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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1946
Page
1
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Army claims a quarter of federally inspected meat output for armed services and hospitals as price controls divide the administration. House Dem Leader McCormack urges 60 day suspension of controls to ease supply. GOP leader Reece labels it cheap politics amid pre election tensions.
Shipping operators fear a looming nationwide walkout by marine engineers as leaders of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association seek a 35 percent wage boost. About 19,000 members crew most ships in the American merchant marine and await a nationwide strike authorization vote with returns showing strong support for a walkout next Monday unless wage demands are met.
A four day portable X ray survey is planned from October 28 to October 29 in Corry grid vicinity for all residents over 15. Two machines will be stationed at sites with a house to house canvass to include all eligible. School grades ten to twelve and local industrial workers will be scanned. The effort aims to detect undiagnosed tuberculosis and is free, run by the Erie County Health and Tuberculosis Association with Pennsylvania Health Department support.
Cory markets run bare as packing houses suspend operations and most retailers report little beef or pork supply for the coming weekend. Local slaughterers note some chicken and fish may appear, but demand will likely exceed offerings. City Market to open only Friday and Saturday until quotas rise.
Raymond Piccirillo 31 of 132 Third Avenue was rushed to Corry Hospital after his left wrist was severely injured while operating a slasher saw at the Davison-Fogle Lumber Co on Franklin Street yesterday afternoon. Doctors described tendons severed and several hours of surgery required to reattach the limb. his condition was listed as good today with a full recovery to depend on the next several days.
Sen Ferguson demands a quick Senate housing probe amid appeals to delay pending cases. He condemns the administration housing program as a fraud upon the American people and calls for a thorough inquiry into the housing schemes and delays. Wyatt was unavailable for comment as discussions unfold.
Army units push deeper into western China seeking missing American airmen feared captured in Tibet by enslavers. Lt. Col. Herbert W. Wurtzler's detachment aims to set up near a Catholic mission and locate captives believed held by Lolo or local warlords while coordinating with missionaries and authorities.
Bryan Ohio sheriff says a teen suspect James Robert Hayle confessed to killing Emily Abernathy 90 librarian in Bryan County. He admitted stabbing and choking her in the library with a knife and taking thrill from the act.
Harrisburg September 26 The AFL Executive Council for the first time declines to endorse statewide candidates for the November election. President Diemann states the council voted unanimously to remain neutral in this year's campaign while endorsing congressional candidates in their districts to the central Labor union.
A scattered set of dispatches notes violence in Atlanta hits on fronts of four establishments. a French royal air transport crash in Hong Kong kills Royal Arch Gunnnison and eighteen others. restaurant keepers seek more price relief from OPA as closings rise. Col. C J Tevine plans a world flight to Cairo weather permitting. Hollywood studios face another jurisdictional dispute as unions rally members.
Athens reports a completed plan for King George II’s return as border fighting and civil strife intensify in northern Greece. Police suspend parade permits, ban rooftop viewing, and restrict routes, with a ceremonial reception set along Palevan Bay to the Athens cathedral. The monarch may travel from a Peloponnesus port by destroyer, while Greek forces quell Thessaly and Macedonia uprisings, aided by British troops elsewhere.
Congressional investigators probe the War Assets Administration as Walton Bushiel assistant price chief is suspended amid a “document mystery” about a 4500 per radio truck price. The Hallcrafts Corp acted as agent in the 1945 sale. George E. Morarity is later suspended pending probe.
A 10 year old former WAG held in Washoe County jail charged with killing Navy veteran William H Appleton in a Reno hotel. Appleton was stabbed with a bayonet and died after a drinking party. Mrs Mary Drew was arraigned on murder charges with preliminary hearing set for October 1. The hotel clerk said the couple registered July 10 and had returned late Tuesday night.
Four passengers are reported dead after a train wreck on the Union Pacific Railroad near Victorville. Early information indicates four cars involved, possibly baggage or mail cars, with no confirmed fatalities at Union Pacific at this time.
Corry Hospital Association board members and Memorial Hospital Fund chair Roger M Brown held talks with Dr Hubley Philadelphia about the state survey. Dr Owen proposed letters to explain hospital service scope and population served beyond Corry city limits to secure federal aid funds.
Two youths confessed to a two month spree of break ins on South Center street netting about 120 dollars. The older boy admitted taking 65 dollars from Roy Mather home on Sunday morning and spending most of it. the second teen admitted entering the Mulder home several times, taking 55 dollars. Both appeared in city juvenile court with parents present as police tied the cases to the weekend robbery.
In Pittsburgh on September 26 a 3000-member street car walkout hit service and substation operations. AFL officials call the move protective amid threats of violence linked to trolley use of Le Duquesne Light power. The city endures a broader power strike already in its 115th day as other unions show apparent sympathy.
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court dissolved the anti strike injunction at city officials request. The action followed a power and streetcar strike that halted Pittsburgh Railways Company service and idle around 96500 workers across Duquesne Light Co Laughlin Steel Westinghouse Electric and related mines and shops. President Mueller faced contempt for court as rallying continues and union leaders press for wage concessions.
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