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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1947
Page
2
W F W County League hosts Union City Monday night at 8 15 in the State Armory. Adults 65c students 35c tax included. Also notes rising state government costs, Jamestown teachers backing a salary bill, and postponed lyceum and roast chicken supper events with details from local listings.
Announcement of sale of the Outside Store at Chautauqua to BL Edwin Anderson, former employee, was made by Leslie G. Mills. The new owner took possession Monday and plans to run the business as before. Other items note local sales, road and military news, and community notices across Erie and surrounding towns.
Associated Press reports Al Capone remained on oxygen with expert care as doctors said his condition had reached a very critical stage. A 9:30 am bedside bulletin declared Capone is no better, while family and physicians monitor his status in Miami Beach on January 25.
In Harrisburg, Dr. Francis B. Haas, superintendent of public instruction, upheld the Metal Township board's dismissal of Llewellyn Coble, a Metal Township High School science and mathematics teacher since 1943, for persistent misconduct and failure to arrive on time. The ruling supports the board’s August 5, 1946, decision after a hearing, citing discipline issues and insufficient time for pupil instruction despite a distant residence.
A special meeting of all ex-service men will be held at the American Legion post home next Tuesday at 7 PM. Justin Butters, Legion service officer, announced the gathering to explain the liberalized provisions for reinstating lapsed National Service life insurance, including required physical examinations after February 1.
Los Angeles police report new tangible leads in the Elizabeth Short murder inquiry after a bisected body was found in a vacant lot. An envelope containing Short’s social security card and an address book was mailed to Los Angeles papers, bearing clipped headlines and no handwriting. Detective Brown says the items are likely the victim’s effects mailed by someone with no killing connection. A hospital official notes the case remains critical with Capone referenced in context.
The piece argues both sides in Georgia clash have used force. It warns civil conflict risks, urges peaceful retreat until the Supreme Court rules, and links Georgia turmoil to worldwide disorder and the need for lawful order amid looming crises.
Continued from page one, unions and steel executives extended contracts to April 30, 1947, with potential clarifications on wage and cost issues. The union seeks substantial wage gains and portal to portal pay, while the company cites massive portal-to-portal suits totaling about half a billion dollars. The 170,000 U. S. Steel subsidiary employees are affected, with a 15 point program calling for a substantial wage increase and improved benefits.
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