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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1946
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes show a court filing related to a decedent’s heirs and an estate matter dated 1946. Names and precise actions are unclear, with references to petitioner and various numbers including 28 and 39, plus scattered item descriptions and a telephonic interlude.
Government fact finding shifts attention to GM shutdown while unions and management seek a wage deal. President Truman’s panel may propose 20 cents an hour for GM production workers, about an 18 percent rise, amid steel price talks and looming CIO Auto Workers demand of 30 percent at General Motors.
Yorke County coroner reports 78 year old George Bordon Grove of Windsor died after his clothing ignited while using a kerosene stove. His bedridden wife Mrs. George Bordon Grove kept vigil for 28 hours until neighbors discovered the tragedy. She suffered a stroke and could not move to help during the fire.
Police seek a new suspect in a high profile kidnapping and dismemberment of a child. Two janitors at Degnan Home questioned after habeas corpus ruling extend detention. Investigators focus on a former hospital patient and a former employee with alleged sex offenses.
Harrisburg reports Governor Martin mobilizes all state highway safety departments to crack down after a deadly toll of at least 1978 deaths in Pennsylvania last year. Through November 1944, 1208 fatalities, with December figures incomplete, trigger cabinet actions and firm directives across agencies.
The metropolitan district feels the impact of a general walkout by telephone employees and Western Union operators. Reports from the exchange indicate calls into New York are not fully disrupted yet but likely strained, with limited coordination from several service providers.
About 500 striking Western Electric technicians halted work threatening long distance and local calls across western Pennsylvania. The walkout, part of a nationwide 800 worker strike, hit exchanges from Pittsburgh to Beaver Falls with eight to ten hour delays for New York area messages. Western Union reported normal traffic elsewhere while Bell and AT&T lines faced possible outages as early as Friday morning.
A hearing is scheduled for 4 o'clock this afternoon before Magistrate Gorton at the Municipal building. Thelston Mason, arrested yesterday by police, is charged with beating his wife. Constable Potter served subpoenas on witnesses to testify against Mason, who was under a peace bond from a prior incident. Chief of Police Flanigan filed all charges. Also, details from Tokyo report: the Far East Commission met on site to shape Allied occupation policy for Japan and aims to visit Hiroshima before January 31 in Washington.
Athens reports a fresh political crisis as right wing Populists and dissident leaders join Premier Septioulis in a surprise coalition. The cabinet formed November 10 faces a government split and instability amid strikes and regional tensions.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek pledges broad political concessions after a China truce. The plan includes freeing political prisoners, free speech, local self government, and equal legal status for parties. Mao Zedong approves steps toward a constitutional government with ceasefire in Manchuria and protection of communications.
Two workers at the Gorry James town Mfg Co were admitted to Corry Hospital after opening a container of refrigerant material stored for junking. Donald Hall and Olaf Sorenson suffered facial burns and fumes, treated by Dr. Nu Gillette and kept under observation. Separately New York reports a coast to coast first option of telephone service blocked by picket lines as 8,000 installers strike across states.
TEHRAN Jan 10 Government says fighting erupted in two Russian occupied northern provinces Chaos and Tran. WARSAW Jan 3 U S ambassador Lane said he would oppose funding Poland while current conditions prevail. Walter Reuther UAW CTO VP sent telegram calling for a national UAW CIO GM conference on Sunday.
A massive fire destroyed the J. W. and A. P. Howard Company plant east of Corry on East Main Street. Loss estimated up to 250000 to 300000 dollars, with main buildings and offices razed. Fire started near a hair dryer in the half-dryer area and spread to adjacent warehouses and leather storage, aided by low water pressure and possible burst hydrants. Firefighters battled the blaze for hours, losing finished leather and hundreds of thousands in stock as the plant was leveled. The center of the blaze was the Penn railroad area, with rapid spread to north and south structures.
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