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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1943
Page
2
Numerous small notices in Titusville and nearby towns report deaths, promotions, civic events, and minor crimes. Included are the death of Samuel McGinnest in Titusville, local club and church activities, a furniture and grocery ad, a drive for war bond promotions, and several police blotter items from Oil City, Jamestown, and surrounding communities.
The Boreas Class of the Methodist church will meet Wednesday evening at the home of Men Merle McIntyre on North Center Street. Charles Ross, 40, of Franklin, a patient at Prantolin Hospital, sustained injuries from a fall near the Prats Bus inness Women's Eli building, fracturing a collar bone and possible lung injury. C D of A bingo set for Tuesday night at 8 with $53 in prizes, door prizes after $5 and $20. Pine Grove Cemetery Association directors hold a meeting Thursday evening at 7:30 in Horn Lock rooms.
The War Manpower Commission returns 1193 Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware workers to non military status within six months under new rules. The moves involve 20 factories employing 10895 workers and rely on plant schedules to replace draft eligible staff with trained nonwar labor. An official notes deferments depend on approved replacement schedules and loaned manpower.
State patrol reports a collision between a car and a passenger train at a city crossing in Tulsa. Andrew J. Maxwell, a grade crossing watchman, said he waved a red lantern and leaped aside to avoid being struck as the automobile approached, killing five aboard.
Portland report states the 16,500-ton tanker Schenectady sank while at a dock at Swan Island shipyard. It had completed its maiden run and been turned over by the Maritime Commission after construction by Henry J. Kaiser.
Representatives of the Rent Control Office visiting Erie and Corry weekly report improvements in relations between landlords and tenants after explaining rent control provisions. No prosecutions yet, though some flagrant violations have been referred for action. Visits will continue through February, with possible permanent scheduling if warranted.
In Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania on January 11 the jury resumed deliberations in the murder trial of Ruben Moyer 72 of Parryville charged with shooting Harry Neeb 34 of Lehighton last October Neeb died while visiting his brother near Moyer’s home A female juror Mrs Charley Prante 45 of Lehighton refused to discuss the case on Sunday due to religious scruples delaying the panel
The Associated Press reports two more United Nations ships sunk in the western Atlantic raising the total to 593 since Pearl Harbor. One vessel was lost in a collision in the Caribbean, and other incidents add to the tally across the Atlantic coast and nearby waters.
Funeral services for Jay C Avery were conducted Sunday by Rev Wilmer Heffer of the Christian Missionary and Alliance Church. Interment followed at Pine Grove mausoleum with numerous relatives and friends attending. many names from Sharon and nearby towns appeared among honorary and active bearers.
Announcement of funeral services for Lt Harvey Z Davis Army Air Force son of Mr and Mrs B Harvey Davis 469 East Main Street who died in an airplane crash at Cras sty Minnesota January 12 arrives in Jamestown Tuesday at 1 p m and will lie in state at Westminster Presbyterian Church West Third Street from noon until 3 p m Wednesday January 20 Services will be at 3 p m at the church with interment in Jamestown cemetery
Allied forces push forward from the Voronezh region aiming at Kharkov the steel city held since October 1841. Alekseycovka near the Voronezh Kharkov rail line marked the closest approach as Russians pledge to eliminate the German death pocket before Stalingrad. Russian communique claims 40,000 Germans remaining from 22 divisions and 1,000 killed 850 captured. Three more Nazi positions near Velikie Luki fall as Moscow reports German raids on the Moscow region.
A boulder rolled from a mountainside on the Pennsylvania Turnpike 16 miles east of the New Stanton interchange, killing Pvt. Albert Tarten of Akron, Ohio, and seriously injuring Forrest D. Moore, also of Akron, who were in a trailer truck. A Treasury report lists January receipts and expenditures alongside debt data.
An OCR fragment notes dates in February March and items like coffee coupons and kale books. Mentions a location unnamed and an offer related to a Germ Son and an arrangement for a Suck. Details are unclear due to incomplete text.
A garbled excerpt discusses Nazi figures and American reactions to Hitler era broadcasts. It mentions Goebbels and censors, injuries and medical treatment, and questions why friendly voices cannot counter hostile messages. The fragment hints at wartime propaganda and medical care but lacks clear events or dates.
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