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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1942
Page
3
The snippet presents the Corry Evening Journal masthead with publication details, locations, Associated Press credit, and subscription and advertising rate notes. It lists publisher names, bureaus, and affiliations, indicating a historic newspaper front matter rather than a news item.
The new City Council and Board of Education, both recently seated, confront wartime pressure demanding program revisions and service sacrifices. Finances are sound, but sweeping changes and public tolerance will be essential as operations adjust to years of conflict.
The writer urges the State Liquor Control Board and city authorities to immediately revoke or suspend licenses of owners who fail to enforce the law at taverns in Gowry. Police report frequent melees near such establishments, with calls two to three times weekly. A thorough past-licence review is urged to curb disturbances before more serious outcomes occur.
Campaign begins with a $5,500 quota as volunteers sweep shops, offices, and stores. The community already subscribes generously and urges all workers to contribute promptly through their workplaces or at Bracken.
A brief plea from The Red Cross calls for generous donations amid a great emergency. The notice stresses urgent help and seeks broad support to aid relief efforts during June.
The piece argues staying well is a crucial war job for citizens. It cites a Gallup poll claiming sickness caused vast lost work hours, enough to build heavy war machines. It advocates simple health habits like exercise, fresh air, light clothing, avoiding crowds, and maintaining cheerfulness to boost healing and resilience.
A wartime note discusses steel rationing impacts on license plates and newspaper publishing costs. States reduce plates per vehicle, reuse old tags, or switch to pressed paper to save metal. Some papers trim editions to six pages to avoid rate hikes, deleting nonessential items. Kaiser Wilhelm’s missteps and a language note on endways are briefly mentioned.
Manager Shuss of the local lighting company reported a street lighting overhaul with extensive repairs and new placements. The company has spent over $8,500 on repairs in the past two years. Mervyn Nast, long hospitalized, has recovered enough to return home. Twenty five Kinley family members were hosted at a dinner by Mr and Mrs E R Kinley. Miss Tuckle Murray has returned to Mimira to teach after a holiday visit with her parents. The Midnight Club met with games and awards won by Mrs Hugh Steware Mrs Alvin Thornton Robert Base and Alvin Thornton. J H Wright announced the opening of his new optical parlors on Worth Center street. Good roads boosters shift focus to finishing State Highways 88 and 5W to connect Corry to Warren. Frank M. Lockwood Sr former resident and bakery owner died this morning in Titusville.
Facts note the first U S school for the deaf started in Hartford Connecticut in 1817 with Dr Cogswell as a backer though he had no deaf daughter. The passage covers historical context and a naming origin for porcelain. It also notes rising rabbit farming profits and a general note about prisoners being sent to prison for petty larceny.
White spots caused by water or heat on furniture can be removed by rubbing with damp flannel soaked in camphor spirits essence peppermint or two drops of turpentine. After a few minutes apply furniture polish to finish.
A reader seeks answers to seven quiz questions from a classified page. Questions cover topics including the Whiskey Rebellion, calculations about a great gross, blood circulation theory, former country names Ferida and Mesopotamia, The Innocents Abroad author, McKinley assassination succession, a profiteering car transaction, lieutenant general versus major general, a state with a one house legislature, and the capital of West Virginia among options Parkerburg Charleston or Wheeling.
From the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania the Daily Dozen emphasizes proper food selection and preparation for soldiers. It warns that overcooking and long standing reduce nutrients, and stresses that adequate nutrition and morale hinge on well fed troops and pride in training and office.
Forty two drug stores across McKean Warren and Cameron counties gathered in Kane Pa to form a northwest branch of the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association. The new group aims to cooperate with civil defense units with officers elected Frank Gillis as president Newcomer as vice president and Leonard Johnson as secretary treasurer.
Jon Warren reports a Youngsville worker lost an arm at a National Forge company plant while pruning dies on a hammer charge. Steam pressure failure allowed a heavy machine to fall, injuring two men including 31-year-old Floyd Caathlin. Both arms severely injured, Warren hospitalized, condition improving. discharge after treatment.
Bradford officers report the second tire and wheel theft in under a week. Guido Benusvitt told police his car’s tires were stolen from his street parked vehicle last night. Chief Edward Edmonds urges Bradford motorists to avoid street parking unless necessary.
Two Cory men Horton J. Davis and R O Barnes named as members of the new district tire rationing board. The county board, named earlier, includes Edward L. Heal chairman, Waller Ly Peake vice chairman, and Daniel J. Murphy secretary. Six Erie boards and three county boards will convene to organize and begin work.
Three college girls were burned when steam escaped and a coupling on the Erie Hailed Inn Limited tram opened at Elmira Hudson station. Dorothy Coney 21 Williston Park NY and two others 18 and 20 were injured and taken to Arnot Ogden hospital for treatment.
New York city theater icon Otis Skinner, long famed as dean of the stage, died last night of anemic poisoning. Funeral services are planned for tomorrow at Lille Chute Around the Corner. burial will follow in Woonsocket, Vermont.
Erie June 5 Lawrence Béail ly assistant fire chief and district wardens for Erie Crawford and Warren counties instructed 90 county fire department representatives Friday afternoon on zone fire wardens and civilian emergency duties. Scully and Safety Director Joseph Martin led the session in city hall to stress prompt mobilization and firefighting directives.
Slaron, Pa. Jan. S Roward Manthey 91 of Limestone died instantly when his loaded truck left Liberty street, struck a curb, and crashed into a large tree. The Hamilton Brothers Coal Company driver suffered fatal head injuries with neck and leg breaks. He is survived by his parents and two brothers.
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