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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1948
Page
6
Falls Creek Fa marks its Ave dey 100th anniversary as a small industrial town with a history as the site of the largest t innery in the world. The celebration highlights local heritage and the community’s long evolution since its founding.
An eight year old boy from near Dickerson Run will be sent to Western Pennsylvania Psychiatric Hospital for mental examination after a coroner ruled he deliberately shot his sister Edna Lint 17 who died while helping her mother wash dishes. The six man jury found the boy pulled the trigger after she slapped him for calling her a bad name.
Fourteen anthracite miners were pulled from a gas filled Empire shaft at Glen Alden Coal Company in Wilkes Barre Pa after others surfaced to warn of danger. Eight were treated in hospitals. the rest were treated and sent home. Doctors reported none in serious condition.
The trucking stoppage shut down thousands of businesses and cost more than 1.5 billion. Industry and officials warned of months of impact as the Teamsters union pledged essential goods would move. Pier to store supply of produce continued, but freight terminals and warehouses felt the strike’s effects and port traffic fell about 60 percent.
Major overseas shipping firms report trucking on the waterfront at half normal levels. A large food chain unable to deliver 25 000 loaves to a retail outlet donated the bread to city hospitals and institutions.
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