Fragmentary note on a ship incident and damaged memory
The readable line describes dents near a ship and an officer missing a time mark while a person recalls two days, the sea rising, and a nose injury. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1946
Page
3
The readable line describes dents near a ship and an officer missing a time mark while a person recalls two days, the sea rising, and a nose injury. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
Corry editorials discuss rising building costs driven by lumber price surges and material shortages, noting prewar housing economics, transport expenses, and the impact of labor union dynamics. It cites lumber scarcity from wartime demand, material price shifts in Chicago and Milwaukee, and calls for labor cooperation to adopt new construction methods and improve efficiency.
Mayor Bracken announces police patrols on West Pleasant street for coasting hours 7 to 9 30 pm at First Ave and Pleasant St intersections. Cory Ice Company plans to open ponds for skating. Hospital reports pneumonia cases and improving condition for L Troy Rhynard. Indian enthusiasm grows for community organization next week. Spelling test shows low scores across grades. Le Matteson Nasheer named Peabody High School principal Pittsburgh succeeding Dr Sunistine. former Corry High School graduate active in western Pennsylvania education.
A kid chews a stick of sand because taste relies on moist surfaces and taste buds. Four tastes are noted as sweet sour salty and bitter with potential additions of alkaline and metallic. Smell greatly influences taste as blocked nasal passages dull flavor distinctions.
Jamestown reports a Surrogate Court panel granted Attorney Samuel Fowler letters of administration in the Allen J. Watts estate, the World War II veteran killed on a county plow cross in a mail crossing incident. The widow Helen G. Wares, previously estranged and later not divorcing, will act through her attorney Bowler and Bissell as administrator. Dennis Wares is represented by guardian Dennis Edson. Personal property values differ between filings, with about 1000 from the widow and 300 from the father. no real property is involved.
Washington Feb 4 The Carlisle Barracks housing of an Army information school may soon expand to two more Army schools. War Department plans discussed with Senator Myers office include moving the chaplains school from Worth Celesthorne Ga and the finance school from Fort Harrison Ind to Carlisle. The intelligence school at Camp Ritchie Md may also transfer to Carlisle, per aides. The War Department calls Carlisle Barracks too large for a single school. New air record A TWA Constellation flew non stop from Burbank to New York in 7 hours 27 minutes 9 seconds setting a transcontinental record and carried 15 passengers with a seven member crew.
Old age and survivors insurance benefits paid monthly in Crawford, Brit, Venango and Warren counties total about 114334 dollars. Estimates by Mr Ervin show an increase over prior benefits by around 10 percent as wartime demands wane. Many eligible workers delayed claiming to aid war industries, though demand is rising as the postwar period continues.
Franklin, Feb 4 Albert Wood of Lewistown Maine and James P Brown of Augusta Maine purchased the stock of Franklin Hotel Company Inc which operates the Exchange Hotel. The deal took effect February 1. Wood will assume active management and the modernization program has begun to make the Exchange Hotel one the owners may be proud of.
The reader is asked a set of seven trivia questions covering topics from military training duration to historical figures. Questions include the Army training period, low temperature physics, name of the Soviet ambassador, location of the original Riallo, January date of a Cha7tess session, a Polish WWII hero, Truman’s children count, author of The Golf Bug, a statehood aspiration, and Plantagenet reign.
The tire of Jessup and Turner is moving today to complete remodeling and redecorating under contract by Joby Chen. Improvements will include floor reprint and store reorganization to better display kids wear and boys apparel. Don Bidle, manager, says the work will finish in ten days to six weeks and the store will reopen promptly.
Mary Geivite, 44, of RD 2 Stoneboro, died when a car she rode in overturned on a slippery road Sunday morning. Her brother, who also rode in the car, suffered only minor bruises. The coroner said the driver appeared to be at fault.
Former 28th Division veterans and allied units invited to a gathering at Volunteer Post No 2H of the 28th Division Society. Edward Schmelzer to serve as commander. Informal program planned with a reception and reminiscences. Attendance expected from Erie and nearby areas with many from the era.
A fatal house fire in Fern caused the death of William Nester, a student and football player at Cornopelis High School. His mother Edna Nester, 50, suffered injuries while his sisters Jane and Evelyn Atkinson received burns. William was a member of the DT 3 Coast Guards Auxiliary Reserve and a veteran football player. The boy perished after leaping from the second story to escape the flames.
A Grand Jury report criticizes county institutions for poor conditions and calls for modern quarters for the detention home. It notes bad sanitation at the home and unsafe boiler work at the tuberculosis hospital, plus visits to training schools and care facilities with urged improvements.
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