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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1945
Page
3
A summary of a morning to afternoon event in Pennsylvania notes 1200 attendees, a degree ceremony, and an afternoon program including a dinner. The record preserves the sense of a campus or institutional gathering with keynote portions and a candidate line-up.
Jamestown councilman Robert B. Helgren publicly rebuked James town Motor Bus Transportation Co over a crash on Jones and Gifford avenues injuring four passengers. Warren Bchmitt, 14, operated the bus without a chauffeur license and posted bail. Helgren seeks recourse against the company leadership and a speedy investigation of the franchise management.
Robert E. Bunce, a Spartanburg native and B 29 flight chief from Herington Kansas, received his discharge on November 2 at Patterson Field. He earned 87 points and 40 more, and has returned home to pursue aeronautical work, utilizing Army options for retraining. He previously served since June 1944 and received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters, ETO ribbon, and Good Conduct Medal. He plans to enter civil aviation with four years of eligible service but will not use the full term.
Thomas Olen Grisell aged 58, a retired Pennsylvania oil executive, died in San Diego yesterday. He formerly led the Pennsylvania Crude Oil Association in Oil City and was a director and general manager at Kendall Refining Co. in Bradford. He left a widow Martha Grisell and two sons and a daughter. The armed forces vote in the last presidential election accounted for five percent of the total popular vote.
Pittsburgh, Nov. 6. Chairman T Weir of the National Steel Corp warned that steel workers’ wage increases must be matched by full price rises in steel products. He recalled 1941 steps when a 110 percent wage hike was granted amid contract talks, suggesting current raises depend on cost coverage and resisting price cuts that could hurt industry profits.
Miss Eun Kepler announces LAG Moray examinations for detecting tuberculosis to be held at the State Armory on November 14. The Erie County Health and Tuberculosis Association sponsor this event with 288 pupils from local schools and St Edward's School. Fees apply to nonstudents and outside adults, with 60 cent charges for certain children and a $1 fee for tested restaurant and hotel employees. Donations welcomed to cover needy cases. The scans will be conducted by Powers Company from Oll City using on-site equipment and operators, with hotel and restaurant staff receiving certification badges.
Many Army veterans discharged between May 12 and November 1 may reenlist by November 22 to return to service in the Regular Army at the same grade held on discharge. Six months service privates reenlisting before November 21 get private first class. Those delaying discharge until after November 1 may reenlist within 20 days, before February 1, 1946, to keep current grade and gain life insurance benefits. Commissioned officers released from active duty may be enlisted at Master or First Sergeant while keeping reserve commissions.
An OCR fragment details a Crosby youth Grega 16 dying after a truck crash while delivering for his father. It blends a separate, sensational claim about bubonic plague being defeated by a new poison with misquoted or garbled scientific notes.
In Wilmington at the Du Pont Pest Control Research laboratory researchers orbit apples on a rotating carousel to test chemical sprays. A cloudlike jet coats fruit skins and the device measures whether insecticides and fungicides form a smooth even film or run off too easily for effective protection.
Kenneth Wetzstein, 20, pled guilty October 8 to grand larceny and, in Jamestown, was sentenced under the new law allowing the Department of Corrections to designate the confinement area for his son. He faced a wait for sentencing as Judge Bodine postponed until today.
Report states Erie County will not lift rent controls despite claims. Officials cite the Price Control Act and regulatory constraints, insisting current controls remain in place. The article mentions expected adjustments or actions are uncertain, with no forthcoming changes from local authorities.
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