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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1942
Page
3
Miss Gladys Kneylon of 02 Sixth Avenue is hospitalized at Warren General after slipping on Market Street and falling on the sidewalk around ten last night. The elbow injury is described as a vorly pound irature with unknown severity.
A lengthy irregular box of local notices and briefs from City and Vicinity reports a host of scattered items. It mentions appointments, legal actions, arrests, and civic updates including a first lieutenant’s commission, stock swindling warrants, a hospital patient’s condition, and community notices spanning various towns and local institutions.
Harrisburg March 1 Engineers in the Pennsylvania highway department estimate 28 008 000 gallons of tar and asphalt materials will be needed this coming season at about 3 000 000 dollars, a rise from last summer. The report notes a fuel oil shortage and a shift to native materials, plus tanker shortages due to Atlantic submarine warfare, reducing asphalt supply. Native materials will be used to maintain and improve rural route surfaces with bituminous surface courses.
March 11 report from high command claims Italian submarines sank 23 500 tons of allied shipping in one week, part of 30 700 tons of total tonnage sunk off U S coasts. Five submarine commanders named for distinction in these operations. This summary reflects a hostile wartime claim reported by local newspaper.
Jamestown March 11 An attempt to reinstate John flict slete as searcher and Liberation of motor vehicles in Chautauqua County clerk’s office follows a long hearing. Michael D. Lombardo attorney for Mr Miller filed the petition. Notice served on Miss King at Mayville that an order will be sought at a special term of the supreme court in Buffalo May 18 directing reinstatement and salary from November 22 1941 to date plus costs.
Harrisburg March 11 Democratic leaders in the House oppose a Senate defense funds bill allowing local governments to raise money for defense activities. They say the measure is not broad enough and would harm counties unable to raise cash. They note the state has funds to support defense but counties without revenue would receive no protection.
March 11 Mandalay Burma British troops withdraw from southern Burma trapping the Irrawaddy delta. Japanese forces now occupy the delta reaching the Andeman Sea and 160 miles from the Gulf of Martaban to the Bay of Bengal. Rangoon and Bassein ports open to the Japanese navy as potential moves against Alyab harbor near Bengal. Japanese submarines lurk off the delta awaiting shipments from Rahgoon and Burma to China.
Philip Amoroso, who came from Italy in 1927 and made Corry his home, died this morning at 5:85 in Corry Hospital after a month’s illness. He leaves three sons John Joseph and Albert, a son Anthony, and daughter Mrs Carmelia Constantino who resides in Italy, with his wife predeceased him. Funeral services will be held at St Thomas Church at 10 o’clock Saturday morning with interment in the church crypt.
Erie March 11 The city seeks federal control to curb rent hikes. City Solicitor Edward M Marty to meet with Leoni Henderson head of the Office of Price Administration in Washington to seek authority to send representatives to cap rents. Judges Miles Telfis and Elmer L Evans dismissed temporary injections restraining landlords from evictions for tenants who refuse increases. Murphy said a formal opinion would be issued soon and noted Henderson can stop excessive rent increases under the price control act. Mayor Baker plans to press the issue with Henderson.
A Washington dispatch reports Japan vows to outproduce Britain and the U S while Nelson urges faster war output. He pins delays on reluctance to increase shifts, materials shortages, training needs, and extended hours. He calls for unified government industry efforts to meet wartime demands. In New Castle a mother learns her son Lieut John A George is killed in action December 22 1944 in the Philippines.
Rio de Janeiro reports Beavil Mare US president Getulio Vargas is poised to grant Khiell authority to declare a State of War or emergency nationwide amid foreign menace and Axis submarine activity off the US Atlantic coast. The decree allows wartime power once defense needs justify action across national territory.
Fragmentary OCR mentions garden prep and soil, plant care, watering, and a garden tray. Proposes garden tasks and debris handling with references to soil and al plants. No clear event, persons, or places can be identified from the readable text.
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