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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1944
Page
3
The Rex Theater drawing awarded $425 to a winner who did not attend the movie. the prize will rise to $250 next week. Various notices cover postwar planning in Pennsylvania, military enlistments, local fire department readiness, border travel relaxations, and regional wartime tasks.
Warren July 7 Two dangerous patients from State Hospital Joseph McLaughlin and Lloyd Shaumpney confined in olive ward escaped with help from youth TL White 17 Clarion county who used a pass key and a linen key fashioned by him The youths confession to attending physician Dr Leonard Rosensweig showed both men suffered from dementia praecox and would be confined A hospital supervisor reported White confessed The offense is a misdemeanor Judge Allison Wade fined 25 costs of prosecution and placed White on probation for one year.
Erie July 1 Lloyd Timlin 51 Wesleyville contractor sustained lacerations and shoulder injuries when a dump truck body loaded with sand lowered onto him as he repaired the hoist. He was removed to Hamet Hospital in good condition. Timlin was unloading sand at the Barrison government project on Station road south of Wesleyville.
McMahon a Smethport High senior died Wednesday at Warren General Hospital after being overcome by heat while on a road crew assignment last week. He was admitted Tuesday evening and became delirious by Sunday. He is survived by his mother Mrs James McMahon and is a nephew of Dr T K Larson of Hertsea Street.
Berl Swan, former director of the American Red Cross Officers Club in Alexandria Egypt and supervisor of fourteen Persian Gulf installations, will share overseas experiences at the Red Cross annual meeting at Senior High School Wednesday evening. The program is free. musical selections by the Corry Band and the election of five Red Cross directors are planned, with a Victory Song contest final that night and a prize for the winning verse.
Erie July 1 The prolonged dry spell harms early potatoes and berries with estimates of one third less corn yield. Paul Crossman says berries will be brief and potatoes badly affected. Cora wilted by day, revived at night before drying again. No tomato damage yet. State reports show drought spreading to truck crops. rain is needed soon. Weather locally shows no rain in sight.
Lily A Kerstetter reported a drowning near Grubb Road bridge in McKean Pa. Ten-year-old YOUNG LAD, son of Oliver G and Anna Price Kerstetter, dove into the creek and did not resurface. His niece Catherine Ann alerted her father Jamies Kerstetter, a sailor on leave. Volunteers led by Kerstetter retrieved the body within a half hour. West Lake Hose Co Firemen and Chief William Middleton aided, but resuscitation with an inhalator failed.
A massive explosion at an Oil City gasoline plant operated for the DPC by Pennzoil Continental Quaker State and Wolf's Head killed eight men and caused a heart attack death. Identified victims include Milton V. Strain Martin Greene Wallace E Weaver Theodore Johnson Harry J. Stack Joseph Chapel D H Beyrin Frank M Zachfel and Walter Winters. The plant cost about 5 million and had been operating two months. A Treasury report lists federal figures with a large net balance and total debts.
A 1300 aircraft American heavy bomber and fighter operation struck central Germany early today targeting airfields and oil refineries. The Germans reportedly shot down at least 60 planes in fierce battles near Leipely and Mackay, as Fort George Christensen claimed six kills in a Thunderbolt. Deep penetrations by American bombers hit the Leisig fringe and other targets while follow up strikes pressed Kiel and Pas-de-Calais in France.
Governor Thomas B. Dewey and Senator Arthur Vandenberg agreed on foreign policy as Dewey planned meetings with Congress. Vandenberg, head of the Senate committee, predicted the Republicans could win over 300 of 482 electoral votes and termed the Dewey Bricker ticket "exceedingly" strong in the Midwest.
Jamestown reports a widow died aged 48 leaving an estate valued at 365231 dollars and a $7109.24 loan. The will dated June 20, 1980, splits personal property among her husband and children, with the remainder placed in a trust for the husband until his death, and the estate details noting numerous names and neighbors in the Lauderdale area.
The seventh annual camp meeting of the Bible Folders will close Sunday at Lake Pleasant, Pa. Speakers include Dr William Bairns of Shoals Indiana and Dr W A Williams of Meadville. The closing program features a Gallien service and baptismal rites with speakers Williams Bierney and others.
Mrs Marie A Donaldson wife of Cleve Donaldson RD 1 Spring Creek died Thursday night at Corry Hospital at 6 20 PM after a serious illness. She lived at her present residence many years and was well known in the community. She is survived by her husband a daughter Elaine Craft two brothers Chester Southworth Medina and Harvey Southworth Burbank. The body was removed to Bracken Keating Funeral Home friends may call until Saturday when it will be taken to the Congregational Church at Spring Creek for funeral services at 2 PM Rev John Wella pastor officiating. Burial in Spring Creek Cemetery.
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