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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1943
Page
3
A brief observance notes the emergence of a harsh public sentiment and a striking trend described as a “huge dash” in social behavior. The piece highlights rising tensions, cultural clashes, and calls for moderation in discourse.
A fragmentary report recalls a 20 year old event in which nationwide unrest affected work strikes and company actions. A former Corry resident, Willeth, age 80, died and was buried locally. The notice hints at labor tensions and employee conditions tied to wartime policies and a panel of linemen.
The 1943 Pennsylvania General Assembly nears adjournment amid party conflicts and fighting over conference committees. Governors, House and Senate leaders clash on civil service repeal, teacher bonuses, parole board reform, merit ratings, and a gasoline tax emergency levy as lawmakers race to finish before adjournment.
A wartime Britain policy article explains deferments for men in essential industries. It details government safeguards, soldier pay contributions, and support alowances for families including child allowances and wife living costs in London, with notes on new supplemental pay to ease wartime hardships.
Pennsylvania reports the largest weekly drop in relief cases in six months for the week ending April 24 with 684 closed and 349 new. The relief decline reflects shifts in WPA projects and a weaker overall labor demand, as many workers move from general assistance to other aid programs or seek employment. Total assist cases drop to 109,641 across general and monthly grants under older programs.
AVER Agency advertises burglary insurance and related business services. The blurred text mixes historical notes about trade monopolies, farm labor indentures, the Rosetta Stone, and early fisheries statements with garbled figures and place names. The readable items mention La Salle’s Mississippi trade monopoly on May 12, 1687 and the Rosetta Stone’s role in deciphering hieroglyphs.
The passage portrays how hunger dominates thoughts as weeks of hardship unfold. It notes that people, including youth, discuss meals, recall happier foods, and imagine future sustenance while food scarcity spreads, predicting widespread deprivation until the war ends and economies reset.
A wartime reader’s letter from Berlin to Tunisia laments the bombing’s toll on civilians, naming Essen Hamburg and Bremen and accusing the Allies of devastating German cities. It condemns the war and reflects on Hindenburg, Petain, and Admiral Horthy as pivotal figures, noting Hungary’s role for Germany and the shifting balance of power.
The piece describes Truk in the Caroline Islands as a major Japanese munitions base in the South Pacific, about a thousand miles from Guadalcanal and 1,150 miles from Buna in New Guinea, noting its distance limits American bombers face yet arguing focused strikes could yield strategic gains against the Japanese menace in the Pacific.
Phe Ajax Athletic Association will control field use this summer as a well organized campaign to promote baseball to county fans. The Erie Railroad employee John Lynch is believed dead after a Shenango incident near Greenville on Monday. The chamber of commerce election returns show D. W. Hillstrom, Rey M. S. Ashton, T. Babbitt, D. S. Bentley, O. W. Bracken, and S. V. Stewart chosen to serve the next term.
Wartime article urges rat-proofing and sanitation as essential to prevent rat-borne diseases like rat bite fever and plague. It emphasizes rats as dangerous, destructive, and food-threatening, calling for cleanup and determent of rat harborage to limit economic losses.
This note lists trivia prompts from a classified page including authors of old works, mythic figures, aviation facts, sports leaders, geography relations and abbreviations. It references the Year of Decision 1846, a Pro golf president, and the educator Booker T. Washington among others with true false and multiple choice style items.
Fragmentary notes describe umbels as a family name from umbrella-like stems, confusion about caraway and parsley, and a claim of Dead Sea buoyancy reducing drowning risk. It mentions 1500 B C Egyptian boats with steering oars on both sides plus a tiller, and a reference to a large book in comfort for something.
In Jefferson May 1 heavy industrial demand for natural gas spurs a Greene County gas boom. Equitable Gas Company, a Philadelphia subsidiary, recently brought in two producing wells in Jackson township on the A B Grimes and Hallie Gilbert farms. Additional locations in Jackson township are being prepared, with drilling active across Washington and Greene counties to bolster dwindling supplies for industrial and domestic use next winter.
Jamestown May 6 The War Department released another list of American soldiers wounded in action in North Africa. It includes Pvt Franciis A Novenie of Ashville, a Lakewood High School graduate who enlisted in New York City two years ago. Also listed are Pvt John I Kosinukd of Olea and Pvt Josep H Ziltron of Salamanca.
Jamestown reports it purchased 2,781,219 dollars in war bonds, far exceeding its 2,200,000 quota by about 1, so million and three half dollars. The city pushed beyond the original goal, nearing a 4,000,000 county target, and reached a new objective 2,00,100 higher as the drive continued into the home stretch.
Erie County council announces 1943 camping program under the theme Toward Up & Buck Down. Camps will be at Camp Sequoyah near Erie, 80 acres of woodlands and fields. Programs include Lone Troop Camps, Neighborhood Camps, Behrend Scout Training Center, and more for Scout advancement and self reliance.
Two Navy pilots on Atlantic coast patrol unexpectedly meet aloft two miles above the ocean. Jay and his old roommate Bill spot each other during a routine mission, signal briefly, then separate to resume their duties, continuing a long standing friendship in the air.
Funeral services for Mrs Harriet Stufflebeam were held Saturday at 10 in Bracken-healing funeral chapel with Rev Leon Frank officiating. Bearers included Albert Stufflebeam Roy Stufflebeam and others, followed by burial at Blain cemetery. Attending were relatives from Meadville Youngsville and Lockville New York among others.
Hemorrhoid sufferers are advised to use SANCURA antiseptic ointment with a satin smooth feel and a soothing effect. The ad touts SANCURA Sop and SAN CURA Soap as prep and cleansing steps priced at 38¢ and 60e, noting efficacy for minor sores and skin irritations.
Hag al Market shows slow early sale with abot steady bids and weights across cattle. Cattle and calves strong with high good to choice sales. sheep and lambs slow to barely steady. New York egg market firm with varied grades. Wall Street reacts to coal labor truce with mixed early gains and notable stock quotations across major firms.
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