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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1952
Page
4
A fragmented quiz asks ten questions ranging from geography to language. It claims answers reside on page 16 and balances memory, culture and general knowledge with prompts about rivers, languages, constellations and lakes.
Twenty years ago June 6 1932 readers saw Corry graduates receive the largest class ever at Corryhigh School during Baccalaureate services led by Rev A Hook of First Baptist Church. A Ritz Restaurant fire caused $10000 loss, Model Dairy new plant contract to be let soon, a red airplane circled the city yesterday, and Corry Merchants split two games over the weekend losing to St Georges Morlicious Erie and Kane Independents Wattsburg.
Philadelphia clerks stenographers shopworkers and trackmen total 9000 laid off by Pennsylvania Railroad amid steel strike. Reading railroad to furlough 1100 in Reading and St Clair Monday. Bethlehem Steel big customer causing 680 of 700 Bethlehem Steel related employees to be furloughed. Jersey Central and Lehigh Valley also to furlough. railroads announce impact.
Washington reports Eleven Republican and ten Democratic congressmen from Pennsylvania supported a compromised six point four four billion dollar Foreign Aid Bill passed by the House 299 to 115. The list of Republicans for and against includes Carrigg Corbett Dague Fulton James McConnell Saylor Hardie Scott Hugh D. Scott Miller and Van Zandt for, while Bush Gavin Graham Kearns King Mumma and Simpson opposed.
President Truman joins 85th Division veterans at Springfield Shrine Mosque for a reunion with the 129th Field Artillery. He plans an address tomorrow before flying back to Washington, then attends a reception and ball with friends and family.
Readers hear how Pennsylvania lawmakers opposed an income tax, arguing the 1951 58 surplus could reach 16 087 000 and possibly 45 000 000 by the biennium end. The Pennsylvania Economy League credited for halting the tax plan and exposing overestimated revenue needs.
A brief sighting notes the president proceeding to a private diner in his hotel tonight with his brother J. Vivian viewing the procession. The account emphasizes the quiet moment away from public view and the presence of a close companion.
In South Orange, New Jersey, The Most Rev. Thomas J. Walsh, archbishop of Newark and spiritual leader of more than six million New Jersey Catholics, died today from a heart ailment at age 78.
Numa F. Vidal, a senior at Allegheny College from Sharon, died in Meadville City Hospital yesterday from burns after a hot water heater exploded in a rented cottage at Conneaut Lake. Barbara Mills, 31, and another unnamed student were injured while trying to fight the blaze. Mills is in fair condition in Spencer Hospital.
The body of Leo P. Swatsky, 39, of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, was found in Puget Sound yesterday. Officials said the body had been in the water about three weeks with no evidence of foul play. A seven cent coin was found in his wallet.
A Grandview Missouri man and possibly his sister Miss Mary Jane Truman look forward to meeting all the men of Battery D, with whom he expects to be on familiar terms. He hopes to greet each by first name as they reunite.
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