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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1944
Page
4
Mr and Mrs Gerald Fisk reunite with reformer parents Mr and Mrs A J Fisk at their Jamestown Essex Street home after a vacation with wives and friends in Corry.
Thirty three members of the Women’s Missionary Society of Clymer gathered Friday evening at Mrs Walter Bernink’s home on Eisst Smith Street. Mrs Gerrit Timmer led devotional exercises with Bible verses on woman. Mrs Richard Miller spoke on Africa experiences with her husband on mission fields. Rev and Mrs Miller plan to return to Africa in August with their four children and will travel by air. Refreshments followed the program.
Erie Railroad freight crew spotted a fire at a new loading platform beside the Odsonia plant on South Bow Street. Westbound trains sounded whistles to alert Jamestown Fire Station No. 4, and the alarm was raised at 6 20 p m. Firefighters extinguished the blaze by 6 50 p m. Chief Warren G Anderson says a carelessly thrown cigarette likely started the fire that spread from a rubbish pile to the platform.
German military leaders have been holding serious discussions with Adolf Hitler on Germany's critical military situation. A complete revision of defense plans may be made before month’s end. The conferences, trusted by informants, began early this week and are likened to the Kaiser's grand council of August 1918, when it was decided victory was unlikely but hope for peace remained amid continued heavy fighting.
Final rites for Mrs George Thompson were conducted at Bracken Keating Funeral Home with Rev P A Galgreath officiating. Bearers included Spencer Thompson Ernest Wright Henry Group and John Dahlstrand. Burial followed in Pine Grove Cemetery as relatives and friends gathered.
Funeral services were held for Charles F Morris who drowned in the Ohio River on March 2 when a skiff overturned near the McKees Rocks bridge. Mistaken identification had led to his burial in Bridgeport before the correct name was confirmed.
Police hunted Pvt Arch ie Butts 24 of Harborcreek and three companions for up to 18 felonies across Erie area. A deserter in a stolen sedan fled after a farm encounter near Venango Township. Companions included Samuel Pullet Howard Vought and Homer Orton. Vought and Fallett charged with thefts and vehicle theft. Orton with theft. Bricker linked arson to stolen car fires.
Alfred Parker's By Jiminy shoots for the 1944 three year old turf title by winning the Empire City stake at Jamaica. The favorite at 2 to 1, he faces seven rivals including Bound ing Home who beat Pensive in the Belmont and has since fallen to By Jiminy in prior efforts.
American bombers and nine fighters were lost last night as German planes mounted a raid. RAF Mosquito intruders downed six more German aircraft over Belgium France and Germany. German broadcasts warned of Allied aircraft approaching the Danube region signaling continued raids by Italian based planes. Navy Captain Arnold J Isbell will present the Army Navy E award to Chicago Bridge and Iron Company at Greenville plant on July 1.
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