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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1953
Page
4
A long analysis notes Earl Warren’s nomination to be Chief Justice, highlighting his California governorship, age, and westward origin. It compares past chiefs’ experiences, cites Senate confirmation history, and recounts recess appointment practices and notable rejections. The piece situates Warren among precedents and discusses implications for the Supreme Court.
Twenty years ago a Jamestown conductor on Erie Railroad freight No 38 fell from a subway bridge at Columbus and suffered a fractured leg and possible internal injuries. He was hospitalized in Corry. Also twenty years ago hunters petitioned the State Game Commission to abandon the stagger plan and restore a six day week for hunting in Pennsylvania. The City Bowling League reorganized for 1993 34 season with Washington Lunch joining as the sixth club. Mrs Elmer Westley named Baptist Missionary Society president. A car fire on Main Street triggered a late alarm, the car removed before fire crews arrived. A cork ale is not really good until it is nearly 100 years old.
Farrell investigators estimate ten thousand dollars in property damage after a jet fighter from Youngstown fired 50 caliber armor piercing incendiary slugs at the town last Thursday. Forty five buildings and 21 vehicles were struck. earlier estimates placed total damage near one hundred thousand dollars. No injuries reported.
Chief John Spo sito says many Farrell residents may not know their homes were punctured until later. Investigators cite two actors colluding to cause damage with 549 rounds fired in five seconds from the Thunderjet. The jet was 10 miles away climbing for altitude when bullets exhausted themselves before impact. Major M D Surratt notes pilots use gun sights and fires are not normally activated. Residents urged to return slugs to police as some may contain thermite that can ignite if heated.
A series of ten trivia prompts tests knowledge and memory. Questions cover unions Azerbaijan belongs to, the Apostle to the Gentiles, meanings of phrases, a famous track announcer, authorship, a historic naval event, racial color categories, a porker in a pouch hint, Hoover Dam alias, pin counts in bowling, and the word coney from Dutch origin.
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