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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1943
Page
6
Slippery roads and heavy hunter traffic flood Route Six toward the big Woods as hundreds travel for opening day. Numerous incidents include a minor crash near Union City and a skidding car near Main and Center Streets injuring a pedestrian, with no serious harm reported.
George Wing serving life for the murder of his nephew George Ormsbee has again been denied parole by the state pardon board. Wing entered prison 14 years ago and repeatedly sought release, claiming the sentence is too severe and that he would work in industry if freed. He admitted firing the rifle but said the shot was to frighten his sister and the child's death was accidental.
Mrs. Mary Elsie Brownell Sweeney of 816 Spring Street received a War Department message stating her husband Lt. Charles J. Sweeney Jr. was killed on October 15 at Cocos Island in the Latin American area. The release, signed by Adjutant General Yulia, offered sympathy and promised further information later. Two New Milford firemen were killed when a brush fire engine collided with an Interstate bus in the town center.
The editorial page lists quiz answers: Soviet Russia. You can't teach an old dog new tricks. fifty seven. True. Dy. Gilbert Grosvenor. West to east. Groquet 8. Waltz. Explorer. Thus.
Corry Chapter Red Cross publishes an honor roll of donors tied to three or more blood donations. The list shows Hazel Ayers with seven donations leading, 22 with five to six, 72 with four, and 136 with at least three. Names span many local residents and include Mrs. Florence Willbus, Miss Shirley Dickinson, Edward Berry, and numerous others.
Erie police seek siphoners after fire damaged two Times Co trucks in a rear garage at 110 West 10th Street. A siphoning hose was found in a truck gas tank which exploded, spreading flames to a second truck. Four other trucks were moved, and the building saw slight damage. Estimated loss on the two trucks is 1 000.
Ridgway, Nov 29 thieves raided John Huber Dairy Farm near Wilcox stealing pork from the smokehouse about fifty feet from the residence. They smashed a padlock and hauled away all the pork before setting the smokehouse on fire to cover their crime.
Wilkes Barre police report two youths killed and a third injured in hunting accidents over the weekend. Lester Humphrey 17 of Harvey's Take and David Sanderson Jr. 14 of DuPont died from gunshot wounds. John Chiceton 17 of Sie Ie accidentally shot his left foot while hunting near Maltby.
Staff Sgt. Gordon Hahn of the United States Medical Division was wounded in action on November 15 while serving with Allied forces in Italy. Hahn has served since June 2, 1941, and earlier trained in the United States before overseas deployment to England in 1942. He has served in Scotland, Ireland, Algiers, Tunisia, Casablanca, Sicily, and Italy. Recently Hahn and three comrades reportedly escaped a German camp.
A 17 year old farm youth fired at an Army training plane near the New Stanton Interchange on the Pennsylvania Turnpike while with two companions rabbit hunting. The plane, carrying an instructor and an aviation cadet from Duquesne University, was hit by pellets. the youth was taken into custody and later released to his parents.
In Roulette Pa a 68 year old bachelor farmer Wvil Yam Cavanaugh was burned to death while using an oil lantern during chores. His blackened body was recovered by the roulette fire department. Potter county coroner Philip R Shaw ruled the death accidental. Also reported James Gordon Haslet 60 Democratic commissioner elect died at his home in Tionesta after several months illness.
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