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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1949
Page
1
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The North Atlantic Council meets in Washington to organize five defense groups spanning North America Europe and the Mediterranean as part of a single strategic defense plan against a possible Soviet attack. Nations represented include the United States Canada Britain France Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg Norway Denmark Italy Portugal and others. The aim is a rapid framework ready by today’s session with ministers to review final details and push the machinery into action.
Erle Raurean and Wisterville crew members are injured after a westbound freight derailed 18 cars and a diesel engine near Warren Ohio at 3 AM. Eastbound No 2 passenger train delayed about two hours. repairs not expected until tomorrow. Engineer FW Rettick 60 and fireman R B Lewis among the injured. rail officials report stoppages on No 7 mixed freight as work continues.
Corry school district will gain about $17 000 more in state aid for 1950-51 as market value based funding replaces assessed value. The district faces financial risk later as mandated teacher raises continue, with the $17 000 cushion helping offset rising salaries and bond charges for a new high school addition.
In Mazelton Pennsylvania on September 17 Associated Press reports growing sentiment uniting the Warlens members in eastern Pennsylvania coal fields. UMW District 7 President Mart Brennan said there is no halt ordered by headquarters as a work stoppage. One small anhrsette operation planned for today remained idle as workers did not report.
Six Corry social clubs contributed a combined 2918 dollars under the school levy resolution passed earlier this year by the Corry Board of Education. City Treasurer Trene Mullen disclosed the figures, noting the clubs paid before September 15 to qualify for the no percent rebate.
Babson argues in a column that the American English Conference faces two world powers aligned for conflict and that devaluation, exchange rates, and broader economic measures are temporary fixes. He asserts only production efficiency and policy unity can avert a looming global crisis while urging Truman to engage England with concrete economic steps.
World War II veterans who held government life insurance will receive a special dividend from the Veterans Administration. The dividend formula, based on age, policy size, and how long the policy was in force, will pay out after January 1, 1950, with checks up to 528. The VA surplus of 2.9 billion funds these payments, and the schedule includes monthly payment rates per $1,000 of policy by age group.
About 1500 to 2000 people crowded the Sparta fairgrounds yesterday and last evening to enjoy contests free shows and exhibits. Tractor driving won after 1430 with William Firth Bernard Skiff and Walter Dingfelder named winners. Mrs Walter Rogers took a wool comforter in the booster badge drawing. Exhibits, especially vegetables and home making, were the largest yet at Spar tansburg Fair. Evening featured audience participation games. The three day event ends today with a big ox roast a yoke parade at 2 pm and vets program in the evening.
Sept 17 at Pennsylvania State College advances and degrees awarded to graduates. Clpreés were awarded to 245 Midenta who completed their work at the college. Additional degrees were conferred for graduate studies.
Federal mediator Ching convenes steel firms and United Steelworkers in Pittsburgh to avert a nationwide strike. Talks aim for common ground on wage and cost sharing, with proposals from Republic Steel and others, as workers and employers weigh compensation plans.
Harvest begins at several Beaverdam area farms with first yield from Dodd and Sons near Columbus. Dodd foresees average 50 bushels per acre. irrigation trials at Boleritz plots to compare irrigated and non irrigated yields. Miller and Sill farms report 250 bushel per acre expectations across 400 acres, total likely surpassing 100000 bushels.
A New York dispatch reports an army search plane took off to hunt a small single-engine craft four hours overdue on a 2000 mile flight from the Azores to New York. Air base and radar data indicated the missing plane went out of radio contact west of New York, with rescue teams dispatched and authorities coordinating via radio control centers.
Glenn A Stretch McKinney Jr a student at Edinboro State Teachers College writes a detailed, illustrated feature on turning attractive plywood boxes for various uses. He photographs his own work and outlines steps from design to finishing, drawing on years of home shop experience and other related projects.
In Greensburg Pennsylvania Mr Marr Riddell, 41, of New Florence, and his wife Mrs Shev Riddell died after a gas exposure. Authorities said one spouse died at the scene and the other soon after, as investigators searched for the source of the fumes and the fatal accident was reported yesterday.
In CANON CLTY Gila Sept 17 wardens report a prison riot sting after a ring smuggling benzene stimulators and money into cells. Guard Herbert Martyn, 45, held for investigation in Fremont county jail. In solitary confinement are convicts Lindy Goodwit and William Rains, with more details pending as authorities pursue the chain of outside help.
Fairhaven is nearly sold with a few buyers needed as ex servicemen and others provide payments. Edward Fitzgerald of the Federal Housing Authority notes four percent of purchasers have paid and expects the remaining fifteen to follow soon. Mortgages to be handled by a Titusville bank under government guarantees, with a 90 day notice to vacate under rent control.
Santo Giscobello, 63, Mt Union resident, faces a murder charge for the September 3 slaying of his wife Mary in her desk at the Mt Union beer distributors office. Police chief Herbert Brown cites extreme jealousy as the motive and notes the couple had a long troubled marriage with repeated quarrels.
A night fire broke out aboard a vessel tied at a Toronto pier. The blaze affected a large passenger liner with about 517 people aboard. Details on casualties or survivors were unclear as rescue efforts continued.
A Great Lakes cruise steamer Noronies burned at Toronto sending 50 plus bodies from the wreckage within hours. About 517 passengers and 173 crew aboard, most passengers were U S citizens. Captain Taylor helped wake passengers as fire raged through the wooden deck, with many survivors jumping to safety or boats. Police hunt later for robbers in Pittsburgh reported separately.
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