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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1946
Page
1
OCR text shows a scattered list of livestock and farm goods with various prices and quantities. Readable items include produce and livestock terms, but many fragments are garbled. The piece resembles a local market notice catalog with inconsistent figures and unclear entries.
A surge of attacks across Palestine leaves nine killed in Haifa railway yard clashes with British forces. Raiders set off 15 explosions, two women among the injured, and authorities arrest 14 men and a woman. Ongoing curbs include questioning Beth Haavara villagers as bridges suffer damage.
Judge Elmer Evans heard Corry cases and warned that repeating delinquents face institutional confinement at parents’ expense. Nine youths placed on probation with conditions. Owen Hepler sent to George Junior Republic Grove City. broader check on delinquents to continue.
AP reports on June 18 that the Congress Party’s acceptance of Britain’s interim coalition government is seen as a path to Indian independence. Also dated items from Singapore and other regions cover war crime executions, trials, teacher salary protests, and asset disposal criticism. The brief notes multiple global postwar actions and political shifts.
Corry and surrounding areas were deluged by a terrine downpour last night and this morning. Mayor Fred Kinley reported rainfall records of 142 inches from a block before midnight to 5 o'clock this morning, with lightning and flooding causing street damage and power outages. A large tree fell on East Main Street near the McInnes Steel plant, taking down electric service lines as telephone cables were only partly damaged. Roads washed out and water flooded sidewalks and yards, with continued storm effects noted as the reliefs progress.
City Council with all members attending held the shortest regular session of the year. Discussion covered street grading water works and drainage. permits granted for property work on West Pleasant Street and Bask Main Street drainage plans. Assessor proposed tax roll additions. council authorized collector to add items. Repairs sealing water basin entrances on East Main and North Center streets. street wages and grading on Grogg Street to start. gravel hauled from Smith to Brankley with elevation increase for drainage. Continued on page three.
In Corry the past week shows 190 new unemployment claims with 120 compensable, plus 212 waiting week claims and 8 reopened. servicemen's readjustment filings include 258 compensable claims, up from last week. Union City totals list 28 new claims and 36 servicemen claims.
Exiled former Japanese premier Tojo told a wartime trial that the United States planned a massacre and that Japan reserved the right of self defense. He argued the Kellogg Pact did not bar war for protection beyond pacific reach and that Pearl Harbor did not violate prior negotiations.
Duliel Shary of Harborcreek and eight year old companion were treated after a crash near the site of road repairs on the highway east of a bypass. J A Smith of Erie and Raymond Mulvin of RD 3 collided behind a truck causing Sharp and Mrs Sky to be brought to Corry Hospital. Hospital reports said Sharp remained in hospital with eight fractures and Mrs Sky had substantial injuries. Harborcreek police estimated vehicle damage at $40.
An armed pursuit ended in a gun battle that killed highway policeman Marvin Archer and two gunmen near Paxton and Gifford, about 18 miles apart. Archer and a state officer forced a car to stop and a suspect fled. later the companion of the Negro involved was killed by Minnesota state police near Gifford.
Washington reports lawmakers scramble to resolve the teenage draft tangle as conference talks between House and Senate fail to reach agreement on induction rules for 18 and 19 year olds. Proposals to induce 18 year olds and exempt 19 year olds are rejected, with Treasury figures and debt totals tacked on as context.
Irwin Nichols of West Washington street was hospitalized in Corry in serious condition after a crash on Route 6 near Range's Corners. He drove a Jewell Tea Co delivery rack and lost control on a slippery shoulder, sending the vehicle into the concrete bridge. Nearby witnesses aided, and state police reported no other vehicle was involved.
Philadelphia June 18 The Red Cross faces a vital role in world affairs and the American Red Cross as a member shares in that responsibility O Connor told more than 6000 delegates at the organization s first postwar meeting The group discussed continuing wartime services and aimed to reduce the budget in the coming year while expanding aid to 1 500 000 men and others in need within and beyond the United States
Maine voters backed Governor Horace A. Hildreth for a second two year term, defeating Roy L. Fernald. Hildreth led by about 4,101 votes as the Republican nominee, while Democrat F. Davis Clarke faced State Senator Leland B. Gurrier in Lewiston, with Clark winning by over 3,500 votes. A veterans bonus proposal drew attention as Fernald, Clarke and Querieran urged cash bonuses for discharged service members.
Three new teachers were elected at a special session of the Hoard of Education and contracts for extensive foot repairing and galutin were awarded for the Rus School byifitines. The meeting ran until nearly midnight. New teachers Helen Merry from Waltsboro Meriamt Lingd from Gerry and Arlene Mall from Youngsville were named, with assignments to be decided later.
A violent tornado swept southern Michigan and crossed into Ontario, injuring hundreds and causing millions in damage. In River Rouge, factories and homes were leveled, with at least four dead and many more missing as rescuers searched the wreckage. Canadian towns near Windsor and Sandwich West reported damage to facilities and transport lines as the storm dissipated near St. Clair.
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