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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1943
Page
4
Roget W Babson argues retailers span beyond stores to all service roles and that chains will persist. He urges minimal state regulation, notes high rents yet ample inventories, and predicts strong consumer spending as Easter boosts spring shopping while home buying and mail order decline.
A Liberty street resident found a large plank stretched across rails east of the Metin slant on the Renovo division, believed to be part of a plot to wreck Erie No. 8941. Police pursued further clues as probes into bootlegging and other local concerns revealed ongoing criminal activity and safety threats.
Boatan, the hub of New England, enforces a curfew barring under 17s from streets after 11 p.m. Police Commissioner Thomas J. Kavanagh leads the crackdown. In other items, Civil Air Patrol features in Collier's, a junior high vacancy looms after Easter, and local residents Abe Gumbinsky and Johnny Mead are tied to service and health updates.
Jamestown March 17 City Council lacks authority to bar city employees from outside employment provided no interference with city services. Corporation Counsel Samuel G Atessi supplied the opinion to the public safety committee chaired by Fred H Jones who deferred action. Police and Fire Chiefs opposed outside jobs but supported safety adjustments to reduce the need for extra work. Labor groups favor changing a ten year old rule allowing department heads to dismiss full-time workers with outside jobs.
Erie residents learn that school taxes will rise by at least one mill as enrollment falls by about 800 students from the prior year. Rentals are frozen by federal action, and funds for increased school salaries and staff will come from this tax increase as Harrisburg passes legislation to balance the budget.
April 17 report from Warren county defense chair Allen Gibson notes Russell failed to contact key workers during a blackout test week. In Russell Clithely proceeded with minimal alert, while Wardens received sealed envelopes containing incident details. Ambulances and rescue crews were deployed. Sheffield oversaw the drill with civilian defense workers performing as ordered.
An essay argues that freedom of the press fosters frank discussion at global gatherings. It cites Thomas Jefferson, praises reporters for restraint, and warns that silencing the press undermines trust and usable dialogue in world events.
A wartime column analyzes Allied leadership in the Western Pacific and Australasia, noting manpower and supply gaps, political pressure on the President as Commander in Chief, and debates over MacArthur’s authority. It contrasts Allied needs with German ambitions like reviving a Holy Roman Empire under Hitler.
The Daily Dozen outlines standard dietary patterns emphasizing two or more glasses of milk daily, two or more servings of vegetables besides potatoes, fruit servings with citrus preferred, and one serving of meat daily for protein. Alternative proteins include fish cheese peas and beans. soy offers protein as well as iron and vitamin A. Whole grain cereals and enriched breads supply energy with various fats.
A list of trivia items asking for a Senator from Alabama who sought a Democratic nomination at the 1912 and 1934 conventions, the April birthstone, Tropic of Cancer position, Yale Harvard or Princeton alum status of FDR, Pearl Buck Pulitzer work, Appian Way meaning, Raisin production state, Ellen Louise Axson’s presidential wife, capital of Uruguay, and the harbor where the battleship Maine exploded.
Fragmentary text claims enameled white objects advertised as instantly cleanable by a slight rub with water and cloth. It mentions Civil War era use, a mysterious Chinese lesson to visitors, and a dubious origin tied to a sheep deer, with references to Washington propaganda amid buyer and seller searches.
A Supreme Court jury on Thursday awarded Clarence Ruch of Westfield $932 in a case arising from a November 1 1941 automobile collision near Brocton. The suit against Armand Alvares and Herman Martines of Niagara Falls sought $1000 for injuries and vehicle damage. The jury found no cause of action on the counterclaim by Alvares.
Word arrived here from W. B. Mathews of 200 Maple Avenue that Margaret Worrel Bowen, sister of the Corry man, died at noon yesterday in Rockport Massachusetts. She had not been ill long. Funeral services will be held in Rockport Sunday afternoon at 4 30 o'clock.
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