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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1944
Page
2
Storge Cane of Washington to race Thurman Tucker of the White Sox in a war relief baseball speed duel at Comis Key Park on July 28. Event promises a 60 yard sprint between two famed base stealers amid fundraising aims and publicity for relief efforts.
Local notes cover a broad mix of incidents from Brookville to Corry. Items include Powell Motor Co. accident on Franklin Polk road injuring Mrs David Cyphert, and infantryman Set Nil Parker wounded in June now in an English hospital. Other brief items report hospital discharges, a death by heart attack after mowing, bingo events, a dog quarantine fine, bombings and a Normandy trip, injuries to a child in a fall, a lodge meeting, and Cherry harvest participation in Corry.
The Associated Press reports Pennsylvania saw eight child fatalities in a weekend. Reading boy Earl Hoff, 9, died after running into a bus in rain. Williamsport boy Thomas McFadden, 11, hit by a bus. Johnstown girl Joven Kuysko, 3, fatally struck by a trolley after leaving a theater. York’s George Singleton, 13, drowned during a Boy Scout outing. Allegheny Heights youth Bernard Marvich, 13, died diving in a shallow pool. Hazelton area Carolyn Champion, 6, fell 150 feet into a mining pit. Mountain Top’s Ambrose Figner, 36, burned in a tank car fire. Andrew Leeper, 99, electrocuted at his plant. McKeesport’s Raymond Rosner, 9, hit by a train.
The United Nations Monetary Conference in Bretton Woods New Hampshire extended its sessions by three days to finish technical work. Officials said agreement on all matters of substance would come by Wednesday, with the final session moved to Saturday. The talks already reached a plan for an $8.1 billion postwar program labeled prosperity run.
The German propaganda agency transocean quoted Marshal Guenther Von Kluge last night criticizing the Allied security method. He said the approach places extraordinary demand on individual air and ground troops, and that Americans, British, and Canadians press ahead only after they believe bombs have smashed everything. The interview aired via Federal Communications Commission coverage.
Washington July 1 War Production Board Chairman Donald Nelson advances a reconversion program authorizing aluminum use in manufacturing pots and pans and other civilian goods. The plan, opposed by the War and Navy Departments, allows substitutes of aluminum for other metals but does not boost consumer item production. Strict limits remain to prevent diversion from war needs with dates set for July 22, July 29, and August 15 to phase in experimental postwar models, peacetime tooling, and civilian hiring of idle labor and machine capacity.
The article reports American troops holding their positions on the Italian front with a heavy German counterattack in the Era valley near Jampanell, briefly driving the doughboys back before they countered and retook ground. German tanks withdrawn from combat were redeployed to support the offensive alongside the advancing U.S. forces. The piece also notes a separate domestic item about the Office of Price Administration appointing Lorenxspa to lead the Pond Rationing Division, with Livorno detailing the assignment.
An American 0-mm gun fire rattoun hurls explosive shells at terrific velocity and proves an ideal dual purpose weapon. It is used against enemy troops in Italy with devastating effect, the Allied Command said today.
Treasury report from Washington dated July 17 shows receipts 10,642,371.14 expenditures 241,417,720.68 net balance 23,175,30,164.93 total debt 208,699,218.32 and a daily increase of 144,812,004.38.
Associated Press reports a large daylight raid by 150 U S heavy bombers against multiple targets in eastern France including bridges near Nomangidy Belfort yards and a complex near Rheims. Up to 500 fighters escorted the formations as Allied air power intensified during the invasion.
Sergeant Fenoyer Pengyer, a bomber gunner from Spartanburg, received the Purple Heart for wounds sustained May 10 during missions over Austria and Italy. He also earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery and successful missions over enemy territory in Europe. Born August 1983 and son of Fred Pengyer of Route 2, Spartanburg, he recently deployed overseas.
A prisoner attacked a guard at Garden Suicies, then investigators found in a psychiatrist’s office a bag of oil rags with an electric light extension cord, believed to be part of a device set by Saunders to start a delayed fire. Guards extinguished smoldering rags.
Lawrence Schone a 31 year old aircraft worker remains in serious condition after eight days of persistent hiccups doctors report. Dr Lloyd Tinter notes Schone hiccoughs at about twelve times a minute despite brief relief during artificial sleep as of today. A separate dispatch from Wilmington reports storm warnings lowered for both North Carolina and Virginia coasts as a tropical storm threatens hurricane strength off the Atlantic.
A historical newspaper notice invites men and women with hearing loss to test a hearing remedy. It mentions a home method sponsored by a group and promises a money back guarantee at Lindsley’s and other drug stores.
The readable text fragment mentions juries, a young person, a horse, a clip, cars, a hospital, a father named Albert, a Saturday street scene, and a library schedule. It suggests an incident or series of events across several locations with mentions of a court or arrest, a hospital, and weekly reports, but details are incomplete.
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