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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1942
Page
6
A mixed Erie Morning scene reports a murder case continuation for Harold 2H of Wesleyville tied to a deadly auto collision, local aid to a gasoline emergency, copper earnings, measles victim Mrs. Carl Peterson, pinball license refunds, and April tax-influenced business results from Montgomery Ward. Also noted are aerial photography plans, snow in Nebraska, a horse education meeting near Erie, and late Pacific War updates from the Journal.
Trapped in the wreckage after their automobile overturned at the junction of Brant and Gowande roads on the Callara Wulgus Indian reservation, Raymond F. Valentine, 20, of Buffalo, and Stanley N. Carr, 18, of Silver Creek, were killed. Carr drove a 1940 vehicle at high speed, with skid marks showing an attempted stop before the fatal impact, leaving both occupants instantly dead.
On May 6, City Solicitor Robert M. Dale told council there is no exception in the ordinance for a special parking place on Liberty Street following a FDIC request. Multiple exemption requests were denied as the administrator argued the meters promote free traffic flow and should not be modified.
Unclear French hold on Diego Suarez amid British landings with estimates disputed by French and Vichy sources. Reports discuss air bases from Tulear to threaten Japanese routes, with Gibraltar-like strategic stakes in the Indian Ocean. Rumors swirl of Laval meeting Hitler as Washington-Vichy tensions rise and Madagascar’s fate hangs on sea and air power.
The Board of Education approved a 1942 43 budget totaling 164190 at a special session. Oil City fire damage in a Judge Parker garage. papers burned in a container touched the side of the building. Rudy Whitmer, Clarion county attorney and burgess, was commissioned as first lieutenant in the U S Air Corps intelligence branch and to report May 1.
War Production Board directs a comprehensive survey of public and private training facilities in Pennsylvania to map shop types, equipment and capacity for defense programs. The initiative, led by Sidney Hillman, aims to inventory vocational and unit industrial art shops and collect details on location, trainee capacity, funding, hours, and equipment.
Residents of Deaf Smith county Texas are said to have the finest teeth in the United States. Scientists credit the soil in that section for containing many elements essential to growing sound teeth.
May 6 market notes show moderate demand for apples and potatoes with mixed freight prices across New York and Maine. Buffalo hogs and cattle steady to softer as livestock prices range from 14.00 to 14.25 for pork and 11.50 for steers, with calves and sheep listed and various pelt and hide quotes. A Labrador Current and Gulf Stream interaction creates dense fog off Newfoundland complicating navigation. The New York stock market shows a thin bid environment amid war news and new controls, with widespread bond and equity quotes and a long list of major industrials and retailers.
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