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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1945
Page
6
Funeral services for the late Pred Mupper will be held Tuesday at 1 o clock at the Bracken Keguing Funeral Home. The notice also mentions local residents and other unrelated items such as the Purple Heart award to Mu Marjorie Brown of East Mul Atreet, and various public notices.
American forces pushed past the Siegfried Line at key Gemund junction and near Wollseifen as heavy German resistance contends for control of vital road routes. Doughboys captured Ettelscheid and Hollerath while other units struck the line’s western defenses and attacked pillboxes from the rear.
Erie police investigate a possible self inflicted shooting near a residence involving Adam Grocholski a 2 year old victim. The injured man was at Hamot Hospital with improved condition amid conflicting statements from family members and investigators. Police found a blood smeared revolver near the scene and bloodstains at the hospital. Grocholski’s wife says she left him after his threats and refuses his offer to reconcile. Witness accounts place him kneeling in his car when shot. Parafield tests and fingerprinting are underway to determine motive and sequence.
George A Gaither of Erie a longtime Burke Electric Company employee and early Erie Foundry stockholder died Saturday at 3 30 PM in Hamot Hospital after a thert attack. He served as stock expediter in Burke Electric’s store room for forty years and earlier was superintendent of fourteries with Erie Foundry before his later association with Burke.
A soldier who vanished on arrival at Camp Stewart is now in treatment while a military board investigates his alleged mental and physical fitness. Army officials cited considerable turnover at Camp Stewart, suggesting it helped him slip away at times without recognition.
Harrisburg report notes gasoline taxed at 27 cents per dollar, while overall gas price has risen. Executive secretary W P Taylor of Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania says inexpensive fuel spurred auto ownership growth, with motorists paying 27 cents in tax per gallon of gasoline and 2 cents tax per gallon as well.
Erie reports show a car theft leading to the arrest of a suspect at Fourth and State. The thief later died in police custody after being caught driving the seized vehicle. Police recovered the car key from Hill, with officers confirming the arrest near Witt Pasky and Robinson’s patrol area. Felton, Chester C., longtime music store owner, dies at 82 after illness. He served in World War I and was a prominent Mason in Erie and statewide circles. He leaves his wife Ezma Brown Felton.
Albion and county officials discussed selling the former Erie County Home near 2½ Street and Pittsburgh Avenue to a Buffalo manufacturing concern for 38500. County solicitor Jacobs Held said bids would open February 9 but the Buffalo buyer preferred a private deal, making the sale appear almost certain.
Answers to quiz questions printed on the Editorial Page include The U S First Army Department of the Interior Roosevelt Minnesota True Montreal David Livingstone Jewish Istanbul.
Erie Feb 5 Mrs Trene Buie Ack 92 released from county prison in 1000 bond after being bound over to the May grand jury on a voluntary manslaughter charge connected with the death of Baya Fick. She had acted as housekeeper at 260 1st street until the morning preliminary examination. Bail was furnished by County Detective LeRoy Beare.
Erie February 5 dispatch states due to freight congestion and embargoes from rail raids. Truck operators planning long hauls are asked to register empty equipment at the Defense Transportation Office 808 Commerce Building. Earl J. Dowar, ODT district manager, urges full cooperation to maximize cargo space and ease the burden on railroads and motor carriers.
An aerial supply mission carried a two day load of groceries to eleven farms in Chau County near Jamestown after heavy snows closed roads. Pilot Roger Kandtensa airlifted food to families cut off for weeks while residents described dire needs and hopes for further assistance.
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