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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1952
Page
3
The Young Men's Democratic Club banquet in Abilene on November 8, 1909 features Dwight D. Eisenhower as a speaker. At 19 he denounces Republican policies of the era in a bold address.
The Pennsylvania Railton Reports say maintenance and operating costs cut net income to 26,697,717.20, down 20 percent from 1950. Operating revenues reached 1,051,887,274, a $44,240,400 rise, with 1951 profit at 3.03 a share. Freight revenue up 97,801,751, passenger nearly 14 million, mail and express down about 8.2 million. Walter S. Franklin cites strikes and material costs as factors. 1952 outlook hinges on a 15 percent freight rate request and plans to spend 82,000 tons on rail maintenance.
Jan. 29 in Harrisburg Senator George B. Stevenson Republican from Clinton was re elected chairman of the Pennsylvania local government commission at a reorganiz ation meeting held yesterday. Officers named include Representative Norman Wood Lancaster as vice chairman with Hirst and Representative J Hiram Swope Berks as second vice chairman.
Warren police report a weekend of drunken driving arrests and multiple accidents. George B Edwards of Brookville RD 4 was charged with driving under the influence after a two car crash near Market Street. hearing set for February 1 with $1000 bail. Larry Fall of Sheffield faced reckless driving after a Saturday collision causing about $800 damage between Zingone Jr and Fall. A three car crash on Pennsylvania Avenue near Conewango injured no one, involving Merle Sterling, Raymond Gitchie, and Glay Minter.
Huntington West Virginia date line reports an unidentified man around forty refused to pay a toll on the Huntington Chesapeake span and, after taunts from toll taker A V Ramey and a police call, climbed the railing and plunged into the swollen Ohio River. A rescue search followed as authorities investigated the incident.
A B 29 bomber, after taking off from Yokota Air Base, exploded in mid air near Tokyo or Kawasaki area, starting fires and injuring several crew members who survived by parachute. The blast shook Tokyo and stunned residents who mistook it for an earthquake. Police said the wreckage fell in an open area between Tokyo and Yokohama.
District Attorney Park H. Loose said a warrant was issued yesterday to prosecute Sylvester Harr 20 of Ohio held in Altoona for robbery. Harr and John Humphreys 33 were arrested after a Hollidaysburg gas station burglary. Authorities allege involvement with LeiNing MAK V Alater 70 of Lisbon.
London June 29 Prime Minister Churchill named Meld Marshal Viscount Alexander to become defense minister replacing the aging incumbent Alexander, 60, who has served as governor general of Canada since 1846. Vincent Missy named his adviser. Alexander to return to Britain by mid February to assume the role. King George VI will elevate Alexander to a higher peacetime title.
A summary of wartime talks shows the Allied POW exchange proposal meeting firm Communist resistance. North Korea’s Maj. Gen. Lee Sung Cha rejects voluntary repatriation and Red Cross visits, insisting a one for one exchange and civilian swaps. Communists tentatively agree to exchanging wounded prisoners, tied to the Panmunjom truce.
Wilen Th Allen, vice president of the Pittsburgh Asphalt Co., explains his five day absence from home, saying he took a holiday and left his base on short notice. His father had not been home since last Wednesday, and Allen notes he will return after attending to family matters.
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