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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1943
Page
3
A partial readable excerpt shows discussions of a Demo measure with Gov officials, urging reallocation of power and redrawing district lines. It mentions Representative Burr, John M. and A. Geller, with debate over abortion policy and a call to take action without delay.
The nation moves to get tough with inflation, freezing wages and prices where they stand. Most workers accept the temporary fairness, though injustices are inevitable. Americans face uncertainty but sense stability as the figure of the policy shifts.
The Greeks, celebrating independence, now wage guerrilla warfare against Axis forces using improved weapons and tactics. Their actions disrupt Axis logistics, derail trains, and block mountain routes while contributing to the Mediterranean and African campaigns. Submarines threaten Axis shipping, and Greek efforts have aided the United Nations by moving 1,800,000 tons of goods. The piece also notes public signs and the call for concise language as wartime efficiency.
A 1924 snapshot notes refinery work beginning near Spartansburg with drillers reporting progress in the webby area. Bull Telephone officials note a surge in real estate moves as families relocate. Mohawk Condensed Milk scientist H E Oling leaves for Crane Ohio to join as research chemist. Construction advances on a new movie house by Corry Amusement Co on North Center Street. Mrs Hannah Drake, 46, dies at Home of the Day, survived by six sons. County officials fail to aid eastern county club efforts as Titusville boosters push for a road project.
Mrs. Eun Ross of Bent Lake learns her son Pvt. Richard M. Ross was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously on March 18, 1983. He died at Guadalcanal during a January 1, 1943 action while aiding evacuations under heavy fire and saving a comrade at the cost of his own life.
Voice of the People letters express farmer wives and workers' concerns over inflation, farm prices, and labor costs. They argue production pressures, subsidy questions, and supply shortages amid national policy debates, urging fair treatment and recognition of farmers’ efforts. The writers compare labor struggles to miners and urge restraint from editorial attacks on those feeding the world.
Corry Evening Journal letters discuss transparency in published salaries and corporate profits, urging fair tax reporting and clarity on net vs gross incomes. Local residents question enforcement of a curfew and call for communal action to protect children amid rising concerns over crime and social welfare in Williamsville and Corry.
Victory gardeners are doing patriotic service and new agricultural workers face dangers like blisters fatigue and tetanus. Tetanus stems from a soil based germ and typically follows deep punctures or ground contact. Immediate care for soil contaminated wounds and immunization both passive and active prevent tetanus. Tetanus toxoid injections are harmless and protective.
Philadelphia faces a potato famine as the OPA weighs price controls and reports a black market. Milk prices rise for dealers, Easter meat rush anticipated, and a top dealer Charles Wolfe says hucksters resell potatoes at 82 above the $2.45 ceiling, wiping out normal supply.
The article outlines a partisan push to tax relief for 1942 income taxes, with Republicans and a Democratic bloc seeking floor votes. The Robertson-Forund proposal would redirect about 90 percent of tax obligations to withholding and adjust rates for others, while Easter observations note ongoing efforts to resolve the pay-as-you-go muddle. It mentions high school girls serving as observers from towers as part of war-related monitoring.
Kane fire department responded multiple times over the weekend to brush and chimney fires near James City. The blaze destroyed the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Humes, consuming the roof and damaging much of the home. Damage total and insurance status not yet estimated. Firemen were commended for controlling the blaze that also threatened a nearby building.
About 40 grinders at the Allegheny Ludlum Dunkirk plant joined a second wildcat strike to protest a new foreman. The workers refused to leave, strolling in small groups while plant officials urged a return to work. The 12 and 8 PM shifts on Monday reported to work as usual.
At f yun Bley director of Core SY High school rand today announced the spring concert program to be offered by the wholastic missions at the Senior High School auditorium Friday evening at 7 o clock. The lineup includes The Army Air Corps Crawford Horwardlin Dawes No 5 and No , Brahms The Marine March Chenette The Royal Highway overture Mustel National Emblem Baghye Rhodore overture Brookton Anchors Aweigh Navy Zimhwrmann Semper Fidelis Marines Sousa Lamour Toujours L amour Fumi American Patrol Menchant There's Something About A Soldier Guy U S Field Artillery Sousa The Little Brown Dug moyelty Borgeim There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Roberts Dunetl Rhys Emands Feder Stars and Stripes Sousa Alma Mater Tickets for the band concert are being sold by the students.
Erle Apr 46. County commissioners are studying a measure to give them greater control over elected assessors. The measure would authorize commissioners to appoint senior assessors as the epitomity now has, set standards and methods for assessment work, and empower the county to revise assessments set by elected assessors.
A reader questions a seven item quiz on abbreviations states Amboina island Rouget de Lisle l ally lard geography and other topics. It includes spelling and factual prompts about government capitals counties and mythic heroes. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper quiz page.
Ridgway April 3. A 16 year old prisoner attempted a knockout blow on Deputy Sheriff Alfonso Eber with a home made blidjack. The attacker Norman Remick of Ridgway was restrained as other prisoners planned a larger escape. The weapon was improvised from parts of a steam radiator and a valve. Remick was confined in solitary.
Erte, April 13. Lena Bell of Fairfay Road near Erie and Dr. Ross W. Thompson of Buffalo Road were charged with a second abortion. The couple appeared before Justice of the Peace Walter Goodwin and were arrested on a similar charge last week after a Titusville farm girl fell seriously ill and was rushed to Hamet hospital. The second patient, a married woman Laubaid, was also hospitalized in Hamet with good condition. Alien hearings set for April and May.
Detective James Costello identified a woman who died by suicide after leaping from the 11th floor of the Hotel Piaga in Ventified New York. The deceased is Mrs Nancy Traylor Sawyer, 29, daughter of Chicago banker Melvin Traylor and wife of oilman Robert Sawder of Madison, Kansas.
Jamestown April a government official described Norquist Products as an outstanding example of conversiona l wood working industry. The plant makes steel reinforced airtight powder boxes shellers and watertight bomb crates used in Tokyo raids. Since switching to wartime woodwork 14 months ago the firm produced screen doors and various wood parts.
President Hartisburg backs retaining a new nine month parole policy while a House majority supports amendments to preserve the current parole law. Senate action aims to strike the five to three board, with a three member panel replacing the existing panel, and bill revisions would cut the chair salary from 10 600 to 10 000 and other members from 10 000 to 9 000.
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