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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1945
Page
2
The Dunkirk board of education regular meeting was postponed eight weeks due to the death of Arthur H. Woelfle who served as board secretary and superintendent of the city sewage disposal plant. He died in Brooks Memorial Hospital and the rescheduled meeting will be held Monday night.
In Bradford a city council special meeting led by Mayor Hugh J. Ryat granted local builders the go ahead to subsist 19 new homes in the Bradford area with 10 inside city limits. Also noted were local ads and community notices including pie sales and the ongoing public service events in surrounding towns.
July 12 autopsy today by Dr K Burt at St Vincent's Hospital to determine the death of Mrs Bernice Saymanski 88 of Brie. The woman who died after admission at 4:40 am Monday was struck on the head with a hammer by her husband and suffered possible fracture and scalp lacerations. Coroner Warren W Wood ordered the autopsy. State Police Willard Schauer said they will wait for the report before opening an investigation. Police noted two women arrived with head injuries believed from a fall down stairs. The victim, brought to the hospital by a man and a woman who identified themselves only as her daughter and another, died Wednesday afternoon.
Associated Press reports Willie Coates, a Pittsburgh workman, was crushed in a hopper conveyor while oiling it. Fellow workers used acetylene torches to cut away the structure and free him. Police and workers cooled his face with water as he fainted several times. One man supported him during the prolonged extraction and relief efforts.
Fire at 6 86 p m Wednesday badly damaged the parish house of Rev Stephen W Dingolecki pastor of St Casimir s Church 629 Hess avenue Fire Chief Lawrence P Scully said damage to the building estimated 2500 with 1500 to contents Two neighborhood youths discovered the fire and rang the alarm
Gas workers strike in West Virginia and Kentucky ends with a truce. Spokesmen predict full gas supplies returning to Pittsburgh area factories by day’s end. The report notes wartime casualties and local business notices amid a collage of brief items.
Washington report notes Jim Byrnes as a leading pick for secretary of state under Truman and potential No. 2 in the administration. It discusses presidential succession and Senate confirmation, plus Byrnes’ long career and influence, including past backing at the 1944 convention.
An unclear OCR framed local agriculture and public notices touching on corn production estimates and county figures. Mentions Philadelphia season, epidemics, and county assistance with a rough July context, including names like Meadville Ridgway and Ramsey, with figures around 160 higher and 871,150,000 in political or financial references.
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