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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1948
Page
1
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Fragmentary OCR text mentions claims to an inheritance with names such as Wayne Wards and Lovells Route 4. It references filing by 10-27-08 and an instruction to make claims. Details are unreadable due to damage. lacks clear event, parties, or jurisdiction.
GOP nominee Thomas E. Dewey heads from Des Moines to Denver for a major address promising honest answers on rising prices housing and thefts while stressing a foreign policy aimed at peace. Supporters faced rain and a loud crowd as Dewey spoke at Drake University and rode past the stadium.
Deerfield Sept 21 A local family of Salt Hays faces a polio spell as six children aged from one to eight years battle mild cases. Well wishers deliver cash gifts and help as Mrs Hui works to answer letters. the household copes amid the community concern and rapid spread rumors.
Partly from Associated Press copy, a growing hurricane bears down on South Florida. Key West reports 110 mph winds as the storm expands to about 300 miles across, with torrential rains and 60 mph winds in Miami. Shelters are filled, fires flare at a Ball Night Club blaze, and forecasters warn of delayed landfall while President Truman’s Little White House is noted.
Ralph J Wack Hoge, a Wesleyville teller, was sentenced by Judge Burton Laub in Erie county court to 10 to 20 years in Western Penitentiary for second degree murder of his six year old son. Hoge received the maximum term after a two hour jury verdict finding him guilty of brutal assault with an Army belt during the boy’s interrogation over a missing toy jammer. A separate report notes a plane crash near Butler Airport killed Frank Langstale of Pittsburgh.
Bulletin reports a Bank of Columbia robbery in Columbia County netting an estimated 50,000 dollars. Secretary of State Marshall commented on Palestine peace prospects. Dr Herbert V Evatt was elected president of the UN General Assembly in Paris.
Federal move aims to settle a threatened railroad strike involving 1,000,000 workers. The National Mediation Board would hold Chicago talks with carriers and 16 non operating brotherhoods to resolve wages and hours after a breakdown in talks. Local trucking and oil workers disputes reflect broader labor tensions affecting the region.
Michael Hnatyszyn 39 of 1370 West Pleasant street fell twenty feet onto a dock in Oswego New York while boarding the freighter Cuyler Adams. He struck his head on a concrete deck and drowned in 12 feet of water. Coast Guards and Oswego police recovered the body within half an hour. Coroner's inquest attributed death to a broken neck with skull fracture. Hnatyszyn, a fireman on the grain boat, had boarded in Conneaut May 2 and was returning from shore leave. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Davison-Pus. He was born November 21 1909 in Canada and had lived in Corry and Erie area. He is survived by his father and multiple siblings including George, John, and Mary. Funeral plans pending notification of next of kin.
Guy Jesse Tene Mullen completed arrangements to refund part of the 88 cigarette tax abolished weeks ago. A total of 83 merchants is eligible to receive repayment. 26 who paid from November to November get 1.25 each, and seven who paid from May to May get 8.78 each, totaling 858.76. The tax was dropped after learning vendors were not paying state or federal taxes, with related licensing plans abandoned after protests and court challenges.
Cairo dispatch says Arab leaders reject a UN mediator report on Palestine, urging a unified Arab stance. The article notes attempts to form an Arab government for Palestine despite objections from Trans-Jordan and Iraq, disclosed in Amman yesterday.
Union City board reports 389 potential 18 to 26 year olds eligible after two day mass registration. 1263 registered at No. 64, with serial birthday numbers assigned. Clerk Burkhart resigns. Waterford man Schlosser may be appointed clerk. Registration continues five days at the draft office near Union City National Bank.
Washington Pa Senator Edward Martin praised Governor Dewey's first campaign address. He described a call for national unity and progress under Dewey's leadership, urging Americans to back a strong national effort and shared goals for the country.
Washington reports that several modern American destroyers may bolster Turkey's navy amid talks with Greece and Turkey over Mediterranean stability. Officials indicate military aid, estimated at 245000 dollars, supports Turkish defense while broader wartime equipment shipments are under review.
City council held its regular session as Tax Board of Appeals and Revisions members also conducted the meeting. Debates covered traffic safety at South Canter and Main Streets and East Main street visibility, roadway debris in Bear Creek, street paving complaints, and inspection promises from city engineers.
Three city officials Mayor J Fred Hinley Finance Director Sweet and Solicitor Scott meet with colleagues in Franklin and Thirsville to review pension options. They consider annuity style plans and discuss pursuing suitable pension law for employers in the two cities.
An All-Jet bomber crashed near Almaden California killing two civilian test pilots aboard. The BT Algine Fortress disintegrated after breaking up in flight at about 6 000 to 10 000 feet. Eyewitnesses report a gray smoke and a massive explosion as parts scattered over central California. Authorities from Aviation Inc and North American Aviation identified victims George W. Krebs 90 of Los Angeles and Nicholas G. Pickard of Manhattan Beach California.
Two Corry men Sam Perry and Raymond Marry were held for Bee County court after pleading guilty to motor vehicle theft driving and related crimes. They were ordered held in Enle city jail awaiting trial as evidence of the hit and run and theft was presented.
State Treasurer Black Ramsey 8 visited Corry friends this morning en route to Pittsburgh from Erie where he spoke at a Democratic party meeting last night. Black, completing his term as treasurer, formerly served the federal government as a Communist assistant postmaster in Washington.
Berlin delegates push for a first‑in‑mind focus on the blockade issue but fail to place it on the formal agenda. Ministers press Moscow for a halt and resumed negotiations toward a settlement.
The Soviet-backed German Communist party stated at Berlin that the United Nations General Assembly has no say in the Berlin situation. They argued the blockade and Allied German problems must be resolved by the four occupying powers led by the United States, Britain, France, and Russia. The claim came as delegates gathered for the UN Autumn session in Paris amid East-West tension.
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