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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1942
Page
8
Census bureau figures show 1,515,524 Pennsylvania households in 1940 with most two and three person homes. One person households accounted for 64 percent of total. Crowding higher among tenants, with 19.2 percent of tenants and 10.7 percent of owners reporting more than one person per room.
The second Erie soldier who escaped from a guard house in Pittsburgh last week after being picked up for desertion was rearrested in Erie on Wednesday afternoon by military police. Jerome Zukowski aged 22 of 292 East 13th Street and Samuel Perino aged 21 of 302 West 18th Street were detained along with Dominick Camino 20 of 18th and Chevy Streets and Charles Rutland 25 of Lockport IN for violating army regulations. The four prisoners were handcuffed and taken to Pittsburgh in a station wagon.
Discomfort of piles prompts claim that Owen renewed comfort with SAN CURA Ointment. Availability noted at drug stores with 35¢ for ointment and 25¢ soap. Antiseptic properties urged for between toe care and pre-treatment cleansing.
Sparta Victory Club in Spartansburg elected officers including president Frank Firth and secretary Nola Yous. The group plans to donate glass containers for public places to assemble boxes sent to soldiers for Christmas. Community notices cover firemen supper, local visits, Red Cross work, and school scrap drive totaling forty five tons gathered by students and farmers.
Kane Pennsylvania November 6 installation of an obstacle course at Southover Park for Kane High School pre flight training students as part of a physical education program. The course includes hurdles, a broad jump, barricades, rope swing, and an eight foot fence ending at a completion point. Tom Drummond led the plan with Reverend Arnold Tundbers. Armistice Day events include a Legion dinner November 11 at 1 30 pm with a meatless menu and family invites for veterans and service members.
In Scranton the prosecution named Ralph Greco of Hoboken as the man who pointed a gun at Stroudsburg First National Bank clerks during an August 1941 holdup, with co-defendant William Vasilik and accomplices described. A government witness identified Greco as a gang member and getaway plans were outlined.
Alfred Allen Dean of Butler, father of Dor othy Dean Paxan a Kare High school instructor, died of heart disease while hunting in woods near Butler county. He and a son started for the hunting area after work. The son, finding the route ahead, discovered his father dead. Local authorities listed heart disease as the cause.
Harold A. Dutton, 19, of Erie, a civilian pilot trainee, was injured when his training plane struck a tree and crashed near Bettis Airport in Allegheny County. He was taken to McKeesport Hospital with facial lacerations and a possible skull fracture, though officials call his general condition not serious. He had about 25 hours of flight time, including 10 solo hours, and investigators believe he misjudged the approach. The plane nose-dived into bushes along a road as bystanders reported the scene.
Erie Nov 6 Acting Coroner Frank St George announced an inquest into the New York Central state automobile crash at the Greer Garden road crossing October 1st that claimed five lives. A dozen witnesses were subpoenaed and the inquest will be held at the main courthouse. One survivor, Martin Merk, 104 North Main street Union City, shows improvement at St Vincent's hospital after his leg was amputated. The deceased include Lee Timmy of 1206 West Path Street driver of the car his wife Mrs Milo Martin and two children Vera 12 and La Rue 9. Witnesses include Mrs Martins husband and their 10 year old son Paulin as well as the train crew.
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