Immigration policy and displaced persons debate
Congress faces renewed debate on restricted immigration as unused yearly quotas total millions over two decades. President Truman urged assigning unused quotas to displaced persons from central and eastern Europe, while LA Guardia proposed pooling quotas across countries. Senate critic Russell warned against broad changes, urging continuation of current quotas. Estonian refugees in Florida seek asylum amid broader refugee issues.
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Truman
Qis
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LaGuardia
UNRRA
Trumen
Palestine
D. P.s
United States
Trujan
Russell
Senate Immigration Committee
Florida
Sprinkler Plant Accident and Rotary Club Meeting
Twenty years ago reports recount a Youngstown worker Walter Offutt aged 21 injuring his left hand in crane gears at Rogers Structural Steel in Corry. The Rotary Club of Corry hosted a large meeting with the city’s entire school staff as guests at Hotel Corry.
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Walter Offutt
Automautie Sprink ‘der Company
Youngstown
Rogers Structural Steel Company
Rotary Club of
Corry
Corry Daily Notes and Weather After Storm
Corry plans for the Pennlymphia Railroad outdoor meet at the Centennial grounds in Philadelphia with locals attending. A music store remodel set for October 16 opening, plus bridge party at Miss Dorothea Williams home with sixte en guests. City rain and wind caused some damage but spared Cory during a late cloudburst.
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Pennuylympia Railroad
Centennial Grounds
Philadelphia
C. &. Shoop
J. E. Young
H. W. Alverson
Thelma O'Neil
O. B. Kinney
Cory
Man Drowned At Pymatuning Dam Near Linesville
Meadville Sept 16 William F Jones 40 of Aliquippa drowned when he apparently fell from a railroad trestle into about 12 feet of water near the spillway at Pymatuning Dam about 9 18 Saturday morning Deputy Coroner Dr H H Walker said accidental death no inquest Journal notes two motorists spotted the circling hands 100 feet west of spillway body recovered within five minutes by Ray Sickles keeper of the Pymatuning game refuge Jones had arrived with two companions James Moore and George Barnhill both Aliquippa Moore and Barnhill hunted woodchucks while Jones fished on the abutment of the trestle authorities continued to investigate
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Meadville
William F. Jones
Aliquippa
Pymatuning Dam
H. H. Walker
Linesville
Ray Sickles
Pymetuning Game Refuge
D. A. Gehr
Pennsylvaia
James Moore
George Barnhill
Moore
Barnhill
Jones
Corporal Gehr
William Langer
Harborcreek
W. & Smith
Erie
Old State
Du Bois Junior High Closes Two Weeks Over Meningitis Death
Du Bois Pa September 16 the Du Bois Junior High School closed for two weeks after a 12 year old pupil died from spinal meningitis the day after Josephine Parussiel died the school board ordered the shutdown city’s other seven schools remained open about 435 pupils attend the Junior High School the girl was taken by ambulance to Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital
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Dubois
Josephine Parussiel
Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital
Church fund drive shows initial $1200 toward $10000 goal
Stanley Anderson, head of the Presbyterian Church improvement drive, announced that the first report from the ten two-person teams engaged by the effort showed $1200 in gifts. He expects daily updates until the conclusion on September 29, calling the start highly satisfactory.
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Stanley Anderson
Presbyterian Church
Worl
Anderson
Refugees at U S doors also
The final Government ruling on two Estonian refugee groups landing in Florida without visas remains pending. One group arrived August 21 and the other September 9 in small boats after weeks at sea. The piece notes the strain on quotas and immigration policy, comparing US and British approaches and stressing limits on visa issuance amid Europe’s displaced population.
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Florida
United States
Palestine
Cyprus
Estonia
Soviet Union
Europe
New World
United Kingdom
Eire
Germany
Austria
Poland
Songress
Congress
Washington
Cancer of the stomach early detection urged by Medical Society
Half of the 160,000 Americans dying yearly from cancer in the United States have cancer of the stomach. Early detection is essential as no external signs appear in the disease’s first stage. Cancer may strike any age but largely affects those over forty nine. Early symptoms are vague and onset insidious. Regular physician exams with gastroscope and lab tests offer the best chance to detect stomach cancer early. The piece notes the first automatic toaster was invented in 1919.
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United States
Voices from the Corry Journal on the Blue Eye gun case
A reader disputes how George Savko and Clarence Barlett are labeled guilty in reports of the Blue Eye gun case. The letter argues Savko denied guilt until trial end and that Barlett did not plead guilty as claimed, noting the gun theft involved a June break into a farmhouse long since torn down and guns found rusted on a junk heap.
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Corry Journal
Blue Eye
George Sayko
Clarencé Barrett
George Savko
Wade
Clarence Barlett
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