Corry News Briefs 1926 Weed Clean Up and Local Events
Twenty years ago a city weed cutting drive was urged to improve Corry’s appearance. Wedding of Vern Brooks and Dewey Sorenson took place at the M E Church. Drivers warned after railroad track near the station yielded several near misses. Mrs Roy Larson led in a Western Pennsylvania Women’s Golf Association division at Greenville. Edward B Coyle, former Corry resident and Erie Railroad operator, died in Meadville.
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Corry
M. E
Vern &. Brooks
S. H. Brooks
East Pleasant Street
Dewey Sorenson
G. Sorenson
W. E. Partlett
Roy Larson
Ity
Greenville
Thomas Ragon
West Churchy Street
Edward B. Coyle
Meadville
Coyle
Erie Railroad
One killed two hurt in Route 20 crashes near Silver Creek
Healy Breeze 49 of Buffalo died at Rhinehart Hospital in Silver Creek from a fractured skull after a car driven by his wife Beatrice Breeze left Route 20 and hit an abutment about 7:30 p.m. near Hanford Bay. Beatrice Breeze is at Rhinehart Hospital with multiple injuries. Two Mayville WWII veterans, Donald Kling 24 and Robert Dinsbier 27, are in critical condition at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk after a Route 20 crash two miles west of Fredonia when their car ran out of control and side struck a tree.
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Westfield
Healy Breeze
Buffalo
Rhinehart ‘Hospital
Silver Creek
Beatrice Breeze
Hanford Bay
Quiz style trivia and wartime injuries noted
A puzzle page asks seven quiz questions about dogs heights, Eroica, rivers, Oslo history, beaks, myths, name derivations, a Patton staff columnist, and vegetables plus a question about Bengal province. The text also reports Mr Kling and Mr Dinsbier with severe injuries and multiple bruises from an incident.
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Hellespont
Holland
Oslo
Norway
Mitio
Bengal
Notable Jackson Surrenders in Smith County Ambush Case
Johnny Graft, one of three alleged brothers linked to the ambush and shootings in Smith county, surrendered to Jackson authorities after a large armed pursuit. Craft, identified as ringleader, arrived in Jackson wearing Marine fatigues and walked from Smith county to the capital. He was placed in custody for questioning by Sheriff Hawkins with no immediate interviews allowed.
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Apgenster
Jackson
Miss
C. M. Herrin
Johnny Graft
Smith County
Sullivan Hollow
Jackzon
Hinds County
Craft
U.S. Marine
C. G. Omdorff
M. Gordon
Minds County
Hawkins
Great Lakes Strike Slows Operations As Crew Shortages Grow
On the Erie front the Great Lakes strike enters its sixth day with dock and rail workers remaining solid while seamen fail to enlist. Only two ships stay unmanned, A Nettleton and Arcitus, as others lack crews, crippling port activity and forcing partial slowdowns. In Brookville a vault break-in at Brookville Creamery, attempted by amateur safe crackers, leaves cash value near $2,000 missing but thwarted access to the interior.
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E. B. Smith
Ivy
Great Lakes
Erie
CIO National Maxime
Erie Lakes
Total Cooks
Presque Tste Bay
Arctuins
BrookVille
Troop C
Punxsy
Safe Ordekers
Brookville Creamery Paduets Company
Acess
Southern Labor Drive Targets Oak Ridge Union Elections
The AFL and CIO plan a three day campaign across the South in August 1942 to recruit up to 1,000,000 members each in open shop areas with elections at three Oak Ridge atomic plants. Results announced August 22.
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GIO
AFL
Oak Ridge
Ahd
AFT
CIO
War Department
APL
Rankin D. Miss
House
Truman
South
CTO
George L. Googe
National Labor Relations Board
APL International
OTO
Cen
NLRB
AEL
Weo
Woman pilot injured in emergency landing near Olean
Mrs Hillene Whitmore 38 of Lock Haven suffered a lip cut and three broken teeth after a Piper Cub crash landing at Maplehurst airfield. Weather worsened by clouds as she attempted to land, striking a slate and sliding onto the Buffalo highway before being transported to Olean General Hospital for stitches. The accident damaged the left wing propeller and landing gear. plane moved to Gulmain’s airport for repairs with GAA permission.
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Olean Olean
Mabistiaeey
Hillene Whitmore
Lo i Haven
Whittmore
Lock Haven
Hamilton
Ont
Maplehurst
Buffalo Highway
Walter Brown
Pow Brown
Olean General Hospital
Kenneth Gulmain
Olean
Gulmnin
GAA
Reading quality and printing affect eye comfort
The article advises readers to choose well printed materials to reduce fatigue and strain. It recommends dull white or cream tinted paper with wide margins and line lengths under four inches for comfortable reading. Plain type with sharp edges aids clarity, and large type helps children and those with eye defects.
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Chau
Mr. Kling
Mr. Dinsbier
SERIE
Fee Ee
Ieee
Lacy
Etrug
Metheo Yello Bole — Kaywoudie
Shamburg’s News & Sport Store
Mantgomery Ward
the Medical Society of the
State of Pennsylvania
Essentials
Wwe
Folo
Phillips
Falls Northead
Rontiv
Egeland
Ttall
Tre
Australia
Seu
Poland
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