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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1952
Page
6
In Venango county court yesterday Willan as executor of Harry White of Sandy Creek Township received 8250 dollars as a verdict. Harry White, a highway department employee, was fatally injured December 12, 1950, when a tractor-trailer collided with a truck at Black Hill Route 63.
Harrisburg reports the state saves over 517000 by issuing a single license plate in 1952 instead of two. The Revenue Department factored costs for steel and prison-made plates under defense measures. motorists question front rear attachment as law requires rear placement. The 1952 plate deadline is March 31 with 1.1 million plates issued to date.
Production resumes at the Westinghouse Electric transformer division after 600 striking employees accept to take their dispute to a grievance committee. Three hundred furloughed workers are recalled to full duties.
About 200000 workers seek restraining order as rail unions press for better conditions and pay raises. Chiefs Hughes Robertson Shields signaled willingness to negotiate while resisting four rule changes seen as wage cuts. Railroads report 50 percent settlements and ongoing lay-offs amid strikes. examples include St. Louis switchmen idle and Union Starch plant shutdowns. U S Army tanks observed in Cleveland siding.
Senator McMahon formally urged that General Dwight D. Eisenhower be called home in March to testify on the 7.9 billion dollar reelection aid program. The motion was made during a closed Senate Foreign Relations Committee session and delayed by limited attendance. Eisenhower would accept the Republican nomination but stay abroad to command NATO forces in Europe.
Senator Taft spoke for 38 minutes to over 5,000 people at Houston City Auditorium in support of his Republican presidential bid. Newsmen counted 16 bursts of laughter and nine interruptions described as rebel yells, with several amens shouted at key points.
The Aluminum Company of America faces AFL unions over pay and benefits as a Wage Stabilization Board panel nears ruling. The AFL International Council of Aluminum Workers seeks 85 cent raise, broader shifts, union shop, and health care gains, arguing Alcoa wages lag peers. Union locals cited include CHUL vothe Cresson Port East St Louis Laf fayette Massena NY. President Truman had referred the dispute to the WSB to avert a potential strike.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower did not plan to campaign in the March New Hampshire primary, instead continuing his regular military duties as the race moves forward.
Judge McCracken voids a February 4 sentence for Dr J Henry Roetner 17 of Franklin osteopathic physician convicted of abortion. Roetner must pay a $2,000 fine costs and serve 10 to 20 months in the Allegheny Workhouse. A similar revocation and terms applied to Dr Hoefer in a separate case with concurrent sentencing.
Frederick K Sehrling a child actor and vaudevillian credited with introducing the song Sweet Adeline died yesterday in Santa Barbara California. He rose to fame as a musical comedy singer at the turn of the century and performed in stage shows before the tune was published.
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