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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1948
Page
2
Benjamin M Johns 64 longtime Erie Daily Times circulation and collection staffer died suddenly at home. A native of Erie he belonged to the Erie Press Club and had served the paper for six years.
Two men were injured and two persons escaped unhurt in local traffic accidents police reported. Foward E. Owens, 20, was rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital with a back injury after an accident at Ward and Wayne streets. Joseph B. Tucker, 70, suffered a fractured left elbow, fractured ribs and possible lung injuries when his car collided with another at 16th and Sassafras streets.
A fire yesterday destroyed a curing oven at the Molded Materials plant in Ridgway. Firemen used foam and fog to subdue the blaze, with plant manager George Ritter saying loss estimates cannot be made until the oven is inspected. Other notes include a freak accident in Belle Valley injuring a man and various local notices and business items.
Nearly 3,000 miners strike at Western Pennsylvania coal mines led by Poland Mine of Hillman Coal and Coke Co in Greene County. Both shifts demand the discharge of a pit boss after an alleged strike of a miner on February 44. About 375 men employed at the mine, officials dispute proof, a justice of the peace dismissed nosrift charges against the boss. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp's involvement noted.
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