Fragmentary note on conflict with limited readable terms
Readable text mentions a rough scene with partial phrases about fighting and civilians. No clear names places or dates emerge, leaving the core action and parties unidentified.
30 Oct 1945
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1945
Page
1
Readable text mentions a rough scene with partial phrases about fighting and civilians. No clear names places or dates emerge, leaving the core action and parties unidentified.
In a rapid, nationwide move, Supreme Court Chief Justice Jose Linhares was sworn in at the War Ministry under army orders to lead Brazil until December elections after Getulio Vargas resigned. Army officials insisted no coup occurred and pledged to ensure voting. Troops occupied key points, posters torn down of the Queremista party, and Vargas and family left the presidential grounds amid the crisis.
Harrisburg issues proclamation dissolving Corry Civilian Defense and all local and county defense councils. Governor Martin orders formal winding up effective Oct 31 1945 with records archived and legal proclamations prepared. Walter H. Scott chairs the local unit and Ralph Cooper Hutchison issues the directive from the State Council of Defense.
Idle payments in the week ending Friday October 26 totaled 14 908 and 89 payments occurred in the local district. The overall payments reached 1 890 005 38 to 61 persons. Other towns in the district reported sums for Corry Bradford Meadville and Warren among others.
Joseph Kankus, pilot of a small plane, forced to land in water near the Allegheny River ten miles west of Bradford. He was injured, treated at Bradford Hospital after a five hour delay, as power lines and a timber were damaged. Linemen from Pennsylvania Electric Co. repaired outages after the crash at Harry Bm ory Airport, with the undercarriage, wing and propeller damaged.
Feier Mucha, proprietor of a Warren restaurant, was killed when his car collided with a small bridge abutment on US Route 6 near Youngsville. The wreck required wrecker assistance to extract him from the vehicle. Mucha, who recently bought the McCabe Restaurant with his brother, had been en route from Erie to Warren. He leaves parents, four brothers and a sister. A separate fire at a Sheffield grocery store claimed Tony Witek's life, believed started by a cigarette. Authorities found fish in the car as Mucha had purchased in Erie.
At Erie on October 30 a New York Central freight train struck and killed Donald J. Brewer 32 of North Springfield Fife County while he attempted to remove a leveling board from the train path. He was assistant foreman of a two section gang and left three children.
Willa thanks to Raymond Organization veteran William Myers retires after 47 years and six months of service. Born March 20, 1869, in Butfal, he came to Corry as a boy and has long record with the Raymond Company. He is to be placed on the pension list of the Raymond Organization effective Thursday, November tat.
Raymond Myers retires from leading the plating and buffing department after 63 years and six months in the trade. He began with the firm May 2, 1898, started work in Corry as a youth with American Writing Machine Co. He later moved with organizations to Hartford, then returned to Corry in 1899 to join Raymond. Myers helped organize the first Raymond baseball team in 1904 and later served as an umpire. He is a longtime member of Mount, BPOE lodge, and Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
Henry Wassink, 69, a well known resident of Clymer, suffered a fractured skull, facial injuries, and a broken nose after falling from a haymow in his barn yesterday afternoon. Neighbor Mrs. Roy Legters alerted his daughter Mrs. Harris Koly Stee, and Dr. Williams treated him en route to Cary Hospital. Morning reports said his condition showed improvement and recovery prospects were encouraged.
Occupation troops under General MacArthur seized an opium cache valued at $50,000,000 and an arsenal of narcotics worth hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of a broadened drive to dismantle Japan's narcotics network. The operation accompanied directives to arrest former Home Minister Abe and to report the largest zaibatsu files.
Bulletin items from Washington report OPA chief Chester Bowles declaring rationing ends at midnight. Other notices include the Allied Advisory Commission on Japan meeting then adjourning, and plans to repatriate Japanese nationals beginning soon. A $35.89 billion aid package moves toward House approval with Senate vote expected Thursday.
A labor walkout by about 12 000 APL and 4 CIO Machinists over wage disputes paralyzed industries and shipping in the San Francisco Bay area. Talks with employer groups stalled as unions demand 30 percent raises and higher back pay, while federal mediation seeks a conference to avert broader disruption.
An asylum aide from Ale Jontowa State Hospital vanished after leaving a note promising he would meet punishment. Dr. Hofman urged a police search as the man, Myron Semunchick, 14, remained at large following a prior escape with Mabel Harris, 15. Police tracked them via a motorist tip, recapturing both near Seneca Falls, New York, after they had stayed within 22 miles of the hospital.
Indiana State Police and Illinois authorities probe the deaths of George Tyson and Elliel Sparks, both 22 to 43, found in shallow graves near Rockport. Victims tied to Callahan shooting. a waitress Kathryn Morrison was killed earlier at the same tavern, Sparks held briefly then released, $2100 found hidden in Sparks’s bra.
Karl Heine Schommer, a German prisoner of war who escaped from the Camp Reynolds compound, was recaptured by military police in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation report issued today.
In Chungking Oct, Chinese officials and press dispute U S actions in China. A Communist spokesman accuses U S interference while Central government outlets praise Truman's policy. Noncommunist observers fear provocations and possible Marine withdrawal amid tense North China standoff. A Marine officer says ships in Tientsin rely on show of force and the American flag to deter clashes.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee will visit President Truman in Washington early next month to discuss atomic energy issues with Canadian PM Mackenzie King. The White House said discussions would begin around November 11, aiming to shape postwar use of atomic energy and related problems.
Reported sighting of a fugitive named Perry near Spartansburg sparks a citywide manhunt. Corry officers sweep the area and jails as fears rise of another breakout linked to a prior escape.
Albert L. Sandburg, caretaker at Columbus, received official notice that the State Highway Department has taken over the main route east from the village to Dewey's Corners for maintenance and probable reconstruction. The road, a main travel artery toward Lottsville and Bear Lake, had been township maintained with patching in spring. The department’s acceptance of maintenance could lead to substantial development and inclusion in spring construction plans.
President Truman reportedly will urge industry to pay 48 hours wages for a 40 hour week with no price increases. The plan aims to please unions seeking full pay for time worked, with hardship exceptions. Officials and Labor leaders discuss compliance and potential policy steps amid wage and price concerns.
The War Department proposed uniting army navy and air forces under a single civilian secretary with military chiefs advising. The plan envisions the air force absorbing all land-based combat aircraft, while the army and navy retain certain service roles and Marine Corps units under civilian head guidance. General J Lawton Collins, a veteran, is cited in connection with the proposal.
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