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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1956
Page
4
Summary notes Gov. Allan Shivers backing a Southern Conservative Coalition with Republicans, reflecting regional political realignment, alongside a report from 4270 teachers warning discipline in schools has declined, endorsing stricter corporal punishment amid parental and home-mentoring concerns.
Rites for Nettie Chambers were held Saturday at the Bracken Funeral Home with Rev H Hay Harris officiating. Burial was in the family lot at Presbyterian Cemetery in Garland. Bearers were Zeon Crater Benjamin Craker Clifford Coons James Nichols Floyd Smith Sr. and Floyd Smith Jr. Attending from away were numerous relatives including Clif Coons Sugar Grove Merle Coons Gertrude McEvor Titusville Mrs Otto Webber Busti Mr and Mrs Floyd Smith Sr and Jr Mrs Fred James George Hall Bear Lake Doris Lane Harrisburg Leo Walton Charles S Jamestown Elgin Dalrymple Jerry Dalrymple Eric and Sars George Wood Erie Harold Huntington Tidbute and Mr Taverne Dey Torpedo Edward Williams Garland.
Yesterday’s heat wave hit Carry with 95 plus degree readings as no relief appeared soon. The article notes 100 degree potential and lists local casualties, births, and medical activity at Fort Hilte for a 450 Citizens unit training camp. It mentions deaths, births, and surgeries among 481 days of service, plus local community developments and a wartime hospital near North Street.
A service for Robert Young was held Saturday at Cabbs Comers with Archdeacon Armitage officiating. The East Branch Cemetery was the burial site. Many attendees included Louis Brien Ben McCormick Ford, Alfred Ritter and Calyén Bickel among others in a large civic turnout. A Red Cross aide led songs and prayers, while mourners lined the pews and stepped to hymns during the service. The note lists numerous attendees from City and surrounding areas and references a period of mortality within the community.
An 11 year old near fatal accident prompts a police inquiry. District Attorney Herbert Johnson reports a fatal Sunday traffic incident on Forty Street near Biswett Avenue. Charles Baxter is named among involved parties.
Two Warren youths, Eddie Vaughn and a companion, were injured by fragments from an aerial bomb device found behind Beaty High School during a Fourth of July demonstration. Police initially suspected debris from a military display but later identified the item as a civilian fireworks expeller left by a worker, clarifying no Marine involvement.
Two women died and four others were injured in a two car collision at the intersection of Routes 22 and 4 about four miles south of Armmah. The deceased are Mrs Birdle Kumgra of Greensburg and Mrs Eath sym Schmidt of Johnstown. Mrs Klingensmith was riding with her husband Willim, who is in critical condition at Lee Hospitals.
Eleanor Herron, 35, of Larimer near Tevin, died yesterday in a crash on U.S. Route 3d near Greensburg. State police reported Richard, 37, sustained nonfatal injuries as a passenger in the incident.
Duff proposes a bill to boost coal exports to overseas markets. The plan envisions Liberty Open vessel use to ship coal from America to Germany and other regions, with the intent to grow sales and storage facilities for Voxels.
The secretary of commerce notes that while coal markets are needed to relieve unemployment in mining, there is a counterpoint. A German firm, Dutt, is referenced in relation to the American-Ceria Coal Transport Co. for context.
Duff stated that developing a European coal market would be valuable to American operators and labor, addressing a shortage in coal relations off Europe and suggesting strategic benefits for industry and workers.
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