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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1943
Page
3
OCR reads as a fragmentary report about town merger plans affecting residents. Mentions emergency, rail or road disruptions, barns and buildings, kin and neighbors, and unspecified parties seeking decisions or actions. Details are unclear but the piece signals a pending administrative push and constituent concern.
Corry Evening Journal discusses the question of military expansion as reports show current strength around 7,000,000 across army navy air and marines with plans to reach 11,000,000 by year end. It notes Congress skepticism and examines practical use, transport challenges and equipment needs amid WAVES and SPARS growing toward 80,000 and 30,000 respectively.
The writer critiques how editors withhold sensational but important wartime news. It notes observers sensed a major Washington event but editors kept quiet to protect readers and avoid harm. It stresses that war demands hardening without losing reverence for human life as killing becomes a grim necessity in defense.
A fragmented excerpt contrasts stuffed shirts with pedestal status, citing a Roman philosopher and noting two main American wolves, the gray timber wolf and the prairie wolf, as a metaphor. The text is garbled and incomplete, with unclear attributions and examples.
Twenty years ago report notes Cohen & Sons plan to extend to OM City within six months by acquiring a business block. Also reported are the death of Corry resident A Lee Way after a weeklong illness, the Citizens Committee inquiry into anonymous letters, and a stock swindle arrest of J Whilson in Rochester involving Corry investors losing about 35000 dollars.
Governors move to postwar planning across 20 states with commissions for conscription fallouts and unemployment relief. Budgets face cuts or taxes, with talks of social benefits for soldiers, pensions, and possible income tax shifts while officials pledge wartime cooperation.
Walter W. Dingfelder and Ruth F. Dahl were married yesterday at the Methodist church in a ceremony conducted by Rev. Fr edhniger. Meanwhile city business leaders studied ways to organize a boys band under the chamber of commerce.
A wartime page surveys military rations costs and nutrition plans, noting daily soldier food at 48 cents and experts shaping menus. It discusses industrial worker diets, health implications of malnutrition, lighting and efficiency, plus a quiz page with questions on constitutional powers, mail classes, evacuations, labor statistics, and synthetic rubber output.
Flood events caused extensive damage to state highways system with 58 million dollars in destruction. Rainfall in May to August 1942 triggered widespread losses to roads and bridges, leaving 182 structures damaged beyond repair or awaiting replacement. Several bridges restored, others under contract or planned for wartime rebuilding.
Erie County reports 108 inches of snow this winter with 45 days of cindering in Crawford and Mercer counties. Warren and Venango tally near 100 inches with lengthy cindering periods. Operators cite manpower shortages and persistent storms as highways officials struggle to keep roads passable.
Alexander Stepiens, once vice president of the Confederacy, was elected to the U S Senate but refused a seat after the Civil War. He later served in the House from 1878 until 182, railing against state rights infringements.
A locally reported plan would shift daily High School start and lunch times. Officials say the change reduces noonday period from 75 to 10 minutes while adding three 40 minute lunch slots and adjustments to morning and afternoon passes.
Hare A Bromley a resident of Gerry Massachusetts died at Vincent's hospital after seven weeks illness. He was employed as a driver for the Keeshin Mat Bye press company for seven years and held a five year safety badge. Survived by his wife Genevieve Smith Bromley, daughter Roberti Bromley, two sons Private Prancis Morton of Camp Toccon Ga, and Herburt Bromley, and brother Lawrence Bromley of North Channel. Funeral services will be held at Donald C Burton Funeral Home at 10 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Burial Rose Hill cemetery at Byertansburg.
Fragmented classified items show various for sale offerings including a house with lot and garage in Sparkinsburn and a four bedroom home on Ea Smith St. Also includes executors notice for the estate of Ellen Donahue in Erie with letters testamentary granted and claims to be presented.
Dr Daniel Poling appeals to Baptists Presbyterians Episcopalians and Methodists in Philadelphia to unite to meet a mounting child welfare crisis. His remarks precede the installation of Dr William F Zimmer as new president of Thiel College after his arrival from Midland College Nebraska.
New York stock market shows a cautious advance fading into February after a sharp recovery from last spring. Mixed activity with several big names advancing then retreating. government policy and inflation talk influence investor appetite as several large industrials and transport stocks trade within narrow ranges.
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