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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1942
Page
3
This column gathers a wide mix of local items from Kane and nearby towns, including military service updates, marriages, career moves, and community notices. It mentions wartime rationing, police and fire department ties, plus personal milestones such as weddings and moves, reflecting a busy small-town front amid the era.
Twenty years ago a local resident David Barlow died after months in critical condition. The city council approved a 2,800 tax levy for the 1923 budget. William VanVliet completed a cement garage on West Church Street and plans a service station opening. Father and Son Night at Corry Boy Scouts drew about 160 attendees at the Presbyterian gym, with strong community spirit evident throughout.
Chautauqua County defers foreclosures pending further study. A tax deeds committee reports expected county costs at 6 195 dollars plus attorney fees, and outlines a plan used in Buffalo and Jamestown. Currently 3 550 delinquent tax parcels exist in the county.
Mayville report details Miller resuming duties at Chautauqua County clerk’s office after civil service heating dispute. Hearing before the board of supervisors over back pay and attorney fees includes Miss Hue request for 8086.GH and travel costs, with Miller’s prior employment figures and net back pay calculated at 686.88. The board is expected to decide on Miller’s appeal and related matters in the afternoon session.
A dated column discusses the Tunisian fight around Tunis and Riverte and the Attu Island alarms. It extols democracy in the American army, recalls Carthaginian history, and notes a hijacked coffee truck in New York as a wartime curiosity. The piece blends history, romance, and current war coverage with strong partisan tone.
The Prom Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania notes pneumonia mortality has fallen from one in three or four to about one in ten with serums and sulfonamide drugs. Four sulfonamides are used, including sulfanilamide and sulfadiazine. Each case requires special management and careful supervision, with prompt diagnosis and early treatment aiding recovery. Layperson cooperation can save many lives.
Using portable fluoroscope, researchers examine the internal structure of growing potatoes and apples. The work aims to learn causes of hollow hearts and to identify features like core dust and water core in apples, paralleling human heart imaging.
Erie area reports 37 year old Lewis, Lewis, of 4115 Troquoiis avenue Lawrence Park, an American Red Cross first aid teacher, vanished from her home Wednesday amid a major snowstorm. An intensive search by Lawrence Park police, freemen, school children, and Pennsylvania state police followed. Her husband Theodore Lewis, a foreman at General Electric Works, could not explain her departure.
A fragmentary wartime notice lists five brothers in service across branches. Names include Navy personnel at Durex Harbor and Camp Forest assignments with the Tenth Army Division and a fifth brother in the Pacific. A Navy sailor is described as serving somewhere in the Atlantis area.
Bradford Pa. Attorney Frank J Heiter and others charged with fatally shooting their wife Hdilh Heiter, are to be defended by Ablorney Albert W Johnson of Smethport and Mitzhaugh of Bradford. Judge Charles G Hubbard appointed them amid early references to Special Assistant Joseph P Wilson. The case follows the killing of Mrs Heiter, shot five times in the kitchen. the couple’s youngest daughter Virginia 18 survives, nine children total.
Allan David Skinner, president of the Skinner Engine Co and a leading Erie industrialist, died at his home after a brief illness. He was widely respected for his contributions to the local manufacturing community and had long served in city business circles.
Dee. &-Dernie Whalen, 70, an engineer at the Mount Rowett Water Company plant, was reported improving after being overcome by carbon monoxide fumes at the plant yesterday afternoon.
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