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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1952
Page
6
Bebell a World War II veteran and Millcreek township resident announces candidacy on the Democratic ticket in the 24th district with backing from Democratic organizations in Erle Mercer and Crawford counties. Multiple local items include a miller near Cambridge Springs escaping a fire, a billiard hall sale, and a Korean War death ship arrival.
Washington report notes the governments cost of living barometer rising to a new high with mid December index expected higher than November. The CPI suggests wage increases under the Wage Stabilization board will rise about 15 percent above January 1950 levels, with potential boosts beyond 18 percent in special cases. A stray paragraph then briefly describes dingo dogs and their wolfish tusks.
The Army reduced penalties for four of six women soldiers involved in a beating of a fellow WAC at Camp Breckinridge Kentucky last November. Three were released immediately: Marjorie S. Shuck Edith M. Brown Mary G. Long. The other three remain but with shortened terms: Grace L. Morton Guillette V. Mente and Hdna H. Whitman. The exact reductions varied per individual.
Gen James A Van Fleet U S Eighth Army commander forced to hitchhike back to headquarters after his plane ditched on an abandoned frontline airstrip amid a blinding snow storm. He and three other officers trudged through heavy drifts seeking transport.
The Reid family mourns pilot Captain Thomas J Reid and his wife Henrietta along with children Aileen and Robi after the American Airlines crash in Elizabeth New Jersey that killed 29 people. Henrietta learned his name from a reporter's note pad. she had been home when the crash happened and had just learned he had returned from Korea airlift duty a month earlier.
Nearby road where the general flagged down an approaching jeep. Van Flest and his personnel pilot, Capt. Bruce O. Thienfeldt of Layton, Okla, had flown to a front line division despite threatening weather.
Associated Press reports Rev. Carl McIntire of the International Council of Christian Churches warned President Truman that insisting on an ambassador to the Vatican could cost him votes in his bid for re-election. McIntire spoke at a Bible-earnings rally in Collingswood, New Jersey, urging Protestants to protest the move, while Truman did not confirm candidacy and pressed ahead with the plan. The Protestant rally, attended by about 4,000, urged sending a diplomatic representative to the Holy See.
Polly Moran, famed comedy partner of Mabel Norman and curtain star of early cinema, died today in a Los Angeles hospital at age 68. She had lived in Laguna Beach since 1944 after entering films in 1915 with Mack Sennett.
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