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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1944
Page
6
A chaotic report describes a cold night with snow and a rash of danger from children riding under bumper cars. Police urge parental cooperation to end the risky habit as incidents and injuries are rising. Quarantine enforcement and selective service updates accompany multiple regional notices and local crime reports.
Governor Martin announced Pennsylvania will submit the largest budget in state history with the 1948 session opening January 1. The plan includes $367,000,000 for ordinary expenses in 1945-46, $10,000,000 for postwar construction and debt liquidation, plus extra from special funds, aiming to surpass $60,000,000 in highway construction beyond current revenues.
The quiz answer list includes the Northern end, Athens Greece, Hinduism and Mohammed Witter, B Skilled craftsman, One who has galled or claims 0 Nye suited on all the seas, Abraham Lincoln, Augusta, Navy, Dominion of Canada.
A Crawford County man named Amrit Daukesis, age two, was found dead in a snowdrift in Cambridge Township two miles from Cambridge Springs. He had been working for Mike Russell and intended to head home Saturday night, dying about a half mile from the Fussell residence. Deputy Coroner Carl Teving released an accidental death certificate.
Duneire December 19 Mrs Juliet Rossiter 82 of Brocton serious in Brooks Memorial Hospital with a broken hip her daughter in law Dorothy Martin 47 of Brocton charged with second degree assault held for the grand jury after allegedly dragging the victim from bed and shoving her around the room Police said there was no motive and Martin had been arrested on a disorderly conduct charge before the assault charge was applied
Early weed removal reduces later labor and prevents weeds from using moisture and fertility that crops need. prompt stresses timely weeding to protect garden plants and yields.
Grey B Sheldon a longtime Corry resident died suddenly last evening at Corry Hospital about an hour after being stricken with a heart attack in the Graft Insurance Agency office on North Center Street He was taken to the hospital by ambulance but did not rally He was born September 18 1886 at Union City and married Mabel Courtwright in January 1907 at Clymer He had worked for Aero Supply Company and was a member of several local organizations He is survived by his wife and ten children and other relatives The body is at Bracken Keating Funeral Home with services planned for Thursday afternoon at 1 30 o clock
The article notes that in 1801 the first patents for commercial ball bearings were filed by William Brown of Birmingham. English firms kept methods secret and parts noninterchangeable, while Americans designed and built machinery to automate ball bearing production, signaling a shift toward industrial interchangeability.
The annual meeting of the Penna Mutual Livestock Ins Co policyholders is slated for January 1845 at the company office, 1113 Pesch Street, Erie, Pa. The notice lists hog and cattle market figures in Buffalo and Pittsburgh with prices, and notes on produce demand in Pittsburgh. Includes references to several companies and stock items in the region.
ELAS forces mounted a strong attack on the Averoff prison near Athens forcing a British retreat from Busou. Quisling ex-Premier Jean Rallis was sought after reportedly escaping during the disorder. British countermeasures freed 115 policemen 149 wardens and other garrison members before withdrawal as ELAS began to rout the facility.
In London on December 19, Oryll A. Anderson, deputy commander for operations, was promoted to major general, and Waller Todd, deputy chief of station operations, named a senior general. General James H. Doolittle, commander of the Light, spoke on the force’s campaign structure, planning, and mission dispatches over Germany.
The International Red Cross ship Caritas arrives in Philadelphia loaded with 200 000 bun files for German POWs and 600 000 packages for American soldiers. It will also carry clothing medical supplies and food for prisoners and will depart for Milwille France and Gotha Sweden after initial stops.
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