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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1943
Page
6
Police picked up a Warren County boy after a storm and returned him to Rome near Brooks Rocks. He had been living with a southside family as authorities report. The item notes a community sheltering effort and a brief regional incident.
Two men charged in a Warren Pa theft ring pleaded guilty but Judge Allison Wade deferred sentence until February. They were linked to robberies at Fadale pool room McCabe's restaurant and Warren Billiard Academy and a failed Beckley store break in. The pair fled to Jamestown after a robbery there and are deserters from Canadian and U S forces with prior police records. The men were captured after an oil-soaked glove clue and a chase led by Warren police.
Allied air units attacked Japanese shipping at Rabaul in a bold strike wounding, sinking, or disabling ten ships. Reports mention continued Soviet counteroffensives in the Caucasus with Nalchik and Prokhladnensky towns changing hands as Red Army advances threaten German lines.
In Clymer on January 5 Mrs. Cena Wassink was honored on her 79th birthday at a surprise gathering with many neighbors and friends. The Red Cross meets weekly in the Methodist church to fold bandages and make needed items for service members. Beulah Cogre, a local history teacher, injured her knee after falling at a neighbor’s home and will be bedridden for two weeks. A sleighing party followed by oyster stew brought together many local residents for a festive evening.
Miss Eva Kepler, Corry school nurse and Christmas Seal chair, appeals to residents to return subscriptions or stamps. Proceeds fund the Erie County Health and Tuberculosis Association’s work including school nursing, free clinics, and health education. Bishop Ward warns wartime stress risks Tuberculosis rise. 85 percent of county students benefit from school nursing, with many more served by clinics and screenings.
Julius Anderson, 44, son of Mrs. Augusta Anderson of West Kane, is missing in action and presumed lost, per a Coast Guard message. A Kane native, he earlier worked in customs in Cleveland, the merchant marine on the Great Lakes, and with the Pennsylvania Railroad yard office. He had recent trips to Iceland and Aruba and sailed from Port Arthur, Texas toward the Florida coast and South America.
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