Twenty Years Ago Prom Journal Piles Duly 24
A jumble of notes recalls Corry residents Gerald Gilson and family traveling in a Chevrolet to visit relatives in Michigan and head toward Long Beach. Pastor Mart Wisngher is named to lead Croxsingville church, with service beginning August 5. A Findley Lake fire destroyed three buildings, $20,000 in losses, Corry and North East fire crews helped prevent spread. Local travelers and a noted commercial traveler caused a disturbance on West Main Street. George Nichols won a boxing match referee decision cited as foul tactics in the second round amid strong fan interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pire
Findley Lake Village
Corry
North’ East
Bert
Bellaire
Mumby Berliner
Arturo Segura
University of Miami
Seas Sons
R. Wendell Davis
R. N
Marina Donaldson
Spring Creek
Corry Hospital
Lowe
Gus) Edwards
Jimioy High
Eyal
Wayne Street
C. B. Young
State Health Department
Jong “‘Aght
LeVerne Grendy
Erle
The
Red
Bob Grice
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Bob
Wes
Guadalcanal
Robert Gulnestih
F A. Galbresth
Hex Theatre
J. A. Lanston
Corry City Notes and Ramblings Flash Through Town
Roaming chatter from Corry includes Raymond Manufacturing Company dealings with Metropolitan Life Insurance training in New York and local hiring shifts. Mentions Petty Officer Arthur Martin WAVES recruitment, hospital moves, boardroom changes, a looming property sale, a swimming pool agitation, and a busy week of social, civic, and military ties across Corry and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pred Kintey
Adiministration
Raymond Manufaturing
Effer
Meteropolitan’ Life Insurance Company
New York
William Goon
Corry Hospital
Gatrall
Clin Swisher
Erle
Hamot
Clarence Shoops
Taft
California
Sunshine State
Sierras
Thornayre
W. L. Trill
Trill Tweticy
South Street
West Park Place
Leon Brown
Erie Hospital
Second Avenue
Dittotte Madeline Myers
William Myers
Youngstown, Ohio
Carey
Erie Soldier Dies on Sicily Mission in World War II
A Staff Sergeant from Erie was killed during a bombing mission over Sicily while serving in North Africa and England. The record notes his crew aboard Flying Fortress and details of his enlistment in July 1941, departure for England, and death during aerial attacks on Mussolini’s Sicily fortress. Also mentions family and local connections, including Margaret Cook of Girard and Pfe. Jou f. McGeever of Homestead, plus other wartime notes and community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl M. Essigman
Erie
Cape Essigman
Chuthunna Blvd
Evie
Sicily
Soret
Essirmin
Elizabeth Bsalgrmuin
War Department
Seft
England
Nori Attias
Sergi ‘Esaleman
Batson Grammar School
East Alan School
Servier
Hammermill S
Everal
Pittsburgh
Margaret Cook
Girard
Jou F F. McGeever
Homestead
Allegheny College
Linesvillé
Camp Shelby
Miss
Walter Decker
Centerville
Cory Resent
Lemuel Wilgon
Canterville
Labor squeeze and Western ranchers adapt summer work
The article describes labor shortages in the West during a wartime surge, with ranchers relying on visiting dudes to fill work gaps. It notes ranchers shifting labor to later summer, attracting hundreds of men and women to assist with livestock tasks and chores. It highlights Walter C. Nye of the Dude Ranchers Association citing 80 percent of dudes’ activities not tied to livestock and the aim to spread labor through July and August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wester
Denver
Tuavel
Soldilies
Plalilne
Walter
Suiy
Chester Letts
Vines
Walter C. Nye
Dude Ranchers Association of Montana
Corry Evening Journal Local Notes and Rates
Corry Evening Journal publisher Arthur Colegrove announces mail subscriptions at 600 per year 800 per year in state and territory. The paper, member of The Associated Press, notes copyright and attribution rules for republication. Advertising rates available on application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry Evening Journal
Bungay
A.D. Golegrove Corresyendig
GTR
West South
Carey, Pa
Arthur Colegrove
Publier
Wep Lombard
Manszine
Malor Siren
Chigan Square
Chicago
Seren Aes Bike
Optio
Chamber of Com
Blade Pi Weighfaman
PhOadelphia Teehiean
Peadelphia
Associated Preag Mhe
Tse
Corry Pa
Mall
Pa Yance
Garsler
Fragmented local item with unclear details
Readable fragments show a terse note on a person and place but lack coherent facts or context to identify event, names, or dates. Summary focuses on the incomplete record and notes insufficient information to determine the full story.
Routing vs Flexible Leadership in Industrial Shift
A large manufacturer rearranges management as a superintendent is asked when he will be fired and then begins a dual role. The piece argues routine aids efficiency but growth and adaptability drive progress, noting changes in leadership and the need to master interconnected jobs. It shifts to wartime commentary on MacArthur and air superiority, envisioning future air invasions and the role of aviation in defeating Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine
Nother
NUMAN
MacArthur
Pacific
Rayne
Toya
Wages and sacrifice amid rising prices war impact
Prices rise across groceries clothes and shoes. Wages for war workers and professionals have not kept pace. Increased pay triggers higher costs elsewhere, sustaining a downward standard of living. The article urges sacrifice and making do to endure wartime expenses.
