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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1942
Page
6
A Wilwallon board meeting fills the evening with city business and police focus on road safety under high speed limits. Local items include missing children, a restaurant opening, air raid wardens picnic plans, a bicycle theft, a family dispute, a Red Cross meeting, and a note on Elk convention attendance.
July 13 193? Erie youth Howard Kundrath 16 was critically wounded when a companion discharged a 22 rifle while camping near French Creek. The bullet struck him in the abdomen, lodged in the liver, and he underwent a delicate operation at St Vincent’s hospital. The shooter Ray Lawsuit aged 18 said the safety failed. authorities label the incident accidental.
A community update lists visitors to local homes including Mrs. Verne Price of Columbus and J. B. Wilcox family from Jamestown, with many mentions of Edinboro and Corry residents. It records travel to Erie and Bridgeport, family visits, and local club meetings including Otterbein Guild and Beer Aske Woman's Club July activities and decorations.
Fifty four draftees were inducted on Saturday with Corry men among them led by Harry Lloyd Reynolds and Nick Sanehyn. The group includes Theodore Sarnicki Thomas McCray Glenn Kimmy Luke Milspaw and others from Union City Muncie Wattsburg and Columbus. Induction center reports list Corry men accepted Friday and departing for New Cumberland that evening along with additional names and addresses.
Friday officers dismissed all objections to the will of Brewer D. Phillips and denied the widow's petition to take her one third share of the $140,000 estate under the will terms. Attorneys said they would appeal. The case涉及 recent litigation over alleged breach of agreement and whether the widow waived rights in an antenuptial agreement with Phillips, long president of the Bank of Jamestown.
Washington July 13 These Pennsylvanians form part of the Navy’s large fledgling flyer corps, 518 youths, beginning three months of intermediate flight training at Pensacola Jacksonville and Corpus Christi after which they will be commissioned in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve. Names listed include Pawl, Dara, Bate, Day, Bradford, McElwee, Aldan, Schilbe, Pottsville, Angel, Baden, Walter Day, Indiana, Mobrey, Dubois, Moren, Toole, Sharon, Ronan, Altoona.
The thirtieth Mitchell reunion met at Leon Mitchell’s Saltsville home on July 4 with About City members present. Birthdays for Mrs Mitchell and Mrs George Lingren were celebrated at Dunkirk. Officers for the coming year were elected: president Mrs Emory, secretary Mrs Howard Jouncom, treasurer Miss Jessie Mitchell, recording secretary Mrs Ora Mitchell. The next reunion will be hosted by Gerald Thomason and Mrs George Patterson. The twenty sixth Whaley reunion was June 28 at Spring Greek Grange Hall with thirty relatives attending. a noon din ner was served, followed by a business meeting led by president Paul Whaley. Minutes from 1941 were read and approved, bills presented, and plans made to retain the home office for next year. Relatives came from Westfield, Panama, Watts Flats, Youngsville, Brookville, Canadia Lake and Spring Creek.
DaRois Pennsylvania July 13 trapped in his car when it stalled on a northbound crossing in Front of a Baltimore and Ohio train near Dellwood ten miles north of here. Alexander Krous 34 of Brookville died at DuBois hospital after the collision. His wife and Mrs. Robert W. Lyle of Brockway were in the car and escaped with minor injuries. Conductor S B Holohan and engineer Edward Wirtner aided the group to hospital.
Bran nuin JillS presented a file for the Venango County Farmers and Fruit Growers Association at the courthouse on Friday evening, leading to the cancellation of the annual farm and feast show planned for Franklin armory next October. The decision cites storage, fuel, and gas conservation concerns and aligns with actions in neighboring counties.
O City Pa July 18 Don Ballweg homered in the ninth with a runner aboard to lift the Washington Redbirds to a 6 to 6 victory over the Ol City Oilers in a Penn State Teague game yesterday. In Butler, the Bullet Yankees defeated Johntown 10 2 as Johnby Derina contributed a milestone homer.
Pennsylvania relief statistics reveal a weekly drop with 1 326 cases closed and 707 opened. Total general assistance cases reach 41 606 with 65 369 people. about 9 000 employable. Other programs cover 97 342 old age, 182 708 aids to dependent children, and 13 931 blind pensions. Expenditures fall to 196 Bay, first time under 200 000, down 5 591 from prior week.
Antonio Sampier, serving life in Allegheny County for the sash weight murder of his wife Mary in 1892, notified District Attorney Burton F. Laub he will seek parole to the Pennsylvania board. Sampier, jailed near 18th and Myrtle, was sentenced July 22, 1892, by Judge J. Orin Waite and says he has paid his debt. Laub opposes the bid.
Jamestown July 13 Chauteauqua Lake Navigation Commission probes a Chris Craft motor boat incident on Lone Pine Cove. The waves may have flipped a canoe carrying two women, Edith Magee of Canton Ohio who died and Lucille Setple who survived. Commission members Dorberger Nelson Swanson with Mayville sheriff's department review statements. boat reportedly did not stay after the accident.
George Skowinski, 47, of Griffin Avenue Edinboro, was hit by a southbound car driven by Edmond Buuanowski, 18, near Route 99 and Edinboro lake while crossing at 9 30 p m He is hospitalized at St Vincent s with possible internal injuries fractured ribs and other injuries The Rhine River source in Swiss Alps is noted in the report but not part of the incident
In Erie county court Uhies residents of Conneaut file a $40,000 action against Walter A. Conover over the death of Joni Albert Pearson hit by a car on Route 20 near Pittsburgh Avenue in November 1941. Conover was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 18 months.
The War Department disclosed the names of U S civilians taken as prisoners when Wake Island fell to invading Japanese. The civilians include Paul May and Reid, with their listed next of kin and addresses in York and Kune.
The widow and two sons seek 40000 claiming the husband died due to negligence by Conover after he was paroled from a one month sentence. Attorney A Speeder represents the Pearsin family in the civil court matter.
Disjointed OCR text mentions Gaull and Bastille in a London setting. Unable to identify clear events, dates, or organizations. Sentences fragmentary, lacking coherent reportable facts for a definitive summary.
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