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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1945
Page
3
A Erie county report highlights a theft of soup flakes from baby care boxes left in front of Murphy's, with no suspects identified by the babies. The piece also notes twelve new divorce filings, juvenile robberies in Kane and Corry, and a countywide mix of court, police, and civic updates.
In Warren County on August 26 Judge Allison D. Wade ruled the man not guilty of larceny tied to the killing of two game roosters owned by B. Lamoreau, noting an honest mistake can’t be a crime. Goff admitted killing the roosters claiming nuisance, offering to buy them when he learned their price.
Aug 2 report from Dunnetre notes a major advance in tomato movement to canning and juice plants. Red Wing at Predonty and Brocton at Broutay begin receiving fruit, with Shiver Creek and Irving plants not starting until August. Harvest trips continue for about three weeks, though frost damage reduces expected yield from the prior year’s 35 000 tons.
Maj. Gen. Millon G. Baker announces the Pennsylvania Guard will nearly double in size in the coming months, leveraging World War II veterans and National Guard alumni. The reorganization aims for efficiency, with enlistment open to ages 18 to 50 at state armories, regular drills, outdoor maneuvers, and two weeks annual camp at Indiantown Gap.
The semi annual report shows 570 wells completed by South Penn Company and its subsidiary South Penn Natural Gas in the first six months of 1945. Most were in secondary recovery in the Bradford district Kane 262 wells and 265 producing wells.
A gas pad was discovered beneath a central portion of the Bradford district near Kane. The field lies under one company property covering about 3 040 acres with Haskells and Bradford sand extending roughly 500 feet. preliminary development plans proceed as South Penn notes 11 780 additional acres adjoining the property.
Veterans in uniform admitted at Wattsburg fair grounds from August 2 to September 1. Secretary Buiins says outlook for the fair is splendid with many machinery exhibitors. The fair aims to attract crowds from Erie Crawford Warren Chautauqua and nearby counties as war restrictions ease.
Two hundred young pheasants arrived this morning for pens at Mead Park. Birds were said to be in good condition and placed in pens under local club management. The shipment plans include pawing out in fall and wintering remaining birds in the park facilities.
A coroner jury in ERIE ruled that Dred Matta 29 a crippled war veteran died from his own negligence after being crushed between moving grain cars near the fran elevator at Hol lune street on August 11. Matta employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a car inspector was crossing between cars when he was struck.
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