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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1947
Page
1
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The article reports on possible delays to Palestine partition and British troop withdrawal dates as the United Nations and four power group consider changing deadlines. It notes U.S. and Soviet input, Britain’s Aug 1 withdrawal limit, and potential postponements of mandate termination and independence into 1948.
A Rutgers dean led a study showing college educated earn significantly more than high school graduates, with veterans benefiting from G I bills. It notes prewar surveys, wartime benefits, and the value of working through college, stressing self discipline and employer preference for college graduates. A separate note reports a man shot by his dog in West Virginia while picking up mail.
Bombing employees at the Belleyne-Stratford Hale hotel return to work under a new clause protecting discharges for dishonesty or intoxication. Judge Kun described the settlement as equitable and will refuel negotiations toward a new contract with arbitration as a fallback. The old contract stays in force until an agreement is reached. The union may request a review of discharges under the new terms. Burns fatal to child in New Castle stove explosion.
Los Angeles attorney Nell R. McCarthy testified before the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee that Howard Hughes sought a wartime job and a loan from Meyers. The testimony related to Hughes Aircraft procurement and a postwar bond deal, with Meyers claiming offers of a job and a loan during his war service.
Pennsylvania Glax Company warns Southwestern New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania residents about a new large top heat distributor gas appliance marketed as saving gas and keeping food warm. Officials urge buyers to verify the product bears the American Gas Association Testing Laboratory seal. Buffalo Board of Health and Iroquois Gas Company tests deemed the device dangerous to human life. No confirmed sales in Corty.
Harrisburg officials were told to go slow in using Pennsylvania's municipal tax law expansion. At the seventh annual meeting of finance officers, Walter Greenwood warned that the 1947 act should be used only for greatest necessity. He criticized Justice George W. Mintey and Chief Justice Maxey for comments during a still-pending constitutional challenge.
Rep. Silen of New York announced plans to introduce legislation in the opening session to grant the president allocation and price control authority under the original price control act. He argued Americans cannot pay high prices and must uphold a decent standard of living while financing foreign aid, saying Congress must rescue the public from rising prices.
A fresh round of talks failed to move the decommissioned battleship New Mexico from New York toward Port Newark. Officials warned a federal hearing may be sought to block Lipsett Salvage from docking the ship, while Newark argues the plan threatens a $70,000,000 airport and seaport development.
Harrisburg November 15 A fully staffed State Flood Control Commission created by the 1997 legislature to fight floods in Pennsylvania is ready to run the $40,000,000 anti flood program. Names named include J Carey of Pittsburgh Rummnance Nanticoke Larry Woodin Wellsora and E M Semmo Hamburg Berks County. Four House members were named to serve on the commission Atherts Madigan Moore Stemtel and Richard Holt sWeb all Republicans.
The city council plans to consider the 1948 budget at the upcoming regular session in November. Preliminary estimates show costs for the city pile fare and street department employees, with possible upward revisions as the budget is developed. An early proposal for equipment purchases of about 48,010 is noted, with wage and benefit details still to be resolved.
Local Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Bureau will vote on holiday hours during November 24 at the Rite Restaurant. The session, postponed a week from the normal third Monday, will also decide the Christmas street lighting and electrical displays for this season.
Rome faces a general strike as clashes widen across the country. Leftist labor groups protest the arrest of a street figure amid a rightist crackdown. printers refuse to publish a Liberal party edition. violence erupts in multiple cities including Palermo and Vergone.
After months without facilities the Greyhound Bus Lines announces a new intercity bus station at 216 Bush Washington Street starting November 4. The move follows weeks of Chamber of Commerce efforts to secure modern terminal space, with plans for ample waiting areas and a snack bar for passengers.
John W. McCallum, 66 Snyder Bel Ola, was arrested by state police at his home on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while suspended following an incident weeks earlier in St. Marys. He posted bond for appearance, recuperating at home after hospital treatment for injuries from a collision while driving from Dunnis to Corry as a salesman for an Ene firm.
Representative W. W. Waterhouse from this city was named to one of four sub-committees announced yesterday at Harrisburg to probe juvenile delinquency in Pennsylvania. The liquor problem survey will be conducted by a committee including Waterhouse, Walter Batiminter, and Ben Pred Here Jr. Also headed by Rep. Jeanette Dye of Mercer County, the panel will study liquor as a contributing factor to delinquency.
Lost by two Corry women yesterday when purses disappeared. Mrs. Gladys Edmiston, 328 West Washington, dropped a billfold with three twenties and five ones while carrying groceries home. A small amount of change and IDs remained. police suspect local schoolchildren may have taken contents. Mrs. Joseph Reyda, 116 East Con tess sirset, reported loss of a billfold with 18 to 20 dollars while shopping on North Center street.
Rain and snow cover much of the country with a wintry band from the Carolines to the Ohio Valley. Snow totals reach over four inches in Wisconsin and Minnesota with more forecast. Temperatures hover around 20 above in the snow belt as other regions see rain in the Southwest wheat belt. A second item notes Britain’s coal wage talks with a projected rise debated by miners delegates.
Experts work against time to map an aid outline likely to curb inflation. A rough draft of measures including potential stop-gap supports by Troman is discussed, with authorities weighing action to stabilize prices and incomes.
President Truman may ask Congress to authorize tax financed aid to Europe to curb inflation while a draft outline seeks to fund a relief program for France Austria and other nations. Taft warns against using general taxes and says relief costs should be paid from taxes not borrowed funds.
Nineteen year old Hester Dmyis, daughter of a Wall Street broker, leapt 28 stories to her death from a Madison Avenue office building. She landed on a two story roof and had been visiting a dentist earlier that day. Her father William Shippen Davis said the cause of the tragedy was not understood.
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