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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1948
Page
1
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June 7 dispatch reports Count Bernadotte delivering a UN armistice proposal to six Arab nations for a four week Palestine truce. Arab League committee plans no meeting before Saturday while fighting continues with claims of Arab and Jewish gains near Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Bernadotte faces Arab objections to unlimited Jewish immigration and opening the Tel Aviv Jerusalem road amid tense negotiations.
Royal notice from Athens confirms Mihat of Romanian descent to wed Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma. Arrival declared, ceremony set for Thursday at the royal palace with the Greek air force band to play the Romanian national anthem as the couple lands from Geneva.
James J. Lewis opened soft negotiations with operators, denouncing them as stingy and promising miners seek wage guarantees under the 1947 welfare fund. The session included UMW leaders and officials, with a court-ordered hearing postponed, and a dispute over death and injury benefits looming as talks resume.
Four Centerville area youths escaped injury when their 1986 Plymouth driven by Edward Novak skidded off the Corry Glymer road near Cory Water Co pump station. Novak said slick whorls caused the loss of control, the car struck a guard rail and a tree. Damages were estimated at $250. the tow truck removed the vehicle.
Washington report notes a 67 to 0 vote backing a bill to forbid race segregation in the Army Navy and Air Force. Senate leaders fearSouthern opposition could derail action as the draft measure awaits final action. The proposal leaves to defense departments whether units will be mixed.
A two vehicle collision on Route 6 near Corry Morning left Ford sedan and Plymouth sedan damaged. E B Greenfield of Albion and Edward Damofall were involved. Damofall’s car sustained greater damage. A passenger Donald Caiier received bruises and was treated. State Police are investigating the crash.
Army announces opening of short term tours within the United States for about 20 000 members of the Enlisted Reserve Forms. Selected reservists will serve as recruit instructors and in other military skills roles.
The Midway Commission Sales announces horse auctions at Lavell Station every Wednesday starting soon. Plans include staging the first auction this week with additional livestock and farm machinery sales. A riding academy at Lavell Station is also contemplated by the organizers.
Amid Truman’s effort to win the Democratic renomination, Southern senators Walter George and Richard Russell of Georgia emerge as possible leaders of a new Southern Democratic party. Nebraska and other states show split loyalties as delegates head to Philadelphia with debates over civil rights and possible walkouts. Truman tours the West while Gen Dwight Eisenhower remains a potential rival.
Aukoctated press reports that President Eduard Benes resigns amid health concerns after years of service. Government sources say no official health statement was issued and a new constitution, adopted May 9, would stand if he refused to resign.
About 3000 spectators flocked to the seventh annual Horse Show sponsored by the No Wan Ailing Club of Corry and the Columbus Volunteer Fire Department. Some 125 horses competed in 21 classes with Todd Turbot’s Barage of Frank Gourley winning the pony event. Officials praised Archie Whampons Veterans of Foreign Wars Drum and Bugle Corps for the afternoon display and listed winners in Pony Class 48 inches and under Sally Thompson Erle and others.
Beaver Valley Motor Coach employees walked out after talks failed on a new contract. About 112 drivers and mechanics demand raises of 25 to 27 cents per hour, stretching service for Beaver Falls to Bewickley. No disorder reported as pickets line terminals while hourly wages for drivers sit at 123.
An Air Force inquiry investigates a major crash at Muroc Base in California that killed five crew members aboard the Northrop flying wing bomber model 43 49. Col J Moore leads the probe with representatives from Wright Field Dayton and other agencies. The crash of the 44 ton 172 foot wingspan aircraft occurred Saturday in the desert near here.
A 11 year old girl and a 23 year old salesman Deets were charged with kidnapping in Wichita Kansas. The girl’s husband 25 year old Thomas Kulinski from New Britain Conn filed kidnapping charges. Both suspects waived extradition and plan to divorce and marry. Police say the girl left with Deets willingly claiming love. District Attorney Rudisill suggested no abduction prosecution if the relationship was voluntary.
Corry and Spartansburg experienced a morning outage of telephone service lasting until early afternoon due to an unexplained failure. Efforts to determine the cause failed. residents trying to call from Spartanburg had to travel to Riceville to connect.
Yokohama reports two Japanese officers face trial for wartime deaths totaling thirty nine thousand seven hundred forty Americans and Filipinos led by the Bulana Desert March. Maj. Gen. Youhituke Kawane and Col. Kuruicho Hirano plead not guilty to charges presented by U S Army commissions, while their former commander Gen. Maxit hora Iommu was convicted and executed.
Action plans unfold to block any future aggression as international control of Ruhr areas is reaffirmed. No general withdrawal expected soon and measures address the threat of renewed red opposition.
The London meeting outlines steps toward a separate federal government in western Germany and a constitutional process including allied oversight. It also proposes an international Ruhr control framework and continues no general withdrawal of forces until Europe is secure, with final acceptance by the US Britain and France.
Twenty six Army Engineer Corps officers arrive from Fort Belvoir to bolster dikes from Portland to the Pacific as flood crests threaten Portland Vancouver and Washington across the Columbia. The wind weather and spring melt drive high tides and rising water while Col. Walsh assigns engineers to frontline commands along 43 dike districts.
Charles Warren Nash, a leading American industrialist and former president of General Motors, died at his Beverly Hills home after two years of heart disease. Nash rose from an orphan farm boy to the helm of GM, ending a storied career.
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