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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1943
Page
3
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Jamestown July 21 Convicted Jehovahs Witnesses act members and one pleaded guilty were sentenced by Judge Harold P Burke to 20 years in federal prison. Prisoners were ordered to surrender August 2 in Buffalo after seeking stays. Names include Stanley A et al Michael Kaczor Richard Waldo Schwander Alfred Vincent Pawelczyk Arthur Nelson Joseph F Tozzi and Herbert Lee Nichols. Tozzi received ex months for impersonating a federal officer in 1939.
July 21 reports Celoron based Chateauque Plywood Company has purchased the Rickenbrode Fruit Package and Veneer operation in Ripley and will continue plant operations. The former Rickenbrode Basket Factory, started by Yale W. B. Rickenbode in 1899, remains under the Rickenbrode family name in ownership and work.
A fragmented dispatch notes tensions over Sicily with Premier Ton Antonescu resisting German pressure for Romania to join a summer campaign against Russia. A Moscow broadcast claims Bulgaria ordered all army leave cancelled and troops to report. The report adds Australia supplies most food rations used by U S forces in the region.
One hundred sixty five tons of stone arrived in the city for resurfacing West Pleasant Street from Center to Northwest. State Highway Department maintenance crews have not yet received orders to begin but expect authorization soon and aim to start within a week or two. The rock shipment completes a long-standing effort to upgrade an important artery as crews patch other state route pavements and improve drainage.
Sergeant Robert E. Bunce of Cherry Tree returns from 51 combat missions over 13 months in Europe and Africa. He earned Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and two Axis planes, with eight more clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross recommended. Bunce plans to become an engineer in charge of overseas squadron maintenance, reporting to Salt Lake City after furlough.
Erie July 21 A 930 p m curfew was ordered in North Girard Borough to curb rowdy behavior by transient laborers brought by the New York Central Railroad for section repair work Constable J O Badders said daily arrivals number a dozen or more and many depart within days In six weeks more than a dozen men have been arrested including Leo O Keefe 27 held without bail on a charge of criminally assaulting a 14 year old crippled girl awaiting September grand jury action
Harrisburg report quotes OPA enforcement chief Robert J Callahan insisting the pleasure driving ban must stay to curb black market ration books and theft as military gasoline needs rise. Treasury release notes receipts of 38.7 million and expenditures of 292.1 million with a large daily increase and several fraud arrests.
Governor Martin clings to a policy of certain things first. He will not name a postwar planning commission promptly, despite Auditor General F. Clair Ross’ order limiting spending until a quorum is named. Ross plans to withhold requisitions from the State Game Commission until its eight member panel has five vacancies filled.
Erie dispatch notes five Erie city girls among recruits departing from Union Depot at 10 p m Tuesday for Fort Oglethorpe Ga to receive training. Lieutenant Elizabeth Clarke of the local recruiting office confirms the group including Loretta Griffin Dorothy Frank Stella Miller Mildred Reilly and Mary Kowalla along with Eileen McDonnell Ann Walker Franklin and Barbara Thomeson of Corry.
A misleading ad claims constant laxative use can be avoided by diet and early hygiene. It touts “Bapotabs” as a cure for constipation that promises reliable bowel movement overnight, urging readers to buy at their druggist today and take as directed.
Harrisburg reports Colonel Richard K. Mellon will direct Pennsylvania's selective service system after August 1. The 48 year old Pittsburgh banker succeeds acting heads and will be aided by Deputy Director Lieutenant Colonel George H. Hafer. Mellon is son of Richard B. Mellon and Jenny King Mellon, nephew of Andrew Mellon, and attended Shadyside Academy and Princeton with naval training in 1918.
Acting Mayor Bernard Samuel faces former ambassador William Bullitt as the Republican city committee backs Samuel for a full term. Bullitt, long connected to Soviet and French affairs, competes for the top municipal post in Pennsylvania’s fall election.
Rev Chester Miv Caskey of Wayne Street Church in Erie travels to county to join intensive hunt for his 77 year old father John G McCaskey who wandered from home Tuesday after a phuse on the preceding Sunday. Hundreds of police firemen and forest rangers aided by seven airplanes search Fisher Pa district.
The Navy Knox and Bice received the Democratic city organization's invitation to run for mayor. Both have party endorsements and are not expected to face opposition in the September primary. The mayor's term is four years at 15000 dollars annually.
Walter Urbanezyk age 13 of 17 Prospect Avenue Laketown and Dane Jaworski age 14 of 31 Lehigh Avenue were recovered from rough water at a Buffalo area beach. Coast guardsmen reported five foot waves and capsized boats. Irene Leonard, 14, also of Lehigh Avenue, was rescued by swimmers.
Investigators from the Cleveland OPA Office are checking town cars driven to a convention in Cleveland. They look for possible violations of gasoline rationing rules allowing pleasure trips only if the two month allotment is saved for a single trip, with thresholds of 180 miles for B book and 480 miles for A book holders.
Jamestown July 41 A 10 year old Lackn-WANA crate operator and Jehovahs Witness minister Paolini convicted by jury after brief deliberation. Defense challenged draft board power over religious questions as Judge Burke and counsel clashed over Jackson Supreme Court ruling on Jehovahs Witnesses and war.
Two Pennsylvanians were killed when a heavy plane crashed ten miles west of the Dalhart Army Air Base Saturday night. The base public relations office identified the dead as Second Lieutenant Emil B Temchik of Lansford and Sergeant Edward Nagel Jr of McKees Rocks.
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