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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1950
Page
1
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Rescue teams began a dawn ascent up Mount Moran after a missionary plane with 21 people vanished near the park region. The New Tribes Mission craft carried two young mothers with children and a doctor. officials reported faint hope for survivors as weather hindered efforts and signals were sent from the site.
Seventeen people were hurt when a bus and a tractor trailer collided in Beaver Falls on November 22. None of the injured suffered life threatening harm. Thirteen were treated at Providence Hospital. four were hospitalized including the truck driver Charles Lorimer of Mercer. All injuries involved shock and bruises.
In Lake Success November 22 Nationalist China urged a United Nations commission to investigate alleged cruelties in the Chinese civil war. Opposed by Britain Australia and the Soviet bloc, the move faces likely defeat in the General Assembly with Sytia backing a broader China question debate and a proposed interim assembly. Tsiang argued Kremlin influence and 45000 agents shaping politics and culture in China.
Dorsey Newsom of Indiana, a 472 acre Columbus area farmer, was elected master of the National Grange for a one year term succeeding Albert S. Goss who died in New York. Henry P. Carstensen of Seattle was re elected to the executive board and Dorsey Kirk of Oblong Illinois was named to Newsom’s board seat. Delegates chose New Jersey as the 1951 meeting site with Atlantic City a likely option.
Army engineers warned of rising crests on the Sacramento and American rivers threatening Sacramento Modesto and Reno. Don Pedro dam releases and damaged infrastructure intensified losses across hotels stores and basements with total damage estimated in the tens of millions and higher forecasts possible.
The hamlinion Thanksgiving service hosted by the Corry churches under the Corry Ministerial Association will be at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Shore tonight. Organ Prelude at 7 18 p m and service at 7 30 p m with Rev Paul Bauer preaching on With Glad and Single Hearts.
The Labor Department reports a slight rise in unemployment for the first two weeks of November, with initial claims averaging 189,000, up from October and September levels. At the same time, indications show that disruptions in the defense program are causing material shortages in some civilian industries.
Reported union talks at Aero Supniysund over a wage deal with a 9.5 percent offer and a bonus plan. Members vote reportedly showed near unanimous rejection while a walkout could be called Friday if no agreement is reached.
Elks and Vo F present a set of four televisions to Company A at Camp Atterbury Indiana for the dayroom as guardsmen train nearby. reception reported excellent across the camp area and an offer to relocate the unit when Company A moves, purchased at cost from Meer dink furniture store.
City businesses and industrial activity will halt tomorrow for the Thanksgiving holiday observance. A 150 special union church service opens with songs and prayers tonight as parishioners rejoice in gratitude. Public and parochial schools begin two days off this afternoon, with close of燕 until Monday.
Mead park caretakers and directors discussed plans to upgrade the site including new roads bridges and a larger pavilion. They reported 20 000 visitors last year with 1709 reservations and 40 skate-house events while pledging further tree planting and area development.
A Navy sounding rocket reached 3,900 mph while climbing 107 miles above New Mexico, attempting the upper atmosphere record. The Viking, 50 feet long and 5% tons, narrowly surpassed the prior U S height mark. A German V-2 at White Sands reportedly reached over 250 miles in altitude.
A missionary plane crash near Moran Wyoming killed Mrs Edna Greiner and her five children. Relatives said her husband Rev John M Greiner who died in a separate Venezuela crash earlier was their father. The family from Altoona is linked to Bellwood and had ties to the Abstract Bible Training School in Bloomington.
A syndicated report attributes a blog claim that Republicans and Southern Democrats hold a working majority in the next House after the 1930s elections. The piece cites Rep. Arend of Minnesota and other GOP allies as projecting 195 to 238 Democratic influenced seats, with a Republican coalition favored in key votes.
Washington dispatch notes growing talk of revising the Taft Hartley Labor Act in the new Congress to convene January 3. Senator Taft and other backers face uncertain support as leaders indicate little talk of full repeal. Prospects for substantial amendments appear limited amid a recent backlash against repealing the act.
Governor-elect John Fine says Adjutant General Frank A. Weber and Highways Secretary Ray F. Smock will stay in office when the new administration takes over January 1. He praised their records, noting highway improvements and veterans' support, as Beaver Falls saw the adjutant general's presentation.
Snow and ice hit Corry area roads as morning temperatures fell below freezing. State police reported only one accident overnight a skid near Route 6 by Riceville while crews salted and plowed. drivers warned of continued danger as icing persisted and forecasts called for light snowfall with little temperature change before Thanksgiving.
Police report a two vehicle crash on West Main Street with Marie Smith of Spring Creek FR and Harvey Woolstrum Gerry R involved. Smith’s car front end damage estimated at 278 dollars and Woolstrum’s rear damage about 176 dollars, totaling 450 dollars.
The report notes B 29 bombers attacking Communist staging bases in northeast Korea and UN infantry probing the front from Changjin toward the Yalu. It describes heavy fighting near Hyansanjin and Changjin, with Seventh and Eighth Division movements and attempts to envelop Changjin reservoir.
Two men were killed when a World War II era B 36 bomber crashed near Fort Worth Texas shortly after takeoff from Carswell Air Force Base. The six engine craft carried a crew of about fifteen and six crewmen were reported injured with transport to nearby hospitals.
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