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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1953
Page
4
A sudden blaze at Mrs. Florence Stebbins’s cemetery road farm destroyed a 25 by 40 foot wooden packing house Wednesday night. Firemen battled flames for hours using three trucks, with water supplied from farmer sprayers, as damage was pegged around $6,000. The origin of the fire remains unknown.
Five Communists accused of conspiring to advocate overthrow of the government by force will start their defense Monday in U S District Court. Judge Marsh denied a directed verdict and delayed separate trial for Benjamin Careathers on illness. Named defendants include Steve Nelson James H Dolsen Irving Weissman and William Albertson. A telegraph line idea across the Bering Strait was abandoned in the 1860s after the Atlantic cable succeeded.
A Labowski Holstein cow led 348 cows tested in Unit 2 of the Erie County Dairy Herd Improvement Association in April, yielding 2103 pounds of milk and 73.6 pounds of butterfat. Top five included herds from Hammond, Burrows, Baker, Scouten, and Lindstrom. Overall 406 cows were tested, 58 dry. 59 produced over 40 lbs and 47 over 50 lbs butterfat.
A recount shows no change in the mayoral contest and City Commission balance in Jersey City New Jersey. John V Kenny retains three seats with Roggers and Spence winning their races. Donald Spence holds the fifth seat by a slim margin amid the recount. Surgical instruments recovered in Pompeii include spatulas lancets tongs scissors and midwifery items of notable quality.
A rare cello possibly an original Stradivarius is held by the Erie County sheriff after deputies seized it on a 72 hour writ of replevin filed by Flint Michigan physician Dr J K Sutherland who seeks ownership. Attorney T P Dunn represents the doctor claiming the sale price of 17900 to Harriet Flower Eric was refunded after questioning the instrument’s authenticity, and now seeks return or control of the cello under the original sale agreement.
Warren Electric Co operative of Youngsville will hold its 14th annual meeting tonight in the Youngsville High School Auditorium. The program includes business items entertainment and lunch a discussion of progress and financial reports and the election of three directors to serve three year terms.
The instrument is not a genuine 1703 Strad and is estimated worth four thousand dollars. Bond of eight thousand dollars was posted and Mrs. Flower or Mrs. Margareth Chapman of Erie, who had the cello seized at their home, have until today to contest to keep the prized instrument.
The notice promotes Miss Irma Carlson of Youngsville, Howard Fox and his Scan dia Troubadours, and the Marciano-Walcott fight as part of a community program. Co op manager M. D. Rhodes says the gathering will be both enjoyable and businesslike, urging all members to attend the annual meeting.
In Waco Texas the tornado search accelerates with Air Force and Army units returning to duty and civilian crews using cranes and bulldozers to clear rubble through the night. Civil defense chief James Meredith says 112 bodies recovered and estimates about 500 injured as the storm devastated downtown Waco.
The text cites large scale damage including 376 busings, 1,285 homes damaged, and a formal estimate of 60 million dollars in losses by Army engineers, noting Alaska's 1867 purchase population of about 30,000 with two thirds being Alaska Natives and Indians.
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