New Hiring Halls Unemployment Trend In Corry
In Corry the unemployment picture improved in April with 44 people placed in jobs, up from 25 in March, per Pennsylvania State Employment Service manager Stewart Long. Several plants began recalling workers while new claims and unemployment payments rose, signaling cautious improvement ahead for summer construction and local industry.
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Corry
Stewart Long
Pennsylvania State Employment Service
Loray Mc Laing
Family Of 5 Die In Flash Fire
Five members of a family were killed and two injured when a blaze swept a three story brick building in Jersey City New Jersey. The fire started on the ground floor and spread to upper floors. A second floor family escaped via a window onto an adjoining roof. Names of the dead include Pramie Guzzo 80 Albert 22 Angie DeMarco 20 Phyllis Guazzo 26 and Concita Guazzo 24. Injured were Mary Guazzo 88 and Samuel DeMarco 23. Firefighter John Billy 38 also injured.
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City
N. J
Frank Erte
Pramie Guzzo
Albert
Dinesters
Angie DeMarco
Phyllis Guazzo
Concitn Cazzo
Mary Guazzo
Guazzo
Samuel DeMarco
DeMarco
John Billy
Jersey City
Rise Reported In Employment By Associated Proga
Washington May 4 unemployment dropped 191 001 while payrollment rose 172 000 April 4. Bureau notes second straight month of improvement though levels somewhat below seasonal expectations. Nonfarm unemployment down 265 000 while farm employment rose 497 000. Unemployed and job seekers totaled about 2 016 000 versus 3 167 000 in March and 2 193 000 a year ago. Civilian employment 57 879 000 in April, 57 647 000 in March, 58 320 000 in April 1948. Bureau counts include discouraged workers and those laid off up to 90 days or on strike.
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Parsons
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Meayby
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May 16 Court Trial for Corry Youths Set
The case of Robert Jackson, 22, Essex Street, who pled guilty to grand larceny in New York state, has been adjourned to May 16 to align with Blwood Glenn Davis, 23, Corry RD, who is charged in a car theft in Chautauqua County. Jackson was arrested after an 80 mile per hour chase, Davis earlier cited for traffic offenses amid alleged car theft.
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Robert Jackson
Essex Street
New Yorke
Blwood
Glenn Davis
Corry
Jackson
Mayville
Davis
Chautauqua County
Damestown
Buffalo
Bergman Denies Divorce Rumors Amid Italy Work Return
Terid Bereman denies reports she will divorce Dr. Lindstrom to marry Roberto Rossellini. A Rome office statement says she is working for family protection and will return to Stromboli to film Gore Earth with Rossellini. Lindstrom flew from Hollywood to Italy amid gossip of a romance involving the Italian director and Swedish actress.
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Actrees
Stromboli
Rossellin
Gore Earth
Miners Entombed After Fire Sealed 800 Feet Deep
Four men trapped below the surface in a burning mine near Girardville Pennsylvania. Officials fear for the men while rescue teams fight smoke and outages. The blaze began from a possible electrical short, with eight men initially in the mine.
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Alberton Coat Company
Ulli
Pennsylvania
Wea
Company
William O'Brien
Girardville
William Kelly
Shenandoah
Jo ‘Seph Wowak
Raymond Eye
Elmer Christ
Michael Caufield
Wolken
Kelly
Wella
Tye
O'Brien
Canfield
Christ
Oak Hill
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Chetst
Woman Found Chained to Bed Held On Assault Charge
York Pa May 4 Sheriff Bentzel said 48 year old Ellen Swemley was found chained to a bed in her brother in law William Gable’s home. Gable 68 a chain plant worker and self described minister of the gospel was charged with assault and battery after blood marks were found. Neighbors complained and Swemley said Gable beat and chained her after she took bread from the table due to hunger. She claimed she was chained for four days. The case ties to Pennhurst School for Defective Women background.
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Associated Press
York
Clyde F Bentzel
Womain A
Harold B. Burtisill
William Gable
Benizst
Ellen Swemiey
Gable
Wilsta
Bentzel
Alverta
Ellen Swemley
Bentrel
Ort
Bimtel
Pennhurst
Schoo
Trumanites Win Fight On Labor Bill
Truman Democrats won a House committee fight over the Wood Labor Bill with a 212 to 209 margin on the motion to recommit. The outcome ends the great labor battle for the moment as no labor bill is advanced. The administration failed to push its version but kept the essential provisions. Republicans lost a key vote with support from southern Democrats, and leaders signaled the issue may wait for the Senate’s reaction.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman Democrats
House Committee
House
Senate
Venter
Corryite Elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Allegheny College
Atteward Rossbacher son of Mr and Mrs Richard Rosebacher of West Church Street is among 16 Allegheny College seniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa for high scholarship. Ceremony is Saturday afternoon. Dr Blair Hanson, secretary of the Allegheny Chapter, announced. Election requires an average of 86 or above and not more than one eighth of the graduating class. The Coffy man, married, formerly Jean Dearing, is enrolled in the faculty of education majoring in mathematics and plans further study after graduation.
