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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
6
The article notes multiple divorce cases heading to Erie with about thirty more decrees planned for next week. It also mentions individuals including Albert and Howell enlisting in the U S Army and Coast Guard signs, with Prothonotary Lawrence A. Taylor and Judge Miles B. Bitts involved in upcoming proceedings.
A series of river cottage robberies along the Allegheny in Venango Forest and Warren counties prompts a statewide police search. W. T. Olimger’s Warren cottage near Wildwood reported with furnishings and valuables valued between 400 and 250 dollars missing. Police say total losses near 5000 dollars and no solid clues yet as investigations continue across jurisdictions.
John H. Devitt budget director at Hammermill Paper Company, a well known local accountant, was elected first vice president of the National Association of Cost Accountants at the Chicago convention. Dallas Smiley of Erie attended as a delegate from the Erie chapter.
Rev A Blackmore of the Cay Mission of Erie officiated at the funeral for Mrs Florence Hallman held at Bracken Kehlig chapel Wednesday at two. Mrs Zeala Pritts and Mrs Mabel Lee sang Old Rugged Cross and Good Night and Good Morning. Attendees from out of town included Mrs Nellie Sheets Mrs Autumn Miller and children of Erie and others from Jamestown Prewsburg and nearby towns.
Fredonia resident Mrs. Easton died at her Lambert Avenue home Tuesday evening at age 86 after reaching her 99th birthday June 16. She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Minnie Capwell, with whom she lived. Funeral services are set for Friday at 3 p.m. at the Terwilliger and Selzer funeral home with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery.
More than 100000 pounds of scrap rubber gathered from households and industrial sites in Bradford and McKean county and handed over in a county campaign. Report presented to R P Habgood of Bradford chairing the McKean County Salvage Committee notes stronger results than expected, aided by the campaign’s unexpected start.
Warren Pennsylvania officials and Salvation Army leaders plan the summer youth camp near Kinzig. Charles McNally, youth supervisor for the western Pennsylvania division, spent Monday and Tuesday arranging camp periods and purchasing supplies as the Salvation Army takes over operation from the state. Indiana history note mentions La Salle's 1671 discovery.
Classified fragment lists houses for sale including a room house with furnace at 272 W Washington St and a farm one mile north of Scott's Crossing. Names John Nelson and Raymond Aye appear with addresses.
June 26 drilling operations began within 75 feet of the Mt Jewett railroad station by the Phoenix Oil Company with Oakes Brothers as contractor. Fred Kuropf Phoenix superintendent said the plan is to drill to a depth of 2200 feet into the Bradford sand.
Willis Jacobs alias Lawrence P. Riley, 36, was bound over to the next court term on forgery charges after a hearing before Alderman Lyle Orr. A former Grand Union Tea Co employee admitted stealing a book of 500 blank checks and flooding the east with fraudulent checks.
British and Egyptian reports recount Axis advances into Egypt and the destruction of 93 enemy planes by June 17. London editorials urge further bomber flights from Britain to Egypt while Egyptian Premier Nahas Pasha pledges full wartime support. Dispatches cite MacArthur’s encouragement to Auchinleck as the campaign stiffens.
A note from Pennsylvania indicates that a six plate stove can be adapted to a wider range of epave usage, extending range permits for this stove type. The four plate model remains feasible with prior design.
Pittsburgh and Buffalo market notes show moderate produce demand with apples and potatoes steady. Livestock trading in Buffalo includes hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep with prices and weights listed, while New York area stock markets display mixed, narrow trading and scattered price shifts amid war and tax developments.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions athletes Pete Wade Ben Stallit Pete Owens Bob Seg Davi and Remi Jack along with references to a football team baseball bearings and a band. The garbled lines include mentions of a Cards tree and a sulky, with scattered names and fragments from multiple sports and civic notes.
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