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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1943
Page
3
A compressed excerpt from the Corry Evening Journal recounts early wartime items and local notes, including a July birth, a prison release incident, and discussions of gasoline rationing and Japanese military actions. The piece surveys public sentiment, transport issues, and national unity amid war.
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Tony Jackson of Essex street dies Sunday afternoon after several days illness of pneumonia He was four weeks old Gerald E Parsons and Miss Lilian L Colegrove both of this city married at Mayville Saturday July 21 by Rev W N Mason pastor of Mayville Baptist church Couple was unattended
Summer nights bring heat and sleep trouble. Sleep comes hesitantly as old tricks fail. Mental strain keeps minds active. Rest can come while asleep by lying still and thinking pleasant thoughts. Avoid dreaming or nerves, rollings wakes muscles. Get moderately tired, lie down, relax physically and mentally, and drift off.
A playful quiz asks seven misquestions from a classified aege. It covers myths, diplomacy, statues, the Bureau of Mines location, and historical figures. It also questions Buffalo Bill’s town, Latin phrases, Robert Morris associations, global beef production, and the top American dessert.
The fragment notes the Boston News Letter from 1704 as one of America’s earliest newspapers. It also mentions a medical fact about the common cold’s typical three to 10 day course and a historical tidbit that German forces in 1918 called deviant dogs differently.
Harrisburg July 28 Ross J Leffler predicts a constructive Game Commission policy with Governor Martin reappointing him and naming three other members The new lineup aims to end dissension and push seasons and licenses through to aid war workers and armed forces The dock season and woodcock season are slated for late September to early October with two vacancies pending confirmation and terms set to 1951 All members serve without salary but expenses are paid
Jamestown July 23 1932 Herbert Hoover warned that Roosevelt victory would bring grass to busy streets. Now grass sprouts between bricks on East Second Street West of the high school and West Fifth Street as authorities note reduced auto registrations and limited driving curb travel.
Antiseptic San Cara Ointment soothes hemorrhoids or piles and reduces distress. First wash with San Cara Soap, marketed as antiseptic for minor sores, burns, cuts, and skin irritations. Available at druggists for 35 cents and 0c, with San Cara Soap airborne.
Harrisburg July 23 Auditor General Clair Row today reported official Commonwealth accounts show the state's surplus at 35 million plus with 14 million as Governor Marlin asserted and asked the governor what he planned to do with the funds. The letter lists liabilities totaling about 45.2 million and assets near 460.1 million, a gap from the surplus the governor cited as 18 million and a forecast of 25 million if revenue holds. The governor at a press conference said as of May 1 the surplus was 18 million and casts potential use toward the state’s indebtedness, while Martin urged the legislature to apply the surplus to the general authority debt. The exchange centers on whether to transfer funds to the sinking fund or to reduce indebtedness.
Danville Pa July 24 Associated Press Wolfe 28 held by Montour police in the fatal shooting of his wife Marla 95 and wounding of Bernard Snyder 29 of Alden near Philadelphia Peles found the wife dead of multiple shots Snyder wounded in the right hand treated at Gelsinger hospital Wolfe claimed he returned home from work Wednesday night and found his wife had gone out He said he fired four shots at the couple Snyder held as a material witness homicide charges pending against Wolfe and he allegedly planned to kill himself.
Announcement announces the initial CAP meeting in Corry at the State Armory Monday evening at 7 30. Regular members and all interested are invited and urged to attend the first class session.
John Pokorski, county assessor, announced that assessments will stay on a 10 percent of full value basis for 1944 unless gross irregularities are found. Assessors begin adjusting under a 1943 act that replaced wage-based assessments with annual ones. Appeals filed reach over 1.5 million dollars.
Jamestown man suffers a double fracture of the pelvis after a fall while fighting a blaze on George Hall’s property in Jamestown. A barn on the Robert Hill farm between Brown and Buss was struck by lightning and destroyed. Ruptured trees and power lines disrupted Elk County as Ridgway reports a tornado-like wind storm with flash and heavy rain damaging utilities. No injuries reported in Ridgway.
Jamestown July 27 A metal plant worker Carmeli Toll aged 7 of Jeb Harrison Street Way knocked unconscious after contact with a wire carrying 440 volt element. Laborer removed by Henderson and Diveuhn ambulances to W. C. A. hospital admitted at 10:48 AM suffering shock. Hospital attaches reported condition satisfactory yesterday.
Mayburg tunniu ng forest county faces upheaval as the Mayburg Chemical plant is bought for junk and dismantled. Sealed bids opened at Kane reveal a sale of buildings and equipment to a grant consortium from Kane Warren and Youngstown. Thousands of cords of wood go to various producing companies as the site loses its industrial role.
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