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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1942
Page
6
A search ensued for Basil Sharpe, 11, who vanished from his home and was believed to have boarded a freight train. Authorities traced the train to Sher, and the boy’s trace was eventually found.
July 21 report notes Mrs John Krieger plans a flight of a five star service mug from Broad street. Lt Charles Krieger of Los Angeles, inactive in the army reserve, called to training school with the army forces technical training, bound for California depot then Sarf Bernardino. He joins brothers Colonel A Edward Krieger at Governors Island and Captain G Hubert Krieger in Washington. Other brother Captain John G Krieger serves in Australia with MacArthur forces. Lt A Edward Kreger, son of Colonel Krieger, is in the TS. Krieger is Salamanca High School and Cornell alumnus, formerly with Sharp & Dohinie.
Fred Stearns an aged Kennedy man and his son in law Ray Trammer rode a flooded Conewango creek boat near Kennedy. A willow branch struck Stearns as the boat was swept downstream. Stearns clung to the tree for about 30 minutes before Kennedy fire department rescued him and Trammer. Neither suffered injuries.
Safety Director Sherman Hickey Jr was rejected for military service Monday at the state armory due to a heart condition and reclassified to 1A after a stringent examination. He was among 108 Second Ward residents called for final draft testing prior to induction.
Warren July 21 three cars were badly damaged in a collision at the intersection of Routes 2 and 6 near Chandlers Valley Saturday night. Leo Parone of Eddy Street city was arrested on a charge of roobiely driving after rear ending a coupe driven by D. Bhitly on West Street and pushing it into another car operated by Mary Brown. Parone was treated by a physician.
Glayton Scouten, son of Mr and Mrs Clair Seoutu, has enlisted in the Coast Guard. Farewell party planned at the Sparta-Boro home on the Spartansboro Riceville road Wednesday evening July 22. The Victory Club meets in Firemen's Hall to discuss fundraising for Sparta boy's service. Many local residents and families noted in community notices alongside hospital updates and church events.
Prosecutor Breslin says new searches of old sales records may solve the five year old murder of R Norman Redwood, a Standhog Union agent. James A Boyd, 59, in San Francisco on an intoxication charge, confessed to killing Redwood on February 19 1997 for 5000. He claimed he was a salesman for a New York lumber company and identified himself to Inspector Frank Ahern.
Widespread flood disruption left water and power scarce as state health workers opened field labs to test and restore supplies. In Port Allegany relief teams arrived as 400 families in Coudersport, 500 in Emporium, and 150 in Johnsonburg faced homelessness. Debris filled streets and farmlands while three drownings were feared near Emporium and several residents remained unaccounted for elsewhere.
The US Employment Office reports Erie, Wy added 1,601 jobs in June, lifting total employed to 4,411. Manufacturing led the gains with 1,510 additional workers, followed by 114 more in contracting for a 1,024 total rise. retail and wholesale trade fell by 18 in June.
July 11 report notes about $750,000 in bonds tied to city projects will be heard by Judge Timer L. Evans on Monday August 3 without a jury. Attorneys requested a bench trial due to numerous points of law, with bonds issued years ago to fund improvements and buyers alleging they purchased faith and credit obligations of the city.
Warren Pa July 21. The diamond jubilee of Trinity Memorial Episcopal parish was marked with an 11 a.m. service led by Bishop John Ward of Erie. The parish, founded July 19 1447, has had nine rectors. the current rector has served ten years. A reception will follow Tuesday evening at parish house with eight members depicting the eight former rectors.
The Rev Mrs Edna Burkatis a Venango County native and widow of a former Franklin minister died in floodwaters in the northern part of the state. She was attending a Free Mennonite conference at Port Allegany when rising waters along the river flooded the area. About 150 people reportedly faced peril as the river's surge overwhelmed riverside events.
Urgent aid is dispatched to flood hit zones including Alle Suny Clency and Portyillw. Red Cross volunteers in Bradford coordinate supplies such as field kitchens portable generators and blankets. Local chapter leader Byron Welle thanks helpers while reporting diversions and ongoing shortages in Port Allegany and nearby communities.
A weekend lake storm off the coast near Jameslown rescued seven persons from a stalled craft and a sailboat. responders from the Lakewood area were called out after p.m. to a joint stock air vessel and other vessels in distress. A person clung to a craft about a quarter mile from Haywen before rescue.
Police expanded the side street crackdown as fourteen cars were tagged for illegal parking between West Main and West Pleasant in the Fourth Ward. Chief Joan Flanigan cited rising property-owner complaints about motorists parking on side streets. arrests for street parking violations and a speeding arrest of a Columbus youth at 68 mph on East Main between Shady Avenue and the PR tracks.
Greensburg July 2 pull Gould 82 of Pennsvillé was rescued yesterday from a 9 to 10 foot hole where he had been trapped for about seven hours. Four Boy Scouts located him and summoned Everson men who used ladders to bring him to the surface. Gould fell into the hole while berry picking on the John Stouffer farm. The hole measured a couple feet wide at the top and widened to about 10 feet at the bottom. He was exhausted but not fatally harmed and drank dripping water collected in a berry bucket.
Minrochester area report says newspaper magnate and former political prisoner Marion Annenberg died at 8:40 PM at Marys Hospital after pneumonia developed post operation. He had served 22 months of a tax evasion sentence and claimed political persecution. Mrs. Annenberg and four of their eight children were at his bedside.
The Doud family reunion gathered sixty relatives from Jamestown Exe Bent Uke Rochester Pay Guys Mills Clymer Corry and vicinity at Luther Raymonds home on State Line Road. Officers elected for the coming ward include Walter Carter president Ida Hinkson treasurer Arti Miller secretary and Pyllicis Meerdiit historian. The oldest present were Mrs Tutner Raymond and James Doud and the three week old son of Donald Carter was the youngest guest. The reunion fell on Emma Douds birthday and next gathering is set for the third Sunday in July at the same site.
Scottdale Georgia July 21 Associated Press reports three small children were found in a sunless backyard with a 30 foot log chain around their necks as parental punishment for talone. Police Chief Burney said he forbids whipping. the couple, Archer R. Burney and his wife, jailed on cruelty charges with $5,000 bonds. One child seized coins from a purse. others did not reveal who did it.
Washington officials outline a Wilt evaluation of the Third Civilian Defense Area in case of serious enemy action. M Landis, director of the Office of Civilian Defense, announced plans with attendees from air raid wardens and defense officials from Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and the District of Columbia.
A garbled dispatch cites Allied and Axis actions across Europe and the Soviet front. Mentions Nazism, British and American forces, and heavy fighting around Norway, Murmansk, Vindivostok, and Pershing era references. Readers glimpse strategic pressure, supply routes, and stalled advances amid wartime chaos.
Fragmented OCR text reports military actions around Crete and Egypt with references to parac and airborne concerns. Vague mentions of forces, artillery, and vessels imply a wartime update without clear dates or outcomes.
A weekly note reports on HABHISE Stitt Detan Od and related actions. The item mentions 18500, a Batard the YW and 6 vill Bot tush. Details are sparse but indicate a local record of activity or a column entry with names and numbers.
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