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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1946
Page
3
A local military recruiting drive will be held at the Corry Post Office tomorrow Wednesday from 10 a.m. to supply details to prospective enlistees. The event targets age groups up to 30, with a Mary recruiter visiting weekly for an indefinite period while enlistments of various durations fall under the new program.
In Meadville on May 28 Titusville residents faced sentencing. Clair P. Cerlarborg, owner of the European Hotel, pleaded guilty to selling liquor to intoxicated persons and was fined $200 plus costs and jailed 60 days. Robert Chase was fined $50 and costs for contributing to the delinquency of minors. James Cornwood received $100 and costs and six months in county jail. Robert Baron was fined $100 and costs and sent to Camp Hill Industrial School.
Mayville brothers Roger Miller and Dana Miller, ages 28 and 29, escaped injury when their 2194 model car crashed a guard rail on Route 47 near Point Chautauqua after a tire blew and gasoline leaked, causing a fire. Firemen could not save the vehicle, which was destroyed.
A wartime era record surge in marriage license applications is reported by Wurewu Recorder Ralph B. McCord. Through May 2 the year already shows about 1221 filings, with expectations to near 1360 by month end, far surpassing the 1945 annual total of 2095.
A city-wide general strike began in Rochester as AFL-CIO picketers halted transit and newspaper publication after a 2 am governor mediated settlement failed to curb the mass demonstration. The affected two daily papers paused, while truck fleet operations by City Delivery and Storage and Yawman & Erbe stopped amid the widespread action. Downtown streets filled with hitchhikers en route to work.
An advertisement claims hundreds suffer sluggish bowels causing headaches, sallow skin and bad breath. It promises relief from gas and digestive discomfort with Golden Lax Tablets available at all druggists. Dated 1-26.
May 28 report says a Warren hotel thief stole 1000 dollars from a Carver Hotel night desk. Officers Evan and Outrid nabbed William Kebby of Hickory Ave after a bus chase toward North Warren. most of the money was recovered on Kebby and in the bus by Jamestown police. The remainder, in silver, was found on Kebby’s person. the thief attempted to flee on a Jamestown transit.
Arthur Barber turned in a woman's handbag found on the bay embankment between Sassafras and Myrtle streets. Police sought the owner, Helen von Bugda, seaman with Carriers Association, from credentials in the purse. Captain William J. Dona hue at police HQ noted a one cent coin was in the purse and the woman’s address on the identification card listed Gloquet Minnesota, dated May 1, 1904.
Judge Burton Laub opened the non support court with a large wartime docket. Of twenty cases slated, nearly all were cleared. Twenty one involved non support charges, four were re hearings, with no surety of the peace and two appeals for summary convictions.
Flooding impacts local transit as trains suspend schedules. Universel Cyclops Steel plant reports losses but keeps operations running. Titville Herald basement pressroom floods though composing room works overnight. Newspapers printed after moving to Franklin facility.
Ellington May 28 a tornado crossed two miles of Chau County destroying two barns and damaging several farms. It swept through the countryside, uprooting trees and wrecking buildings. The Carl Punicello dairy barn suffered major damage as earlier electrical work was completed. Chicks died and livestock losses were reported amid widespread ruin.
Irregular report from Erie describes a 1938 model car seized by authorities and turned over to the State OVOR Board. Details include a judge’s order, drivers Anthony Malin and John Laplecolo, and a court case involving a crash and rescue efforts. The vehicle was loaded for delivery to the Pennsylvasia league control unit.
In a March hearing at Millcreek Township, twenty two cases of assorted nglors hidden in a route were found. all were contiged. One defendant pled guilty and received a suspended sentence, though charges of 5000 veste remain unresolved. Chicago May 3 reports the Wisersierk hospital case affecting about 850,000 World War I soldiers with lingering effects. many will return to dirty, as the American Psychiatric Association was Wild Waelay.
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