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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1944
Page
6
Unseasonably warm spell continues with low temperatures easing. May readings hit about 90 degrees in Erie while Jamestown reports 89 and nearby stations show high May averages. Local notices include license filings for Gerald Lowles and Kathryn Poyemski, plus employment figures and blood donor concerns for the Buffalo mobile unit.
May 20 final enrollment set for about 18 060 citizens entitled to receive military ballots. Commissioners and Civilian Defense officials meet with Robert Blair and James K Shields to arrange today’s details. Absentee ballots will be delivered to all entitled. Ralph Benedict to chair election board setup in districts. Board members to be paid for duties. July 7 military ballot day staffing assured.
The annual Memorial Mass at St Elizabeths Church will be held inside the church this year. Rev Carl K Heidt rector will be the celebrant and the time of service will be announced. The Mass honors deceased parish members and marks a longstanding parish tradition.
In Titusville a 12 year old girl died saving Richard Propheter from a muddy creek spill near Pine Creek. Fire Chief Owens and Divers searched after the boy was saved by Roberts Prody and Junior Smith but the girl’s body was recovered hours later.
May 29 report from Harrisburg notes private industry removed over 2000 people aged 65 and older from Pennsylvania Old Age Assistance rolls in the past year. Week ending May 20 shows total public aid at 240,700 with Old Age Assistance 89,000 recipients. Aid to Dependent Children 94,900. 13,000 blind. 1,700 General Assistance recipients unable to support themselves meet statutory needs.
A dated notice offers a hearing aid test claiming to restore hearing for those with hearing loss. It urges interested individuals to visit Linissey’s Witney or local drug stores to try the method and promises immediate results.
Residents are urged to mail Father's Day greetings to servicemen abroad immediately to reach destinations by June 15. A new collection drive is also underway to gather small firearms for reconditioning and shipment to Allied nations for underground forces in Europe, with bounties up to 35 dollars for certain arms. The Jamestown division has begun collections, while labor shortages threaten handling volumes at receiving plants. Vehicle collisions and a stolen bicycle were reported over the weekend, with minor injuries and quick recoveries.
Mrs Roy Dalrymple, 68, died suddenly of a heart attack at home in Spartanburg on Saturday after a period of ill health. Survived by husband and two brothers, John Jones of endeavor and Orrin Jones of Fusandus. Body at home. services set for 11 a.m. Tuesday with Rev Arnold Brown officiating. Burial in Tovey Cemetery.
An Albany dispute surfaces as Dewey allies and opponents clash over a possible GOP presidential draft. Governor Bilcker of Ohio supports party strength while others accuse him of behind the scenes maneuvering. A press conference at Mackinac Island and renewed calls for a public discussion of policy fueled the contentious session.
Westfield May 2 The Welch Grape Juk Company planted five acres of grape cuttings to supply farmers next spring for replanting or new vineyards. The project used cuttings from vineyards across the grape belt to Silver Creek last winter. Labor shortages required hiring all available field workers plus 40 Mexican laborers from 6 90 p m to dark. Mexicans are awaiting work for the Nickle Plate Railroad here. R H Morgen ybern supervised planning and estimated completion with a few good days. The service benefits growers as many vineyards were damaged by water, grime fires or mist. The vines planted include the Concord variety.
Jamestown May 29 Killed at sea on April 20 when his ship was attacked in the Mediterranean by Nazi planes off the North African coast Fe Marion J Carr 20 gave his life for his country confirmation of his death to his parents Mr and Mrs John Carr War Department letter May 25 clarified the sinking occurred during one of the war s fiercest convoy engagements off Algiers German communique reported bombers and torpedo planes sinking two destroyers four freighters and a large tanker in the same action with 12 other merchantmen large troop transports and three destroyers badly damaged.
Charles English a prominent Erie attorney filed a will on February 18 and after his death an inventory shows a taxable estate of 698,067. The largest asset is 9,393 shares of General Telephone Corp. stock valued at 216,295. His widow Aline Worfel English named chief beneficiary.
Althea Blick pleaded guilty before Judge Lemme to four larceny charges for stealing pocketbooks from Meadville store counters. Police arrested her after an intensive investigation by Police Chief Edward C. Gibson. The purse takings occurred May 5 to May 24 at Craven's shop Mayfair shop Minnely's shop Cargo Cleaneys and involved sums of 30 61 30 203 dollars. Blick, a recent Meadville resident from Mendville, was committed to the county jail in default of bail.
Two cars collided at Cherry Hill road and Grittey’s Corners near Albion injuring Mrs Frank Fromback and killing two year old Babe Fromback, daughter of My Fromback. Deputy Coroner Lester Evans said the eastbound car struck the Frombacks’ auto as it tried to cross the intersection, sending both vehicles into a roadside ditch. Mrs Fromback remained aboard with scalp lacerations and shock.
May 20 in Jamestown a 12 to 13 year old boy, Edmund Berndt Jr., riding a horse tethered by his father, fell when the horse reared at an unidentified object. He was taken by his father to a hospital but died en route. Coroner Samuel T. Bowers ruled accidental death from internal injuries.
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