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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1953
Page
1
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Corry area residents note a local meeting at 8:00 p m on Wednesday about community projects and the Loy development, with officials inviting public input and plans for future actions.
Seattle reports a Pacific Northwest air disaster wave with three planes, twenty two aboard missing, including Capt. Julian D. Greer of Fleet Air Wing 6. A fourth body recovered. numbers count 298 dead or missing since November 1 across ten prior military crashes.
Erie County grand jury has indicted seven individuals in local cases. Five are Inter-Cities Inc. salesmen from Erie accused of false prize claims to boost door-to-door silverware sales. company manager Benjamin Selling held for next term. Others include John Kolster for removing property under sheriff levy and Wilfred Wilcox for failure to comply with a support order and unrelated charges.
The Federal Trade Commission charged five steel companies and two subsidiaries with price fixing and market manipulation. The firms include Republic Steel, Laughlin Steel, Jones and Laughlin Steel, Thyssen Steel, and Talay Steel, plus related units. A hearing is set for May 17 before Examiner Abner Lipscomb in New York, with 20 days to answer.
First term Rep. James A. Quisenberry says he will draft the simplest city manager bill for Pennsylvania's third class cities. The measure would allow referendums on adopting a city manager while keeping the council as the legislative body and avoiding past pitfalls.
Reading PA police report that 29 year old William Hinnelreth killed his 17 year old stepdaughter Annie Readinger with a rifle in bed and then shot himself with a revolver in separate bedrooms. Constable Daler Hubert and William Berto found the bodies last night. Hinnelreth apparently returned to his room and died by suicide.
A fire broke out on the Queen Elizabeth while in drydock during overhaul. Scotland Yard sent no specialists yet. investigators preserve charred wood as smoke bans workmen aboard are enforced. Officials cite possible accidental or deliberate causes amid broader Cunard inquiries.
A Harrisburg committee report labeling the Internal Affairs Department a fifth wheel drew a sharp reply from William Livengood, the internal affairs secretary. He argued the department is the balance wheel of state government and should remain as originally conceived, while the panel urged abolishing it and transferring duties to save money, noting constitutional hurdles.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee accepts Secretary Dulles word on loyalty of assistants after not acting on certain nominations. Key figures include Winthrop W Aldrich as ambassador and Walter Betiol Smith as under secretary of state. The panel lines up an emergency procedure to test nominees, with FBI review possible after confirmation.
Two accidents west of Corry and east of Union City blamed on slick highways were investigated by state police. A 1950s or 1940s station wagon was struck by a truck near Corry, with damage about $300. A 1949 sedan in Union City area was rammed from behind by a highway truck during an attempted pass, damage about $50. Drivers were Charles W Shinn and Steve Donche.
Fire raced through five frame buildings on Sunbury street in Minersville Pa early today gutting the center block and two adjoining structures. 28 people from eight families were left homeless and damage was placed at about 100000 to 190000 with the center building roof caving in. Mrs Gertrude Wetzel 47 suffered burns and was rescued by her son before being taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Pottsville. Vincent Nagle an insurance firm representative estimated the loss and noted the Gensler Estate owned the damaged buildings.
A cold wave is forecast to grip the state with heavy snowfall up to four inches in the mountains and roads. Temperatures will fall to single digits tonight and linger near 10 degrees. Tomorrow remains cold and cloudy with highs around 48 locally.
Alder MacTurnaghan ordered Spartansburg grocer Meadviler Alder Frain held for court on forgery charges. The defense motion to drop the case was denied. the grocer faces counts for forging and endorsing checks tied to the defunct Spartansburg Lions and Linns welfare work. Witnesses testified about signatures and payment purposes. The case proceeds after the December hearing.
New York Bethlehem Steel Corp reports today how last summer's steel strike reduced its 1952 earnings. Directors meet to discuss annual results after completing nine months of 1959, with taxes and provisions shaping the full year outlook.
Rep. Short and Rep. Hoffman demanded full congressional and defense explanations of the Operation Smack raid near Seoul. Gen. Catlin and Defense Secretary Wilson may be called to explain the plan, execution, and purpose amid questions of transparency and political motivation.
William W. Remington, a former Commerce Department economist, was found guilty by a federal jury in New York on espionage related charges. Judge J. Leibel set sentencing for February 4, with potential penalties up to 10 years in prison and a $4,000 fine. Remington, 35, appeared at the defense table amid a tense courtroom drama and nervously fiddled with a paper clip.
Six hundred Holy Name Society members in the Pittsburgh diocese plan a campaign starting Monday to persuade merchants in Allegheny County to stop selling obscene literature. The drive will widen in two weeks to Beaver Beaver County and Greene and Washington counties, targeting books magazines and comics that glorify crime and sex.
A train struck a car at a city crossing injuring no one seriously. The car was hit as it approached Eagle Street crossing near Columbus, with the driver leaping free and escaping injury. The locomotive struck the sedan’s front end, causing about 251 in damage. Sergeant Schoenfeld investigated and noted the train charge was 6. Conductor James Rich and engineer Rob Wel Carr were identified in the report.
President Eisenhower hosts top military, foreign affairs, and CIA officials for a broad review of foreign policy and war strategy. Dulles outlines pen defenses and a proposed six nation European army while Western Europe, the Far East, and Indochina dominate talks.
Foster E. Davis longtime Corry business leader and former civic official died after a brief illness at 440 p.m. at Corry Memorial Hospital. He was 82, survived by wife Clara Horton Davis, son Horton J. Davis, and grandson Jerome H. F. Davis. He served as secretary of the Elks lodge, held many local posts, and helped run Davis and Son, an auto agency started by his father in 1865. Funeral services are set for 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Bracken-Keath Funeral Home with Rev Joseph R. Clair officiating, burial in Pine Grove Cemetery.
Pittsburgh board finds 668 inmates planned a riot on January 19 at Allegheny County Workhouse after a broom shop fire. Several inmates were placed in punishment cells. The fire followed a 24 hour riot at Western Penitentiary. OIC leader dies Pittsburgh civic figure Jesse Flinn, widow of Ottman Ralph Flinn.
Pittsburgh Common Pleas Court jury awarded 3564 to six plaintiffs against theconnecting railroad after a daylong trial. The suit stemmed from a collision that killed a 19 year old youth from Hones in Fayette County and injured Luther Charly and his brother friends.
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