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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1948
Page
3
Last Man's Club members in Corry were alerted after a 197 Blake sedan was stolen during the club's annual dinner gathering. The event includes a champagne toast to deceased members, with the last living member opening the bottle.
State Police report a Route 20 collision near Silver Creek involved a tanker driven by Charles Elsie aged 47 from Buffalo and a dump truck driven by Willard Gram aged 90 from Dunkirk. One driver injured and power facilities disrupted for hours after mirrors clicked, trailer units did not collide, Elsie’s unit struck a tree and utility pole.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars basketball team will finish the County League schedule at the Junior High School gymnasium. The Businessmen's volleyball group offered to cancel their Wednesday night activities to allow the VFW team to use the floor for their contests.
A Cleveland passenger and a Pennsylvania Railroad trainman were shot during an hour of fear aboard a Cleveland to Pittsburgh flyer near Ambridge Pennsylvania. Kenneth Short, a 16-year-old black youth, was identified as the gunman and later jailed on assault charges. Mary Refiel, 29, of Cleveland, was critically wounded in the abdomen while trainman Frank Vidor, 63, of Freedom, was wounded in the leg. passengers restrained the assailant after he fired. The incident occurred after a passenger threatened others and an emergency cord was pulled. Another man, Crider, helped subdue the suspect as the car filled with alarm and chaos. The shooter warned of retribution to relatives in Cleveland. Firearms and chaos dominated the ride before authorities intervened. The report notes the suspect claimed relatives would suffer for his actions. The victimess condition remained critical. police tracked the assailant after the event. A separate report details a fatal skull fracture from a fall at a local cement works in New Castle.
Kay Francis remains in an oxygen tent at White Cross Hospital after collapsing from an overdose incident. Doctors describe her as seriously ill but not in critical danger, with the actress fighting an upper respiratory infection that forced her from the Hartman Theatre. The production State of the Union continued with new cast members after a hurried night from Chicago.
Police freed Miss Francis stage manager Howard Graham a 27 year old man after she regained consciousness and confirmed his account of what happened.
The CIO Auto Workers demand a 26 month extension of rent controls and removal of all 19 percent voluntary increases under the current law. Donald Montgomery, head of the CIO’s Washington office, testified for a Senate subcommittee hearing, noting the present federal rent control aid ends February 29 and that the panel led by Senator Cain will hold hearings next week.
Atlantic City plans a civic improvement drive for 1930 totaling 1 544 000 dollars. Mayor Joseph Altman announced the first such effort since 1929 noting the city will spend the money this year on streets utilities and public works to spur growth and modernization.
The 1707 08 eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan created a small crater on the southeast slope marring the peak. Despite dormancy since, the event unsettled locals and influenced traditional art, as native painters avoided depicting the blemish.
Henry A Wallace supporters in Pennsylvania announce a statewide organizing meeting in Harrisburg to form a political body and gather signatures to place Wallace on the ballot. J W Gill of York says at least 2 000 delegates are needed and no suitable venue found yet. The effort aims to conform with state election laws and then seek petition notarization. In Edinboro Isabel Sorenson, a Bellefonte native, is named queen at the Edinboro College ball.
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