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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1945
Page
4
Miss Lydia Hillman, 64, was found semiconscious on her floor after a stroke and taken to West Bel Memorial Hospital in critical condition. Neighbors reported repeated knocks and a locked door at her North Portage Street apartment above Earnhart's Grocery, with no response until police forced entry.
Governor Edward Martin vetoed a state measure by Senator O Arthur Blass that would channel federal funds to support maintenance at the Erie Soldiers and Sailors Home. He said the bill was defective as it covered only current guests and not future admitted veterans.
The piece notes Allied stances on Franco's Spain, including Soviet nonrecognition, mixed Latin American positions, and Mexico's wary alignment. It discusses U S neutrality shifts, wartime coverage grants, and looming anti Franco motions at the San Francisco gathering amid a broader Great Power split on arms to Madrid.
The Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania advocates summer camps to protect children from street danger and traffic amid families away at work or service. Emphasis on health, morale, and supervised recreation led by trained directors. Communities should develop organized, safety minded summer programs for youths.
May y sen. Catfora P. Bud Baker, long reported missing in action, is safe in England and en route home, via indirect word received. A grapevine report says Major Willian BP Gind, dental officer in France, treated Sgt. John Monengo, of Lewis Run, and that L. Boker, interned with him, is in England and heading home. Major Lind's letter reached his wife and was conveyed to Mrs Byker at Summit Hospital maternity ward.
Blairie J. Miller, 1, son of Mr and Mrs B F Miller and 1945 graduate of Oil City High, escaped serious injuries when a tractor he was operating rolled backward on the Brandan farm at Cranberry. He had been loosening a harrow caught on a line and descended from the machine before it lurched in reverse.
A farm youth was injured when a fire swept over him as a tractor wheel spun over his body. His brother Willem Miller, 25, rushed a quarter mile to pull him free. He was admitted to City Hospital around 1 p.m. with burns to the left hip and leg. condition described as improving.
A scrambled quiz page asks about Brenner Pass connections bugs and minerals, asks who fathered baseball, names first two Old Testament books, cod liver oil vitamin, new APA president, and other trivia. It also poses a question about a discovered substance and a South American location.
A May 24 preliminary listing from Miles Horst, secretary of Agriculture, shows planed county aid community agricultural fairs in Pennsylvania for the 1948 season. It lists 13 associations with 5 more fairs than last year, though final decisions hinge on war developments. the 1945 schedule stretched to July 3, with Clearfield County Fair opening at Clearfield.
Report shows 1206 residents in Warren County will be ineligible for the Spring primaries due to regis tration lapses. Registrar Ray Thompson notes 741 mailed cards reached unregistered voters, with 534 seeking registration. Party breakdowns include Republicans 703, Democrats 478, Nonpartisan 14, Prohibitionists 19. total eligible voters counted at 15427 with party splits listed.
California researchers note growing Japanese peppermint boosts menthol output. The peppermint oil sector is described as the largest volatile oil industry in the United States.
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