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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1944
Page
3
Disjointed OCR text recalls a soldier subjected to torture and a mocked execution, noting phony rations and Japan-related warnings. The fragment lacks clear names, dates, or places, but implies a wartime incident involving military personnel and an inquiry.
Erie February 1 1945 county commissioners unanimously vote to sell the old county home at Pittsburgh Avenue and Ridge Road and the 11 acre farm to boost tax revenue for Millcreek township and the county. The motion by Commissioner Thomas Schaper passed with Thomas W. Platkey and Dell Darling. Officials call the site an ideal industrial location along a main road near a railroad spur potential.
Senior High students surpassed the wartime stamp goal from January 18 to February 18, raising 2334.60 dollars and exceeding the 1185 dollar target for one Army jeep, then topping the second jeep by four dollars and planning a fourth jeep with the drive proceeds. Principal Howard Sheen announced the results as the drive continued.
Erie February meeting of county school directors announced with Union City president Davis to preside. H. H. Dennison says sessions will feature P. A. Van Ness and PW. Robinson as guest speakers. Fairview High groups to provide music. officer elections to be held.
Associated Press reports Pennsylvan ia school enrollment fell by 25,250 last November from the prior year, driven by declines in elementary and high school students. Superintendent Haas cites population drop, minors in industry and farm work under child labor laws, and boys entering the armed forces training programs as factors. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia show the largest losses, with five counties recording heavy decreases in both elementary and high school enrollments. Total five-county enrollment dropped 22,25 0 or 11 percent from 1942 to 1943.
Harrisburg Feb 15 The State Pardon Board promised a decision today on clemency pleas of two men condemned to die by electric chair for murder Musto 45 Altoona and McCausland 25 Erie argued their mental condition caused the crimes Prosecution opposed the pleas The men were convicted in separate incidents Hollidayburg Blair County court house steps murder and Leo Knoll shot in an Erie taproom after a $10 wager claim Both sides argued mental deficiency as a factor
Harrisburg February 16 Rubin Mayes a 50 year old junk dealer was found dead on a highway two miles north of Pro press with a bullet wound in the neck. Coroner Earl P Grim called it a murder. Motorists found the body and initial reports suggested an accident. Autopsy confirmed a neck wound but did not determine if the shooting occurred at the scene or after death. State Police had not found a weapon and were checking Mayes movements earlier in the day.
In Williamsport Pa a bond-account shortage over 150000 is reported as investigations by District Attorney Joseph P. Keliher probe Montgomery borough and Montgomery Clinton Township school districts. Lawrence A. Henderson, 51, publisher and former treasurer of the Montgomery-Clinton Coal Association, is jailed after waiving a preliminary hearing on forging the president’s name and faces a 10000 bond.
Quincy Mass February 16 The third U S S Pittsburgh a 13000 ton cruiser will be launched at Fore River shipyard Tuesday with the wife of Pittsburgh mayor Cornelius D Scully as sponsor The article notes Pittsburgh ships history from Civil War era to the 1905 1912 renamings and contrasts with earlier vessels
Michael Lorenno and John Avensil both 17 were bound over on juvenile charges after arraignment before Justice Emile Stenger for a fight in which 13 year old George Chatmon was shot by a .22 caliber pistol. Chatmon remained hospitalized in Kane Summit Hospital as authorities noted the weapon belonged to Avensil’s brother in the U.S. Army and had been handed to Avensil before the clash. Both youths were released on $1,000 bond with no formal hearing due to their juvenile status.
Tuesday, Lt. Evans ordered the City of Erie to accept 4422.82 from the Andrews Land Company as a compromise tax settlement for 46 Southlands subdivision lots. The court refused to withdraw its petition, deeming the city’s move untoward to the land company.
There is now two name in town that does not need an emergency far of Antisept San-Cura Ointment on its bathroom shelf. For dressing minor burns cuts and bruises recent sores boils itching of wires chapped skin sun burn and a dozen other uses San-Cura Ointment is antiseptic and comforting. San-Cura Soap is fine for tender skin at for babies. Ointment 35c and Soap 25c.
In Mab, Evie has subscribed 66 percent of the county drive quota as midnight marks the close of the Fourth War Loan drive. Corporate sales reached 80 percent, while Monty ume totals show 1,190 against a county target of 5,900. E bond sales closed just over 66 percent of the individual goal.
Police report a string of overnight burglaries in Erie on Feb 16. At 12:30 a.m. a gas station at 1224 Sassafras Street was broken into with loot including cash, merchandise, and 12,000 gallons of gas ration coupons. Shortly before 1 a.m. B B Kay's Diner at 152 West 1st Street and the Stadium Diner at 26 East 26th Street were also broken into. losses comprised cash, coin, and machine goods.
Titusville youth Corp Mawhew J. Miller, 25, recounts wartime exploits from Tunis to Sicily. He survived a mine blast that killed officer and driver, shattered his right leg and broke his arm in fall, then returned stateside for treatment before rejoining his regiment.
Columbus township announces budget readiness and references C. C. Warner as the Uip secretary in RD 2 Cony Pa.
Frits Gerken Iris wife Use and their Rose Marie a year old daughter formerly of Erie were interned in Crystal City camp for enemy aliens in October 1944 and will sail from New York aboard the Gripsholm exchange ship to Germany in a prisoner exchange. Gerken was arrested in Erie by FBI over subversive activities. The family volunteered for internment to stay together and depart with other German citizens exchanging for Americans held by Germany.
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