10 May 1950
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1950
Page
1
The notice from Corry details a call by the mayor and clerk for a gathering at the north Rail hall. It references relatives, flowers, and a community event with limited readable specifics. End of fragmentary item hints at a local civic matter and social gathering.
A French plan to pool Europe coal and steel, starting with Lorraine and Saar and Germany’s Ruhr, was praised as a step toward German integration. Adenauer welcomed it as easing Franco German tension and moving toward European unity, with a Big Three meeting to discuss the proposal in London.
A Canadian lumber town was left a five block ruin with 1500 homeless after a blaze started from a planing mill. Damage was estimated at 6 million dollars as the fire burned over six hours before being brought under control at nightfall. No casualties reported. The blaze destroyed most of the town's small lumber industry district and over 100 homes.
In Brookville on May 10, L. Buzard, convicted of second degree murder in the fatal beating of coal miner Waldo Ditty in Corsica last September, had his bid for a new trial rejected. Defense sought a retrial and another autopsy while sentencing was postponed pending the outcome of the appeal. The dispute centered on a disputed $30 debt and alleged payment quarrel.
The annual Tag Day Sale by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Corry Memorial Hospital will be held Friday through Saturday. Mrs. Robert Rastetter, chairman, announced the event to support hospital work. Prizes for Scouts are listed, with proceeds aiding municipal hospital programs. The city awards include several $3 and $4 levels, with additional recognitions for participating scouts.
A lightning strike hit the Nomling Service Center in Centerville igniting a fire that damaged a pinball machine and juke box. Firemen extinguished the flames after the front windows were broken to remove the burning equipment. Authorities estimate losses near 400 dollars for two devices and about 100 dollars for the service station and restaurant, with no major structural damage reported.
City Treasurer Trene Mullen announced the final payment on a $20,000 refunding and general obligation bond issue from 1942. The payoff lowers bonded indebtedness to $78,400, with $71,000 from last spring for Bask Smith street storm relief sewer. Over eight years, interest totaled $1,075. Funds funded warrants, a new truck, two mortgages, Solota street property, and Civilian Defense equipment. Workers buy stock through Westinghouse payroll plan. More than 15,000 Westinghouse Electric employees, about 16 percent of staff, joined the plan. half a million shares reserved for safe stock at 44 under the market.
North Dakota Minnesota and Nebraska face rising flood misery as Manitoba towns report dead or missing. Thousands flee homes as Red River and swollen streams flood highways and farmland. Dozens of bodies recovered. 15 000 homeless in Manitoba and 10 000 evacuated nearby. Nebraska worst in 50 years with seven bodies found and many missing. Livestock losses mount and state officials mobilize feeding aid.
Four Corry Boy Scouts were chosen to attend the International Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge with a fifth pending. Named are Byron Crowell and Allen Ross of Troop 81, Jon Dayisan and an unnamed scout from Troop 0, and Vincent Dugee from Troop 161. They join about 47,000 youths for a two week event, leaving Erie June 36 by Pennsylvania Railroad and returning July 9. Activities include excursions to Philadelphia sites and daily scouting events to foster international goodwill.
President Truman, aboard the Truman Train, urged continued resolve against Soviet pressure. He spoke during the Idaho signing of a National Science Foundation charter and outlined science as a tool for peace, warning there is no quick path to security. He warned the world’s contest remains long and uncertain while stressing commitment to freedom and allied strength.
The House ways and means committee voted to reject a proposal for a federal excise tax of 5 percent on horse race betting, estimated at 70 to 90 million dollars annually from pari mutual pools. The committee cited concern over government encroachment on state revenue and noted prior similar proposals. President Truman warned he would veto any tax bill seeking further revenue.
Senate investigators and Senate subcommittee members gathered at the White House to review loyalty files linked to the State Department. Wisconsin Republican Joseph McCarthy has accused officials of aiding Communists and hinted a foreign envoy may be named if resistance abates. lawmakers vow a thorough examination with a report within a month.
AFL moves to back fair deal Democrats as talks unfold on a $2 per member campaign contribution for political activity. The national AFL executive council meets in Philadelphia to discuss per member assessments for education campaigns and unity talks with CIO affiliates.
The article describes the heated House debate over a massive wartime spending bill. It notes that total appropriations rose from 829 million to about 1.409 billion, with defense spending dominating, especially for air and naval procurement. General Hoyt Vandenberg warned the air force needs greater funding, suggesting a Senate weighing of the bill’s financing for federal activities in the new fiscal year.
Treasury report from Washington dated May 10 presents May 6 figures: net old-age receipts 10.4 million, expenditures 82.5 million, cash balance 4.08 billion, total debt 255.9 billion, with a daily increase of 63.0 million. The data reflects government cash flow and obligations.
A spring thunderstorm drenched Corry last night and early morning, adding 1.10 inches of rain to the prior 0.34 inch. No local damage reported, but Crawford County saw electrical bolts strike the county courthouse and a company substation in Ti Uiville, with losses around 59,000. Temperatures dipped to 52 degrees as the 24 hour low.
May 10 New York A man named Alleo Atteo 49 is trapped in a 20 foot well shaft in a Brooklyn garage. Rescue workers dig a second shaft as a priest sprinkles holy water and doctors note the man is sinking. His wife Maria and son John wait at the shaft mouth amid an all night vigil and a cigarette explosion caused burns.
Harrisburg May 10 Pennsylvania adjutant general denied that veterans bonus checks are being held for release before the May 16 primary. Frank A Weber called the charges the lowest form of political wickery and said the World War Two Veterans Compensation Bureau staff from the Auditor General’s office approves claims on the spot.
A nationwide railroad firemen strike crippled service as 30 local yard employees were furloughed in Chicago. At 9:30 am No. 58 halted, with other trains rerouted by a walkout affecting Pennsylvania New York Central and Santa Fe lines. Mediators reported little progress as pickets appeared at key points and a Washington report on the deadlock was promised.
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