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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1949
Page
1
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Chinese Communists near Fukien Province advance while Red forces around Shanghai shrink. Reports say 2000 troops moved toward Kiangsi Chekiang border as coastal towns face pressure. Shanghai endures rising costs, defense taxes, and suspected subversives amid war tension.
Washington May 11 The Veterans Committee moved to reopen a veterans pension measure in Congress. The bill, drafted by Chairman Homer Capehart, would cost about 15 billion dollars and target disabled and needy World War II veterans. The plan trims benefits and replaces discretionary VA rules with a fixed pension scale, with committee members prepared to report it favorably.
Detroit May 1 Union leaders and Ford Motor Co held talks to end a six day strike over speed up and work conditions affecting 65 000 workers. Walter Reuther led a demonstration criticized as Communist inspired while union pickets pressed for agreement on production concessions.
LAS CRUCES New Mexico May 11 Terry Nusum, former Pittsburgh Steelers star, is cleared of any fault in the March slaying of 18 year old Ovid Coogler. He was released from voluntary custody after 10 days in jail without charge, and District Attorney Campbell said Nusum is completely exonerated. Coogler disappeared after entering a car at 3 am and was found 16 days later in a shallow grave.
A three member committee of Miss Velen Jones Mervyn Nast and W W Waterhouse appointed to represent city retail merchants in a session with the Gerry Board of Education finance committee. Attorney Walter Scott says merchants will present questions and data on yearly gross volume to aid setting the three mil levy and discuss a faster session next Thursday.
Associated Press report describes Frank Hague's loss of control as fusion forces led by John Kenny swept the city wards. Hague did not run. his nephew Frank Hague Roggers headed the defeated ticket, ending 82 years of Hague influence in Jersey City politics amid celebrations and shock. Also noted is a Wheeling police inquiry into Joseph Tolmeich's death, ruled as self-inflicted after his body was found in the Ohio River with a bullet wound.
Fifty students under H Lynn Rice will depart at 6 a m Saturday on a four day trip to Washington DC Westminster MD and Pittsburgh PA They will broadcast a program on KDKA from 4 40 p m Saturday Then visit Congress tours and a House and Senate session and return to Westminster for a concert and a final high school appearance in Hyattsville Maryland The trip is funded by the annual Spring A Cappella Ghost vancerls fund Corry.
Gov Duff signed two bills authorizing extensions of the Pennsylvania Turnpike to Erie Scranton and a western link toward Philadelphia New Castle Erie area and Buffalo The measures aim to create high speed feeder roads connecting eastern and western routes expanding traffic tourism and freight across New England upstate New York and Canada The sponsors include C Arthur Blass Theodore Deeha Fraser Dowland Montgomery Crowe and Guy Robinson
A collision near Kelster Station south of Grove City injures two men. Virgil Dowell of West Sunbury dies at Grove City Hospital while Calvin Bell of Harrisville RD 1 remains in serious condition. The report notes train freight crews and a rain storm contributing to the incident.
Mrs Martyn and Miss Bal Berlex head the CHS Class of 1949 top scholars list. Eleven students earned five highest scholastic standings and will receive diplomas at the commencement in the Senior High School auditorium. George H. Tolley will deliver the commencement address, titled Where Do We Go From Here. Tolley is minister of the First Baptist Church of Jamestown.
Roanoke May 11 Associated Press reports 13 year old Scott Hadley faces a murder charge in the church killing of 10 year old Darn Myrie Weaver. Police say the youth directed them to the crime scene and provided clues about bloodstains and a broken bottle. The victim was found in the church kitchen with signs of a violent struggle.
A Corry driver’s car collided with a Waterford vehicle at about 1:40 this morning near Waterford. Lan Floss Sixth Aheel, of Arvin Mirough Waterford, reportedly lost control, striking Henry Wade’s car and ending alongside it. Damage valued at 80 dollars to the Floss car and 640 dollars to the Wade vehicle.
Berlin reports a tense wartime dispatch as the Berlin blockade nears end and Western powers discuss reopening rail routes. The stirring account notes Soviet and Western forces shaping a fragile postwar balance. Western zones brace for resumed power, transport, and communications with inter-zonal passes guiding cross-zone movement.
May 11 Millville New Jersey reports an automobile dealer indicted for income tax evasion. The same list names Simon M Chermivh as a new city official and notes a 20 man board. Lewis Ry Ho Swan, once a commissioner, campaigns from a Trenton prison cell. The former official serves two years for malfeasance as the race for five seats continues.
In a West Virginia incident near Wrens, a pink mail plane piloted by Bill Burkhard of Pittsburgh and crew member William Stenbrenner crashed and burned, killing both aboard. Airport officials report the wreckage lay 1/200 feet from the runway threshold. rescue teams struggled to extract remains.
Donora Pa May 1 The American Steel and Wire Company will conduct a health study of 410 employees at the zinc Works and abher mills from May 38 to July 2 The Ketering laboratory of the College of Medicine University of Cincinnati will perform the work A company spokesman said the survey aims to gather information on the health of employees and general conditions Twenty two people died in a fatal Donora smog last October.
Washington May 1 The Truman administration aims for congressional passage of seven major measures by summer, including social security and farm program reforms. The agenda faces Senate debates with potential compromises, while some bills advance through committee stages and others await floor action in a packed legislative season.
A Philadelphia meeting discussed how inadequate fares and government subsidies damage passenger business. A special committee head urged restoring proper rates and allowing abandonment of unprofitable passenger branches while noting a $5,551,495 April loss and a sharp first quarter decline.
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