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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1942
Page
8
An Erie sailor Wilamoski, 24, recounts a torpedo attack on a Standard Oil tanker off Norfolk. The German submarine fired twice, sinking the craft. 26 men boarded a lifeboat, one crewman was killed, and the sub disappeared amid burning wreckage and stormy seas.
Palm Sunday services across Brokenstraw Parish branches Columbus Spring Creek and West Spring Creek were announced by Rev. John Waite. Plans include worship and Bible School times at each church, Holy Week suppers with communion, and Ladies Aid meetings with appointed hostesses. A joint halal supper and communion is planned with Spring Creek, plus an Easter service and a nighttime vigil at the Columbus church.
Fragmentary OCR reads about tape stopping shakes in a long automobile race. Mentions two feet of adhesive tape around the stomach to keep internal gears from shaking apart and wiping off puffs.
Sparta March 20. The Sparta High sophomore class will host a warm sugar arty in the gym tonight with bingo and maple sugar. Lieutenant David E. Lithgow, a Sparta boy, helped at Norfolk Naval Base and aided five survivors of the torpedoed ships. Local clubs and residents plan meetings and social events with notes on church services and community activities.
March 27 report by Ralph C Benedict notes low filing of nominating petitions for about 450 committee seats. Only 119 petitions filed by noon, with deadlines looming Monday. Officials suggest many may file at last minute as Democratic and Republican leaders rally support.
Charles E Bacon 83 a member of Eries Real Estate Board died after a heart attack Thursday morning in his Marine Building office. He collapsed shortly after entering his loft and his son in law Dr Howard McLaughlin rushed to aid. He was taken to St Vincent hospital where he died about an hour later.
Erie Brewing Company and Wayne Brewing Company will raise prices this Saturday by fifty cents per barrel and twenty cents per case respectively. Officials say the increase aligns with the broader market trend in the region.
Book reviews cover Robert Selph Henry’s This Fascinating Railroad Business detailing railroading devices and projects, Charis Crockett’s The House in the Rare Forest exploring cannibal life and village life in New Guinea, Holmes Alexander’s Selina a social Baltimore tale, and Tarlethorpe Napoleon’s invasion analysis.
Members received and distributed trout from Corry Hatchery and announced another shipment of brown trout with truck trouble causing delay. The fish are to be released into streams in the Kingua section and Chapel works area.
The readable fragment mentions Alber Union and Fran treet with unclear location context. No clear event or action identified.
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