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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1945
Page
2
An item notes preparations for a ground breaking on the new church and school project valued at $100,000. It mentions I. A. of M. bingo tonight and invites everyone to attend.
Erie and surrounding areas report price panel actions on bananas and a $25 Treasury contribution each by dealers. Local hospital updates list discharges and patient statuses. Meedville Meadville and Titusville note missing in action sailors and Army pilots, plus civic events, bingo and dinners. Panama community aid near losses and fish fries at Vets Club. Celoron High School recreation center opening with dances and games. Local crime reports include a man charged with incestuous adultery and a MEADVILLE family awaiting Silver Star news for a MEAD avenue resident.
On Island near Okinawa Ernie Pyle the columnist was buried with full military honors as battle noise from machine guns and mortars echoed nearby. General Andrew D. Bruce and Lt. Col. Joseph B. Coolidge attended the funeral where Pyle was killed Wednesday.
State Police said two prisoners who escaped from Rockview State Penitentiary spent a night in Centre county jail after three days of freedom. Alfred B. Verbecken led the hunt. the fugitives, Lester M. Latta, 21, of Greene County for automobile larceny, and Edwin DePriest, 24, of Dauphin County for auto larceny, were picked up near Lewistown by military policemen and brought to Huntingdon barriers.
A twin engine cargo plane from Bergstorm Field crashed near the landing strip last night in Texas, killing four men and injuring another. The dead include Second Lt. Charles Bailey, 21, co pilot, New Castle, Pennsylvania. Hardwood forests cover more than half of eastern Paraguay.
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