected to persist without total outage.
Paul Clark, accused of desertion, non support, and fraudulent conversion, was taken near Tavell station west of Corty and brought to the city. He allegedly took his wife's fur coat and insurance policies valued at about 100 dollars, and is held for trial in county court.
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