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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1946
Page
1
A partial OCR note mentions cattle, drills, mower, and team context with unclear action. Entities are unreadable, no clear date, team or event identified.
Fragmentary text mentions an auctioneer and possible figures or names but lacks coherent details to form a full news item. No clear event, date, or participants are readable for a confident headline or summary.
News from Corry and nearby industries report dwindling coal stocks amid federal orders for gas and power rationing. Industrial users hold about four weeks of hard coal, with some plants claiming 30 days supply and hospitals awaiting shipments. The national strike tense situation escalates as UMW leader Lewis contemplates actions while Congress weighs labor laws and military readiness for potential seizures.
Mead Park enjoyed its best season as more than two thousand visitors flocked to a single tentons park. Park Superintendent Stennett announced Mead Park Association’s arrival and the park’s strong year ahead with 12 year-ahead reservations. Directors elected include Lits, Auer, Sweet, Nichols, Whittlesey, Sears, Stennett, Cassidy, and Mrs. Wells. City Engineer Don Williams and Glenn Mead joined the board. Hazal Merker will remain assistant secretary.
Lt. Col. French of the Second Army visited Corry for the evening drill of the guard unit and to inspect the 16th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Guard until its deactivation. He noted the unit was intact but under strength and outlined plans for an encampment as the 11th word would be relieved once the 113th is organized. Capt. Don Beatty and other officers attended. Kinney was fined for AWOL during the September encampment.
Five persons were killed and several injured when a gas explosion and fire demolished the Ideal Laundry plant and offices in Greenville. Two workers died at the scene, two died later at St. Franck Hospital, and a fifth succumbed at the General Hospital. State Guard patrols sealed the area as investigators began work at the blast site in the northwest part of the city.
Atlantic and Pacific grocery firms plan to unite at the Cameron building corner of South Center and East South streets within three weeks. The remodel will nearly triple rear car space, add a large refrigerated meat display, and aim for a December 1 opening at the South Center site. Franz Furniture plans to take over the North Center building on January 1 and may repurpose it into a furniture rug and appliance store. govern ment restrictions delay remodeling.
The Veterans Administration suspended subsistence payments to about 150000 veterans for failing to report earnings in school or job training. The action was announced amid reports of potential funding and compliance issues affecting beneficiaries across the country.
Taylor's Lunch on West Washington Street will shut after three months of lease trouble and no suitable replacement site. Mr and Mrs Fred Taylor, who bought the equipment last year, will sell off restaurant gear this Saturday at 1. Others consider relocating but no firm plan exists. Property owners Cohen and Sons say no definite future has been decided.
Harrisburg November 20 The Utility Commission approved operation of Wircraft Serving out of Mil t Airport Ants ville by Harry Fr Smitty and Laygrerice Airport Corry by Rhodes and Mutther A Btormiing.
Washington reports detail Lewis and his legal team meeting in private as they contend with government efforts to halt a looming shutdown. The talks aimed to steer strategy amid possible nationwide strikes, with labor unions rallying in support and debates over wartime pipeline ownership and coal supply impacts.
A garbled dispatch from Harrissarg on November 20 indicates the state treasurer began firing some Democrats as part of a departmental purge. The report mentions departures and internal changes, with unclear details about the affected offices and motives.
In Bucharest the communist bloc led early returns with 185,552 against 41,235 for National Peasant and 63,974 for Magyar Popular Union while 90 to 95 percent of Romania's eight million voters were reported to have participated. Opponents accused irregularities and violence at polling sites as the U S mission faced pickets and protests over omissions from voter lists.
In the southern French Alps a C-47 transport with seven passengers and four crew is believed involved in a crash on a 72,000 foot plateau. Among the passengers are Brigadier General Ralph H Tate Jr and his wife along with the wives of two other generals. Four women and a girl are reported among the seven passengers. Rescue teams from French Alpine troops moved to the wreck site with food blankets and medical supplies as the Vienna air division reported eleven aboard including four crew. Initial reports listed five unidentified persons as survivors with no fatalities confirmed.
Commerce Commission examiner Jersteller recommended approval for Pittsburgh Shawmut and Northern Railroad to abandon its entire line in New York and Pennsylvania. Kerby Railway Co, wholly owned by Shawmut, operates from Paine to Cardtt, Pa. Record shows 144 miles and 12 miles segments. The examiner noted a profitable operation and revenue potential for the line in future.
Opposition to a 20 percent income tax cut grows as GOP leaders face a party split with Curtis and Miller of Nebraska voicing doubt. Democratic Rep. Doughton of North Carolina demands a balanced federal budget first, while Rep. Taber pledges a 20 percent cut and debt repayment if the 1944 budget stays at or below target.
Washington reports OPA raised raw sugar prices, signaling a likely half cent per pound rise in refined sugar retail cost. The agency cites a Cuban price agreement and increases of 266 cents per 100 pounds for raw cane sugar and 40 cents for semi refined sugar to curb past price differentials and protect consumer budgets.
The article reports Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov accepting a U N proposal for all nations to report troop locations and numbers both at home and abroad. U S Senator Connally backs full public disclosure while Molotov expands the details to include troops in enemy states and Allied bases as of November 1.
Walter Turner known as Ted Turner aged 41 resident of the European Hotel died suddenly in his rooms early this morning. An employee found him on the bathroom floor after he had been ill during the night and declined medical help. Turner, longtime employee of McTines Steel Co, had been in poor health for months and was a member of Getty Lodge for Moose. An inquest was expected. Deputy Governor R. Lawrence Dayisn oversaw the proceedings.
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