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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1951
Page
4
The Corry Evening Journal announces ownership details and advertising rate information. It cites publisher Arthur Colegrove and managing editor George Sample with Associated Press rights and mail rates, listing publication and delivery terms.
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover argues crime thrives from failures to prevent, detect, prosecute, and remove profits. He calls for strict law enforcement, widespread public information on crime, and moral revival to curb gambling, vice, and political corruption.
Reading through the journal notes, a Concord School Spring exhibit draws 600 parents and friends, with P T A sponsors and a notable entertainment program. Governor Pinchot may visit Corry mid month during a Harrisburg trip. Local aviation group seeks support for a municipal airport near the city. Corry High Beavers fall to Ol City High in extra innings, 9 4, as Ken Jackson loses. May Day party draws 100 plus at the Corry Women’s Club with guests from Titusville and Warren. Coal industry leader John Boylan, 58, dies at Mercy Hospital after recent operations. he headed the anthracite conciliation board in Hazleton. Spiders of England and Wales reportedly eat 22 trillion insects a year, a harvest surpassing the human population.
Classified page prompts readers with ten questions covering topics from nationalization to religious gospels and literary trivia. Questions ask about Britain’s steel industry, racial slant stereotypes, West Virginia capital, banking deposits, Sheriff Clancy’s parish, gospel birth narratives, the meaning of cortege, Browning tea location, James Bryant Conant’s university, and Wee Willie Winkle’s clothing.
Miss Cassie G McMahon died at her home 113 Worth Street this morning at 7 30. Born in Corry she lived here all her life and was a life long member of St Thomas Church. Survived by one sister Elizabeth McMahon and several nieces and nephews. Requiem Mass Friday 9 30 at St Thomas Church with burial in the family lot.
Erie county eateries face non compliance with ceiling price regulation No 11 requiring on premise outlets to file basic price reports with the district office of price stabilization by April 30. District Director William Collins says investigations will start and violators face penalties under the Defense Production Act of 1950. He cites negligence procrastination indifference or ignorance as main reasons while stressing not all violators are profiteering. Oncopilofrontalis is the technical name for the scalp muscle.
May 2 in Harrisburg the Senate heard a fresh bid by Sen Edward B. Kessler and Sen Robert B. Fleming to legalize the sale of colored oleomargarine. The bill replaces Fleming's earlier measure killed by the agriculture committee and requires listing ingredients on the package. The committee, chaired by Sen George B. Scarlett, still has three other oleo bills pending. In Sharon, Westinghouse workers end a 21 day furlough and a 300 worker strike, resuming transformer plant operations.
May 4 in Harrisburg a bill to ban job discrimination based on race creed or national origin was introduced in the Senate. Sen Maxwell Rosenfeld and fellow Democrats urged committees to report the FEPC bill. Co sponsors include Sens George Leader and Joseph Barr.
Senator James S. Berger of Potter, chair of the Senate labor and industry committee, said if the bill duplicates the House bill they will wait for the House version to be sent over. Rosenfeld noted that both Republican and Democratic state officials are involved.
The remarks describe a six year pledge to establish a fair employment practices commission. The speaker notes Democrats hoped a committee report would occur in time and explains why a bill was not submitted earlier.
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