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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1943
Page
6
Snappy night gives way to warmer weather as the Red Cross executive committee meets this afternoon at 4 in the Ajax organization rooms. Local business notes include GC Murphy Co reporting a net profit of 2,424,504 dollars and earnings of 5.84 per share on common stock, versus 3,660,549 dollars and 7.20 per share in 1941.
In Erie County Judge Miles B. Kitts presiding, Steve Kuria pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated after admitting a gin drink preceded a drive from the port to Chestnut streets. The judge and attorney debated the level of intoxication with the judge offering the line between sobriety and drunkenness, next ordering a $100 fine, costs, and license suspension.
Washington February 1 The Office of War Information announced an important address on the war against inflation will be broadcast tonight. James Byrnes director of economic stabilization will speak at 10 10:30 Eastern over the Columbia Broadcasting System.
Erie lawmakers tired after Harrisburg trip plan to back a reform bill cutting passenger auto license fees to a flat ten dollars, replacing the horsepower based rate. Treasury report shows February receipts at 16.9 million, expenditures 290.0 million, net balance 7.4 million, total debt 41.9 million, rise of 195 million from prior day.
Names and facts from a page quiz include John W. Bricker as a figure, a count of thirty two, New Guinea as a location, Wood Administrator as a term, the United States, Marines, and the Encyclopedia Britannica. It also lists Abraham Lincoln and The Solomons Islands, with Augustine Weekington and Mary Ball Washington as additional named individuals.
Spartansburg community notes a string of local events with club meetings, hospital updates, and new naval induction plans. The Martha Washington Club reports a social meal and December ride, while Grange groups plan an anniversary dinner and initiation. Local families face hospital stays and surgeries as deliveries and inquiries shape the town’s wartime activity.
In Erie on February, Mrs Emma Festermacher mother of five went on trial on voluntary manslaughter and causing a death charges. Attorneys Richard and Joseph Agvest said they will argue the child was born October 23. Edwaxl Mazigtia and Mickey Harbuda faced separate trials over a car theft from J McLaughlin. Nazirlin sat near an Erie works curb after a crash into a pole, naming Harabuda as accomplice. Steve Kutta was fined for drunken driving and ordered to surrender his license. George Garbaloff pled guilty to assault and battery with malicious mischief and faces trial next Monday after an attack on Attorney Nagurski during a church photo.
The column lists Baptist and Methodist church activities including Bible study, prayer meetings, Junior League and choir rehearsals. It mentions Mrs Conley, Miss Mabel Sehrecke, and Mrs Farley hosting events, plus locals Mr and Mrs Vern Smith visiting Meadville and North Warren residents on Monday.
Feane Pennsylvania February 9 Wierd Wembkins 38 of Kane faces charges connected to forged checks across McKean Elk and Warren counties totaling over 500 dollars. Tompkins arrested after state and county investigators traced forgeries to Marsh store Farmers Valley and linked to CG El Streeter Bradford forgery case. Other forged checks involve V V Bowman lumber mill operator and O W Bessea woods jobber Radway. Police report the explosion incident earlier linked to Streeter’s activities.
Agricultural Extension Bureau official Paul Crossmon outlines a spraying program for the 1913 potato crop in Erie County. D Burke of Pennsylvania will speak at a series of meetings including Beaverdam Knowy 2sUi Cley Comy spraying ring and Waterford school events with growers invited.
Erie pa joins other western pennsylvania cities in protests this week as Petroleum Co-ordinator Harold Ickes and Price Administrator Prentiss Brown move sections between gasoline districts. The action shifts control of fuel distribution in the state amid ongoing shortages.
In Harrisburg a bundle of proposed laws aims at liquor regulation, taxes, and public service. Bills call for a local option ban, tax breaks for long-term homeowners, and the removal of some pension and teaching requirements. Proposals also seek to adjust juror pay, marriage license rules, and birth certificate procedures, reflecting wartime governance priorities.
Spartansburg, Feb. 9. Robert Q. Bryant, 61, a well known resident, died suddenly from a heart attack at his home at 10:30 last night. He leaves wife Sadie, daughter Lette Curlton of Philadelphia, son Robert Jr., brother Leroy of Indiana, and sisters Mrs. Frank Burden of Chicago and Mrs. Prayup Davisoll of Rigby, N.Y. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
Private George Whitesell aged 29 of Meadville along with his brother Herbert Whitesell 29 of Lawrence Park were injured when their car rear ended by a vehicle driven by Mrs. Alice Childs on Route 19 south of Erie. George sustained a fractured skull and brain concussion with a fractured nose. Herbert suffered facial lacerations and a possible head injury. Both were taken to St Vincent's hospital.
An Allied offer to take Guadalcanal was intimated by Admiral Williams Browning amid reports on the Solomon Islands base. The message notes enemy force strength, evacuations, and Japanese losses as U.S. naval operations in the Solomons intensify.
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