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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1949
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment mentions an injury case at sea involving a person. Readable bits reference cen and eond wae, but details and names are unclear. Further clarity is needed to produce a precise card.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference wool and measurements plus a bath and a Bax atlas with the number 89. The text is incomplete and indicates an inventory or catalog entry with no clear event or人物.
Readable scraps show Evod advancing with a clear team win, two wallets noted, and a lingering reference to Raw milk and a late B fal wad A. Details are fragmentary but suggest a regional track context and a decisive performance by Evod.
Secretary of Interior Julius Krug resigns effective December 1, with Oscar Chapman seen as probable successor. Krug and President Truman reportedly at odds, Chapman long a member of the Little Cabinet and Denver ties. Public note says Krug left after expressing desire to quit for some time.
State Highway and Bridge Authority plans reducing its first bond issue from 870 million to 15 million. Decision due next Monday will limit a 95,475,000 program for highway and bridge projects approved by the 1940 legislature. Funding will come from a water license fund, with Toll 20,000,000 not expected to be drawn.
Corry’s extended Community Chest campaign moves toward the 25 000 goal as pledges reach 29 598. Industrial employee division adds 3 817, Retail stores and employees bring in 2 719, and house canvassers are 200 short of 1 000. Chairman David Swarts notes campaign ends tomorrow evening and warns of possible reductions if the goal isn’t met.
Paris reports the Big Three foreign ministers plan direct talks with a West German government on easing occupation controls. Acheson heads to Bonn to meet German leaders as Paris signals cautious stance on dismantling German industry and full postwar integration.
Police report shows photographers fined 28 dollars for operating without a license. Officers detained several photographers yesterday after checks at a location tied to a public event, with camera negatives seized as evidence. Investigators indicate non residents sought city permits but failed to obtain proper authorization.
Seven local merchants were notified they owe the Corry school district mercantile levy on gross volume and receipts. Special Assessor M. S. Cobbett said about 20 more will be notified before the city survey ends. Notices warn five days to comply before a special survey estimates the business volume to compute the tax.
Detroit nov 11 amid steel shortages the amuco industry plans to raise total workers to 42000 by today’s end while Willys Overland in Toledo prepares 1000 layoffs. Chrysler shuts three plants cutting about 35000 from 91000 Detroit area workers. Dash Motors will close Wisconsin plants affecting 13000 workers. Ponti division of General Motors will halt production indefinitely, with 14000 layoffs, as coal disputes linger. Hudson confirms 12000 workers affected with planned reopen.
Hong Kong report says 25 foreign pilots resigned to avoid aiding Communist China. The Chinese Central Air Transport Corporation faced a clash as guards at Kal Tuk Airport seized 40 planes during the disruption. Resignees include eight Americans, one Briton, and one Canadian.
City council grapples with the 1950 budget, facing a $10,000 gap between anticipated revenue and expenses. A tentative December budget will be drafted after November 21, with a posted 20 day window before final enactment. The panel approves a $4,502 sewer equipment bid and discusses additional fire hydrant plans along Mesds avenue.
Elaborate war games will involve about 40 000 people in Pennsylvania this weekend. Mock bombings and evacuations will occur as authorities test disaster response with mobilization of available manpower. Task force HQs will be at Pittsburgh Erie and Oil City.
Worth Steel Company and United Steel Workers Local 9182 announce a pension and social insurance agreement. Roydon Fairweather and Poigie Zwissler describe terms linked to Bethlehem Steel. strike action ends as settlement takes effect.
President Truman, in an Armistice Day speech prepared for the National Conference of Christians and Jews, renewed calls for civil rights laws to overcome discrimination and protect unity among Americans. He warned enemies seek to divide faiths and urged swift congressional action in January.
Tokyo dispatch reports Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida warned that Japan could leave the peace conference if Allied terms are disadvantageous. The remarks, made in parliament, prompted calls for a cabinet transcript to revise wording. officials called the speech too strong and said the transcript was requested to refine it.
Washington reports discuss a presidentially appointed fact finding board to settle the coal dispute. President Truman and officials weigh creating a board to study the issues and report on facts, potentially easing a strike and guiding wage and contract terms for miners and operators.
Washington reports a survivor from aviation's worst collision testifies about engine trouble and landing permission while investigators read 42 pages of questions into the record. Bolivian aviation chief and observer recount the flight path and lack of emergency instruction as the P-38B nears landing near the tower.
Denver dispatch reports Henry Blackmer, formerly exiled since 1929, gained access to about 10 million dollars frozen by U S authorities for enemy national status. He paid a $20,000 tax fine and pleaded guilty to tax evasion from the 1920s, returning September 21.
The Dairymen's League lists a 40 by 100 foot cinder block building on Hull Muir Street as for sale with two-stall garage and removable processing equipment. Kenneth Frasier says the property could host various businesses but not a milk plant currently. George Warner named area manager as the Abbotts Dairy line and Spring Greek plant changes coincide with the sale.
Pittsburgh reports progress as U S Steel and United Steelworkers press for a broad settlement. Lawyers meet overnight with no comment while wage policy leaders and local officials plan to ratify any accord. Bethlehem and others sign pension and social security terms.
A vehicle collided with a bridge near Cutting causing damage. The crash occurred near French Creek, with the front end described as badly damaged and reports noting an empty roadway and unclear injuries. Local authorities investigated, with limited details available in the readable text.
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