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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1946
Page
1
A partial OCR listing items for sale or inventory from Corry area records includes hogs bulls plainer implements and farm tools, with prices and descriptions. Mentions a legal debt and a local attorney, plus scattered numbers and measurements. The fragment is incomplete and hard to parse.
Washington dispatch reports the OPA restoring June 30 restaurant ceilings for meat dishes while cotton clothing prices rise by one percent. A decontrol board decision looms on dairy product ceilings as opposition to revival grows liberated in initial filings.
Washington dispatch reports General Clark says American readiness to aid Austria could decide whether it becomes an independent democratic state or a pawn of Western or Soviet influence. He cites an American rehabilitation program with funding from $125,000 to $1.9 million and warns of chaos if not implemented before ONRRA ends November 20. Henri Gourd, WWI figure and Fourth Panel Army commander, dies in Paris at 76.
Corry city officials asked the county commissioners to postpone sales of four county owned lots in Corry after a two year agreement requiring adequate local advertising. The parcels include 21 Chestnut Street and properties on East Irving Street East Wayne Street West Pleasant Street and Raymond Avenue. City Solicitor Scott was authorized to press for the postponement as residents and others had shown intent to bid on the parcels. The protest cites prior under advertisement and seeks to protect local buyers while the commission reviews the notice and bids.
City announces return to Standard Time on September 29 at 8:00 AM after resident inquiries. Officials cite church and business opening concerns, noting April 28 DST change caused confusion and that transport services will adjust to standard timing upon the switch.
James McCarthy fell from a roof on West Bark Place while repairing the Anderson Home on Friday the 4th. He suffered a spinal fracture, broken ankles, and fractures in both heels, with his condition described as serious at City Hospital.
Gen Chen Cheng met with Chiang Kai-Shek after an extraordinary conference outlining a planned large scale operation against the Communist forces in North China. The plan seeks to sever supply lines from Yenan to Manchuria and strike at the Kangkan base in Chahar, with Nationalist forces advancing from Mukden and Manchuria.
Seventeen survivors were landed in Lewes Delaware after the Norwegian tanker Marit broke in two off North Carolina. Four life rafts yielded six survivors, eighteen more were rescued by the Panamaco and headed to Rocky Mount then New York. Fifteen crew members remain missing as rescue efforts continue with Coast Guard and Navy searches in progress.
City Council met for the second regular September session with full attendance. They discussed offering Ivo McCarthy 200 for land needed to widen fire access, with condemnation planned if refused. A Worth street permit for a two room dwelling at 529 Worth was approved after sanitary checks. Additional paving petitions and a Wright Street surface project were held for action alongside routine bills. The city’s Civilian Commission welcomed Walter Ross, who resigned. Sidney Esto was appointed mayor pro tem. Health officials reported pig keep complaints on Johnson and Ohio streets and ordered compliance, with extended deadlines for the cited properties.
In Greeney county court at Waynesberg on September 1 a jury panel was not yet complete for the trial of 22 year old William Braxilow charged with fatally stabbing 78 year old Mrs Hartriet Wakernst on May 17. A day of questioning yielded few jurors and many were rejected.
Longshoremen return to New York piers as CIO Seamen vote to end picketing. AFL Maritime Trades urged NMU to withdraw lines around all vessels except those with contracted ships. NMU President Curran released directive calling for restraint and orderly resumption of work.
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania farms produced 465 million pounds of milk in August, an all time rise from 1945. Excellent pastures aided the surge, placing the state among high producers with a continuous decline in total milk herds noted as a discouraging factor.
Captain Guy Abbey and Company A soldiers arrived this morning from Indian Town Gap. They marched to the State Armory where demobilization tasks were completed and the men went to their homes in Meadville. No definite date for wartime mobilization completion was announced. authorities expect early steps toward absolution of the wartime guard.
In Johnstown, a youth identified as Numey Me Crowell faced a life sentence after pleading guilty to a fatal incident involving a clothing line, stones, and other objects. The court heard the defendant, linked to Patton, described the events in a manner indicating remorse as he awaits transport to begin the life term.
Honolulu bulletin reports the top-of-the-world Pacusan Dreamboat superfortress postponing its Cairo flight same night, commander Col. C. S. Toying citing readiness delays amid speculation. London dispatch notes Britain seeks to curb squatters with an interim injunction against occupying government vacated buildings as protests threaten invasion plans.
The Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, bishop of Massachusetts, was elected presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S. A House of Bishops meeting in Philadelphia announced the selection and noted resignations accepted to permit the appointment. Also approved were eight diocesan bishops and the election of the Rev Harold E. Sawyer as bishop of Erie to fill the vacancy left by the death of Bishop E Pinkney Wrath.
In Paris on September 17, Yugoslav envoy Ales Beblér accused Western powers of seeking to create a bridgehead in Trieste for future action against Yugoslavia. He argued that proposed frontiers and a peace conference commission aim to justify foreign troops and power politics, naming no clear adversary but implying Yugoslavia. The discussion spanned moves to push borders to the city, with amendments from various nations contrasting regional claims amid disarmament talks and UN Security Council decisions.
This Financial Times style briefing cites Franki G. Dorsey of the Labor Department noting over nine million U S families subsist on under $1,000 annually and many under $2,000. It discusses a proposed federal minimum wage raise, current wages, and the impact on a family of four with a 40 hour week.
Washington debates Wallace's Sept 17 speech and its impact on Truman policy. Wallace heads to the White House for talks, as Republicans capitalize on the dispute over U S relations with Russia. State Department leaders fear public disunity and urge caution on further Wallace remarks.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Tonise Payton answered a ring at her door to find Joseph Sterbacky seeking help after a heated dispute. The man claimed the room had demanded 16 sales and a disturbance followed. Police were called as the exchange grew tense and close to violence.
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