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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1942
Page
3
Below freezing after heavy rain left ice on streets but no bus accidents reported. City Council regular meeting discussed transfers and local notices while residents report wildlife and air raid sirens planned for city testing.
Dr. Daniel A. Poling, chair of the Committee on America Unity, warns from Harrisburg that the United States risks losing the Axis war if complacency and inaction persist. He cites overconfidence, delay, and selfish priorities as paths to defeat, urging vigilance and a renewed commitment to freedom and democracy. Alaska’s natives retain old medicine men in many places.
Fifteen applications for the post of superintendent of schools have been received. A special committee of board members Margaret Dalley Arthur Wolfe and Thomas Morreey will review the applications and name the best qualified to the board. The board did not rehire Jerome J Wheeler at its February meeting and will likely decide on two successors at the April 14 meeting.
Premier Gerbrandy disclosed in London that American and Dutch forces in East Indies Waters are far outnumbered by a Japanese task force headed by 14 cruisers guarding invasion convoys. Curtin announced Australia will send food to Singapore’s 750,000 occupants to aid prisoners, while long voyages may pull ships from the Australian war effort. The piece notes Japan’s rice and fish diet in camps and the plan for guerrilla actions.
Jamestown report says Oliver H. Brunson, 43, of Sinclairville, died at the scene in a crash with a highway department truck on Route 60 between Gerry and Sthelalville at 2 36 Wednesday morning. Ralph Edwards, 84, of Sinclairville, injured with facial lacerations, and Ivan Sischo, 34, of Cuba, injures from facial injuries. Turner, 64, and Frank Hoover, 36, Cassadaga, escaped serious harm. The highway truck, driven by Turner, carried Hoover and Sischo who were on top shoveling cinders into a spreader.
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