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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1950
Page
6
Carl L Heidt rector of St Elizabeths Church marks 40 years in priesthood with an anniversary mass. He was ordained June 15, 1910 by Bishop Colton at St Bonaventure's and said his first Mass at St Josephs in Erie.
Albert Ploss reported a break in at his Ohio street home Saturday at 11 00 pm. Police found evidence of entry and an attempted break in with the door key left hanging on a wall. Nothing appears missing. Charles Zenns of Cory RD 4 faced a reckless driving citation on West Main Street. Plus, doctors nurses clinics hospitals pharmacists and funeral directors in Pennsylvania received about a half million dollars monthly from the Department of Public Assistance for services to recipients and school children in need. The amount includes cash grants for fuel clothing shelter and incidents. Herbert Weynant 14 died in an farm accident when a tractor overturned on his father's farm in Altoona.
Wattsburg resident Meade McCullough, 1903 birth, long time village official and foreman at Welch Grape Juice plant, died suddenly this morning. He leaves wife Albertine Chaffee, daughter Betty Ann, and several relatives. services at home Thursday at 2:40 PM with interment in Wattsburg Cemetery.
June 19 in Foxburg Clarion county Pennsylvania Railroad freight train derailed spilling 19 cars into the Allegheny River bank. No crew injuries reported though the cause was undetermined. Conductor Fy J Brooks and Engineer J C Slow survived with others from Pittearin. Roughly 700 feet of track tore up and Walnut trees damaged.
Benedetta Macri, 37, charged with last year’s knife killing of Union organizer William Lurge, turned herself in to columnist Walter Winchell after a secret rendezvous. They drove to a Manhattan police station where she was booked for homicide. Winchell later remarked on the meeting as a mistaken happy moment for him.
Police claim a yearlong radio campaign forcing killers to surrender as another man is indicted in the slaying tied to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund. The case centers on John Scarface Giusto, a parolee, with a $25,000 reward posted by the AFL ILGWU Surge organization after the May 1949 killing.
June 19 report says dynamite charges shattered the 410 foot spire of Geogenkirsche or St. George's Church in Berlin, blasted by Communist authorities who argued the structure was unsafe. The act sparked protests from church members as the fray between church and state in Soviet territories continued. Black walnut is a favorite wood for gunstocks.
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