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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1945
Page
8
Multiple short items from Erie detail a war bond prize winner, a corporal on leave, local shop remodels, a son injured in Cleveland, and broad wartime notes. Also covered are farmers storing a record wheat crop, police fines, traffic cases, Navy and OPA furlough rules, a tech sergeant promotion, divorces, and local veterans payments.
Court House officials estimate turnout will not exceed 25 percent and may be much less. A courthouse survey predicts only about 20 000 voters of some 72 000 registered will cast ballots amid weather delays and minor rural issues. Ralph Benedict cites the 25 percent figure as the ceiling.
Two Army officers bailed out of a trainer plane after engine trouble during rain squalls. The craft damaged six houses and belly-landed on a Germantown street. Lt. Col. John C. Poster of Bronx and Major Joseph Giles of Osage County suffered only minor injuries.
A cyclone battered Jamestown center, damaging several large commercial buildings on Brooklyn Square. Police and fire crews, state police, Red Cross, and disaster units worked overnight as trains were halted and utilities restored. eight people were admitted to hospital with serious injuries and many more treated locally. The storm was described as the most extensive disaster in the city and vicinity.
Leafy greens and yellow vegetables including cabbage carrots kale lettuce and escarole averaged about 70 pounds per person in 1918 rising to roughly 88 pounds in 1943 a 26 percent increase. Other vegetables like artichokes beets cauliflower celery corn cucumbers eggplant onions and shallots moved from about 69 pounds in 1918 to about 81 pounds in 1943 with similar proportions across the period.
Mrs Gertrude Nicklas of Rome was arrested at Sheffield for arraignment on charges of abandoning three small children. Police say she left the children with Frances Carlson on May 19 and did not return. The Carlson family then took the kids to W W Sasse, a Red Cross worker, who alerted police. The father is serving in the armed forces. Constable Clyde McEnall served the warrant and Nicklas was returned to Kane.
A Cleveland firm seeks Titusville real estate appraisals and Mayor Hoenig invites chamber directors to a June 18 meeting. The chamber aims to expand the tax base, lower millage through reassessments, and correct valuation disparities. Negotiations continue with Brookville Grove Co for a potential branch factory. Dirigo, launched in 1834, is noted as the first all steel sailing ship.
The piece lauds Burton R. Laub as a highly capable and conscientious candidate for the Erie County bench. It stresses his character, squareness, and genuine regard for others, noting his long record of public service including Community Chest, Scrap Salvage, War Bond drives, Defense Bond campaigns, and ethical education of high school students.
Erie voters face a choice on Burton Laub a candidate with unmatched legal experience in civil and criminal law. He has appellate court exposure taught law at multiple institutions authored a criminal code index and averages over sixty hours weekly in county service.
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