Fragmented Local Notice Points To Public Sale
A damaged newspaper fragment shows partial details of a local public sale with readable items naming the sale action and local officials.
26 Jan 1952
Page 1
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1952
Page
1
A damaged newspaper fragment shows partial details of a local public sale with readable items naming the sale action and local officials.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a seven meter event at Macy tied to pro 15 and a Just War Fall, with unclear details about participants or exact location. The readable words suggest a local event or listing, but specifics remain obscured in the damaged text.
Power plant officials report delays in a coal unit slip due to AHS issues and new slips. project timelines extend, with engineers evaluating mitigation steps and potential impact on fuel supply and reliability.
Allied truce negotiator Libby read a list of 48 foreign civilians held by the Communists at Panmunjom and demanded unconditional repatriation after a possible armistice. North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho challenged the tally, while airfield issues and staff officer talks continued without progress. The report notes about 50,000 RO K and civilian internees are cited in exchange data and a Hollywood baby story closes the dispatch.
Youth Charles Scott, 17, died at Union City’s Stem Memoriam Hospital after his car swerved off Route into the Le Boeuf Creek near Waterford. Passenger Vince Burdick, 18, escaped with bruises as officers say Scott likely fell asleep at the wheel. Car valued about 1700, wreck severe near the bridge ends.
Jet ace Colonel Francis S. Gabreski may celebrate his 31st birthday in Korea as Old City hosts a charity ball Monday night. Entry is one dollar with proceeds benefiting an orphanage at Yangjo Chatnan housing 294 children averaging ten years old. Gabreski, a famed fighter interceptor commander, has donated to the effort and urged locals to participate. Checks total $193 as of today.
Nationalist China’s UN delegate T F Tsvang declared the Yalta agreement a disastrous mistake and questioned Roosevelt’s role. He argued the pact brought Russia into the war against Japan in exchange for East Asian concessions. He spoke before the 60 nation UN political committee.
A Corry resident, Mrs J Donald Watson, pledges to lead a January 31 Polio Drive in Corry as part of the Erie County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The letter urges local support for the Mothers March on Polio and explains the county’s March of Dimes deficit and prior contributions to national research and local relief.
Rev Harry S Bowman, pastor of St Pan Evangelical United Lutheran Church, resigns to accept the pastorate at Berkeley Hills United Lutheran Church near Pittsburgh. He came to Corry on September 4 1948 from Runnemede New Jersey and has led the parish for three and one half years with church improvements and a major property project. The church will meet within two weeks to act on the resignation, and Bowman plans to move his wife and three children to Berkeley Hills around May 1.
A Corry youth, Edward Glacoma of Spring Street, suffered a fractured collarbone after a one car crash on Route 5 south of Riceville Corners while returning from a Franklin High School basketball game. Don ald Schrader of East South Street drove north when ice caused the car to spin and hit guard rails. Damages exceed $300. Glacoma received treatment at Stem Memorial Hospital, Union City, then released.
Reported remarks suggest President Truman could gain leverage if Senator McMahon withdraws from the Illinois primary. Kellogg era notes show Kefauver and Douglas expressing surprise and doubt. McMahon lauded Truman in a Washington speech as Republicans face a fractious field led by Eisenhower and Taft.
The Chamber of Commerce released ten candidates named by the nominating committee for five vacancies on the board of directors. Nominees include James All, Olin Bracken, Rasselns Brown, Milton Cherry, Howard Futselman, Everett Johnson, David Livingston, Lloyd Meerdink, Roy Heed, and B. Sonoski. Additional nominations may be made by signature through February 4. Directors with expiring terms this year include Richard Rosbacher, Arnold Seastead, Arthur Martin, Henry Wheeler, and David Livingston.
The federal government intervened in a Philadelphia labor dispute delaying defense cargo shipments. Longshoremen refused to handle a sugar boat over pay and damages, with mediation chief Ching ordering settlement efforts. A GMU lockout halted loading, delaying army cargo and diverting 20 ships.
Washington reports the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen endorsed a wage increase of 20 1/2 cents for road service and 38 cents for yard work. The panel urged modest adjustments to 48 hour week rules, rejecting a nine cent yard men extra, citing last year’s settlement with the teammen.
Seven residents received subpoenas to appear at the grand jury hearing for Lon B Rhines of South Center Street held on a charge of aggravated assault and battery. The case is part of 85 statewide matters set for the Monday convening and Thursday local hearing. Testimony will be from Grace Hansen and Mrs Richard Bachom ner, nurses at Corry Memorial Hospital, Pall Goodman and Pvt Neil McKay of the Corry Police Department, Robert Colemar, Merle Van Cise and Mrs Rhines.
Overnight rain left Corry area roads slick and treacherous with 0.81 inches of precipitation. Temperatures fell to 41 degrees, but no accidents were reported. Nationwide, weather varied from snow in New England to rain along the Pacific coast and freezing rain in western New York. A state of emergency was declared in Eureka Utah after heavy snow and blizzards, with crews deployed and miners idled due to five feet of snow on the ground.
In a Washington dispatch Roger W. Babson analyzes how the 1930s birth rate decline mirrors earlier decades. He notes births averaged 174 per thousand in the 30s, about 20 percent below the 1920s, with 1933 showing one third fewer babies than the high year of the prior decade. These youths are the current teenagers.
Rioting mobs seize streets of Cairo burning buildings and clashing with police as casualties mount. Authorities move to sever diplomatic ties with Britain while British ships rush to reinforce the Suez Canal amid widespread anti British protests.
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