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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1948
Page
3
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In Erie on November 23 an alert father, Joseph P. Baba, opened doors after his 11 year old daughter woke to gas fumes from a water heater. He woke others, including an 8 month old, while neighbors and Dr. W. E. Barratt aided. All doors and windows were opened to ventilate the residence.
Locals No. 0 Slide Fastener Union AFL 4s voted for a 16-cent hourly age increase for Meadville employees of Viulon Inc. The proposed wage hike, along with changes in working conditions and seniority revisions, will be discussed in negotiations for a new contract. One preliminary meeting has been held, according to inter ness agent Wed Shafer.
Steady pressure builds along a vast eastern and southern arc near Nanking as National Second Army Group faces Red forces. Communists claim Paoting, threaten Peiping and Tientsin. Suchow defense relies on air support, while Hu Ade Po-Tao’s seventh army bears the brunt east of Suchow.
A coroner's jury cleared two street car operators in separate fatal accidents. Harry M. Conard, operator of the 71 Negley car, was acquitted in the death of three deaf mutes on September 6. Edward Nolan was cleared in the death of Patrick Flood, 79, of Nobelstown.
The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania seeks a 16 percent rate increase with the Pittsburgh city government opposing. The commission discussed suspending the effective date and ordering an investigation into reasonableness. If not suspended, rates take effect January 2, 1949, affecting 1,805,100 customers statewide. Pittsburgh council authorized its law department to press the city's claims.
The Public Utilities Commission considered the telephone company’s new Tate schedule as one commissioner urged suspending the rate increase for an investigation. Morgal argued against the rise, which would affect home and business subscribers with varying city by city amounts. The company claimed average monthly home charges would rise about 77 cents and business lines about $4.02.
A Detroit man Donald Parr, 22, was killed and his mother Marie Parr, 43, badly injured in a two-vehicle collision on Route 11, two miles north of Uniontown, Pa. Parr died about 49 minutes after the crash. Marie Parr was in critical condition at Uniontown Hospital.
Syracuse New York November 23 Easy Washing Machine Corp says it will lay off about 500 employees and discontinue the second shift rate, affecting production and staffing.
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