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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1950
Page
5
Washington January 18 The Supreme Court today rejected a legal move by Judith Coplon to win a new espionage trial. She claimed the FBI tapped her telephone wires to obtain evidence used in her conviction in U S district court in this city last June.
An old advertisement touts Thompson's Borsoma Tablets claiming quick relief for kidney fatigue causing pain and backache. It urges readers to stop suffering and feel better soon, citing druggists and widespread use by thousands.
Members and guests of the Men tor Club met Saturday at the East Congress home of Mr. and Mrs. D. A Hillstrom for the annual musicale. Caesar Franck program featured violin and piano by Mr. and Mrs. Patterson and Miss Jane Corry with biographical notes, ragas, and Swedish songs. readings and a tea service followed. Several local residents and visitors were named, with travel notes and weekend plans mixed in.
Mrs Peter acatelle was honored at a stork shower hosted by Mrs Jennie Rezzelle and Miss Viola Rezzelle of 363 South Center. Twenty six guests attended with games, a bathinette gift, door prize won by Mrs Patsy Perry, and refreshments of ham salad sandwiches cake and coffee. Out of town guests included Mrs Caroline Jagte Mrs Joseph Ventresee from Erie and others from Waterford Ridgway.
A son Paul Mark was born to Mr and Mrs Paul M Weber Jr at the University of California Hospital in San Francisco. The baby's grandparents are Mr and Mrs Weber of South Center Street. A second birth announced for Ashley Willis of 601 South Center Street at Corry Hospital this morning.
Miss Helen Kirin daughter of Mr and Mrs Wide Kirin of Columbus and Sir Carl Stillon son of Mr and Mrs Rexford Sill of Spartansburg were married at St Thomas Church by Rev Francis J Graves. The bride wore a teal dress with brown accessories and a corsage of yellow roses. Mrs Still is employed at Raymond Mfg Company and Mr Still at Osmo Tanning Company in Spartansburg. They will reside at Pine Valley.
Over one hundred couples attended the Elks dance at the Nori Center lodge home with Harry Summers and his Warren orchestra providing music from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. A featured floor show by George Bailey of Freeport ran over an hour including magic tricks and memory feats. The next Winter dance is set for January 28 for lodge members and spouses.
Miss Madeline Carnes celebrated her ninth birthday Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4 oclock. Her mother Mrs G D Carnes of Park Street hosted the party. Nine guests attended and games were played with awards to Philip Hurlbut and Terry White. Ice cream and a decorated birthday cake were served and Miss Carnes received many beautiful gifts. Guests included John Bog Sonya Raymond Jacqueline Raymond Mary Capwell Bonnie White Nancy Felisiak and Poesy Felisiak.
Mr and Mrs Dale Lillie of Columbus hosted eight couples for a card club gathering on a Saturday evening. Sixteen persons attended a ham dinner at seven o clock before playing 500 the awards went to Warren Titus and his wife, Mrs Fred Holton, and Mr Lillie.
President Truman urged Democratic leaders to block a proposed House rules change that would alter how bills reach the floor. The plan, approved by the rules committee, could threaten his Fair Deal agenda as southern Democrats and Republicans oppose the change. House Speaker Rayburn reportedly warned the coming vote could be tight, with a potential coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats ready to oppose administration proposals.
President Truman urged Congress to enact a new 10 year law to insure against a rubber shortage in another war. He proposed shifting part of the synthetic rubber industry from government to private ownership and maintaining nearly a million tons a year in plant capacity for emergency needs. He also submitted a study by John BR. Steel on the rubber problem and recommendations to preserve national security.
Assorted presses report Mellon Institute experiments on a four inch plastic globe. The icoansphere, a plexiglass globe pattern and welded sheet steel globe reduce waste from about 43 percent to eight percent. First full scale teo sasphere, a 38 foot vacuum tank, completed. Navy uses similar tech for power supersonic wind tunnels.
County detectives seized thousands of sweepstakes tickets during a county-wide roadblock with West View and Ross township police. Detective William Haushenter said the English Grand National themed tickets may be counterfeit. Officers found the tickets in a trunk on Route 19 near West View. the driver and two passengers were detained, with four others arrested in two days for drunken driving and assault on officers. Five more faced disorderly conduct charges.
A group of 15 American editors and publishers, including four Pennsylvanians, arrived in Frankfurt to study the European Recovery Program. They will proceed to Bonn, Berlin, and Heidelberg, traveling from London by plane.
Erie County sheriff's deputies spoke with Mrs Swata at a Buffalo hospital about a home invasion. An intruder fired on three residents as they entered the house near Golden. A pistol duel erupted. two women were wounded, one found in a shelving room, another in the kitchen with multiple bullet wounds. The assailant fled upstairs and then down the stairs firing at occupants.
At least nine shots were fired as Detective Kenneth C. Sweeney examined bloodstains across the Swan kitchen dining room living room and hallway. Chief Elmer Mang of Towanda police said the scene showed two women struggling with the killer in a Towanda home.
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