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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1942
Page
3
Public notice on advertising rates and mail subscriptions for the Corry Evening Journal. Includes pricing in various territories and delivery by mail, with details on annual and weekly charges and state general terms.
A Albany editorials discuss wartime car use and rationing. They urge cautious driving, fuel saving, and faith in gradual auto evolution postwar. They cite Alaska war needs, Pearl Harbor, and strategic routes, while noting night driving gas shortages and public sentiment toward sacrifice.
Fragmentary report describes Civil War era mortars from Fort Macoh near Morehead City relocating to the North Carolina state capital in Raleigh. The dated text mentions earlier events about pack trains, cammereds, and eloping horses in New Musti¢o, reflecting a garbled OCR segment with distant references to military logistics and state preservation.
Denver reports a push to widen glider training across colleges and high schools. Eugene M. Ardell cites gliding as a safe, cost effective path for youth, with experts noting Germany’s large scale glider program shaped youth training and aviation ambition.
The Medical Department of the army safeguards officer and men health, preserving manpower and strength. It uses three aims including selecting fit recruits, keeping soldiers physically conditioned, and restoring disabled personnel promptly, with medical experts volunteering to aid nationwide.
A scrambled newspaper quiz asks seven questions on topics from history and literature to geography and science. It teases readers to flip to classifieds for the answers and references figures like Robert Burns and a Pulitzer Prize winner, with several OCR flaws in the text.
Franklin man Daniel Earl Cobler sues in county court for immediate divorce alleging his wife Gece lia Eistler Cobler entered four bigamous marriages. He cites marriages in 1938 1939 1941 and another to an alias, with multiple impersonations and no formal separation from Cobler prior to filing. The petition seeks dissolution of the four unions and legal acknowledgment of the marriage history.
The article outlines a wartime gasoline rationing system for eastern states. It explains basic A books with 42 coupons for four gallons, B books with 16 coupons, and C books with 96 coupons, each tailored to driver needs. Schedules show A and B books issued to motorists, with reviews every three months and adjustments to prevent over or under allocation.
A note on common language misuse addresses claims about memory and speaking, urging readers to avoid false statements. It emphasizes careful wording and self awareness in expressing past recalls and experiences.
A cadet stationed with Moody Meld at St Marys was killed Saturday morning in a car crash near a salt plant area. Funeral plans not set. parents and three brothers, Hilbert, Plero, and Bynard, are mentioned as students of St Bopa venture College.
Elizabeth Groth of 833 East Avenue sues Purcell Hardware Company alleging the local store sold bullets used in a hunting accident that killed her son Frank, 13, when a rifle in the possession of his companion misfired. The suit claims illegal sale of bullets and seeks remedy.
Miss Ann McCarthy a lifelong Corry resident died at her home 120 West Park Place shortly before midnight Saturday after a long illness. Born in Corry she attended local schools and business college, worked as bookkeeper and office manager at Climax Manufacturing. She belonged to Cory Branch No 6 LO B A and St Thomas Church. Survived by sisters Margaret McCarthy and Mrs James McMaher and brothers Daties and John. Services at St Thomas Church Tuesday morning at 8 30 with burial in the family plot at St Thomas Cemetery.
Funeral services for Lee Mumford were conducted at Davis Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at 2:30 with Rev. R. Steven Bennett officiating. A trio from Erie sang two numbers. Burial followed at Pine Grove Cemetery. Attendees included family members from Erie, Cochranton, Meadville, and local clergy.
Coroner Ed Lowrey reported a 15 year old man from Glade Township Warren County died by suicide with an 18 caliber revolver. Hui Teaves is widow and two sisters among the survivors.
Classified fragments show houses for sale with details like rooms baths and addresses, apartments for rent furnished and light housekeeping, and a farm listing with dairy cows. Also a public notice bidding land parcels for sale by Corry city and a brief card of thanks memorial.
Mic H Ewin B Alcheu (Andrew Anderson), a former Corry resident known as Andy, died after surgery at CY Hospital. Born September 19, 1887, in Corry, he worked in restaurants and hotels and served in the Oil City fire department. He married Zode Cook on June 1, 1913, and leaves a wife and son Robert. Funeral arrangements set at Bracken Kealing Funeral Home, with rites at Pine Grove cemetery in Corry.
The Speer Carbon Company of St Marys and E W Albertson of Kane negotiate lease for the Racer Factory building at Pine street and White Rock venue. The three story brick structure offers 15 001 square feet of floor space, built about 25 years ago by White Rock Land and Development, originally occupied by Case Cutlery Company and later ownership changed several times.
An Erie man leaped from the second deck rail of the pleasure steamer Canadiana off Ripley New York and drowned. Eyewitnesses said the man, Slater, acted after a dispute with his brother Robert Slater at the Rubite dock. his body has not been recovered.
Market notes show mixed demand for Pittsburgh produce with apples and Maine Chippewas and Katahdins priced around 2,748.00 and Georgia Bliss Triumphs at 2.65-75 while Alabama Bliss Triumphs 275-90 and Cobblers around 10-7% in South Carolina and North Carolina. Buffalo livestock reports describe hogs steady to higher on weights, steer and heifer prices varied, calves strong, and general trade slow with some declines in lighter weights and churn expected.
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