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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1942
Page
2
Mrs J B Cogan resumes leadership of the Local Temperance Legion and invites prospective members to the Methodist church parlors Thursday at 4 pm to learn scientific alcohol education and right living. A song and yell session precedes the lesson and attending children are urged to come.
Local ads list groceries and household items with prices from City and Vicinity Gold Medal flour to toilet tissue, plus free delivery. Community items report Warren Grange member James Morrison’s death, car and highway accidents in Olean and Oil City, a Bear Lake Milk Producers meeting trip, a sewer machine purchase by the town, Red Cross calls, selective service enlistment, and various hospital updates.
Secretary of the Navy forecasts a brighter outlook as America endures heavy costs and sacrifices. He cites 50,000 dead or missing since Pearl Harbor, 46 billion dollars spent on munition and shipbuilding, and a 70 billion projection for 1943, warning of tougher Atlantic days and higher taxes ahead.
Boston reports show thirty five survivors of the Cochanub Grove fire battled pneumonia in addition to burns. Surgeons say pneumonia was caused by smoke and heat inhalation during the blaze. The city health panel notes 490 deaths with most bodies identified, and calls for stricter night safety measures akin to theater regulations.
Weather hampered visibility on the second day of the season but several hunters reported deer. Mrs. John Moore led with a fine 10 point buck near Deer Heat, while Vedhon Flaherty, Roy Kerstetter, and Arthur Black reported smaller bucks in nearby areas.
In New York on December reports quote Major Nathaniel F. Silsbee of the Army Air Force describing a secret set of new fighters bombers and transports under test. He says a score of these airplanes have been flown but remain on the secret list as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers hears the matter.
Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that United States authorities in Algiers are conferring with Pierre Boisson on using Dakar and other West African facilities. An informant said the United Nations would likely obtain use of Dakar, though details and scope were not disclosed.
Fred Wellman aged 67 lifelong Athens township resident died suddenly at his home. He was stricken at the radio and died of an acute heart attack. He married Ning Morgan July 3 1897. Survived by wife two sons Durward and Roy and a daughter Vera Incy who died young. Sisters Lena Phelps Ethel Baumback and Mary Kert. Body taken to Spartansburg for wake and prayer service. Interment at Rootville A C church cemetery.
Senator Joseph F. Guffey of the Senate Finance Committee urges a pay-as-you-go approach for 1948 income taxes and postponement of the 1948 tax, arguing the government should forgive or defer 1942 taxes and collect 1943 taxes in the year due to ease the fiscal shock. He says the current system keeps taxpayers a year behind and is a mistake.
Allied forces drive a wedge between Tunis and Bizerte as heavy fighting centers on the Mateur road near Tunisian coast. British 8th Army, with American support, reports patrols and artillery duels from El Agheila to Sirte as Rommel’s forces defend coastal routes and inland pockets.
Educational booklet offers opinions of famous doctors on epilepsy and its causes. Free to readers who write to the Educational Division at 585 Fifth Ave New York NY Dept M7345 while supplies last.
Joseph A. Arnold, 33, a former New York jeweler, received a nine month prison sentence after testifying against three other jewel thieves in the $125,000 Philadelphia area jewel robbery case. The state urged leniency for Arnold, citing his cooperation with authorities. Earlier, two other jewelers who testified for the state were already sentenced.
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