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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1942
Page
6
The report from State College details a program by Dr Emmett A Betts at Reading clinic showing eye training exercises that improved vision in soldiers. About 100 more men are now in training while 100 await processing. Exercises focus on brain-eye coordination, with one-eyed then two-eyed training to correct defects.
26 ripee Adverstt Corporation announces Hanford A Eck shda, son of Alfred Eckman Jamestown R F D No 2, as general plant manager at Lock Haven Pay factory. Eckman has served since March 195, led experimental work, was plant superintendent in 1937, and is brother to Emmett Eckman mayor of Lakewood. The Lock Haven plant employs around eighteen hundred people and manufactures airplanes for the army.
W A Redmond president of Kurtz Furniture asks City Council to consider purchasing the Kurtz plant for storage or to suspend taxes to allow operation after the war. He cites material shortages and past employment as reasons to save the factory. Council promises consideration amid wartime conditions. Dr Hugh O Hare seeks refund of blackout fine arguing unequal treatment and plans appeal to civilian defense board. Insurance man notes intercity policy concerns. Butler County man Jamison dies when a jack slips under his car after he stops to fit chains, pinning him and causing fatal chest injuries.
Warren pa December 22 A Warren Civil Council formed from Rotary Kiwanis Lions North Warren Civic Club Zonta and Business and Professional Women's Club with H M Miller elected president H D Baker vice president A Calle Mead secretary treasurer The council coordinates club activities to support each other without encroachment
Council discussed uniform insurance coverage for the municipality and Mead Park with an average annual cost of 748 dollars over three years. A compromise settlement was approved to dispose of the former Mead property on East Main Street after Samuel Baumgarten made an offer to Odessa Plate. The city would reduce taxes and share potential returns with the county and school district, restoring the property to tax rolls.
Miss Cartie Southwick, 79, of Britton Run in Sparta township, was found dead in her home Monday morning. Deputy Coroner Wy Burner ruled an acute heart attack as the cause, noting she was last seen Friday evening and neighbors reported feeble health. A dog scavenged the body, and the residence showed no smoke since weekend. In a separate item, Ann Rutherford filed intention to marry David May, 30, son of a department store magnate Tom May, in Los Angeles.
Lieutenant Commander Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champion, announced that Hannah Williams is consulting a lawyer on divorce plans. He expressed regret and said the split would be as friendly as possible after a second attempt at marriage failed.
Farmers along Lake St. Louis near Montreal reported a package falling from a low flying bomber. They found Harry Grimith 20 of the RAF ferry command injured but alive and rushed him to Ste Anne de Bellevue hospital where he was listed as recovering. The cause of the fall was not disclosed. Phil Baker underwent an appendicitis operation in New York and missed his anniversary broadcast. He was reported recovering.
Pittsburgh and Buffalo market notes report slow remand for produce with mixed price levels. Apples and potatoes vary by grade and origin including Pennsylvania Staymans and Baldwins, Maine Chippewas, Katahdins, and Russets. Buffalo hog and cattle markets show modest gains and steady demand, while eggs and poultry exhibit fluctuating but overall stable ranges amid year end trading.
The readable fragments describe a chaotic sports wrap with mentions of two game sets, 12 points by a player, New Year tournaments, and upcoming bowlings. Key teams, opponents, dates, or locations are not clearly identifiable due to garbled text. The item appears as a fragmented sports column.
Vague notes describe fights at Comiskey with unclear details. Report references 199% activity level and mentions WACESONv shorthand, leaving readers awaiting fuller accounts and dates. No injuries or perpetrators specified in available lines.
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