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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1946
Page
6
A wide array of items from traffic enforcement to civic notes dominates the day. Police crackdowns on violators in Jamestown and Warren, an arson of fines, and a drivers’ education drive headline the local scene alongside real estate transfers and a rising cost of newsprint for newspapers.
Sharon Cartwright a 36 year old waitress at New Tower restaurant jumped from the public dock at State street in Erie at 9 16 a m Thursday. Officer Fred Kaeberlein leapt in and pulled her from the water then assisted to the dock with bystanders. He gave artificial respiration and she was taken by ambulance to Hamot hospital where doctors expect she will recover.
The article notes the draft age extension to 34, with the act due to expire, predicting a shortfall of about 295 to 300 men in reaching the 1,736,000 needed. It quotes officials saying most eligible men will be drafted and only certain groups remain exempt, including veterans and students in specific fields.
Spartansburg July 1908 records a large family reunion at the Gould farm with many cousins and visitors from Erie, Jamestown, Detroit, Bradford, Corry, and Cleveland. Residents welcome guests, report on local gatherings, church notes, and upcoming events including a Daily Vacation Bible School demonstration night and Sunday services across Gospel Tabernacle, Baptist, and Methodist churches.
Backache and dizziness from kidney fatigue blamed on failure to remove poisons. Thompson's Borsoma Tablets claim to stimulate kidney action and increase urine flow for quick relief. Also promotes Golden Lax Tablets for constipation at 25 cents.
In Kaufmans Hotel Atlantic City area, mass food poisoning caused guests to collapse. About 13 hospitalized, 100 treated on site, with early estimates of 300 of 400 guests stricken. Owner quote cites cream puffs as dessert source and notes hysterical guests. Reverend service details follow.
A former Coast Guardsman Ernest Gillis, 40, of Beverly Massachusetts, died when a B-17 crashed into a Holyoke mountainside killing twenty servicemen and five civilians. Gillis served at the Evie Coast Guard Station 1941 to 1944 and was married in 1943 to Virginia Eller of Beverly. His wife and parents learned of his death today.
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