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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1948
Page
4
Classified notice announces post office second class mail matter status for Corry Pennsylvania with carrier delivery in restricted territory. Advertising rates to be announced on application and display deadline set at 9 a.m. prior to the previous publication date.
The piece notes persistent nationalism within nations absorbed by communism, citing Poland's Communist secretary-general's ouster for nationalist deviation, the Polish Socialist Party's purge of leaders, Earl Browder's expulsion in the United States, and Tito’s defiance of Moscow over collective farming in Yugoslavia.
The article surveys a surge of nationalist sentiment in postwar Europe, noting Czech, German, Italian, and Russian influences. It cites Laurence A. Stelphart on Soviet actions boosting Czech nationalism, Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak's UN speech opposing Soviet sovereignty, and historical reflections on how nationalism emerged with the decline of church authority and the French Revolution, highlighting shifts from local loyalty to broad national identity across England, Germany, Italy, and beyond.
A Corry and Union City group saw Graf Zeppelin in Lakehurst New Jersey after it completed an Atlantic trip. Foundation work begins for a new city war memorial in City Park by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Lieut A W Thompson Post. Civil Service Board announces police exams on Oct 20 stirring local rumor of department changes. Wing-Wills Star Stores announces a Big Opening Sale at their new North Center Street location. Mrs Margaret Reynolds dies at her brother’s Concord Street home after seven weeks ill. Old Grosby property razing advances at Park Place corner now owned by Mutual Telephone, new exchange building planned. Mentions on Jews Zionism and global changes in Balkans and Turkey.
A trivia style quiz asks readers to correct sentences and answer questions about a former cabinet member who backed Dewey, the real name of Stonewall Jackson, artifacts found in Merkers salt mine, polio, the Battle of Britain year, and other topics. It also asks for the U.S. Second Lady, the equatorial South American capital, and the Audubon Society’s purpose.
The funeral was at Seltzler Funeral Home in Danielsville Pa on Saturday at 3 PM with Rev William A Kuts of New Salem B G Church and Rev E J Mitchell of Allentown officiating. Pallbearers included Lynn McCray Velma McCray Cora McCray and Philip McCray from the city and other inspectors from the State Highway Department. Interment followed at New Salem Cemetery.
A westbound Pennsylvania Railroad freight train struck a car at the Bridge street crossing in Tarentum Pennsylvania killing three occupants and injuring a fourth. The dead were Basil Marcinec 33 Francis Moss 34 and Merle Clark 38 all of Bracken Ridge and the injured man Harry Growntull 33 of Har marville in critical condition at Tarentum Valley Hospital. Engineer L M Hundertmark said the car pulled onto the tracks and he could not stop in time.
Three Warren men Lowell McCann fire chief and Robert Lewis were honored on the We The People radio program in New York. McCann alerted authorities when a bakery gas outage risked a fire and alarms spread through town aided by Lewis. Ontario, Canada has two lake and river areas estimated at 80,000 square miles.
Ralph Butta a 35 track worker for the New York Central Railroad faced a 10 day jail term in Portland for alleged third degree assault after a Tuesday night stabbing at the Portland railroad camp. He was fined 100 dollars and ordered to Mayville jail in lieu of funds, following arrest in Cleveland and custody transfer to Erie and then New York State Police.
Allan described the deaths of David Jones and his wife Ethel in New Castle. Police found a 26 caliber revolver beneath Jones and a single bullet wound on his heel. Ethel was shot in the head while asleep. The couple, parents of eight, were discovered by daughter Dolores, 17, in their bedroom. Jones worked as a roller at Hudson Motor plant in New Castle.
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