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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
6
State Em ployment Service director H Raymond Mason says over 42 000 positions exist in Pennsylvania war plants. He urges filling them within three months to sustain production tempo. The report notes other local items including deaths, marriages, civic events, and a gas and defense council update.
Word reached in the city that Dr J Guy Butters, with the Medical Corps in an infantry division at Camp Howze Texas, is promoted to captain effective June 1. Butters, a Corry native son, studied at Washington and Jefferson College and Temple University Medical School, and trained at Carlisle Barracks before serving since early 1940.
Alfy the suspect, already jailed for rape, is highlighted by a county officer as a likely link to the 1942 Wilkinson murder of a naval man. Judge Ellis ordered mental status checks and parole denial as Sheriff Lamberton prepares further inquiries while references to a Scotsman building an early self propelled torpedo appear in the same article.
The board approved opening the 1943-44 term on September 8 following Labor Day with a two day Thanksgiving break and Christmas week recess. Enrollment at the Junior High could require moving pupils to another building or portable classrooms to ease crowding. The total projected enrollment is about 425, exceeding capacity. Superintendent Ralph S. Dewey outlined options and may call an early meeting for decisions.
Plans for the summer school activities will be drafted at a meeting this afternoon with Supt. Ralph B. Dewey and the supervisors. The program is to open at the various grounds next Monday morning at a specified hour, with operations dependent on enrollment and demand. Details will be announced after the meeting.
The regional Office of Price Administration announced lower retail prices for beef veal lamb mutton pork and processed products in Zone 9 north covering eastern Pennsylvania Delaware New Jersey and parts of Maryland. New prices take effect Monday for fresh and frozen meats and July 6 for cured and processed pork and dried and corned beef. The reductions reflect government subsidies and rollbacks at all distribution levels with estimated savings near 10 percent. Zone 9 north includes all of Pennsylvania with some items dropping up to 11 cents per pound in several counties.
Frie boy 12 of 2015 East 16th street is severely injured after being struck by two cars driven by John G Kennedy 90 of 114 East ath street in a Buffalo road Downing avenue incident at 4 p m yesterday at Erie. He is in poor condition unconscious at St Vincent s hospital. Kennedy a New York Central brakeman said the boy ran into the path of his car as he stopped. Ward is the son of Mrs isceph Kur nurse and is living with his aunt Mrs Louise Kane.
Marylin Rich, a former Jamestown girl, thrilled 3,000 fans at the Cole Brothers show on Balvower grounds by twisting her body through 60 full turns while suspended by a single arm from a trapeze. She is the daughter of Patsy Rich, previously of Jamestown, who moved away as a child. Local residents recall the Rich family living on Falconer Street and Clyde and Deering avenues. Their current home is in Pasadena, California.
Brother of Corry residents dies at his daughter's home in Corry at 4 a m following illness. He was a former shipping clerk at Griffin Manufacturing for 15 years and earlier a tavern keeper. Survived by one daughter and three brothers. Funeral services will be at Prince V. Hleecker funeral home with a requiem mass and burial in Trinity cemetery.
The highest tides on the Pacific coast of the Americas were noted at Turna gain Arm in Coole Inlet Alaska. Observers reported extreme water levels and coastal flooding potential along the inlet during the recent tidal surge.
An old advertisement touts Thompson's Barasma Tablets as a stimulant diuretic to cleanse kidneys and relieve aches night urination and indigestion. It claims the product flushes poisonous waste from blood and markets Golden Lox Tablets for constipation.
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