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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1942
Page
3
In DuBois Pa on April 28 members of the First Squadron Pennsylvania Guerrillas tested defense drills to defend DuBois area from airborne invasion. Lieut Nelson directed live-fire practice at 275 yard range using targets and images of enemy leaders. Local sportmen and nearby towns observed mobilization and home protection preparations.
Two Tamaqua men Cheries King and Raymond Herring were trapped 125 feet underground a cavern collapse at an abandoned Dunkelberger colliery. Rescuers freed them after 12 hours of danger. King suffered a broken arm and internal injuries while Herring had minor injuries. Ten company miners and volunteers labored through the night to pull them free.
DuBois Pa April 28 Local police hold John Cedar 95 of DuBois on aggravated assault and battery charges after a barroom attack on Brink George operator of a local tavern. George received nine stitches for a head wound and suffered a hemorrhagic condition leaving him speechless. Police said Cedar struck George when the bartender tried to eject him.
Washington reports that German influence threatens South American communications and urges action to create a continent wide, South American controlled system. Internal lines are underdeveloped. coastal and inland links lag, delaying key connections from Brazil to Dakar and the Amazon, with other nations like Ecuador and Venezuela showing gaps in coverage.
First Lieutenant Paul R. Freeman of Company L One Hundred Twelfth Infantry suffered face and leg injuries in an automobile wreck near Camp Livingston Louisiana. He sent word to his parents Mr and Mrs Jor Preemin 15 Hillside Avenue. Also mentioned are three other soldiers Lee Metz Serge Free and another unnamed as well as Hazel Olson a Ridgway High School soloist who placed third in state competition at Bloomshore with accompanist Margaret Andriok.
Mrs. E. W. Nelson of Kane suffered second degree burns when her dress caught fire from a stove flame in the Arcade Cafe kitchen Sunday morning around nine. Bystanders Smothered the flames with a blanket, an ambulance transported her to Summit Hospital, where doctors treated her injuries as of today.
The North county case surrounding the slaying of Hoya Wilkinson may affect a $500 reward offered by the community for information leading to the killer. County officials recall a past rule preventing rewards to officers, suggesting the payment may not be made.
Litz received a $50 fine and court costs after pleading guilty to a hit and run charge in Judge Miles B. Kitts court. The incident involved a collision with a machine owned by Ralph Magee on East Main Street. The arrest followed a reported April incident.
April 23 report outlines a $700,000 Port Erie airport improvement tied to WPA funding. About 65 workers from a sewer job will shift to the airport project around May 11, increasing labor as more crews transfer in. Dunkirk official notes readiness for a new superintendent appointment by May 12 as Jerome J. Wheeler retires July 31.
A year-old boy named Richard McLevine of Bust was critically injured in a tricycle crash Sunday afternoon. He failed to control the vehicle, was thrown over the handlebars, and struck his head on the pavement. He remains at Jamestown General Hospital with a brain bleed and possible skull fracture.
Quick action by Crystal fire department stopped a basement blaze in the Schlmm building on Railroad Street Saturday. Origin traced to Dick Sehlmm’s plumbing shop, the fire confined to a partition near Widmann and Tesh drug store before extinguished. Smoke hampered crews as hundreds of Saturday shoppers watched the scene.
A one to two mill increase in school tax appears likely as the district faces salary schedule increments and loan repayments. The board adjourned without action amid calls for more data on salaries and increments, while directors plan another meeting tonight to push a tentative budget before today’s public display deadline and the May holiday.
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