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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1945
Page
2
Preliminary surveys underway for the Lakes-to-Sea road project between Reynoldsville and Brookville as part of Pennsylvania postwar food building efforts. The mile stretching over half the distance will be entirely new construction, marking a major state road job with regional impact.
The Erie city and county drive sees War Loan sales near 4,949,037.75 from 909,000 added Monday, amid local notices on dances, prisoner releases, oil leases, and civic updates. Reports cover Heidelberg style events, plant sales, soldier parades, and town announcements from Warren, Titusville, Meadvile, and Corry with brief health, legal, and municipal items.
Pretty Kay Cochran buys new clothes after a telephone notice from Lt. Col. Francis Gabreski says he plans to fly from Washington when military duties permit. She bought a summer suit and posed doubts about marriage timing. Gabreski will visit Kay Cochran before going to Oil City, Pennsylvania, to stay with his parents.
A May storm, gusting to 45 mph, Hooded State road from No 2 Beach to the light house left 15 motorists stranded for eight hours. Little property damage reported, but fruit orchards already hit by bad weather suffered another blow as many trees were uprooted. The windstorm, with squalls, came from the northwest and caused damage in nearby Obie communities before moving away along Lake Erie shores.
Pennsylvania and national notes report new law licensing every public eating and undertaking place in the state with health department oversight. Railroad dining cars exempted. Licenses cost 1 annually, issued by local authorities in cities towns and second class townships six months after enactment. One railroad brakeman injured in Ridgway yards receives treatment.
The University of Illinois College of Agriculture warns parasites extract heavy costs from livestock. Even well fed animals can suffer feed waste and miserable existences as pests consume nutrients and reduce health, noting examples where grain loss heavily favors worms over pigs.
Fragmentary report mentions Erle police, Abel hands, telephoned alerts, and a city service. notes forecast trend with cooler weather and above average temperatures. references a diploma class and a wire from Rev H Ray J. partial items on a church meeting, a display of uniforms, and recruits.
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