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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1947
Page
1
Fragmentary readable bits show a legal style filing mentioning Guernsey Holstein Taukart and insuvania estate matters. It references March, a county, and claims against an estate, with scattered names and dates, but many words are garbled. The readable core implies a probate or estate action with demands and possible attorney involvement.
The telephone industry asks Congress to repeal excise taxes on communications, promising taxpayers a 400 million savings. Knutson forecasts a two year Social Security tax freeze amid debates on a 4 billion income tax cut and broader tax revisions.
State Police say investigation into the reported robbery of Harry Church in Corry is ongoing but evidence so far has not substantiated an arrest. Church said three youths posing as police officers accosted him as he slept in his car along Route 6, stealing $8 from his wallet while they checked his driver's license. All three suspects have been questioned and deny involvement.
Pittsburgh May 2. Thera ¢ empty beds in state tuberculosis hospitals despite demand from curable patients. Dr Stayer of the State Department of Health cites poor pay and lack of recruiting as the reason, saying nurses and doctors are scarce.
The United Auto Workers Foremen’s Association of America, at Ford, led a strike of 3,800 members prompting production disruption. Ford members voted unanimously against the walkout, and organizers predicted halted production within six days. The FAA filed its strike notice on April 17, with a 80 day period limited to permit conference with company officials.
Washington May 21 The Western Electric installation workers walkout ends with 20 000 returning to work as disputes narrow to two sites Polit Breeze Massachusetts and Lincoln Nebraska The NFTW says most workers will get about 1 2 60 weekly increase, while some receive panicked fringe boosts The strike is deemed not a union victory by NFTW and government conciliation helped settle pay talks
In Mata moras Pennsylvania a four seat training plane crashed and burned during a routine flight to Albany. Instructor Wess Anthony Farrell 92 of Millrift and two student pilots Robert Pahl Marin 26 of New York City and Ralph Fink 21 of Sparrowbush New York escaped injury after attempting to extinguish an engine fire and making a forced landing about 2000 feet from the field.
A sedan left the Corry Spring Creek road four miles east of Corry yesterday afternoon, smashed into a cement abutment, tumbled over a steep bank, and came to rest. Mrs Esther Rote Heted was admitted to Cory Hospital with minor cuts and bruises. authorities say she will be discharged today. She faced reckless driving charges as the sole occupant. vehicle registered to P I Patterson of Lark Haven.
Crawford Woods, longtime operator of the C. M. Woods feed business in Corry, announced the sale of his mill to Mrs. Ann Kovach, Edward Kovach, and Val Cencarik. The Corry Feed and Supply Co. will operate immediately, with Woods staying on for several weeks. The deal amount was not disclosed.
Paul Lines announces plans for Poppy Day to be held Saturday May 24. Mrs J J Haigh will head the emblems committee with help from the Women's Auxiliary of Lt Archie W Thompson Post and lines Hardware will host the headquarters on East Main Street. Treasury report shows May 19 receipts of 15,985,598.54 and expenditures of 292,905,26649 with total debt at 287,678,143,971.80 and a daily increase of 7.9 percent.
Pennsylvania reports a new gas well site selected on Carter Hill near Five Corners. Workers moved drilling rig equipment as plans proceed, with casing and storage moves signaling readiness to sink another well within two miles of the first. Land leases and company activity indicate continued development by several firms near the Carter Hill area.
James Pappas was arrested at his home after a youth reported an assault near the residence. He was arraigned before Alderman Melvin S. Cobbitt on the assault charge and released under $2,000 cash bond for a hearing tomorrow. Pappas previously faced an alleged attack on a 12 year old girl at his home.
Manila announces the presidential plane Lily Marlene is missing over northern Mindanao with 12 to 18 government officials aboard. The May 21 bulletin also reports a Ta ga village raid by Hagana, five Arabs and one Jew killed, two buildings razed, and a US Soviet commission revival in Korea.
State police conducted vehicle inspections at Corry and surrounding roads to enforce new prewar standard specifications. Officers reported locating several trucks and used cars with misleading or missing inspections, prompting heightened checkpoints and the suppression of unfit vehicles.
A five year old mother of two was shot and killed in the East New York area of Brooklyn. Police said a man fled the scene after firing multiple shots, and a bystander was assaulted during the incident. The victim was identified as Mrs. Torina Washiurey, a mother of two who had been on her way to work when the attack occurred. Emergency responders pronounced her dead at a hospital.
Army intelligence sources said today they have not received any information to establish that Amelia Earhart landed and was taken prisoner by the Japanese during her 1937 round the world flight. Earhart disappeared after radioing for help while over the Pacific. Her 8 year old mother, Mrs Amy Otis Earhart, said in a Boston radio interview she believes her daughter reached land and was a Japanese prisoner.
At Pittsburgh on May 21 a boiler and furnace explosion injured eleven men in a yard near a brick structure. Most victims were buried under debris and steel fragments as workers tried to bring them to safety. A witness described water shortage and a rapid sequence of blasts that hurled bricks and pipes, with one worker critically injured and another crying for help as hospital crews arrived.
The Senate steel probe may widen its scope as staff reports and steel brokers in Washington flag above market offerings and diverted shipments. Testimony suggests mispricing and potential sale of 40 000 tons of wel srl amid shifting routes from mills to buyers across New York Pittsburgh McKeesport Chicago Detroit and St Louis with two men tied to Western American nations noted.
A local post office posts an advisory asking postal workers to postpone vacations until after June 30 due to a Department of the Postal Service funds shortage. Supervisors are instructed not to grant any vacation periods already approved beyond the end of next month.
A damaged report states that seven soldiers were killed in a plane crash near Chanute Field. The wreckage spread over a wide area as the unit was en route from Cheyenne to Champings, with the incident linked to a military exercise.
Reports say Mrs Truman remains gravely ill at her Missouri home as President Truman and aides monitor the situation. The president is in Kansas City at a hotel with plans to sign Greek Turkish aid measures in later days, while daughter Margaret cares for the ailing mother.
Washington May 21 The prospect of a radioactive cloud weapon complicates efforts to seal and hide men and machines underground in potential atomic warfare. An Army Navy study notes several methods for spreading radioactive death have been unofficially suggested, including dust dispersed with radioactivity.
In a closed session today the United States and Russia pursue near term arms control. Attendees hope to reconcile divergent positions and reveal concrete concessions from Soviet diplomat Gromyko on multiple points.
The Security Council resumes debate over frontier issues as the United States and Russia clash on arms control. Officials report U S insists on strict oversight for any disarmament while warning of dangerous precedents if Soviet defiance continues.
Police report arrests today north of Corry near Route 426 and Hare Creek road for failing to stop at the intersection. Citizens complained of a dangerous driving condition as vehicles failed to stop, risking accidents. officers will monitor the intersection regularly to address the ongoing issue.
A two-vehicle crash near Pittsfield on Route 27 sent four people to injuries. Robert Shansug of Corry, driving a sedan, tried to pass a truck driven by James Stewart of Pittsfield as the latter was making a left turn. Clair Gabler, 25, of Corry, sustained facial lacerations and a broken nose.
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