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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1942
Page
6
Amid yuletide demand Grid city retailers lengthen open evening hours while railroads add two sections for faster service. Local notices report a Girard resident Rite and a rash of measles cases among area children. Police log one drunkenness arrest as a bank joins Federal Reserve System and a Ponti car theft investigation unfolds.
John Savko brings action against Frank Gravino as assault cases stem from a November incident at Aero Supply plant. Arraignments for eleven workers scheduled. two dismissed workers were discharged by the company under unionism charges. Transcripts delayed to seek a settlement among defendants and Savko, who seeks 200 dollars in damages.
Announced today by Dr C J Branford the Corry area Dairymen's League price for November will be 3004 per hundredweight, up 27 cents from October. The November pool covers 395,791,190 pounds of milk and yields farm value around 13.78 million dollars, with a 16.8 percent rise in uniform price offset by 300k pounds lower production.
Secretary of Commerce James K Shields said Erie retailers face record Christmas sales with strong demand and shortages eased by wartime industry expansion. He noted improved business conditions and more workers, boosting overall spending this season.
Mayor Charles R. Barber told Charles Baies of the Central Labor Union that city employees cannot receive wage increases exceeding ten dollars per month under the 1943 budget. Council praised employees’ pleas while department heads Gale Ross and Harry Bibbes noted tight appropriations and possible new revenues for raises. Receipts in November 1941 lagged by 19,000,000 pounds.
In Kane a juvenile confessed to solving both November burglaries at Baldy News Room and Berkwater BU Hard Room. Police say he named accomplices after involving Ridgway and St Marys thefts, with loot recovered from a farm barn. Further arrests expected as investigation continues.
Erie council meeting reports promotions of four substitute firemen to regular posts John O'Brien Richard Cooney LeRoy Welch and Harry T Cotter. James D Morrison named substitute and new leave of absence granted resignation of John A Mayer secretary of the assessment bureau noted.
Two overcoats, size 40 and size 42, are left at Steen's Dry Cleaning and offered for sale. The notice lists item counts and contact method for pickup.
Bemus Point village board met to act on fire department findings that gasoline is kept in garages and buildings. An ordinance limits storage to one gallon or less and requires a 28 foot clearance from any building, with penalties and enforcement by militia beginning December 17, 1942.
The retired Lehigh County judge, longtime public servant and former state representative, built a career from solicitor roles to the county bench. A past president of Alpha Tau Omega and former state head of the Patriotic Order of Sons of America, he married May G. Appel on August 14, 1908. the couple had no children.
Market wires show mixed activity December 16 with moderate demand for apples and other produce, varying prices by region including Pennsylvania Staymans and Dellelous and New York McIntosh and Baldwins. Livestock in Buffalo sees hedged hog sales and steady calves while New York egg prices hold steady with varied grades across multiple categories.
Fragmented notes describe a Sunday Rambling Benefit and bowling event that drew a warm response. Mentions of a basketball game, a drawing for Szafran, and a political or military future hint at broader local concerns and sports-related activities.
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