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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1944

Page

6

Not Guilty Plea Filed in Jamestown Hit and Run Case

Clifford Graham of Blockville entered a plea of not guilty in Jamestown City Court before Judge Allen Bargar on a charge of criminal negligence in a fatal hit and run that killed Mrs Thee Johnson, 64, on Baker Street Thursday. Bail set at 10,000PROPERTY. Case adjourned to seek an attorney with grand jury action expected. Graham, described as a slight, bespectacled auto mechanic, has been jailed since Friday. Police aided by county agencies searched for a grey coupe linked to the crash.

Jamestown Clifford 4 Blockville Elty Court Allen Bargar Graham Thee Johnson Baker Street Madge Barger Blackville

Deputy Chief Education Department Named in Harrisburg

May 16 Governor Martin named Dr. Paull E. Witmeyer as deputy superintendent of public instruction with a 6000 dollar salary. Witmeyer, superintendent of Sharon schools, succeeds Dr. Clarene Ackley who resigned months ago after a recommendation from Dr. Hass.

Assomieacross Harrisburg Martin Paull E. Witmeyer Sharon Witmeyer Francis Hass Clarene B. Ackley

690 Miles Of Highways In This Area Get Traffic Line Repainting

State highway officials announced a 1944 repainting program covering approximately 695 miles of roads in District No. 1 to improve safety for wartime traffic. The plan includes reflectorized paint with a glassy bead effect on selected concrete and blacktop roads, with some routes left unpainted. The schedule faces delays due to next week’s weather and local districts Venango Crawford Erie Forest Mercer Warren Lawrence areas are cited. There were 111 railroad grade crossing accidents statewide in the district, prompting caution.

District No. 1 Taree Syn Anc

April egg production in Pennsylvania sets record

Associated Press reports that Pennsylvania hen farms produced 312 million eggs in April, topping March by about 2 million. Despite fewer laying hens, overall state output rose. first four months of the year show an eight percent gain over 1943.

Associated Press Harrisburg Agriculture Department Pennsylvania

Funeral Rites Monday For Mrs Etta Drake

Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Drake were held Monday afternoon at Bracken-Keating Funeral Home at 2 o clock with many local friends and relatives in attendance. Hymns were sung by Mrs. Harley Banks and Mrs. Harold Fish. Bearers included Henry Kennedy Sidney Kennedy Glenn Miller Homer Kolstee Paul Lines and Perry Lines. Burial was in Pine Grove Cemetery family lot. Also noted Ja cob R Miller of Altoona Pa named State Mother by the American Mothers Committee of the Golden Rule Foundation on May 16 in New York.

H. Ray Aare Etta Drake Bracken-Keating Funeral Home Harley Banks Harold Fish Henry Kennedy Sidney Kennedy Glenn Miller Homer Kolstee Paul Lines Perry Lines Pine Grove Cemetery New York Jacob R. Miller Altoona Americary Mothers Committee Golden Rule Foundation George Dewey Wheelertown Road Union City Waterford Bangs T. B Saver Searlings Empire Harold Dewey Paul Babbitt Washington St Corry Emma Dean Carl E. Dean John Hammond Etta Fe Drake

Allies Outflank Nazi Defenses at Cassino

Allied forces press the ground offensive near Cassino with naval gunfire support from heavy warships and destroyers. The Fifth Army advances around the Rapido bridgehead as tank and artillery duels intensify, with reports of surrounding German units and continued bombardments behind the front lines.

Aegiie Formia Ttri Fifth Army U. S. Cmiser Rapido Pignataro Liri

Bandit Shaw Again Lodged in Warren Jail

Walter Alli son Shaw, 30, of Tidioute, jailed in Warren after return from Oklahoma City. He broke bail on a Watson township beer garden robbery charge and fled to Reno, later captured. He faces June court, with prior robberies at Trons Pilling Station and Pleasantville, plus a February 1942 Youngsville arrest. Howard M. Zuel, a friend, is in Lewisburg federal prison for a car theft linked crime.

Warren Walter Allison Shaw Tidioute R. D Ely Oklahoma City Sanford Secor L. G. Fobes Shaw A. A EY Reno Okla Warman Trons Pleasantville Youngsville Howard M. Zuel Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary Jamestown

Unrest in Italy and Winant Returns to Capitol

Swiss reports say Allied advances toward the Gustav line disrupt food deliveries in Italy, creating widespread displacement with up to 500000 refugees in the south and shortages in Rome and Florence. Partisans launch offensives as clashes rise between Fascists and Anti-Fascists. John G. Winant arrives in Washington to confer with Roosevelt and State Department officials on his first trip home since last summer.

Associated Press Bern Switzerland Italy Mussolini Horder Rome Florence Taly Wivant Capitol Washington John G. Winant United States Great Britain Roosevelt Bull

For Sale Miscellaneous Items list with timber and exchange offer

Classified notice lists items for sale including oil stoves rocking chairs small tables gas range ice box small radio sideboard and a location near Ward's. Also offered is 20 cords of standing timber with exchange for a house. Garry write Box 3.

Ward Garry

Markets-Stock and Produce in Pittsburgh Buffalo and New York

The report notes slow remand and steady prices for produce in Pittsburgh and New York eggs with varying class quotes. Buffalo shows mixed livestock values with hogs slow at top 14.15, cattle steady, dairy and sheep figures and a general sense of sluggishness across markets amid selectivity in stock trading.

Pittsburgh U.S New Jersey Virginia York Buffalo Livestock Buffalo Viancanis New York Bendix Aylalion Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane O&o Chrysler Curtis Weight General Electric General Motors Sonnecott Montgomery Ward National Bisauit‘National Dutry Northern Pacific Paramount Penney Penna RR Socony Vacuum Standard Calif Standard Oil Studebaker Westinghouse Mectic Youngstown Thyee

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