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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1947
Page
3
A damaged OCR fragment mentions markets and tensions with phrases about harmony, 45 fed to the Depart and references to tunes and a country’s days. Limited readable facts prevent a fuller summary but indicate economic or cultural notes amid partial quotes.
Doctor Dallas M Armstrong of Newville, ex superintendedent, cites Pennsylv ania board of directors against immediate boosts to educator pay. He argues higher salaries should reflect district educational needs and warns blanket raises harm both high and low need districts, noting inflation and differing requirements.
Prospective candidates circulate as rumors spread across the county. Damian J. McLaughlin, a current court appointee, plans a full term bid. Possible challenger Robert H. Chase, WWII veteran, eyed for candidacy. Other names include John A. Blackmore, David S. Gifford, Mortimer B. Graham, Wayne A. Gleeton, Lindley R. McClelland. McLaughlin appointed by county court after Judge Laub’s 1845 election to the DA bench.
In Pickens County a mob of about 26 armed men seized Willie Earle a 25 year old Black man in the early hours and forced him from the jail. His body was found several miles away in Greenville County with stab wounds. The incident follows reports of a violent crime spree and an investigation by local authorities.
A hearse from the Cummings run er at Home of Kane was wrecked Sunday afternoon when the driver fell asleep near Garland. The car struck guard rails and was badly damaged. The body, en route Erie to Kane, was later moved to Kane by another hearse. The head had been shot. Earle was arrested after taxi driver T. W. Brown was found stabbed in a roadside ditch. Brown reported a Black fare from Greenville the previous night.
On February 17 at Sugar Grove the second oil well on the Youngsberg farm along the Lander Sugar Grove road produced a satisfactory gas and oil showing. Howard Curtis of Sugar Grove Oil Company says the new well compares favorably with the best in the area. Drilling on the deep John Anderson farm well on Bust Sugar Grove road is 4200 feet, in Medina sand, awaiting equipment to run more pipe. Paul Johnson and crew expect drilling to finish in about two weeks. the Youngverg farm well is 725 feet deep in the Ginde sand.
A Corry reader reports dramatic improvement after three days of RHU-AID use. She says left arm movement returned and the pain vanished, and she now feels like a different person. The advertisement touts a liquid medicine with three ingredients aimed at rheumatic and neuritic aches.
Catholic churches announced special Lenten services at Sunday masses and daily Masses at 7:30 and 8:15 in various parishes. Weekly and midweek schedules include Stations of the Cross on Fridays, benediction and rosary on Wednesdays and Sundays, with Ash Wednesday February 19 distributing ashes after morning masses and again at the evening services.
York Virginia police charged 40 year old Grant Logan with murder in the shooting death of 32 year old Mrs Hexel Hamberger Wagner, widow of a U S Army infantryman killed in Tuy. Logan was treated for three gunshot wounds and denied knowledge of the victim. Police Chief Nelson Schultz obtained the warrant and noted the injuries were not life threatening.
The PITA will sponsor a card party on Thursday February 20 in the Girl Scout room of the Dean School with contract, auction and 500. Reservations via Mrs Warren Fargo Mrs Clifford Casler or Mrs Albert Fox. News notes cover local talent plans a play Aunt Minnie from Mitnesota a crash at Scott's Crossing etc.
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