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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1947
Page
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The House Un American Activities Committee enters its third day of hearings into alleged subversive activity in Hollywood. Senator Pepper advised unwilling witnesses to claim immunity and refuse questions. Names like Lanny Parks and Ring Lardner Jr. are cited among those subpoenaed as the inquiry unfolds in Washington.
Federal tax unit agents disclosed yesterday they found and destroyed an elaborate moonshine still on the Catoctin Reservation near Shangri La Maryland less than a mile from the cabin where Roosevelt held meetings with Churchill. The discovery points to illicit activity in the Deep Woods area near the historic site.
Ansoujated Press reports 22 hurt when a Soo Line passenger train collided with a freight car near St Paul Minnesota. Several passengers trapped in wreckage were rescued and taken to Anchar Hospital as emergency crews responded.
Four inmates escaped from Berks County Prison near Reading after breaking from the dining hall into the workroom and forcing doors. They slipped through a yard wall topped with barbed wire, while authorities named Charles Diol 28 Reading, Rober Bert 24 Biddeford, Hurolt Curtis 24 Biddeford, and Ald Bil House 18 Reading as escapees and Edward Hoffecker 26 Pottsville as a participant who drove from the garage. Prison officials said the break occurred less than 14 hours after a trusted prisoner’s escape was reported and that all four were awaiting trial.
Former judge Josep Boilington, 82, longtime member of the federal bench for 46 years, died yesterday in Wallview Sanitarium, Pittsburgh, from pneumonia.
A forest fire swept a five mile stretch along Maine's coast destroying nearly 200 buildings, mostly summer cottages, in Goose Rocks Cane Point and Wildes areas of Kennebunkport. Kennebunkport survived with aid from backfires as losses exceed 1 million dollars, with substantial damage to a summer artist colony and other structures.
Records show no set pattern in paying paving costs tied to Wright Street and school properties. The 1916 to 1924 payments by the Bebhool District and city, plus the 1923 decision to shift costs, sparked a policy dispute as the Board of Education voted to strike the district’s assessments, with no prior roll call vote recorded.
Reports from Ottawa note price controls narrowing to essentials like rents and wheat after a decontrol order. In Argentina, four men are missing and presumed dead after a U S naval plane crashed into a foggy harbor at a southern Newfoundland base. four others survived. Boston wires report CIO United Rubber Workers plan to file non Communist affidavits under the Taft Hartley Law, marking the first major affiliate to act since the national convention.
Gerry Chamber of Commerce committee continued work on organizing a city chest unit to handle fund solicitation for local organizations. Members Fal Chevy Roger Brown Rasselas Brown D Armour Hillstrom and Dallas Smifey will meet Tuesday night to appoint a board of corporators who will elect a board of directors. The group discussed appointing directors and has already contacted several community groups to cooperate once the chest assumes collection duties.
The state liquor stores slash prices on odd lots and wines to clear shelves. Gin remains a major focus as grain beverages flood markets, with officials warning of losses as inventory falls from 59 million to about 98 million dollars in value. War era profits from the liquor trade appear distant as agencies push reduced price tags.
Senator Stassen gears up an intensive Wisconsin drive starting November 24 as Dewey Eisenhower and others vie for delegates. The piece notes Taft’s withdrawal, MacArthur’s lingering support in Wisconsin since 1949, and debates over who will enter the primary with or without consent. It outlines potential GOP contenders and the battle for Wisconsin’s 27 delegates ahead of Philadelphia.
In Corry yesterday a one year old girl was left 900 miles from her destination due to a bus fare mistake by an agent. Elva Watson reports the father bought two bus fares in Buffalo and believed his daughter would visit her sisters in Columbia Pennsylvania. The bus driver dropped the girl in Colimburg yesterday afternoon. Local Salvation Army workers located the girl last night and today are aiding her journey home.
Chile and Brazil broke diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union amid protests and criticism from Moscow ca using the collapse as leverage against leftist movements. Both nations, with sizable Communist parties, faced tensions over Russia’s stance on their governments and regional affairs.
Paris Oct 22 The France cabinet ended resignations to Socialist Premier Paul Ramadier but Ramadier himself did not resign. plan for a new government looms as observers weigh chances of Libertation Front return while a special Assembly session is set for next Tuesday after De Gaulle's municipal victory.
The State Employment Service office has been named as a conference for veterans of World War III with reemployment claims under the Selective Service Act. Stewart A Long, manager of Corry, notes that reemployment rights to reinstate veterans were continued and transferred to the Veterans Reemployment Rights Division in the U S Department of Labor with offices in Harrisburg and Philadelphia. information is available through the state service.
Pittsburgh board of education approved new merchant taxes expected to raise about 3 million dollars next year. The plan includes a one mill tax on gross retail sales and a half mill on wholesale value, plus an $8 annual license on each wholesale and retail business.
A five year old Corry cyclist was injured when an automobile driven by Glenn G Lines struck him at the intersection of North Center streets. The rider, rendered unconscious, was taken to Corry Hospital with possible concussion and facial burns. A companion said the bike rode from the sidewalk into the roadway, and Lines swerved to avoid the youth.
A Jamestown convict, James D. Anders, 21, remains at large after three fellow escapees were recaptured following a prison escape from a military camp near Jamestown. The group reportedly fled to Utah and Colorado before being tracked by authorities, with Anders listed as still missing and his home tied to Jamestown, New York.
SINCINNATT Oct 22 Procter and Gamble announced a six percent increase in wholesale prices for soaps and soap products and a three percent rise in vegetable shortenings. Company spokesman cited higher costs for raw materials like tallow coconut oil and cottonseed oil. This follows a prior month’s 10 percent rise on soap products and a three percent increase on shortening.
The Citizens Food Committee meets to decide if poultry production should be cut to save grain for Europe. Plans include 9 percent fewer broiler chicks, culling of stewing chickens, feed wheat restrictions, and a 10 million bushel grain savings target over three months under an emergency program tied to potential White House action and possible foreign aid discussions.
London dispatch reports Scottish mine union leaders arriving to press for a wage rise for British miners. The strike, starting Monday, has spread to about 21,500 workers amid protests over pay and haulage costs, with demands for higher wages and improved conditions.
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