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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1943
Page
4
Corry Evening Journal comments on income tax forgiveness as the government strengthens revenue to cover war costs and questions the carryover tax. It argues the plan raises total obligations and warns against Congressional encroachment on presidential powers through a bill restricting salaries of federal officials.
A family doctor notes the emergency nature of convulsions in children, which often leave them unaware and risk permanent brain damage. Some cases are hereditary, birth injuries and prematurity contribute, most convulsions resolve with time, a warm bath is a traditional quick remedy until a doctor arrives, and doctors seek the underlying cause.
The estate of Benjamin W. Bloom, a Pittsburgh and New York City circulation director, passes entirely to his wife Henrietta Bloom. Tax records show a gross value of 64,724 with net figures noted. Bloom died in New York on the 23rd, 1840, and was buried in Chicago.
The 1928 Corry High School graduating class will hear Rev. PF M Resinger of the M EB church speak at the annual baccalaureate service in the auditorium on Sunday evening. Pennsylvania senators Pepper and Heed plan a state wide automobile tour to meet constituents next Tuesday. The Industrial Horseshoe Testgle schedule begins Monday with entries closing June 11. Mrs Anna May Pope Wilson presented a student recital at her home on Fyantelin street. A fire at U and Radiator Company cupola caused about $200 damage. Merle Patterson received a surprise party at North Center street with games music a dinner and a sherbet set as a keepsake.
A fragment from a newspaper item presents a Daily Dozen quiz with ten questions. It asks for the popular name of the Congressional committee on national defense, gas lighter than hydrogen, two independent states at WWI start, the author of a fable about a boy, a Moscow subway truth, normal body temperature options, capital of Iraq, Marathon race status, correct form in a quoted phrase, and tart apple pectin presence.
Jamestown gasoline shortage forces the Jamestown Motor Bus Transportation Company to drastically cut service starting today. Buses on all lines will run longer intervals. Lakewood and Paleoner routes shift from 15 minute to 30 minute gaps, city buses from 15 to 20 minutes. War workers kept on current rush hours from 7 to 8 30 A.M. and 1 to 6 P.M.
Erie Trust building in Erie to be sold by court decree on June 28 at the courthouse steps Judge Elmer L Evans ordered the sale to satisfy a final dividend from the defunct bank George D Baldwin a wealthy builder bid 400000 cash for the 12 story structure at 10th and State streets as base bid with 40000 down and balance due within four months after the sale Several local bidders rumored to be interested and the sale will open the path to the final dividend.
Jamestown police believe Wayne Gordon aged 52 fell from a flight of stairs while intoxicated at 8 South Main Street. He was found unconscious at Main and First streets and is in serious condition at Jamestown General Hospital with a fractured skull. He was arrested for public intoxication and remained in jail before being treated.
Erin June report states two Erie county inmates at the Western penitentiary have completed minimum sentences and are eligible for parole. Edward Zelinski, serving five to ten years for gas station robbery, and Alex Niedzwicki, serving two and a half to five years for auto larceny, await district attorney Lave’s decision on opposition.
Franklin Pennsylvania June 2 Aged 77 year old Mam V Smith resident of Pittsburgh Road is in Franklin hospital after an accidental shotgun discharge near his home. A piece of his neck and right ear were torn away as he climbed a rail fence a quarter mile from home. He collapsed and lay beside the fence for nearly three hours before dragging himself home using the shotgun as a crutch. He had gone to woods near the Poundfoot residence to prune trees and took the gun to shoot birds. No major neck vessels were ruptured.
Sergeant Norman P. Van Vinck of Jamestown New York was decorated for bravery at a Persian Gulf supply camp in the Elburus foothills during services for U S war dead. He received a soldier’s medal for heroism aboard a storm battered barge trying to salvage a runaway loaded with truck parts bound for Soviet Russia. He volunteered to aid the British in the dangerous mission and disregarded opportunities to abandon the barge.
At Erie two meat dealers a wholesaler and a retailer were cited to appear for hearings before OPA Administrator John J. O Rourke on June 11 for alleged price and rationing regulation violations. Enforcement attorney William J. Johnson said more than 40 cases are under review with penalties potentially suspending dealer rights for up to a million dollars in fines and possible federal suits for three times gain. Criminal actions may follow where violations threaten public health through uninspected meat.
A garbled ad style piece touts a laxative solution named Eepatabs promising easier mornings and regular bowels. It warns of waking with comfort and implies relief from distress, urging readers to ask their physician about taking Eepatabs as directed.
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