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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1951
Page
4
The South remains a target in the 1952 GOP convention as Chicago is set as host city. Solid South states, though historically Democratic, hold about 18 percent of delegates due to revised representation rules favoring Republican voting districts. Delegates now awarded for districts with 1,000 plus Republican votes and 10,000 vote thresholds.
Twenty years ago Rev Gilbert S Boyd assistant pastor of First Presbyterian Battle Creek Michigan was extended a call to become pastor of First Presbyterian in this city at an 8 congregational meeting last evening. Also two day junior high school exhibit drew nearly 2400 attendees with crowds filling the auditorium both nights. John Love landed a 19 inch brown trout from Big Spring Creek. Theo P Williams escaped a head on collision west of Union City when another driver attempted to pass. Mrs P G Wood hosted eight guests on Park Street in a gathering for Mrs Lee Wood of New York City. The Knights Templar Spring meeting at the Botel Cony drew past commanders and line officers and their wives.
The speaker notes that 1048 delegates will mostly go to one state outside the South. It recalls the 1948 ballot, where Taft led with 50 percent, Dewey 8 percent, Stassen 7 percent, and others 6 percent.
Erie on May 16 saw three men plead guilty in county court to minor charges as others go on trial. Joseph DiMassi admitted gambling place charges with two week sentence deferral, Hugh Over awaits sentence after pleading guilty to fiddling, George Chivarl had sentence suspended on costs, while John Brooks Albert Thigpen and Mark Feisler face trials for gambling and hit run driving. Also John Junior Smith faces auto theft charges and Edward Rogawski drunk driving in related cases. Gulf Oil breaks ground on Harmarville chemical research lab costing 1,100,000 with 93 labs, 26 offices, and capacity for 65 staff, building to be ready in a year.
FBI agents and postal inspectors investigate a wave of obscene letters sent to Erie Civil Defense officials led by director Robert Blair. Blair says the mailings, bearing a fake Civilian Defense Program Committee letterhead, were meant to mock defense efforts and target residents, especially women, with false claims and ridicule.
A reader test asks ten questions covering law, naval history, honors, botany, national symbols, and corrections. Topics include who led the Bonhomme Richard, where Phi Beta Kappa founded, Aztec use of tomatoes, Mississippi state flower, and Kosciuszko’sNationality, plus a punctuation error fix for a sentence about a Japanese bride and a soldier husband.
Blair charged that Communists are behind the sabotage attempt on the work. He asserted there is no question about the motive and said the FBI and postal inspectors have been provided a full report.
Cpl. Edward Gilbert Richmond 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Richmond of Jamestown and Daytona Beach, Fla, was killed in action in Korea on April 25. Word reached his parents in Daytona Beach at 1 p.m. Monday from the War Department. He had received the Purple Heart in early April after shrapnel wounds to his arms, and had been in Korea with the Seventh Infantry Regiment, Third Division since November 17.
In a letter to his mother dated April 23 the writer says he has been told Tam is the number two man on the list to Rome, signaling a ranking or assignment within a group. The fragmentary line hints at a transmission of personnel or roles without full context.
A historical note describes a six month home period followed by six months of additional training and six more months of training draftees, outlining a lengthy sequence of preparation and deployment. The text emphasizes sustained effort and structured phases in military or organizational training.
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