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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1948
Page
3
Fragmentary text mentions military at 1941 and a Ry Observer 2 Petuylan Spute. References to wife, Blean parents, North rother, Wil tenbure, Fa appear as garbled names and places. Further readable details are unavailable.
Arles J. Greggs 34 Meadville, a veteran using a VA equipped car, lost control on Route 19 two miles north of Here. The vehicle rolled four times, struck a house, ripping porch and shattering eight windows. A I McKinley pulled him free and drove him to City Hospital where he remains in serious condition with neck injuries.
The tineler service in memory of Mrs Elizabeth Messinger was held at Wrightsville PA on Friday afternoon at 2. Rev F Hildebrand of St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran officiated and relatives served as hearers. Interment was in Wrightsville Cemetery. A large number of friends and neighbors attended from Weightaville and vicinity.
A disease causing blindness is discussed as trachoma a communicable eye illness where eyelids become granulated thickened and red. Treatments mentioned include sulfa drugs though details are unclear and not fully verified.
The City of Jameston steamboat, long a river presence on Chautauqua Lake, faced a stormy trustees meeting with no decision on future operations. Pilots warned they would quit unless operations become profitable, citing a $500 contribution as a factor.
The board of public utilities and Jamestown officials warn the Lake Steamer may not operate this summer due to funding gaps. The boat helps keep silt from clogging the channel between the landing and the lake, essential for electricity production.
The Twentieth Century Club voted to give $8 to the student loan. A World War II veterans meeting is set for March 16 at 8 15 p m in the Clymer Town Hall to decide on the $548 donation from the Clymer Conservation Association. Highlights include awards at the W C A Nurses Home, a birthday surprise for Mrs Gilbert Ton, and the Junior Play cast selection for A Mind Of Her Own.
A Corry mother and son were involved in an attempted robbery. They jumped from a patrol car, were pursued on foot, and apprehended. Sanders was found with two foreign pistols and a Belgian automatic. A Pittsburgh police court held them for the Allegheny county term on charges of attempted robbery and felonious shooting.
Researchers pursue designs capable of exceeding 1000 miles per hour with swept back wings. The effort aims to develop aircraft resembling early jet models and high speed research planes, focusing on aerodynamics, materials, and propulsion efficiency.
Martin Gregor of Union City has been appointed superintendent of state highways in Erie county by Governor James Doff. He succeeds Jay Sherman, named warden of the Erie County Prison, as A Matthew Hess resigned. Gregor, with the department since 1939, will earn 3190 per year.
Clarence Carskaddon Erle files in county court to recover three plots in Albion conveyed for 4300 by him to Henry Williams. He says Williams lived rent free, refused surrender, and sold part of the land. He seeks injunction to recover title and 30 monthly rent dating from March 1947.
Veterans of Foreign Wars officer answers readers questions about pensions, insurance, and service benefits. February interviews totaled 431 with several cases presented to VA rating boards. Advises to file claims, check records, and notes pension eligibility limits and insurance conversion options.
About 2,000 delegates to Pennsylvania's third party founding convention began drafting the 1948 platform. Key planks cover foreign affairs, domestic inflation policy, and Commonwealth issues. A preconvention hearing drew labor religious civic and fraternal groups and minority leaders including African Americans. The committee will decide planks to present to the full convention tomorrow afternoon.
Erie police arrest George Sullivan and Julia Sullivan for allegedly stealing $481 from a wallet at a party, then returning the wallet. Walter Hedgis reports the incident. Sullivan is jailed on bond and Julia Sullivan is released on bail pending Alderman Brabender’s hearing.
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