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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1942
Page
6
A chaotic draft of local notices reports Belmont area events and public safety. It mentions a fish air raid drill at the Senior High School and a meeting in Erie with local officials about court actions and county affairs. Additional items include school aid figures for Clymer Central and plans for a dinner honoring George Earle.
About fifty hospital superintendents and physicians attend the Northwest District Hospital Association meeting in Oil City. Miss Margaret Basin serves as secretary. Colonel L G Trimble and Mr H G Tritz address defense and hospital rate topics. Quarterly sessions foster idea exchange among superintendents and discuss defense preparedness and hospital menus.
Erie February report from Chief G J Christoph cites a surge in robberies with over $400 stolen in 48 hours. Victims include Lucille Benson who lost $6 and a Dayrell check for $17.82, A Enders losing $33, and Edna Carls who had 87 cents, glasses, and purse stolen during a Hiowntown incident.
JTAMES TOWN Penn 28 a citation for meritorious service in the national defense sayings program has been given. WTR local broadcasting station, S1 Gelaman, announced today opposition by the Treasury Department, which issued the citation, for programs and plans to expand the sayings bond effort. WITN provides a thrice weekly quarter hour program and a daily news broadcast with sayings information and announcements.
A devastating Ohio River disaster near Newport involved a river steamship and towboats. Crews from multiple boats, including 110 foot river boat and coal barges, were swept away by treacherous currents. Rescue teams recovered several bodies and identified missing workers among the ship’s crew. The tragedy shocked the river community and prompted swift recovery efforts along the Kentucky shore.
Brocton Preservitor Company plans tomato procurement for 1942. Carl Spot, a resident, states the company will pay $84 per ton for government grade tomatoes and $15 for other grades. Government price set at $19 per ton, with Italian style tomatoes fetching $23. Growers are told to withhold royalties until harvest and to pick only ripe tomatoes.
Bradford Feb 21 seniors will start a one week study course in aviation through a Civilian Pilot Training program approved by school authorities. Superintendent Floyd Pretz announced the plan using facilities at the local airport with no school board funding. Dorn McGrath and Joseph Fields spoke at the conference with Capt T As Goff, senior aeronautical inspector of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, and A L Tucker, aeronautical inspector of Pittsburgh present.
Elk County court held Towle Da Pierro after an argument at Eagle Valley tannery Thursday. DePierro faces charges of lying and concealed weapons. he is free on bail. John Prenciop, arrested on miscellaneous assault, is scheduled for hearing.
In Franklin on February 23 a mother, Mrs. Margaret Shattuck of Hancock apartments, waits for word about her loved ones in the war. Her grandson Lieut. Robert Maxwell Chapin is with Gen. MacArthur in the Philippines, while her son Maxwell M. Field, a Standard Oil superintendent born in Pleasantville, is stationed near Polembeng, Sumatra, until the Japs advance. She has not heard since Christmas. Standard Oil confirms employees in Sumatra were conducted to Batavia, but is uncertain amid the rapid Dutch East Indies developments.
A wartime prohibition rally at the first Baptist church urged a nationwide ban on sale and manufacture of all alcohol for the duration of the war. Miss May B. Macken of Philadelphia, national lecturer for the Women's Christian Temperance Union, spoke on blacking out liquor and led passage of the resolution.
Fragmented ad lists canned goods and prices, including multiple items at 17 cents per tall can, four for 25 cents, and three for 20 cents. Also mentions leaves at 19 cents, two dozen at 25 cents, and various 6 for 25 and 2 for 49. Text is garbled but conveys a sales catalog of grocery items and bulk deals.
February 23 report notes additional enemy alien arrests in a six county area under Erie and Pittsburgh lines. District Attorney Charles Uhl says the first roundup is only a beginning and that those who cooperate will be prosecuted. others face internment. Several detainees were moved to Pittsburgh after questioning.
February 28 report says two University of Rochester sophomores Mones Hawley 18 and Lei G Widener Jr 20 and Rochester student James H Clark 22 faced burglary and safecracking charges. Police found loot from several burglaries at the fraternity house. Bail set pending grand jury action. Hawley and Widener suspended by officials. The piece also notes a separate survey on American male height and weight trends over 50 years.
A fire warden school will convene with up to 200 men attending. Training and instruction will occur at No 1 Engine House and No 7 Engine House, with quarters and equipment listed. The event will coordinate with Olive Vine defense units and local authorities.
The state rationing administration fixed Erie county March quotas at 693 tires and 493 tubes including retreads. The breakdown: 156 passenger car tires, 120 tubes, 76 tires for trucks, 162 retreads. State quota totals 86,990 tires with retreads. Other counties list quotas for Clarion Cravford etc. Elmer Transveay state rationing administrator warned dealers selling retested tires without certificates since Thursday, violation of federal regulations.
A Saturday meeting of Bradford and McKean county officials, airport committee members, and civilian defense groups examined whether public funds should sustain a Q-hour guard at Harry Bmery airport. The city underwrites two guards, the county pays for the third, each guard serving eight hours.
Auction-like notices list Thompson's Poultry Farm Clymer N Y offering horses and cattle for sale eight miles from Corry Pa. Multiple teams of sorrel roan and grey geldings mares and bays with specific weights plus individual horses. Also ads for Poultry Park and hatchery stock and general farm supplies from local dealers and hardware outlets.
Air raid wardens and auxiliary police will be organized at major local industries and schools as part of a civic defense program. Fire chiefs, police, and plant managers outline coordinated measures to protect city utilities and evacuation centers.
Readable portions describe wartime bombardment and aerial activity linked to United States and Allied leaders. The text references Roosevelt and Molotov era rhetoric, submarine activity along the coast, and fears of supplies being overwhelmed.
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