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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1952
Page
1
Fragmented text references a home, renting, a door, and street activity in a city area. Names, dates, and clear events are unreadable, leaving only scattered phrases about real estate and nearby locations.
Three major railroad unions representing engineers firemen and brakemen with over 260000 members began joint sessions to study a White House peace proposal. The plan offers wage hikes 32 to 37 cents an hour plus a path to a 5 day 40 hour week in yards and binds disputes to arbitration under a new cost of living adjustment. The unions agreed to act as one on final acceptance or rejection as talks proceed.
Air Force private Edward Tobilds, 25, from Butler pleads guilty to strangling his 19 year old wife Nunes on Oct 4 and burying her on a farm near Butler. He admitted the crime in a Fort Worth area court after months of secrecy. Funeral services for Mrs. Rebil were held in Allison Park.
The Office of Price Stabilization will permit higher prices on canned vegetables to compensate wholesalers for markedly overcharging. The move affects items like corn, peas, beans, and fruit preserves. OPS officials expect some stores to raise prices before the month ends to reflect the new allowances.
Associates Press reports the Denotta de State Committee convened in Harrisburg to reelect Maurice Splain Jr as state chairman and to set up leadership for the 1950 presidential campaign. Delegates and officers from Pennsylvania will discuss reapportionment creating 30 districts, with Miss Genevieve Blatt slated as secretary and an executive committee to be formed. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr is named as principal speaker at the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner.
A wild fox that bit a dog tied at the rear of Roy and Mrs. Merritt’s Marion Street residence reappeared yesterday despite earlier sightings. Police were alerted but the animal vanished before officers arrived as residents and patrols hunted the area.
Twenty per cent decline in potato growth when price supports were removed prompts blame for the ongoing shortage. Officials cite farm program debates and reduced imports as factors, with critics urging policy changes to curb rising pork and food price pressures.
Pittsburgh reports of price gouging and under betters in May as dealers report large potato shipments in exchange for onions and other produce. The Office of Price Stabilization compiles violator lists for possible court action while ceilings aim to divert supplies. Arnal says relief expected in four to six weeks with next potato movement to market.
Tobin says Congress should enact emergency legislation giving President Truman authority to seize defense industries and ratify the steel seizure if the Supreme Court finds it illegal. Other updates cover German Socialist opposition to disarmament drive, immigration bill battles in Senate, and Brazil jungle rescue tensions after a Pacific crash.
The Public Utility Commission authorized a $9.508 million rate rise for the Pennsylvania Electric Company effective May 20, affecting about 824,000 customers in western and south rural counties. Residential bills rise about two cents daily, commercial and industrial bills about six percent, with three commissioners present and one absent.
Plans are set for a city Memorial Day parade starting 10:30 a.m. from the Elmer C Carrier Post American Legion home on North Center Street. Rear Admiral James K. Davis will speak at the City Park where Stewart Tang chairs the program. The lineup features Josephs Sarnick as marshal with motorcycle escorts, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Spanish American War Veterans, high school bands, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, Civil groups, and local officials.
Philadelphia coroner reported a 39 year old grain broker, Philip W. Markley, killed his wife Elizabell and four month old daughter Gay, then died by suicide in an apparent motive lacking. Markley led a Philadelphia grain brokerage with holdings in Colorado gold mines and a Maryland ranch. Joy s successor named to UN armistice delegation in Korea. Frank McConnell to replace Vice Admiral C Turner Joy as head of the U S 25th Infantry Division in the field and superintendent at Annapolis.
The joint committee approved changes to the joint board terms to align with the directors, aiming to reduce elections. A second amendment set the operating post budget on the previous year's average membership. The nine member authority to manage joint funding was approved, with plans for hiring teachers and staff, and a request for an auditor to review finances.
About 25 000 of the nation’s 90 000 striking oil workers returned to work in waves across plants as negotiations edged toward a settlement. Sinclair Refining saw 20 000 workers resume duties, while Standar Oil of Indiana’s Whiting refinery faced a breakdown in talks. Airlines and aviation fuel shortages threatened with rising costs and potential shortages unless supplies move. Greyhound buses also resumed service after strikes in seven Western states.
The 1952 city assessor post was rejected amid debates over filing ages. Mayor Kinley backed the move, citing eligibility concerns and council input. A committee prepared the ordinance and a city attorney examined potential actions while the police finance director and others weighed alternatives.
A University of Washington student, 20 year old Arthur Tesselt, fell into a narrow crevasse high on Mt St Helens during a climbing trip with three companions. After hours of searching, expert climbers recovered his body about 75 feet from the surface as his father the Rev Thomas Wanssett and others awaited in fog and rain.
A garbled OCR item discusses a city shortfall and a state department matter over a $122 payment for road miles and sandways. It mentions Quezon and a claimed shortage and a blamed error affecting funding. The text is largely unreadable and inconclusive.
A patient released from Byberry Mental Hospital as he traveled from Philadelphia to visit relatives triggered a four mile shooting spree in Wildwood New Jersey. He shot a maid at a residence injuring her thigh and grazed a mayor’s sister while firing from a window. Several women and a child were treated for non life threatening injuries.
Chambersburg authorities report Earl Showers of Chambersburg died yesterday at Letterkenny Army Ordnance Depot when he was crushed by a freight car while working as a railroad brakeman. The incident occurred at the wartime facility in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
At Kajesan Camp No 1 near Pusan Korea a riot involving 400 women prisoners of war and other inmates erupted leading to one prisoner killed and 85 injured. U S Army guards protected by riot gear and infantry restored order with no shots fired. An official inquiry was promised.
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