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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1944
Page
4
Corry Evening Journal is published daily except Sunday from West South Street Corry Pa. The paper lists advertising representatives Red Kimball Inc and national AP affiliation. Subscription rates show $2.00 yearly by mail and three cents per copy by carrier with weekly ten cent rates.
The article notes two U-boats in Allied hands and others neutralized, with Brest and Lorient harbors damaged but soon usable. It recalls RAF and Allied shipping efforts, the fall of Brest, and the broader decline of German submarine threats. It also covers beekeepers facing nectar shortages due to red clover and soybeans, stressing bees as vital to national defense and agriculture.
The article laments Germany's missteps on a second, third front and contrasts Soviet leadership with Stalin. It notes Russia faced Japan risks and discusses diplomatic caution, Japan's alliance with the Philippines, and the broader peril of war escalation. It reflects on potential conflicts sparked by overreach and bloodshed.
An ad fragment from Beesylvenia State College highlights lawn mowing rates and mentions improved growth aid. The text is incomplete but indicates a campus rates listing and a growth-related lawn care product or service.
Twenty years ago residents of the borough voted in favor of serving by the charter as preliminaries to surrendering the borough charter and reverting to township government. A series of local incidents followed including injuries at a Spring Greek milk plant, a fatality in Columbus, a car collision near Elgin, a broken window misread as a burglary, and a August marriage in Erie.
A dense, OCR heavy note outlines global rabies presence, incubation varies 14 days to a year, and that bites on different body areas may influence onset. It cites Pasteur vaccine as effective post exposure prophylaxis and notes law enforcement and Guatemalan moths as minor points.
Postmaster General Frank Walker announces overseas Christmas mail rules for Army Navy personnel. The mailing window runs September 15 to October 19 with October 15 required written requests for gifts to soldiers. Gifts must be packed sturdy, under five pounds, under 15 by 36 inches, with strict prohibitions on perishables fuels and sharp items. Relatives should start mailing from September 15 to avoid last minute backlogs and ensure delivery before Christmas.
A compact set of seven questions appears in the classified section asking about peak Navy enrollment by year’s end, the portrait on a silver certificate, iron brittleness, a World War II commander, the TVA, Marie Antoinette quote, the Mozambique Channel, the Federal Reserve’s creation, triplet home items, and the initials R A A F L among others.
In Chautauqua County a heavily loaded truck crashed through a bridge into a creek 20 feet below. The load of road material dispersed, injuring the driver. The highway department, with Pomfret Township, plans quick rebuilding using on hand steel girders to span the gully. The truck was en route from a Buffalo asphalt plant to deliver product to beyond areas. The driver was bruised in the fall.
District U B Bishop Rev G Batdorf from Harrisburg and Mrs Batdorf will join Wayne Valley U B Church services all day. Special music and a program mark the homecoming. A basket dinner follows the morning service. Everyone is asked to bring their own table service.
A listing of NBC and local stations schedules with shows from 8:30 to 11:30 including Thin Man, People Are Funny, Boston Blackie, Stage Door Can-teen, Mildred Bailey, Blondie, and naval and musical segments with Gladys Armstrong Band and Ted Malone from England. Includes fight card details Jimmy McDaniels vs Ayton Parry at 10.
Jamestown Aug 18 Clarence A Johnson of Celoron pleaded guilty before Justice Fred Nelson to third degree assault. He was fined $50 and sentenced to one year in Mount Moriah penitentiary but the jail term was suspended on his promise to cause no further trouble. Brown’s alleged victim Carl Brown and his attorney Rollin A Fancher attended. the charge was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor.
Jamestown and Chautauqua County health officials report three new infantile paralysis cases, including Darwin Young 23 of 19 Meadow Lane and Lester Frentz 18 of Cattaraugus. A year old Fredonia girl remains at the Children’s Hospital in Buffalo. total county cases now 16.
Police pursue leads on the theft of about 50 000 ration coupons from a courthouse basement repository. Federal state and county agencies cooperate as Joseph Ray notes no staff member is suspected. Only a few knew where the stamps were stored amid extensive lumber and by products inventories.
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