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Richard Rosebacher
West Church Street
Allegheny College
Phi Bete Kappa
Blair Hanson
Allegheny
National Honorary Organization
Jean Dearing
Hospital Auxiliary Tag Day Supports Local Charity
The Hospital Auxiliary at New Haven plans a tag day this Friday and Saturday to raise funds for its charitable work at the De Toes Institution. Chairman Mrs. Rasselas Brown and volunteers, aided by local Boy Scout troops, will operate around headquarters at the Wil Roth area.
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Lipa Persumes
Rasselas Brown
Wil ‘Roth
Nationalists Yield Hangchow Losses Reported
Shanghai May 4 The Red forces claimed a victory around Hangchow with roughly 4000 Communist troops reported as having taken the city walls and area, while Nationalist defenders withdrew at moonrise. Shanghai, Nanking, and Hangchow line reports describe heavy Red advances into south China and a stalled government defense, with trade routes shifting and large numbers of Nationalists said captured or driven south.
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Americcan
General Gordon
Erie Man Murders Wife and Tries Suicide
Erie's Elner Stosoman, 49, is in critical condition after a shotgun wound. He allegedly killed his wife Lenore Kissman, 38, who died en route to Hamot Hospital. Detective said she told investigators her husband was jealously insistent and used a shed adjacent to their Sand Lighthouse Beach cottage to obtain the gun. The attack wounded Lenore in the abdomen and chest. The couple has three children who were not home at the time.
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Elner Stsoman
Hamot
Lenore Kissman
George ‘Radaker
Gifiers
Radaker
Elssman
Sand Lighthouse Beach
General Clay Bids Farewell as Military Governor
In Germany at the Free QRAPENHOEHR base May 4 General Oligliis DL Clay retires after a career as military governor. Around 11,000 troops and numerous aircraft participated in a farewell review and parade. Clay expressed gratitude, saying this remains his last review and he treasures the presence of the men on that field.
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Qrapenhoehr
Germany
U. S
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Clay
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Alwas
Renew Talks In Effort To Avert Ford Strike
Assaulated Press reports renewed negotiations between Ford and United Auto Workers aimed at averting a walkout. The UAW executive board authorized fresh talks after rapid, unsettled developments raised hopes for a peaceful settlement. A strike could affect 119,000 Ford workers and ripple through the auto industry’s bargaining dynamics.
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United Auto Workers Clarwe
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Fireworks Sale Probe Sparks City Inquiry in Corry
Investigators examine a Corry fireworks sale amid concerns of unlicensed vendors. Police report youths and residents encountered explosive devices and disturbances around a Second Ward location. Officials consider state law violations as Warréi Kane districts report similar issues in recent weeks.
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Carnival signs for July 4 event at Mead Park
City committee approves cooperation with Terris Rides and Shows for the July 4 celebration at Mead Park Plymouth. Arrangements include permits for up to vendor booths and a share of a fireworks display. The carnival will operate on the southeast side of the park along West Wayne Street with daily shows.
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Marty Smith
Terris
Ommittee Agrer~ling
Carnival
Errs
Plymouth
Xell
Ty Wis
Park Bar
Wayne Street
Khwanis Chil
Funeral Ship Haiti Victory Arrives With 5219 War Dead
May 4 The Army transport Haiti Victory is due in New York today with 5219 bodies of American war dead. The shipment brings total returned from overseas since the war's end to 150000. Memorial services will be held at the Brooklyn Army Base before shipside placement on trains for homeward journeys.
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New York
Haiti
Victory
Brooklyn
High Award for Dr H Bosworth in Detroit
Dr Howard W Bosworth son of the late Mr and Mrs George Bosworth received the Tradems Medal from the National Tuberculosis Association in Detroit for outstanding work in research prevention and control of tuberculosis. He has long served as medical director of the Balow Sanatorium in Los Angeles and graduated from Cory High in 1913 before studying at Jeshenny and Buffalo.
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Howard W. Boswarth
Ann Mik. George
Bosworth
Fabson
Corry
Detroit
National Tuberculosis Association
Cory High
Univerity of
Buffalo
Thp
Farious Balow Sanatorium
Los Angeles
Cal
Mercury Reaches 77 as Warm Week Looms
The report notes 77 degrees at the No. 2 station with forecasts of higher temperatures this afternoon. Previous high of 80 was set last Saturday and yesterday afternoon. Forecasters expect continued warmth through the week and weekend, about 10 degrees above normal, amid a crack in pavement blamed on heat.
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Jamestown
Weathen Bureau
Promotion session draws small turnout at city plan
A retailer participation plan faced weak interest as 15 representatives attended a meeting in the Municipal Building. The scheme would issue coupons for each sale and award a weekly cash prize by drawing, with a supplier representative canvassing stores to boost feasibility.
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Jessup to Join Acheson in Paris Talks
Soviet Russia accepts to meet with United States Britain and France in Paris to discuss lifting the Berlin blockade and a four power foreign ministers meeting around May 20. Jessup Ayres and diplomats Cadogan Chauvel await Moscow instructions as Western powers press for an early lifting of restrictions.
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Laparkont Denubies, Jessup Is Expected In Accompany Acheson: the Ameriviths
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Dile Fox W Mostlner
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