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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1945
Page
2
The College Women's Club plans a meeting Monday evening April 23 at Mrs. H. A. Gilbert's home on West Church Street. A marsonette program will be presented and officers will be elected.
Gas masks used after sulfur dioxide fumes filled a Jamestown home when a refrigerator leaked. A pet dog and several birds were overcome by the gas. Also noted are a penny bingo night, a factory accident injuring Brownie Santor, Navy guard duty for Roosevelt funeral, Legion Auxiliary meeting, fish fry at Vets’ Club, missing pilot Ernest Pearson, Youngsville memorial services, and remarks on Okinawa landing from a Titusville veteran.
Ten year old Patrit Burke, son of Mr and Mrs Jerome Burke, is at St Vincent s Hospital with a fractured right leg after being run over by a tractor in a victory garden plot. The driver Mr Smith backed up without seeing him. Also reports note three Oil City soldiers liberated from German captivity after four months, and several local society notices including a Grange meeting, Rotary Club event, and a wedding announcement at St Teresa s Church.
Eleven women are among the 23 federal grand jurors summoned to begin a probe into a reported black market on meat in western Pennsylvania. Adolph A Motz Jr., chief enforcer for the OPA in the Pittsburgh district, said he planned to question all prospective witnesses and exclude those without knowledge of actual black market activities.
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