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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1944
Page
2
Boyd Harriger 57 of High Street Johnsonburg died last night at Elk County General Hospital after a car sped out of control down Bridge Street. Pneumonia developed, officials said, and two other occupants Betsey Blair 7 and Richard Divany 9 were improving. The item notes other local notices and community events.
Dr. Ralph Caner, long-time Jamestown practitioner, named to the medical staff at Rockview penitentiary in Hellefonte. Carrier led the Key Lone Ordinance Works hospital during production era. Smethwort post office to take over Stanford 1 store. DOSE office has occupied Hooker estate building for 41 years. Bingo tonight at St Edward's Hall at 8 with $22 door prize. Mrs W F M Church of the Nazarene meets Wednesday at 1 pm at Mrs Kimmey's home 243 West Smith Street. attendance urged. New shipment of 3 and 4 piece bedroom suites at Montgomery Ward. Golden Links class meeting at 8 o'clock at Mrs R S Peterson’s 327 Essex Street. strong attendance expected.
Mayville May hearing before OPA led to six month loss of supplemental gas rations for Clarence W. Bixby and others from Chautauqua county. The Cadwells and Crandalls faced similar penalties for Florida trips during winter, with Crandalls receiving the stiffest sentence and rations revoked.
Nine year old Jimmy Bates son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Bates of Columbus died this noon at Hamot Hospital after diabetes related coma. He would have turned ten in June. Survived by parents a sister Evelyn and brothers Robert William and Duane. Body to Bracken Keating funeral home. funeral announcements in Tuesday's Journal. Admiral Rodgers Dies in Bethesda Navy veteran dies at Naval Medical Center. Treasury report shows May 5 receipts and expenditures. total debt rises. Towns send Club to meet May 10 at 45 East Pleasant Street with tureen supper and business meeting.
A twin engined Army bomber crashed and exploded in Quitland Cemetery in Westchester. Army investigators delayed toll until wreckage could be searched. The casualties include a sergeant and three others with unknown ranks. several bodies were mangled, with names withheld until next of kin are notified. Some crew parachuted, two bodies found on a hill nearby.
Captain Robert C Johnson of Lawton Oklahoma, a former test pilot, shot down two enemy planes over Germany to raise his total to 27 and become the first American ace in the European theater to break Eddie Rickenbacker s World War I record of 26. Johnson ties Major Richard Bong s 33 kill total in the southwest Pacific, while Don Gentile holds the present European theater record with about 30 confirmed planes destroyed.
Allied war signaling reports describe intensified operations across Asia and the Pacific. Chinese forces retreat under pressure as Peiping Han railroad segments erode, while in the southwest Pacific Allied air and naval actions hit targets around Gelebet, Timor, Schouten Islands, New Guinea, and the Carolines.
Bishop John Mark Gannon of the Erie diocese was reported resting comfortably at the St. Francis Church rectory in Clearfield after a Friday night illness during a confirmation address. Msgr. C. R. McQuillen, diocese chancellor traveling with the bishop, issued the bulletin stating he is feeling better.
State draft directors gathered in Washington on May 8 for three days of closed conferences to report progress on the drive to place men under 26 in uniform. Headquarters officials said the meeting will address policy decisions and reaction of local draft boards to recent orders from Washington.
A set of fragmented quiz questions and answers appears on an editorial page. Items mention ball bearing works Ruth Bryan Owen a colored crayon drawing six Minnesota a young pigeon and multiple names including Madison Polk Lincoln McFanley Wilson F D Roosevelt Schubert Abraham Lincoln and Jeanne d arc.
Funeral services for Harry E. Spicer were held Saturday afternoon at 2 30 at the family home 425 North Center Street conducted by Rev Gilbert L Boyd of the First Presbyterian Church Bullalk Pine Grove cemetery followed the home service Representatives of the VFW assisted with color bearers and guard and a firing squad. Taps were sounded by Mrs Wilma Paulson Lowe Flowers from friends and associates testified to the regard in which Spicer was held Out of town attendees included Miss Laura Dodd Miss Margaret Duffy and Miss Matthe Spaulding cadet nurse of Erie Mr and Mrs Harald Tanks Mendville and Ralph Jewell Midland Pa Warren Spicer Hoboken N J and others
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