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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1942
Page
2
City and Vicinity items report Butter sales at Wilcox Grocery, pork sausage, eggs, and Ivory products. Meantime labor issues at Piper Aircraft halt operations pending arrangements. Also notes on a turkey dinner fundraiser, a Meadville meeting with an award, a car crash injuring four, and a flood of small town notices plus hospital updates and local crime and fire reports.
Fragmentary notes describe Mrs Merle Miller of East Main Street and George Ellis of North Center Street involved in a hospital incident at Hamor Bay Hospital with a patient transfer to home last evening. Clyde Brows of North Center Street injured in a ball incident at Corry Hospital, condition stated very poor and serious. Also mentions dressmaking service and a meeting of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Corry band at Mrs Harvey Loveland’s home on Monday evening. members urged to attend.
The War Department announced December volunteers may exceed 60,000, nearly doubling the May 1817 record. A February 16 registration for all male citizens born 1897 to 1921 will begin between 7 am and 9 pm, with draft boards nationwide printing cards and a lottery to assign numbers. Estimated pools from deferments and reclassifications could add up to 4 to 10 million available for military duty, with later registrations targeting 14 to 20 year olds and those 45 to 64.
Bradford Pa January reports from two local oil producers after a Washington conference indicate possible action on Pennsylvania crude oil price ceilings. Parker Melvin and Ralph Zook presented a report to Leon Henderson aides detailing regional output, stocks, and ways to boost supply. They noted November crude inventories were low, with only about 176 days of supply left and less than two days for refinery runs. No injuries or other items are reported beyond this energy policy update.
Reports from the business district canvass and volunteer subscriptions push the Red Cross War Fund toward a $5,400 goal. Chairman Olin W. Bracken notes contributions pour in from Corry and nearby towns, urging residents and workers to send donations to the Bracken-Keating funeral Home or the Stewart Hat Shop. The Golden Fale Club canvass shows strong early support, nearing an $8,000 total despite one major plant remaining.
A Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council urges extension of unemployment benefits from a $210,000,000 fund to cover part time workers. John A. Phillips, president of the OTO affiliate, asks Governor James to liberalize the law without draining the fund and suggests including this topic in a special session call. A separate incident notes Warren Stephen Carey, 24, of 17 Glade Avenue, injured when his hand was caught in a saw at G. Greene, requiring amputation of multiple fingers. Donations from local groups include Corry Teachers Association, $100, Corry Lodge of Biles, $100, and the Corry Pivemen’s Relief Association of the Stanford Hose Company, $25.
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