Senate debates repeal of Taft Hartley law in stormy action
The bill to repeal Taft Hartley races toward Senate hearings as Republicans threaten to rewrite it. Democratic leaders push to replace the act with Wagner provisions in one package.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1949
Page
1
The bill to repeal Taft Hartley races toward Senate hearings as Republicans threaten to rewrite it. Democratic leaders push to replace the act with Wagner provisions in one package.
The chamber of commerce nominating committee met at the Municipal Building to prepare a slate of five new directors. Helen Jones chairs the committee with Mrs Morris Chapin Miss Harriett Coletmaye Anthony Coober and Dan Tageart as members. Ballots will be mailed to members later this week after candidates are contacted for acceptance. The five directors will replace B A Olt who resigned and whose one year remaining term, and Phill Zalmeck Attorney Roger M Brown Raleigh Keehare and Richard Bachomer whose three year terms expire.
The report notes January 24 saw the mercury fall to one of the season's lowest readings at 17 degrees below zero, followed by a sharp rise after a high of 50 degrees in the afternoon. The Pennsylvania Gas Company invoked a 100 percent industrial power cut to restrain demand amid the weather swings. Weather irregularities marked the period with rapid temperature changes and notable daylight effects.
The Corry Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose plans to donate a modern oxygen tent to Corry Hospital this week. The new tent, a nonlethal model from Ohio Chemical and Manufacturing, features a clear plastic enclosure and nurse viewing port to ease patient anxiety and improve monitoring. The presentation schedule and exact timing will be announced by Moose officials in the coming days.
A year end report by the Carry Building and Loan Association shows strong growth with dividends totaling 14,894 paid to stockholders. Elections reappointed Horton Davis, E. L. Simmons, and Wallace Hammond to three year terms with all officers renominated. Treasury data lists budget receipts at 139,949,851.68 and expenditures at 143,157,790.71 a cash balance of 3,421,099,799.46 and a deficit of 19,407,948.31 compared with the prior day.
In Harrisburg on January 25, Republican leaders moved a proposed $500 million veterans bonus toward rapid enactment. The measure, identical to a 1947 proposal, seeks payments to World War II veterans and aims for swift action by both houses, with adjournment targeted by April 1.
Following a suggestion by O A Stennett caretaker at Mead Park local supporters plan a 9 Aug movement to obtain a part time paid playground director for summer supervision. The aim is to organize junior teams draft activity schedules and ensure more children use park facilities with civic and fraternal clubs likely to sponsor for two to three months.
Eight countries are being studied to fit into the Truman plan for developing backward areas. Officials say a $1 billion external aid program may be needed, to be financed by private and government funds with World Bank support. Studies include Turkey India and Colombia while UN groups probe Haiti and Brazil.
Directors authorize a preliminary study to estimate construction costs and the size and type of a building to meet needs for a planned Y M G A facility as part of a long range program. Other MCA matters include Armory use, budget review, and a new member proposal.
Fragmented OCR notes detail snow removal expenses for New Year events and city sidewalks. Included are figures around 1015 dollars, mentions of plowing services, and references to local figures and equipment used in winter cleanup.
In Nevada and Utah the Air Force deployed 17 planes to haul hay to stranded ranch cattle. About 45,000 cattle in Hi county faced starvation after a two week snowbound period. Officials reported successful drops aiming to save livestock and prevent further losses.
A British crew aboard a transport plane crashes in a wooded area near Schoenberga in the western zone during the Berlin airlift. Seven people die while many evacuate westward to hospitals as Germany's welfare and military authorities oversee the response.
The Rev B D Waugin testified that former Federal Judge Albert W Johnson signed away pension rights in 1945 and waived an annual $10 000 life pension The witness described Johnson as physically reduced and no longer the same man as he walked with his head dropped and seemed unaware of his actions.
The Chinese government moved southward as Communists offered India mediated peace talks in Peiping. Officials indicated Canton as the likely destination, with timelines for relocation by mid February. A Red broadcast named delegates and rejected terms seen as surrender, citing Mao Tze-tung's January 14 points and excluding Chiang Kai-shek.
Washington January 25 Senate and House leaders reached a preliminary accord to push housing and rent control measures while studying broader reforms. The plan calls for extending lightening rental controls and motions for public hearings as parts of general housing legislation.
Clyde W Shotebarger advances from Curry MCA executive to associate executive of the Pennsylva YMCA M of A. He will relocate to Harrisline with his family as the unit expands youth programs across Erie Warren McKean Forest Crawford Verunga Mercer counties. A second item notes William W Britten named first chief fish warden in Harrisburg after top exam scores. salary pending.
Lawrence Murdock of Spartansburg is the only local resident named for trial at the February term. He is held on larceny charges in connection with theft of farm machinery parts from a Union City resident, arrested by State Police at the Corry sub-station and detained by Alderman Cobbett.
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