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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1943
Page
6
Today's News in Pictures reports Pvt William McRae wounded by a shot allegedly fired by Col William T Colman 39 who has been relieved as Commandant of Selfridge Field Michigan. Colman is under observation in hospital as authorities investigate the incident.
Corry teachers at a Thursday association meeting voted to press the Board of Education to revert to the former plan of twelve monthly salaries with optional three months' summer pay paid at term end or the first of the following three months. The group cited payroll needs during the depression and noted prior practice of summer installments at term end. A Red Cross War Fund effort by teachers raised $178.
Erie County chief clerk Ralph G Benedict reports 1943 assessments total 124,583,244 with regular taxes projected at 872,189.98 based on total valuation. Despite a 5.5 million rise, not all valuations increased. boosts reflect new construction and some adjustments.
Fragmentary OCR text outlines rules for air raid drills, urging reporting of violations to unit ward and Control Center at Hotel. Includes unclear poetic lines about fire alarms and color signals, mentioning red and blue signals and a warning to team alguers.
The editorials page prints a set of quiz answers including cities Baltimore and La Paz, countries Borneo and Bolivia, the Spanish Civil War, and names Theodore Roosevelt Woods and Wilson. It cites Uruguay and Bolivia among responses and notes figures about government expenditure on lives.
Longtime public figure and first mayor of Olean Mr Franchot died at home after years in banking and air industry. He served as state superintendent for public works and was active in Republican circles. Funeral today at 4:30 in St Stephen's Episcopal Church with Rector Rev Joseph Groves officiating.
In Ridgway on May 8 the partly decomposed body of seven year old Lawrence Pistner of Johnsonburg was recovered from the Clarion river about a mile below the fall where he vanished two weeks prior. Harold Erickson of Terra Cotta Roe found the body while headed to work at Castanea Paper Mill.
Erie reports a month long dispute over about 62 million dollars in fire insurance policies ended when school directors met. On Bertha Winter Mahoney’s motion the secretary was told to split the balances between stock and mutual companies with local agents and offices.
The Women's Victory Club in Corry meets at the Municipal building to boost volunteer help for surgical dressings, rationing office work, and the War Bond Committee. Calls go out for more workers at the Red Cross dressings room, rationing office, and stamp committee, with precinct clubs forming to rally public support and fill quotas.
William Joseph Ayers died on the steps of the Clymer town hall after applying for lodging from the welfare officer. He collapsed entering the building and was pronounced dead by Dr. Ernest Less. Coroner Sam Bowers issued a death certificate from natural causes. Efforts are under way to notify next of kin and the remains are at Spitzer funeral home.
A report explains spoilage in canned vegetables where the contents appear firm but turn mushy with sour odor and taste. It notes the issue is not gas driven and often detected only when heated, affecting asparagus peas beans and corn fat sour products.
Mixed list of sales including goats horses yearling cattle and breeding stock offered at Spartansburg and nearby addresses. Auction by Arthur Scoulen with items from Guy Lindsey and Cory area including 12 Holstein Guernsey cattle, 8 young cows and farming gear. Public sale scheduled Thursday May 1 at 1 90 p m three miles south of Cory on the Cory Lindsey Hollow road.
Collier’s states that over three years of war Axis powers increased land area from about 2 to an unspecified percentage, their population from about 10 to 80 percent, and raw materials from about 5 to 50 percent of the world’s wealth and resources.
An incoherent collection of sports and local notes references players, teams, and events, including unnamed hurlers, a Yankees mention, and fragmented lines about schedules and lineups. The text lacks clear actions or outcomes but implies ongoing season activity and local interest.
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