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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1947
Page
1
Former Georgia governor Ellis Arnall speaks to voters amid a tense campaign as rivals clash over the governor’s race. Cleveland manor blaze risks lives with many feared missing while the political battle grows sharper with threats and legal questions.
Governor Ellis Arnall resigns effective now, as Lt. Gov. Gay Thompson is sworn in, amid a power struggle with Herman Talmadge. Talmadge supporters push to impeach Georgia’s attorney general, Eugene Cook, while Arnall appeals to voters to pressure legislators. Federal highway funding may pause pending the dispute.
Babson argues prices will drop as inventories stay high and production catches up. He cautions workers demands and militant unions threaten business stability while Republicans push for free enterprise, urging a workable guaranteed wage plan as a public policy test.
A damaged text notes polio outbreaks rising costs for medical care and treatment. It mentions the March of Dimes and National Foundation efforts spending millions on cures and supplementary aid, urging readers to donate their dimes for tomorrow.
President Truman moves to cancel unspent appropriations totaling over 2.6 billion dollars. House Appropriations Committee members Gieryman Weber and colleagues plan quick action, with cancellations affecting the 1947 and 1948 fiscal years and reducing future outlays across agencies including Maritime, Atomic Energy, and War Departments.
Reports from Nanking indicate Communist HQ chose one government bid to reopen truce talks and signaled possible limited mediation for months. Communists accused the government of deception over envoy offers and demanded two preconditions including resumption of negotiations before any concessions.
The Cong drives its annual nationwide polio campaign with about 300 appeal letters to local residents next week. Robert Bumibaugh again leads the local effort aiming to maximize donations while keeping mailing costs low. The drive ends with the national campaign and an automated report of all contributions sent to participants.
Socially prominent Robert Love of New Castle is jailed on $100,000 bond after being charged with embezzling 520,100 from the First Securities Company. Love, an executive and officer in two New Castle firms, was denied bail by Judge Glide Mante and remains in custody pending further proceedings.
City Council plans a short session Monday night with minor actions including salary ordinance amendments for the newly appointed sheet commissioner and the annual engineer's report. Pay petitions for low cost street improvements may be discussed and the zoning ordinance to be heard February 1st.
Washington dispatch reports General George C. Marshall will be sworn in as Secretary of State in President Truman's office with M. Vinson to administer the oath to retiring Secretary James F. Byrnes. The notice notes changes in the administration and a coalition government discussion among teachers in the Popular Registittens party.
Corry residents continue to file complaints as the tax collection office proceeds with delinquent school taxes from the early 1980s and 1940s. About 10 percent of the 4000 demands have been returned as undeliverable, many due to moved or deceased residents. Don Wilkinson's agency aims to clear delays and address nears past due balances while some taxpayers dispute the levy or lack receipts.
Harrisburg January 18 The Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission said a general milk price reduction is not in prospect due to a federal order affecting nine products. Chairman Cobb noted the order may reverse an upward trend but not guarantee lower retail prices statewide. Public hearings may be held and producer price cuts were discussed, with potential effects on regional markets in New York Philadelphia Boston and nearby cities.
Warsaw July 11 The government mobilized 500000 security police militia and volunteers to guard polling places in tomorrow's parliamentary election the first since German invasion started World War II. Col Roman Romechowski said pre election violence has claimed over 100 lives and many election officials were targeted by underground groups. The coming vote pits the government allied with Osilike-Mocawsisi against the Polish Peasant party PSL led by Mikolajenyk with international observers watching.
Officers say the Corry rod and gun club purchased 42 acres east of Columbus for a clubhouse and grounds. The site includes woodland, a remodeled center, fireplaces, benches, and a picnic area for members and families while planned facilities and rifle lanes are developed for near-term use.
Federal agents busted 20 men in New York and one in Miami Beach linking them to a hijacking gang blamed for more than 60 truck hijackings in the past year. Edward Scheidt called it a blow to hijackers harming New York City shippers and merchants.
Officials signaled return of margin trading on securities with a Feb 1 start allowing 75 percent cash and 25 percent credit. The move follows price declines to levels near a year ago and signals inflation easing, amid widespread reports of lower food prices and a drop in civilian employment.
Progress on a test drilling near Catterill for the Pennsylvania Gas Company shows slow advancement through limestone. Drillers report hard rock and frequent bit dressing, with potential depth rumors of over 4,000 feet and costs around 800 dollars in the area.
A three story Knickerbocker Manor rooming house fire in Cleveland leaves 11 hospitalized and many unaccounted for. Fire officials say an explosion in the furnace caused a hole in a side wall allowing rapid rescue efforts and dramatic escapes.
A multi vehicle collision on the Memoriaho-At guipna road in Berger county killed a grandmother from Pittsburgh and two relatives and injured five others. Names and precise ages are obscured by the damaged text but victims include Mrs. Ose and Mrs. Ilberta Moirley among others.
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