15 Oct 1951
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1951
Page
1
A fragmented wartime era note indicates a union bid related to the Karnge bridge project. Readable fragments mention funding and local official approval processes, with no clear completion date or bidder name remaining legible.
Fragmented OCR text shows a local public sale notice with scattered names and locations. The legible bits reference streets, a Jaynes area, Ames, a state line, and committees. Overall the fragment hints at a scheduled sale and related notices but lacks coherent details.
Cairo reports indicate Premier Mustapha Nahas will seek Parliament's vote against joining a four power Middle East defense force to guard the Suez Canal. Egypt also to ratify scrapping British defense treaties and Anglo-Egyptian control of the Sudan. Government aims to block Western security push seen as continuation of British occupation under a new label.
An urgent appeal urges all pledged blood donors to keep their appointments for Loythiaw's visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile today. The Korear region chapter head calls for full attendance at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on North Center Street to meet a tight quota amid the Army's seven day supply alert.
The annual Pennsylvania Week jubilee began in Harrisburg with six days of festivities to showcase the state's achievements. Governor Fine praised industry, highways, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, while officials urged towns to share local stories of historical, religious, industrial, and economic significance to highlight statewide defense-related progress.
A statewide and local ballot fight over Sunday movie openings reaches Wayne Township voters. The Lord's Day Alliance campaigns to keep theaters closed on Sundays, while local residents eye plans for a drive-in and new indoor theatre, with statewide sentiment and church influence shaping the outcome.
Lancaster, Pa. October 15 A 47 year old post office foreman is free on $12,000 bail after being accused of stealing $85,000 from registered mail He claims a friend known as Joe was responsible for the theft Donald Furlow a trusted postal employee for 25 years told inspectors that Joe gave him the money for safekeeping and he signed a receipt Investigator Harry Kimball said much of the missing money was recovered yesterday from bank accounts opened by Furlow in Milflintown and Lewis Town An additional large sum was found buried in a metal box on a farm in Juniata County Officials said the theft was uncovered in a routine check of registered mail tags and later investigations revealed the forged accounts and other details
Warren police hold Earl Rossman 30 in county jail on suspicion of arson after reports placed him nearby where flames and smashed furniture appeared at his Engan Plane home. Witnesses saw smoke and a toppled living room, two damaged windows, kitchen sink torn out, and upstairs gutted. Rossman was arrested at his mother's house as fire crews battled the blaze.
State Police investigated two weekend crashes in the Corry area. Kathleen Ryan, 11 months old in Erie, suffered a head injury when her father’s car was rear ended by a Cunningham vehicle. Damages reached $60 on Ryan’s car and $180 on Cunningham’s. A second crash near Bear Lake left Budd Yeager uninjured as his car rolled after hitting a culvert. damage about $800.
Washington Oct 15 Federal rent controls take effect today at Atterbury Indiana Camp Lejeune North Carolina and Bremerton Washington as 28th Division prepares to deploy to Europe for Eisenhower Atlantic Pact duties. Officials cite housing shortages caused by 30 000 troops and report rent increases up to 160 percent since June.
President Truman offered to sit down with Soviet leaders to seek disarmament agreement and urge UN control of atomic power. He warned Moscow to lay aside false peace propaganda and pressed free nations to maintain adequate defenses to secure lasting peace. The speech preceded Wake Forest College growth ceremonies in North Carolina and touched on international cooperation and deterrence.
Washington Oct 15 Dr William M Boyle resigns as chairman of the Democratic national committee and enters Georgetown University Hospital for check up and observation. He cites health as the reason. Republican critics have urged both Boyle and Guy Gabrielson to quit amid investigations connected to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Senator Nixon says inquiries will continue and future disclosures may surpass current ones.
Firefighters battled flames that spread from a leaky pipe to a city residence, causing an estimated 1800 dollars in building damage and 3000 dollars to contents. Principal Mite Johnson reported discovering the blaze about half an hour after it started, with flames spreading through the upstairs rooms before smoke and heat intensified.
A typhoon Heya damaged ships off Japan s southwest coast. The Kenya Maru and 400 United Nations soldiers were rescued by two U S attack transports after a Japanese vessel broke up on a reef. One ship was seen listing and taking on water with 42 crew aboard.
Washington Oct 15 Jesse Ores charges Franklin D Roosevelt was a ruthless ambitious politician eager for war to secure a third term. He says Roosevelt tried to block Al Smith by pressuring government to buy the Empire State Building and notes RFC leader Jones was ousted in 1965. Jones praises Henry A Wallace and critiques Roosevelt as meddling and power hungry in his memoir Fifty Billion Dollars.
Washington report shows crimes up 1 percent in American cities and 4 percent in rural areas in the first half of 1951 versus 1950. Minor girls tested for offenses against decency rose 124 percent, and those 23 years old or younger accounted for more arrests than any other age group.
Washington reports the wartime Congress nearing adjournment as major measures loom. A sweeping tax bill of about 86.75 billion dollars, theForeign aid and atomic energy spending package, and numerous appropriations await conference between houses. Senate and House leaders hint at swift action as deadlines approach.
Fire at the Standard Chase Company plant in Onion City erupted at 7 p.m. Saturday, with damage estimated at $1,000. President Orval Hate said remodeling in the bending room may have sparked the fire when wiring and a fan were involved. the blaze remained confined to one department.
Unclear reports say ten workers were killed in a mine blast at Scotts Russeolian near Morgantown. The mine employs about 50 workers per shift, with around ten on the archal when the explosion occurred. Authorities and the U.S. Mines agency are investigating the cause as rescue efforts continue at the scene.
The American Legion convention opens in Miami with about 30,000 Legionnaires and members gathered amid a nearby hurricane threat. Defense Secretary Robert A. Lovett delivers the keynote speech marking his first public appearance since replacing Gen. George Marshall. Senator Richard Russell of Georgia and Gen. Douglas MacArthur are noted among leaders linked to future events, as Florida Governor Fuller Warren offers a welcome.
Jamestown, ch 1a. Five residents were hospitalized after their car collided with a derailed freight train on the New York Central branch near Cassadaga. Leonard Lorenzo, 49, plus four passengers including his daughter Annie Cardinale, 21, were injured. Lorenzo and Cardinale were taken to WGA Hospital. Other victims were treated at General Hospital.
Allied forces press east and center with a strategic 4 500 peak captured on the eastern front. Marines provide helicopter support as the offensive closes toward Kumsong while the western front remains quiet.
In Panmunjom three hours of liaison talks produced no progress while UN and Chinese forces fight on multiple fronts in Korea. Allied infantry push along the eastern front seizing hilltop positions and pressing toward Kim Tu Ridge as ceasefire talks show scarce hope of restart despite a tentative meeting tomorrow.
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