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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1942
Page
3
A Corry Pennsylvania column discusses two wartime measures. It praises bond enthusiasm, troop mail service, and living thrift while stressing nationwide economy and fighting men support. It contrasts Argentina's stance with hemispheric defense and uses tanker gas figures to illustrate resource stakes.
Reports from the hospital say Theodore Hollister's condition is improved and he rests comfortably after a Monday crush on Hire Creek Road. Burglars raided three northside homes and escaped with about 30 dollars. police suspect local talent. Paul Downey named to manage the club, while Grotuit t will see a new express station built within sixty days. Carl King, 28, suffered a head wound after tripping with an axe near Beaverdam.
The article explains arteriogclerosis as hardening of arteries and glaucoma as hardening of the eyeball. It notes glaucoma as a major eye problem, causing significant blindness in Pennsylvania, with spaces inside the eyeball filled by fluid and pressure from inflow. Early symptoms include hazy vision and eye pain, stressing prompt expert advice to prevent blindness.
A list of seven trivia items asks for: the Army’s third command, the Republic of China capital, Jefferson City’s state, Egypt’s principal crop, moon rotation period, lizard toxicity, a famous pass from India to Afghanistan, Phil Lafollette’s status, the state once called Territory of Orleans, the epic post Romance of the Rose, and a note on usage errors and Wyoming elk estimates.
Washington April 6 Pershing, aged 81, marks the World War II anniversary of American entry with quiet study of battle communiques. He remains confident in military leadership, enjoys reading, and maintains a sharp, disciplined routine at Walter Reed Hospital. He recalls Allied dead generals and the A.E.F. cemeteries in German-occupied France, hoping to visit memorials again though age and war weigh on that wish.
A Connellsville fire early April 1 trapped 26 residents in a two story apartment building. Officers found Harry Rob unconscious and helped pull out his wife, son and a nine month old daughter. Firefighters contained the blaze after alarms were raised and residents were evacuated.
Mead Park Association will present newly drafted by laws to members at an important meeting in the Municipal building Tuesday evening at 7 o clock. Officers urged all members and others interested to attend the session.
Plan reviews to repair ten county roads and a macadam road from Route 80 to Turner Road toward Jamestown Municipal Airport. Cost set at 10000 with county 800 town 1500 Jamestown paving 17 of a mile. Airport access cited for national defense and pilot training. Civil Air Patrol leader John H. Wright urged improved access to airport from state highway.
Tyrone nurse Auss Lowise Riley, born in Tyrone and raised there, captured by Japanese at Hankow and held as a prisoner of war in China. She had been superintendent of nurses for an Episcopalian mission project there for ten years, and was a graduate of local school and St. Margaret's hospital school, going to China after graduation to pursue nursing.
Harrisburg April report outlines a new manual to train Civilian Defense leaders and volunteers. Central centers in major cities will coordinate drill instructions, map plotting, and communication connections. Enrollments for amateur gardeners and local defense volunteers are progressing briskly as planners finalize county blackout drills and practice sessions.
Wesnaten Downing, 20, son of Gerald Downing, a former Erie resident now in Fargo, N C, recounts his escape from the Langley on a night torpedo attack. He says he remained at his post as radio operator as the ship sank and fires broke out.
April 6 report notes a 35 percent rise in enrollment in women’s skilled and technical job training funded by Pennsylvania State College extension service. The program aims to quadruple women entering engineering defense training as centers report increased female participation coordinated by Phil K Rong.
A beautifully designed walnut audio unit boasting a powerful S-tube chassis and a 3-position Colorative Tone Selector along with Philharmonic Speaker for rich sound.
A freight train passed over the body of veteran railroad conductor Gorin Gorman as he stood near a Meadville terminal, dying instantly. Coroner Tuther J King ruled the death accidental. Gorman, longtime master mechanic for multiple divisions of the Evie Railroad since age 14, is survived by his widow and son William F Gorman of Notre Dame.
Wayne B. Slater 84 of Grove City was killed Saturday night when a truck wheel apparatus struck him as he walked along Perry highway toward a nearby garage after his truck left the road and overturned. His truck and the machine were hauling slag to the Keystone Ore Works construction project at nearby Geneva. (Note: damaged text limits further details)
More than a dozen civic and patriotic groups in Oil City will join a parade on April 15, the largest patriotic event since the boss’s return. Frank V. Palmer announced favorable responses to all invitations and expected a strong turnout as the parade travels from West First Street through State Street into the business district. The American Legion Band is slated to lead the procession.
A stray newspaper item reports that three kittens were born together in Erie on a Wednesday. The mother, Mrs Steve Loper, watches over them day and night. One kitten died early Friday, while the surviving two are hoped to live.
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