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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1944
Page
4
A campus gospel column cites Stanford professor David Elton Trueblood on the need for justice mercy and truth amid stale religious rhetoric. The piece also questions English pronunciation shifts and cites concerns over the word pronunciation variegation amid national debates.
Ferruccio Talbonte, released during the Salerno landing, seized Giglio Island in a bid to crown himself governor general with a private fascist force. He dressed in a German uniform, organized a home guard, and imposed censorship and ransom. He later departed with cash, claimed liberation, but was found back in jail after Allied inquiry.
Sunbury, Pa. reports Pvt. Lestie of Mill Village aged 31, long in the Army with service in the Aleutians, died after appendicitis and peritonitis on a Philadelphia and Reading line train. He was rushed to a Sunbury hospital, underwent immediate surgery, and died before Army Medical Corps surgeons arrived. He received full military honors at Mill Village last Thursday.
A reader quiz asks seven questions from the Daily Dozen page of the Medias Society section. Items inquire about wartime deployments, historic figures, ships, bombers, body posture, the Empire State Building, territorial claims, Lenin, opera composer, and Palestine’s mandate power.
The piece stresses a strong breakfast to boost morning energy and productivity. It notes the long overnight fast, the need to replenish fuel, and that many people only eat a small breakfast. Physicians advocate 25 to 95 percent of daily nourishment at breakfast. Maine examples include meat mush mackerel and mince pie.
Kane health director Dr H J Mee Ghee announced three new polio cases overnight, bringing McKean County totals to 18 with 9 cases in Kane described as mild. The Bradford hospital treats 14 patients, including a 16 week old infant and an adult, while a Bradford girl seven years old was released to home care.
Donel De Vere Blair, 23, of Dunkirk, a former Army officer, was held for grand jury action on impersonating an Army officer. He posted $500 bond after pleading not guilty before U S Commissioner Needham Turnage. FBI said Blair, who resigned in May, passed bad checks while wearing the uniform in several cities, including 66 in New York. He received a suspended sentence in New York and was taken to Washington to answer the impersonation charge.
In a Corry Pennsylvania reader letter Austin H Johnson condemns Gov. Dewey for labeling the Roosevelt depression as new and original. The writer recalls 1929-1933 hardship, questions Dewey's relief experiences, taxes, and assets, and accuses him of insincerity while praising working class honesty.
Continuing probe into the death of John Wes 12 North Girard after his car was struck by a Nickel Plate Railroad passenger train at East Springfield crossing. Coroner Warren W. Wood says no inquest planned yet and finds no current railroad negligence.
County 10 orders cost review of Evie control center telephones after partial dismantling foreseen. The unmanned center, set up after Pearl Harbor by defense councils with city and county funding, may see up to 15 percent telephones eliminated to cut county charges, though officials won’t push for service loss. If defense councils insist on keeping it, commissioners will drop the subject.
Jamestown Aus 30 Proceedings to revoke Mike City Bank Liquor Mores opened Tuesday in city hall as state authority commissioner held a hearing on sales to minors. The licensee Thowais Carr faces revocation. Mount Oneiel Club at Westfield likewise charged with sales to non members and permitting gambling on leased premises. Fredonia Veterans Association applied for a club liquor license. All details await testimony.
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