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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1950
Page
4
The article notes the District of Columbia hosts separate schools for colored and white students and observes restrictive covenants persist. It cites a Senate vote 49 to 27 rejecting a home rule amendment that would require a referendum before changes to segregation patterns, casting doubt on quick passage.
A jumble of trivia questions asks about saints and Shamrock links, royal visits, seating at weddings, US Mother's Day month, a boxing title transfer, terms for US Representatives, sentence correction, a dog breed, brain imaging, and almond production by state.
Twenty years ago report notes W Stewart elected president of Corry Country Club with Milon L. Brown as vice president Glenn Baker as treasurer and Howard J. Sheen as secretary at a hotel meeting. Weather and local notes follow including a public fire, hospital trainees return, a wheel mishap at Pennzoil Works and tax rates.
Stripping operators in western Pennsylvania accuse state authorities of inaction amid a wave of arson and assault on coal trucks. G Albert Stewart of the Central Pennsylvania Open Pit Mining Association says Governor Duff and President Truman should deploy state police to stop dynamiters and protect industry workers. Eight arrests have been made for truck stoppages and coal dumping, with the latest incident in Clearfield County.
Gary Donaldson marked his fourth birthday on February 27 with family and nine guests. Mrs B F Donaldson hosted ice cream and cake. A silver offering was collected to fund Youth Fellowship equipment. Also noted are visits between locals and a hospital bridge party in Corry and several residents traveling to State College.
Tonald Sickles from North Warren spends a week with his parents My and Mrs. R. F. Sickler. Mrs Virgil Tubbs has been substitute teaching grades three and four at the township school for a week. Mrs Carl Donaldson and her son Bill spent the weekend at home after visiting relatives in Eric and Bellevue last week.
In 1874 the DC Legislative Assembly passed anti segregation acts for public venues but did not apply to theatres. An arrest order targets a restaurant denial to a well behaved colored patron to test if those acts still stand or were repealed. District officials review possible implied repeal and note mixed enforcement since 1874.
Thousands in Corry report Certa-Vin relieves severe bloating and gas from upset stomachs. Ads claim it reduces waist by inches, supplies Vitamin B and iron, and is sold by Widmann & Teal Drug Store at ten cents a day.
Officials investigate a street fight in Pittsburgh that left Louis Auznidi of Sugarbush West View dead after a preweek incident. The victim was unconscious since Friday night and died after a brain operation. Harry Stack, 8, of Ross Township, is charged with aggravated assault and is free on bond.
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