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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1946
Page
3
Mrs. Edward Rogers also known as Mrs. Nancy Driscoll was found dead at 1000 West Pleasant Street. Death likely from natural causes tied to a heart ailment. Funeral planned at St. Thomas Church on Wednesday at 9 30 a m.
State Police hunted safecrackers blamed for a $15,000 fire after looting $1,200 from a safe in the Somerset Farm Cooperative offices.
Four people perished in a Philadelphia rooming house blaze including Edward Klepac 32 and his sons Edward 11 and Martin 8 along with James Kelly 40 a brewery worker. Firemen say they suffocated while trying to escape and another roomer John Cupehak 25 suffered burns.
In Crawford County four more hunters were hospitalized for gunshot wounds following opening of the small game season. Larry Gambie and William Hedge were treated at Spencer Hospital, Bruce Smith and Ruth Shorts at Titusville facilities, with 13 year old John Lobins improving in Conneaut Lake.
The Cavalry Troopers now mechanized in Japan became the first U S unit to reach Manila and Tokyo and fought fiercely at Momote airstrip on Los Negros. They earned Distinguished Unit Citations for Los Negros Kwajalein and Leyte while the 6th Infantry Division moved from New Guinea to Luzon in Korea. The 7th Infantry Division nicknamed the Hourglass Division now in Korea claims to be the first to recapture American territory and earned eight Distinguished Unit Citations for Attu Kwajalein Leyte and Okinawa battles.
Kane, Nov. 4 Kane's coal industry, started only a year ago with high promise, is now facing termination as tests fail to prove the vein profitable. A large Wetmore area operation, with a 1000 foot siding, tipple, and heavy equipment, uncovered a semi anthracite vein but economic viability remains doubtful for years of potential output.
Funeral services for Ben E. Marsh were held at Bracken Keating Funes Home conducted by Rev. Armitage of the Eight Methodist Church. Bearers included Carlton Morve Clinton McLean George Buck William Hudson Thomas Boland and Charles Purcell. Interment followed at Pine Grove Cemetery. Attendees from away listed several relatives and friends from Burgettstown Queens Village Long Island Clymer Union City Wattsburg and Eheim.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Rewards and a radio patrol chased bird hunters near Sunset Hill Cemetery in West Ellicott. Oraman Lawson, 20, was shot in the back of the hand by buckshot while with two companions. he was treated at W.C.A. Hospital and remained under observation. He had bagged a pheasant and left the area saying there was too much shooting. The shooter is unknown.
Jackson Mississippi reports the death of Governor Thomas L Bailey aged 5. He served in the Mississippi House from 1915 to 1934 and then as governor. Bailey was a long time political opponent of Senator Theodore G Bilbo.
The USS Willley Porte rade was commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yards by Admiral Dewitt C. Ramsey before a 4000 strong crowd. The 27000 ton carrier, funded by a 74 million dollar bond drive, will embark on its maiden voyage and marks a key milestone in postwar readiness. John Pursell, 20, of Erle, was treated after a rat poison self harm attempt following a domestic dispute and later released from Husnot Hospital.
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