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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1946
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR text mentions bonds, Japan, and a campaign with names like Columbus and Bonham. Details are unclear. readable pieces reference former relations, a person named Mocart No.2, and a campaign note with sporadic numbers. The text is distorted but indicates political or financial topics without clear events.
In Tokyo at the Allied Council for Japan's first session General Douglas MacArthur urged all nations to renounce sovereign war. He warned that U N peace aims would fail unless leading by example. Signal Corps photo accompanying the international report.
The Gorry Chapter of the Red Cross issued a statement denying rumors that the Red Cross funded CIO campaigns. It explains that National and union offices coordinated labor fundraising, volunteers collected funds, and only local chapters received money with no deductions.
Franciscan Father Clement King OFM from Saint Patrick's Mission House Buffalo opened the Forty Hours Devotion at Saint Edward's with Father Anthony Robacewski Father William Martin and rector Rev Pratiela Graves assisting. Morning masses at 6 7 and 9 with devotions and adoration hours. Parish members attend daily and priests from Titusville Union City and nearby areas are expected for Tuesday services.
Members of the Corry YMCA board of directors are summoned to a 5 o'clock meeting at the Corry Tamsin Mfg. Car office of David A. Hillstrom to discuss and plan details of the annual campaign for sustaining funds for the YMCA Work in the city next year. A formal announcement is expected tomorrow and the labor effort is framed against Red Cross support cited by Basil O Connor. The Danish merchant Fahrenheit who invented the thermometer is described as a business failure.
District Commander Henry Wheeler arrived from Philadelphia where he attended a meeting of all district commanders of the Pennsylvania American Legion. The session, held Saturday at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel, disclosed the Legion now has 240000 members in Pennsylvania, its largest state total. Ruth Miller Steese heads the Women’s Auxiliary with 64000 members. The state convention was set for Philadelphia August 21 to 24, and Paul H. Griffith of Uniontown was nominated for national commander.
Widow of Robe Fisher, tied to his death and slavery claims, must show cause by Saturday regarding the estate of her late husband Dr William Horst. A second mortgage of 1000 dollars was placed on her house at 13 West 8th Street, with lender Helen Hand and W C Parker of Kenmore, who also reportedly lent 6000 on the same property on March 1, 1845. The Will register office reported no answer filed by Mrs. Fisher by Friday noon in the orphan inquiry.
In the next election, 2,803 candidates compete for all diet seats with 9 women among them. Liberals may win up to 15 seats, while LNB Progressives and the middle group Social Democrats lag close behind. Communists are expected to win only about a dozen seats.
A fragmented OCR line mentions a person named Falec and a location or group Valeher with unclear surrounding text. The readable elements imply a brief incident note or item within a local news page. Further readable specifics are unavailable in the fragment.
A partial OCR read hints at a local sports brief about a farm club reaching nationals. Names, teams, and precise event details are unclear but the gist references a team striving for national competition and a notable figure involved in the coverage.
A damaged newspaper notice provides partial readable fragments about a local sale action and officials, with key terms suggesting a public sale process but lacking complete details. The readable items indicate a filing or notice framework within a local government context.
A garbled OCR fragment references a legal or civic notice from a historic page. It mentions a date around 19 with a place or entity and names that are partially legible, lacking clear actions or outcomes. The readable bits suggest a nominal public matter or notice lost to damage.
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