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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1949
Page
1
Report notes smooth final arrangements for reopening link between east and west zones. First shipment includes potatoes and consumer goods, signaling resumed transport and communications. Officials expect normalization as borders open and commerce restarts.
Soviet papers reject end of Berlin blockade as Western victory. Berlin reports say transport and mail services will resume, with freight trains into the city and routes to Hanover Hamburg and Frankfurt reopening. West Berlin officials prepare restrictions and flag ceremonies as supplies and travel normalize amid claims of a Soviet unity policy success.
A 40 by 6 foot culvert three miles north of the city is to be completed by highway forces to drain overflow from SuMfhee Water at Beams Corners. The work, led by Walter Proc, should be ready for traffic tonight. Detours were needed on local roads due to the excavation.
Negotiations reopen between Ford and the United Auto Workers after a strike hobbled thousands of workers. President Henry Ford declines personal attendance while UAW leader Walter Reuther proposes a settlement path. A supply slowdown threatens 22,000 more jobs and Ford plants face possible idleness unless a deal is reached.
In Washington May 10 Democrat and Republican lawmakers rally around a plan easing taxes and trimming spending to bolster a slowing economy. Advisors say no major downturn, but hazards loom from wage pressures and crop surpluses as the White House weighs tax cuts and delayed payroll changes. A separate Berlin incident reports a British aircraft crash in the Soviet zone with four crew members surviving two seriously injured.
May 10 report says 8 Japanese convictions for vivisection of downed B-29 crewmen were upheld by Lt General Walton H Walker. Five death sentences called. 18 life terms or long imprisonment upheld for others after six month trial before an American commission. Five acquitted in Yokohama trial.
Rev. James McIntosh pastor of the Corry Methodist Church is named by the church's general board of education among 25 outstanding young pastors invited to a Drew Seminary seminar in New Jersey from June 27 to July 15. He will seek leave of absence during the program and a replacement will be named later.
The Treasury shows May receipts of 73,149,262.28 dollars and expenditures of 89,952,209.99 dollars. Cash balance stands at 3,917,682,758.34 dollars, with total debt at 261,590,091,262.79 dollars.
The Corry School Board opened bids for maintenance and supplies including interior work at Concord school and coal for the 1949-50 year. Bids for removing a West Pleasant Street house failed to appear. Other bids covered repairing the Faleh building exterior, roofing work, and a retaining wall at Hatch Walking. Supplemental athletic contracts and a baseball sponsorship at Loveland Field were discussed, with action deferred. Spring Creek directors will send students to Corry for grades 9-12, adding about 30 students and $2,800 in revenue.
Harrisburg May 10. Governor James A Duff signs a bill tightening local taxing powers setting ceilings on wage, sales, per capita and mercantile taxes for cities boroughs and townships. It restricts real estate levies and imposes tax-sharing rules starting next fiscal year with Pittburgh excepted.
Name Recreation announces leadership for summer program with Louis F Hyinua as supervisor and instructors Nick Owen 815 and Pred Schwok 8175 along with Robert Olpon at 176. City clubs involvement and funding details not yet finalized.
Lester Hepler, 18, was found not guilty of assault and battery charges after a county court jury deliberated. The prosecution, led by James Pappas, alleged aggravated assault from an East South area incident that injured a man and sent him to the hospital. Hepler was defended by Lin Mentned with Assistant District Attorney Lindley McCelind presenting the state’s case.
City officials debate a broad mercantile levy on wholesale and some retail sales to avoid discrimination and boost revenue. The plan aims for wide coverage across merchants while avoiding selective taxation, with a special May meeting possible to finalize budget and legal questions.
Pittsburgh May 10 1290 Western Pennsylvania landlords plan to ask for higher rent under a new net operating return formula. Rent officials say not all will get boosts while tenants may object and landlords must prove their claims. Decisions may be sent to New York or Washington officials.
Israel's admission to the United Nations appeared nearly certain as a new Jewish state won the highest vote by a three to one margin yesterday, matching expectations following a favorable response at Lake Success.
General Clay commuted the death sentence of a 17 year old German, Johannes Wilfried Helm, convicted of murder, to life imprisonment. The case involved American and German officials, with implications tied to wartime brutality and governance in postwar Germany. Helm’s parents were informed from Dresden.
In Washington on May 10 the Associated Press reports Senator Robert Byrd vows to oppose spending increases while fighting a purge in Congress. He cites President Truman’s remarks about “too many Byrds” and says he will block the nomination of Mona Wallgren to head the National Security Resources Board.
A head on collision on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last night left Sel Vernon Blaice of Castle Shannon and William Wenlon of Evans City dead. Louis Pemla of the Bronx and Mrs Virginia Newton 98 were injured. Mrs Newton and her husband were treated with undetermined injuries. Coroner A M Uphouse said the crash occurred near Allegheny 22 miles east of here.
A local board approves a fundraising drive to complete the Corry Memorial Hospital project with a $710000 cost and a mid street site on West Semith Street. Groundbreaking is anticipated after securing additional money within the next ten days and within the next 30 days a formal campaign will launch to raise the remaining funds.
Investigation continues into the death of Tompieh whose body was found after an apparent drowning near his tavern. Sheriff Kennedy said the missing man’s wife was questioned as police pursue leads and examine an apparent suicide motive.
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