27 Nov 1954
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1954
Page
1
Fragment mentions a secretary in Pennsylvania and an arch county council inquiry. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR text but indicate a local government matter requiring further clarification.
A fragmented legal notice from Erie County references a decree involving Harry J. Layne and a spouse, with dates around December and 1126. The text is garbled but indicates a petition or decree related to a marriage or separation, naming Harry J. Layne and a wife, with a general filing context and time markers.
Babson analyzes 1954 crop prospects and government controls. Corn and soybeans face mixed outlooks with carryovers, prices, and exports shaping decisions. Cotton and rice appear ample to meet 1954 55 needs, with large carryovers and government involvement noted.
Former State Department official Alger Hiss walked out of the Lewistown prison claiming innocence and vowing to clear his name. He served 30 years of a five year sentence for perjury linked to Whittaker Chambers claims of a Soviet spy ring. He left with his wife Priscilla and son Tony amid a throng of reporters, planning to tell the story behind his conviction and dispel public doubt while facing potential further investigations by congressional committees.
The AFL Local 249 and five department stores reached a three-year contract ending a year long strike that affected eleven unions. The deal raises pay by 8.5 cents per hour in two steps and grants stores power to decide when helpers are needed and when parcel post is used, ending a costly dispute that shaved 25 to 40 percent from store gross.
State Police and Game Protector Elmer Simpson report a motorist on Route 19 near Mystic Park struck a herd of 15 to 16 deer, killing three as the animals bounded onto the highway. Simpson removed the carcasses and turned them over to the Salvation Army after the incident caused extensive damage. the motorist’s name was not learned.
The long awaited assessment notices were received by Corty property owners today detailing values for city and school district taxes. About 2,800 notices were mailed late yesterday. Land and building values are highlighted as assessments are roughly 75 percent of full market value, likely causing major changes from 1954 totals.
Corry property owners can compute their 1955 real estate tax by dividing assessed value on cards by three and multiplying by four, then multiplying by the millage set Tuesday night. They may appeal if the tax differs from 1954, with 80 days to file and 30 days to declare Intention to Appeal. The council plans a special session Tuesday night to set the budget and millage.
Corry Pennsylvania public notice detailing Assesment Form No 2 for property valuation. Includes property location buildings totals date of notice index number and instructions identifying the assessed property. Non descriptive fragments indicate guidance on fettering and complete property identification by index number.
C G Trodeius operator of a fleet of school buses applied through attorney Roger Brown to the Public Utility Commission to start a city bus service serving the needy school children. The plan calls for one bus on two trips morning and afternoon along a route from Wayne street and Columbus avenue through Center and Washington to the new school with a possible return detour via Mead avenue and West Smith street. If approved the fare may be 15 cents single, $1 weekly, with service open to general public. decision expected after December 1. Also reported: William McCarthy, 19, and Roger Powers, 18, killed and injured in a car crash near Canisteo on a deer-hunting trip returning to Alfred University.
Nationalist warplanes blasted a Red outpost near Toumen Island as Communist landings were repulsed by shore batteries. Reports say air strikes targeted gun positions near Yikkingshan and that Communist naval reinforcements appeared in the Swatow area, with gunboats and motor torpedo boats advancing in the region.
Mil ton New Hampshire obituary reports Robert Edmund Jones a pioneer in modern stage design died yesterday after early association with Eugene O Neill. He contributed to many productions shaping contemporary theater.
Business Week highlights Aero Supply Co in Corry as a remote plant tour success. The piece notes the challenge of bringing visitors to a far from population center and describes how Aero Supply chartered DO-34 aircraft and buses to shuttle guests from Baltimore and New York to Corry. President William J. Coleman discusses financing the operation amid past difficulties.
The Associated Press reports Pennsylvania opens deer season Monday morning with hunting allowed from dawn to dusk daily, November 29 through December 1, except Sundays. About 800,000 hunters are expected to participate, targeting up to 87 884 deer the first such season since 1948, with no antlerless deer season this year and no special licenses.
ThePost Office announces major changes with a new Postal Manual to be effective December 1. The 1000+-page revision, described as the most complete in U.S. Post Office history, aims to simplify mailing regulations and is available from the Superintendent of Documents for five cents per copy. A subscription option totaling two dollars may be offered, with public input invited to refine revisions.
Donald Biyerk of Sharon reported to city police a hit and run involving a vehicle driven by Med Fitgery, who drove an auto owned by Walter Thompson on West Pleasant Street near Northweat Street. The second car swerved over the center line and sideswiped Biyerk’s car, causing about 90 dollars in damage. The other motorist fled the scene, and TL’s vehicle was believed to be a 1940 or 1997 Pontiac.
Cardinal Guevara, archbishop of Lima and Roman Catholic primate of Part, age 72, who was elevated to the College of Cardinals in 1946, died yesterday in Lima Peru. He served as a leading church figure in Peru and the wider region.
Findley Lake residents protest lake level lowering by the Findley Lake Property Owners Association. A petition by 160 Town of Mind residents asks the State of New York to intervene due to wells drying up and dangers to livestock water supply and disease risk. Petitions have been sent to the State Conservation Department and to Governor Dewey. prior requests have not yielded action.
Three persons sustained injuries when two cars collided on Route 69 four and a half miles south of Wattsbury during a snowstorm at about 1 pm. Mrs. Robert Hunt and Mrs. Agnes Upperman were hospitalized with abrasions and contusions. Upperman’s sons David and Dennis were in the car. The crash damaged both vehicles, with about 500 dollars in damage to each car.
Five people were killed and another seriously injured in a head-on collision on Route 81 seven miles east of Greensburg. Identified dead include Robert Burd and his brother Join Richard Burd both of Derry, Mark Fund Jr of Latrobe, and Tommaitia Pertleclli of Latrobe. The remaining victim, a woman, was not yet identified.
Washington plans a vigorous international campaign to secure the release of 11 military and 2 civilian Americans held in Communist China. A note demanding prompt release was delivered through Britain to Red China in London and circulated to 60 U.N. member nations via Secretary General Hammarskjold. The U.S. seeks punishment of responsible officials and compensation, while exploring avenues including U.N. protests, allied démarches, and Truce Supervision involvement.
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