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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1950
Page
4
The Corry Evening Journal lists staff and contact details with publishing rates and deadlines. It notes Associated Press rights, postal classifications, and advertising rate information including by mail and carrier options.
Congress likely to seek approval to cite about 50 witnesses for contempt before Senate and House panels. Prosecution, if approved, would test the scope of the Fifth Amendment in shielding witnesses from answering about Communist affiliations and related matters. Current cases include six named individuals and several others linked to investigations of Communist activity and wartime espionage.
The article recounts executives and writers including Seph P Kamp Howard Fast and John Howard Lawson facing contempt of Congress for refusing to furnish records or answer questions during investigations into un American activities. It notes Barsky Trumbo and Dalton as jailed or fined for similar refusals and highlights the use of the Fifth Amendment versus first amendment rights in protecting silence.
A reader quiz asks ten questions testing memory and general knowledge. Topics include Liberty Bell location, biblical furnace, WWII strafing, French justice terms, Sibelius nationality, Patton death country, Carlsbad Caverns state, climate of Armenia or Peninsular region, an Old Testament prophet lowered into a pit, and a border treaty note regarding Mexico and California islands.
Twenty years ago Corry was set to welcome the Red Wing Flying Circus with passenger flights in town for several days. The Shumisky farm near the city served as a base for fights, while city council planned stricter street work rules and a traffic light permit at Smith and Genter streets. GG Barker attended the Elks convention in Atlantic City. The Corry Business and Professional Women’s Club began its new year, with Miss Marion Smith leading the group. Professor Vui Houten spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon on lifelong learning and evolving education.
William Meerdink of North Clymer is remembered in a private afternoon service at Spitzer Funeral Home Glymer led by Rev. Robert J. Knapp. Bearers Orr Meerdink Clinelex Willes Adrian Reesink Doyle Meerdink Erlin Swenson Elmer Matson. burial in Holland Cemetery. Many friends and relatives attended from this city.
Community column covers birthday celebrations and local events. Mentions a drive in chapel opening near Midway Park, a riding incident at Mead Park, a Bracken Funeral Home affiliation, a cap on gambling rumors, and a polio fund March of Dimes milestone. Includes charity donations, garden showpieces, and local business notes.
Revised by city residents the Falconer firm, which issued the first book, plans a re issue in coming months. Harlin Shane, a former Toei police officer who resigned weeks ago, has been named an officeholder in Youngsville. A local telephone operator, newly sporting a diamond, is about to announce engagement to a Youngsville man. Pride Sylvia Sue, a Holstein Friesian cow owned by Ralph Thompson at Clymer, produced 748 pounds of batterfat and 21851 pounds of milk in a recent 965 day test.
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