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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1944
Page
4
Fractures of the spinal column account for six percent of all broken bones. Falls and accidents commonly cause these injuries, risking spinal cord damage and potential paralysis. X rays aid diagnosis, while careful handling during aid is essential to avoid worsening injury.
Hundreds of motorists viewed the Corry auto exhibit at the State Armory Friday night with T. J. Boland drawing the credit clip prize for new car payment. East Washington Street allegedly the scene of a brutal holdup and assault Sunday morning as a prominent Corry citizen returned home. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Lieut A W Thompson Post plans a large minstrel show in late April led by chairman Charles P. Keating with Leo Cook John Caldwell and Paul Quinlisk. Mr and Mrs Charles Marsh hosted about forty guests for a sugar party Saturday night. Ruth Hall, ill last week on East Wayne Street, resumed work at Raymond Manufacturing today. City Commissioners to decide if East Main Street will be paid this summer amid opposition to the project.
Features writer notes wartime profiteers and fake heroes exploiting soldiers families. FBI and authorities expose casualty list scams, forged photographs, false weight labels, solicitation schemes, and bogus defense experts. Postwar frauds loom as returning soldiers receive benefits and bonds rise. Remember to investigate before investing.
Judge Elmer Uy Evans heard Carl Guerrein’s petition to resume operation of the Sky Way Theatre on West Lake Road next summer with a new low volume speaking system for small car groups. The 1941 closure followed objections by Wall Road district residents over loud amplifying speakers. The judge said he could only issue a temporary order to test the system to see if it still disturbs the neighborhood.
A fragmented report pieces together debates on Irish unity, British North and South Ireland, and American policy amid WWII. It contrasts democratic ideals in Australia with the United States, notes Nazi ties alleged in Eire, and urges readiness and restraint as resistance movements grow across Europe.
A scrambled quiz asks about wartime diplomacy, science, geography, and history. Topics include US prisoner treatment promises, water freezing, Technicolor films, South American coastlines, animal sight, Philippine geography, the Declaration signers, US Army leadership, Hungary and its neighbors, and color terms like purple crackle.
Advert appears to promote SAN-CURA Ointment and SAN-CURA Soap as antiseptic relief for piles and itching. It claims relief from discomfort and heating, urging washing with SAN-CURA Soap before applying the ointment. Prices shown are 30 and 60 cents.
Four days after starting as a busboy at Thorpson Restaurant in downtown Pittsburgh, Jamestown resident Nicholas Casemento took more than $104 from a counting table and fled. Manager Frank Spargo chased him and police later jailed him. Casemento, 21, formerly of 1415 Washington Street Jamestown, was held on theft charges with no local police record noted. His parents are listed as Mr and Mrs Samuel Cysemiènito.
Non gardeners can assist in victory gardening by helping conserve garden produce. Families should share tasks to maximize food production and support the home front effort.
In Erie county court house two inquests are set for Friday afternoon, announced by Coroner Warren W. Wood. At 2 p.m. an autopsy will be held for Mrs. Waith Lynch, 69, of Waterford. she died when her husband’s auto collided with a truck driven by Frank Letterman on Peach and Cherry streets, then hit a pole. The second inquest concerns Donna Marie Becker, 17, who was fatally struck by a Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. truck owned by the driver George Brogdon of McKean while walking along Rowe 20 near her home.
Ora A. Haskin 77, proprietor of the Whiteside summer hotel at Maple Springs, died at his home Wednesday at 4 p.m. Survived by wife Minnie, two sons Russell and Marion, a daughter Mrs. Rodier, two brothers Charles A. Haskin of St Petersberg Florida and Claude D. Haskin of Maple Springs, and three grandchildren. Born in Ellery, he spent his life in local farming and Maple Springs.
A police chase ends with a Nash coupe stolen from Florence Nolan and driven north on Holland Street. Jones, pursuing in a scout car, hit a utility pole after the fleeing vehicle cut across, injuring Jones. The stolen car and two youths escaped, and Nolan’s car was later found at 28th and Holland streets.
March 17 three more persons were bitten by dogs as police reported. Police Chief George Christoph issued drastic orders to pick up all stray dogs, tightening prior rules that only unlicensed canines were targeted. Judge Miles B. Fitts and Judge Kilts weighed in, with Kilts giving police until Friday to seize dogs not in quarantine.
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