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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1953
Page
4
The piece argues the Little Hoover findings, though initially met with dismay, hold much of the answer to cheaper government. It credits Francis J. Chesterman and the committee, urging legislators to work harder to implement reforms rather to dismiss the report as a failure.
Pennsylvania taxpayers welcomed potential tax cuts as hearings opened on the Little Hoover Chesterman Committee report. Officials claimed immediate savings up to 20 million and 100 million every two years when full program rolls out by 1960, but lawmakers soon faced reality that no magic formula exists to conjure 10 million from thin air.
A reader prompts a monthly memory check with a set of trivia questions. It includes queries about Congress sessions, Negro senators, animal types, Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Pizarro’s conquest, the first woman to swim the English Channel, West Point’s founding year, and Judas’s silver price.
William Reardon 16 of Westfield was found on a lake beach near Pinehurst 18 miles from Buffalo. Randolph Pell 17 of Portland was recovered near Evan after a 60 mph gale on Lake Erie. Police think both may have drowned. an empty boat matching a missing vessel was spotted after the storm.
Pittsburgh. Arraignment of Justice Michael A. Musmanno of the State Supreme Court before an alderman on a hindering witness charge in a bribery case was postponed at the request of Dist. Atty. James F. Malone to allow more witnesses. Mayor John Mullen of Clairton alleges Musmanno asked him to withdraw bribery charges against two Clairton councilmen and a coal operator. Musmanno denies the allegation while Malone urges trial by jury as the case involves serious charges. The four defendants in the bribery case were convicted.
The questions ask who wrote a novel about a fictional commissioner’s world trip and whether Benjamin Franklin ever served as vice president. The second item is a factual inquiry about Franklin’s political offices.
Girard constable Lawrence Sydow testified he is the target of criticism in a borough police affair. He said Justice Hall urged resignation to avoid losing future business from the Girard police department. Sydow refused to resign and supported claims a patrolman was intoxicated during a November arrest.
A raid at 1403 Parade Street led to eight arrests after a man with a shotgun was present. Alphonse Curlett 33 operated a shoe shine parlor on site and faced a disorderly home charge. William Smith 49, alleged to carry the shotgun, was charged with visiting a disorderly house.
A montage recalls events from March 16 1933. Assemblyman John H named to a highway program sub committee. Kiwanis backs the Board of Education amid school funding debates. Banks reopen after holiday with deposits rising as trade loosens. Finch Billiard Parlors beats Elk's club 447 to 34. Mail clerks note business pickup and brighter outlook. Former Ambassador Herman B Baruch dies at 80 in New York.
She told police her husband earned 150 dollars every two weeks but squandered it at a shoe shore parlor then borrowed money from her to buy drinks for himself and his friends.
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