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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1944
Page
4
The Medical Society of Pennsylvania urges rat control highlighting rats as a menace to public health. They note rats destroy vast food value, spread typhus fever and bubonic plague, trigger food poisoning, and transmit several diseases. Calls for ratproof buildings and proper waste disposal to curb infestations.
Louis Storer of West Irving searches for a Federal license to expand amteur radio broadcasting after recent experiments. City Council grants a permit for the U S Radiator Company’s extensive expansion including a warehouse, machine shop, and office building on a large orange site with two Tudwals. Corry trolley nuisance complaints prompt city action. Erie Railroad worker Levi Peterson dies after being struck by an eastbound freight near Union City. Corry Hospital Association elects officers F Brown, L W Olds, W Bracken, S B Elston. Board plans retrenchment on a new recreational director and P E instructor. Hastings Jones may seek reelection.
Mayville June 12 Internal strife among Chautauqua County Democrats flares with civil action by James O Bennet of Silver Creek former postmaster against candidate McGoldrick. Bennet seeks 10000 damages for slander. Papers sent to Silver Creek Police Chief for service. Local and federal investigators have been in Silver Creek examining post office exam procedures.
The report details the Hillstrom burglary and linked thefts, including Bruce Bennett admitting to swallowing two rings worth about 1200 dollars. Police recovered the loot, including a leather key holder missing from the Hillstrom home, and tied the suspect to multiple garage break-ins in Erie while denying accomplices.
Oliver Flanigan plans a reburn on the Saturday issued search warrant and will file complete information against Bruce for burglary at the Hillstrom home, robbery at the Bennett garage, and prior thefts at garages on the properties of J. H. Guster, Walter Hindman, and R. S. Dewey.
A rallying voice praises teamwork in World War II efforts, urging coordinated strategy among Allied leaders and the public. It honors the unseen labor behind weapons, logistics, and innovation, urging Americans and others to continue doing their part as the war progresses toward victory.
The article explains D-Day and H-Hour as terms for the day and hour of military operations. They are used for security and training, with plus and minus notations to indicate days or hours after or before the operation. The piece notes the invasion began on the sixth hour of the sixth day of the sixth month in 1943.
A reader asks seven trivia items from a classified page. Topics include a town nicknamed Little Gio by Allied troops, largest US state by area, customs revenue offices, placement of Corregidor Island, the 17th Amendment enabling Senatorial elections by voters, cabinet rank order, and other scattered historical quiz prompts with unclear phrasing and partial names.
The body of 13 year old Raymond Gallagher, son of Morgan and Thelma Nolan Gallagher, was found 3:23 p.m. Saturday about 100 feet off Waterworks dock after a six day search. He fell from the ferry Eileen into bay waters near Waterworks Park while helping aboard and was attempting to aid passengers when he lost his footing.
In a county court, Bruce is scheduled for a guilty plea after admissions in sales and a parole status is noted. The record lists multiple charges against the youth, suggesting a severe penalty.
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