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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1947
Page
1
Local notes show an odd catalog of animals and prices with cattle, bulls, cows, and sheep listed. Entries include quantities and prices like 12.00 to 11.00, 25.00, and 50 canter counts. Details are fragmented but indicate a livestock sale and associated expenditures at a center in 92 era terms.
Seven patients including a day-old infant were rescued from the five story Bashline Osteopathic Hospital two miles east of Titusville as a major blaze wrecked the building. Firefighters faced water shortages but evacuated patients safely. losses estimated at $80,000 with $10,000 insurance. The former hotel site, built in 1906, had housed the osteopathic hospital for years after serving as a resort and sanitarium.
Governor Dewey approves a city budgeted $32,000,000 teacher pay raise with bipartisan support. The temporary measure funds public school instructors at an initial raise to boost salaries, while broader reforms are debated amid differing party positions and a June target for finalization.
London reports dated March 28 describe Poland and Yugoslavia presenting separate German and Austrian peace treaties drafts to the four power foreign ministers council. Poland seeks a new German trap mining area along the Baltic and Oder Neisse to Czechoslovakia, while Yugoslavia demands large reparations from Austria and claims over 1,000 square miles of Austrian territory. The precise Austrian damages amount was not specified.
Harrisburg, Jan 22 Associated Press T C Prame of Franklin retires as chief engineer for the Pennsylvania Highways Department. L Schmidt of Pittsburgh is named to the $10,000 a year post. Ray F Smock announces Frame's retirement effective March 1 and promotes the Pittsburgh district engineer to lead. Several staff moves follow including Ambler to Pittsburgh district engineer, Bally to Hollidaysburg, Bedard to Ardmore, Conrad to Ardmore, with Bickius, Myers, and Wallek retaining key posts.
A early morning blaze in Girardsville Schuylkill County destroys eight buildings on Main Street forcing 30 residents to seek shelter in zero temperatures. The fire damages about $300,000 and cuts power when an electric pole falls. Fire Co headquarters, shop and several private dwellings are among the losses. Local firefighters aided by crews from neighboring towns battle the blaze through the night.
Driveable yet treacherous roads after a powerful storm dumped over five inches of snow aided by gusty winds. Route 6 reported cars crawling at 10 to 15 mph and drivers pulled off for safety as state and city crews cleared mains routes. Ice remained a danger, with drifting snow haunting Carter Hill and continued coverage promised on Page Bight.
Stewart A. Kone named new manager of the Pennsylvania Employment Service office in Corry, replacing Bernard Williams who is expected to move to the Erie office. Territorial leaveholder Long led the Corry office since December 1928. Williams has headed duties in Harrisburg era, with reassignment anticipated after the transition.
Corry Pennsylvania Gas Company issued an emergency directive to local manufacturers to stop using gas for fuel in processes and heating except to protect equipment. Some plants including Ajax works and Plank division will suspend gas dependent operations while others rely on coal fired steam. Officials said layoffs are not immediate but could occur if fuel curtailment lasts. industrial curtailment was expanded to near total stop in gas fueled processes.
New York dan 22 The Iron Age reports T S Steel Corporations and unions have settled major issues in informal talks toward a 418 contract. Formal negotiations to end February 15 are expected to proceed on a mutually satisfactory basis. Preliminary discussions already outline major terms with focus on portable pay and settlement dynamics amid divergent approaches from management and labor.
Devin Lod, a 165 pound Lodi athlete, escaped from her kidnapper at a Highway motel near Sacramento after the abductor left. Police hunted suspects Everall Wescott Stiles of Portland and others who used forged agency claims. Father Edward Devine, grape grower and local association official, waited with ransom money but the man failed to reappear at the Sacramento bar as ordered. The case drew a statewide all points alert and ongoing pursuit continued into the night.
Washington predicts continued sugar rationing and price controls into next year with possible rise to 10 pounds per person from 25 and allowances for U S industry to rise to 40 cents a pound. Agriculture officials and sugar producers urge extension until world supply improves, fearing price spikes and shortages if controls lapse.
Fire crews from North East Harborcreek Ripley and Westfield fought stubborn subfreezing flames that gutted the Hotel Concord in North East. The owner said losses reach 60 000, with most repairs recent and tenants evacuated without serious injuries despite heavy smoke and fire in the boiler room and basement.
Bulletin notes in Atlanta that a 27 27 tie blocked expunging a fire oath from the Senate journal revealing Lt Governor elect Thompson's oath to exercise executive powers. Other items cover a Yugoslav court’s death sentences for espionage, a Pennsylvania $22 4 million relief appropriation, Poland’s election results, Browning Montana snowed-inn trucks carrying supplies, and a Delaware seamen exposure rescue after a tanker collision.
In Harrisburg on January 22 Governor James H. Duff prepared to tackle major fiscal challenges. He and budget secretary Dradyrard Logan plan a $33.4 million relief appropriation to sustain public assistance through May as Duff works to expand revenue for education and mental health. The Legislature debated cabinet confirmations amid Democratic criticism and Republican defections, with the constitution demanding four votes to confirm.
G Harold McConnell of Corry responds to accusations in a public letter published yesterday. He claims horses at his barn were well fed and refutes claims of neglect, stating he has invested heavily and faces attempts to harm his property and reputation. He offers to prove conditions to supporters and critics alike.
Secretary of State George C. Marshall is asked by Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Vandenberg to present a comprehensive view of American policy. Some members prefer he delay until after the Moscow Four meeting, while Marshall signals he will discuss only in broad terms. The move signals bipartisan support for nonpartisan conduct of foreign affairs. Continued on Page Six.
Fragmented OCR text describes a fundraising drive by the Mawel of Dimes to support the National Fountains for Infantile Paralysis and a Trapicaiee and equipment project in Diet Malem Town. It mentions responses from the ALO and local foundations, with efforts to establish a public charity depot and support for facial quetch Gummer.
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