28 Apr 1943
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1943
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text discusses a county legislative agenda, mentions permits and daily pay rates, and references a proposed mayoral appointment. The readable portion lacks clear events or actors, but notes county authorities and calendar service provisions impacting local governance.
The Corry School District keeps 21 mills tax rate at 5 percent per capita and plans a $180,516 tentative budget, aiming to cover teacher salary increases with expected state aid. Board faces uncertain funds as state legislature assist may vary, while salaries climb to about $100,900 with $200 raise per teacher if aid comes.
Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes said no relaxation of gasoline rationing is justified in western Pennsylvania despite earlier promises to review the area. He cited refinery stocks dropping 24.8481 percent and inventories at 437 percent of a year earlier as of March 31, arguing the region is not flush with gasoline and cannot ease shortages.
Fire at the Hotel Consommé damaged by 5,000 blaze yesterday and a new blaze today raged for five hours. Five fire companies fought the flames at 4 AM. Manager Foley estimated total damage at 150,000, forcing postponement of Saturday events at the Pennsylvania resort. The three story frame hotel with 200 rooms suffered extensive damage as investigators blamed lighting and other hazards for the previous day’s outbreak.
Harrisburg April 28 LegIs lators who review appropriation bills will visit state owned and aided institutions in Pennsylvania this summer to find ways to cut the 1945 47 budget. Governor Martin's request Senator Leroy Chapman and Rep Norman Wood will start work on the next budget after this assembly session. Chapman said committee members near state aided institutions would be asked to participate in examining nearby projects.
Charles Snyder 20 from near the State Fish Hatchery was injured at the Ajax Tron Works when a sand mixing machine started. He suffered a dislocation of the left femur and was treated by Dr John C Kibler before being moved to Corry hospital for extended confinement.
Payments totaling 7 180 03 cover 1943 1945 periods for Erie County Corry City and Corry School District. Federal housing project at North Corry will mail vouchers to taxing districts once signed. Egan notes payments reflect project value local tax rate and exempt status with allowances for public services.
Harry Stufflebeam charged with a statutory offense was indicted by the May term grand jury at Erie. The indictment was returned this morning and Stufflebeam will go on trial. Also indicted was Howard Eastman for receiving stolen goods. Job jumping increases in wet plants with 25 percent rise in two weeks and 300 workers shifted, per War Manpower Commission.
The Flying Fortress crew endured 66 days of peril in the South Pacific after a mission from Guadalcanal. Co pilot Major Richard Stepp, based in New York City, led wounded nine member crew through weeks adrift in rubber rafts. They endured landings at sea, scarce provisions, and a perilous drift near Japanese waters before rescue.
About 30,000 of Pennsylvania's 125000 coal workers idle with 87 mines near closing as Local 190 and other locals threaten a two day pay raise boycott if soft coal operators do not sign a contract. President Lewis says no contract by April 30 means no work and potential government intervention.
A list of individuals slated for induction at EAIE on May 7 is released, naming Rascoe Arthur Beardsley Lisle Ellwood Chase R. D. Harvey Peterson Fred Murry Johnson Demes Edward Babcock Moayin Lyle Mittspaw Samuel Icey Bareest Joseph Peanels Carnegie Charles Wesley Martha Louis Sokolawski John Robert Knickerbocker Elmer Norman Alexander Rige Eugene Gross Henry Petrib Frank Goval Herbert Lawrence Brings Harry El nour Alderson Ger Ud Aloustus Bailey Bernard Leslie Fuller Edinboro and others.
Bulletin updates Allied air activity in the Mediterranean and Pacific. US Liberators pound Taranto’s Taranto naval base area with 150 tons of bombs, while 70 United States bombers harry targets north of the Atal naval base. Allied forces raid Iwo Jima and nearby Isaa Island, destroying multiple buildings. MacArthur’s bombers pound Japanese ships and stations under improving weather. Soviet reports claim ten German blockhouses west of Rostov fall, signaling pressure on Taganrog. Mussolini’s fascist party reorganizes leadership after Scores’ appointment as secretary. British destroyers sink or damage several German escorts off Brittany in dawn actions.
A series of four tornadoes swept northeastern Ohio killing two children Richard Pater nosler aged 12 and Tony Fernbach aged 9 near Medina while injuring more than 150 people and damaging nearly 1000 homes and several plants in Cleveland Akron and Fremont. Arthur Cawrse died near Norwalk as buildings were destroyed on his farm. G Goodrich Co Akron plant suffered 50,000 to 100,000 dollars in damage with about 10 percent of workers affected though expected to return to work soon.
A lightning sparked fire destroyed Homer Kolstee’s storage barn on the Corry Clymer road near Spirit Hill last night. Estimated loss $4,000 with insurance, including farm machinery and feed. The blaze leveled the structure but spared the house and cattle barn. Reflective glow visible in the area as fire units battled the flames. treasury report details april 26 positions receipts expenditures and debt figures beak
Two new teachers were named by the Board of Education for the junior high health art program. Sybil M. Oblinski of Waterford elected art teacher for 1943 44 at $1,200. Mildred Weed of Hillsville elected physical education teacher at $1,400. Elizabeth Cuthbert and Leora Stranahan of Turner High School receive extended base contracts at $1,600.
A tyre engined transport plane crashed into a hill ten miles east of Oakland airport killing eight of the ten aboard. The explosion scattered bodies over a sixty foot area and left crews searching a steep cliff as one injured survivor asked for a stretcher. Names were withheld until next of kin are notified.
A Berlin radio dispatch reported by AP said Chilean diplomats and several U S citizens interned in Japan would be exchanged for Japanese held in Chile. The transfer was to occur at Lourenco Marques in neutral Portuguese East Africa.
Allied headquarters report steady progress as American, British, and French troops push through northern and southern barriers near Bizerte and Tunis. Patton’s forces attack south of Bizerte while Medjerda area sees hard fighting and air raids pound enemy positions.
Eleven people die in a plane bus collision in southwest Scotland after a blazing inferno. Reported witnesses say a Bully bus collided with a plane near London. authorities list victims and note urgent rescue efforts ongoing.
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