On Your Radio Ist Night Schedule and Guests
NBC and CBS listings mark the evening program lineup with talk shows, music, and specials. Guests include Eric C. Johnson on labor management cooperation and a note on an American Eagle Club event, with multiple broadcasts across networks and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBC
Luar
Hollywfor Oper
Barry
Wood
CBS
Crumit Sinderon
Hi Mxrade
Groucho Mary
Borla Karlb
Eric C. Johnson
MBE
Daily Dozen Facts From The Medical Basiery Biate Times
A fragment from a periodical listing curious medical and historic claims. It notes Polion gas first used in war by Spartans in 431 B C and asserts startling numbers about red blood cells. It also includes assorted trivia on foods, professions, and mortality rates with a lively period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauterkrant
Chine
Chicago
QWir Quiz From Classified DAE Questions List
A reader asks seven quiz queries from Classified DAE including turpentine scent from two ends of Lees, identifying the head of the Straits of Gibraltar route, where the exersion steamship General Slocum burned, and other items. The questions cover postal delivery, Death Valley location, bird type, U S stamp origins, where the Liberty Bell is kept, and which gas element was detected in the sun before Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straits of Gibraltar
Death Valley
Government
American Banknote Company
Liberty Bell
Faneuil Hall
Boston
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
National Archives Building
Washington
Mother Hears From Son Held By Japs
Pineville residents Mr and Mrs Philip Manuel received a letter from their son Pfc Richard Manuel, prisoner of war in Japan. The note, dated December 19 1942, describes his health as normal and asks about the family, with a later July 4 message confirming his location in a camp in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willhim Ekuhn
Emmanuel Episcopal Shuxh
Hell
Nassau
Harry Oakes
Tormey
Coribes
Alfred DeMaheny
Ilose
Fine
K. B. Sheely
Cory
Times- Mirror
Stumps
Whitt
Surious
Warren Render
Boyer
Andy Berger
Nwiy
Texas
Frank Furtets
Pennsylvania
Uke
Bil Walker
Neor
FWA
HO. Davison
Gliy
Walter H. Scott
Heur Gressener
Colnwell
John F. Miller
Camp Hower
Tes
Frank Miller
South Center
Everett Spring
Edinboro
Corry
New Castle
Dick Shoop
Muroc Lake
Los Angeles
Calif
Dulla
Anderson Wells
Richard Jackson
DeWitt Jackson
Brie
Ribera
Dick) Paulson
Detroit
Mioror Metropolia
Hosalta
Ahowe
Wit Dam
Wellsville
Superio
Coary
Titusvinls
Japan
Pfc
Richard
Manuell
Philip Manuel
Pine
Manuel
Recoynlec
Shipyard Workers Strike Delays New Boat Completion
Workers at Cascowce steel shipyard halted activity after learning Lieut. Cmdr. Y H Ross, in charge, discharged a female shiptitter. A conference to resolve differences was set for Friday. The crew finished the boat in 37 days as women attempted to board but ladders had been removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gree
Iook
Cascwce Steel
Atelie
Thinseay Wien
Ross
Ata
Twer
Sid
Priday
Wien
Hiv Workin
Americans and British Attack Catania in Sicily
Allied forces sustain a rapid assault in eastern Sicily with American and British units pressing along the coast and driving toward Messina. German divisions, numbering around 45,000, hold strong inland positions while Allied torpedo strikes target ships and supply lines, threatening to sever the Italian island from the mainland as reinforcements race across the Tyrhenian Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weuimaues
Tom Page
Deverwlanites
Mt. Ein
Sen
Dwisht
D. Eiseshower
Aspis
Tyrhenian Sea
Tal Ind
Harves
Gamegne
Norlds
Thalia
Taly
Mbt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gerald Gilson
Belle Gilson
Inlchigun
Long Beach
Rey
Er. Marti Wisngher
Fiat
St. Thomas' Church
Caliole
Croxsingville
Esidient
Foyer
George Nichols
Buelayer
Louis Bromley
Howard Lannery
Bromley
Mons Ayer
Jolger
Hitler
Glivhay
Plewsieenel
Pha
Ferneor
Hetlén
Ralph Chay
T. A. Yuneterhotl
Paul
Kontaining
Spartansburg
House Paints
Ehamels Turpenting
Linseed Oil
Doune's Hardware
She Hinman and
Gwo Empire
Spencer's Gash Mills
East Pleasant St
W. Pleat Street
A. J. Alkens
Stockton
Westen
Bear Lake
Andra Meketa
R. D. A.corty
Aiay
R. O. Maugeon
Sane Fury
Tallater
Shady Avenue
Fiencely Pew Kitchen
S. Center Br
Tate Farm
John Deere
John H Clough
Pittsheld
Cate
Sundburgs
Pul
Sinek
Electstery
Michael Matsko
Cascade
Glenwood
Ion
Sega
Bane Street
Union City
S&le
Shlyath
Valiny
Mills Blacktop Road
Broymer Farm
Hot Point
Mary Lemon
Amy
Arthur Sconten
Wictioneer
Gistar
Columbus
Warren County
Pennaylyati
John
Orrn
Byuk
Serpel Corry
Bennistvunta Walter
Pease Allnmney
Jarry
Penn
End
Clarion
Ieee Cnumth
Medical Basiery Biate of
Penerivcia
Canadoiata Tare
C. Max Lee
Uzes
Thomas Motor Co
Actess
Kellogg's Pep L
Rons
Ellen Claire Tomato Juice
Kellogg's Shredded Wheat
Swerl Wan
Catania
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