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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1944
Page
3
Erie authorities report two more residents bitten by a rabid mongrel and a stray setter that attacked for hours. Victims include Mrs Slea nor Wojnarowski, 25, at 14th and Parade, P Kovacs, 40, and John Warner, 11, a newsboy. All are undergoing rabies treatment along with ten others.
Tyrone native Lt Col Clayton J. Gates 25, commanding officer of an engineering battalion in training at Camp Pickett, was found with a gunshot wound in his right temple. He was discovered in his quarters last Saturday with a service pistol at his feet. Surviving are his father, wife, and two children.
A small fire broke out at the DeLuxe Metal Furniture Company plant in Warren around o clock Tuesday. It started in a ventilator above the oven near the paint department, caused about $2000 damage, and was quickly quenched. Operations resumed within half an hour as repairs were planned.
The Corry school district received a state allotment of 16 905 for salaries. A deduction of 3 829.07 covered tuition for four Corry deaf and blind students. Tuition totaled 483.73 for three death students and one blind pupil, leaving 10 081.93 paid by the State Department of Public Instruction to the district for the deaf and blind in Pittsburgh. The four Corry students study in separate institutions.
Butler Pa. Contracts awarded for four more buildings at Army Deshon General Hospital joining the existing nineteen under construction. Col Gentakow announces the additions include a recreation hall gymnasium theater and clinic. Also divorce news: Myrna Loy seeks divorce from John Hertz in New York.
Coroner Warren W. Wood and a committee urged establishing four modern county and city morgues to handle mass deaths. They argued current facilities are inadequate and considered modernizing Chapman’s Morgue with refrigeration or locating a new facility.
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania Judge Ivan Walker considered a petition by counsel for Josephine Armstrong Zion woman found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. The 10 year old Ray Dietrick of Hubblersburg was killed when a car she drove struck him on the day before last Christmas. The jury convicted after six witnesses for the state and none for the defense. The motion sought an arrest of judgment in addition to a new trial. a decision was deferred.
A dubious remedy touts lemon juice as an instant cure for rheumatic pain. The ad mentions Rexall drug stores and similar outlets, urging readers to try the remedy and compare results, with confident but unverified claims.
The year 1943 saw the war expand transportation demands on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Revenues rose despite rate cuts, while costs and taxes climbed, leaving net income below 1942. The railroad praises cooperation with government and industry, notes vast employee mobilization, and urges tax reform to sustain postwar needs.
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