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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1942
Page
6
Notices urge air raid wardens auxiliary police and units to attend a 7 30 pm meeting at the Senior High auditorium. The Northwest District Ladies Veterans install officers next Sunday at New Castle. Erie county prepares for defenses and civic actions as wartime orders unfold.
The grand jury, in constant session since late August, is set to resume Thursday with plans to investigate police department matters. It previously examined wages for county employees and the personal property tax office, which taxes money at interest securities and mortgages. Former county office head Asli J. O'Brien, County Solicitor Jacob Held, and Assistant County Solicitor S. A. Sisson testified. No word on remaining witnesses as Blair declined to say. After completing its work, the grand jury will file a written report with the court and sheriff, including any recommendations.
Authorities hold John Swan after Marion Oliver, 20, is fatally injured when her unclad body is thrown from a second floor backstage window during a film showing at the New Brunswick Opera House. The audience reacted with stunned laughter as the scene unfolded.
A one inch rubber hose slips over the neck of the drenching bottle to apply medication to horses. The setup is noted as safe with no danger of spills or bottle breakage.
A list of Pennsylvania women famous for civic, medical, educational, and wartime contributions. Notables include Sarah Bache for Revolutionary work, Lucretia Mott in anti slavery, Ann Preston in medicine, Florence Kelley in social reform, and war era heroines like Polly Pitcher and Jennie Wade.
Corry launches a drive to raise 10400 for USD and allied wartime relief groups. The effort supports educational, recreational and religious services for service members and families, with broad support from organizations including YMCA, Catholic Welfare Council and Jewish Welfare Association. Additional agencies spotlighted include Navy Relief, Greek and Russian relief bodies, and Bundles for Britain aiding European evacuees and prisoners.
Word reached the city of the death of Rev Joseph McCabe of St Brigid Catholic Church Meadville. Father McCabe who was well known here passed away there late this morning.
Det Rishard Cournot reports a cargo ship torpedoed by a U submarine in the Mosimbek channel between Fast Africa and Madagascar on April 18. The S S 1. tackenbach survivor aged Erle youth was injured but recovered and reached Abadan under British protection after hospital treatment. He visited his sister Nellie Lubt Jewski in the city.
Answers to the Daily Quiz printed on page 4 include Beardsley uml, More than 4 500 000, Donald M Nelson, Manhattan, Ettu Brute Thowlag Brutus, Por 7 Molasses and January, Tokyo, Zool suits and China.
Marie Peter son of Erie, a William and Mary graduate, was elected by the Millcreek township school board to teach home economics at Millcreek High School. She brings three years of North Carolina and New Jersey experience and a semester at Gridley, Erie, filling a vacancy from Miss Sabina Joswick who resigned to train as a United Airlines stewardess in Chicago.
Markets report moderate demand in Pittsburgh with diverse fruit and potato lots. Grain notes show apples and russets priced across regions including Grimes Golden Jonathans Staymans Rome Beauties and Russet Burbanks, while potatoes list varied weights and coastwise bids. Buffalo livestock face brisk hogs and cattle trading with veal and sheep showing mixed activity and price ranges under AP dispatch.
Cited as Democratic candidate for governor F Clair Ross denounced Republican leadership for vicious attacks on President Roosevelt and wartime conduct. He accused the GOP of obstructing national crisis preparation and hamstringing civilian government, urging support for his campaign.
Allied naval and air forces pressed the Aleutians campaign as Japanese retreat continued under heavy bombardment. Reports detail sinking and damaged vessels, including cruisers and destroyers, plus losses of transports and cargo ships, while Allied submarines and aircraft claimed several enemy ships and a probable sunk destroyer or submarine.
A garbled OCR line suggests various college teams and players discussed in relation to games or selections. It mentions Clemson Navy William Minnesota Georgia and Georgia Pre, with references to Vanderbilt and service or eligibility notes, but the text is largely indecipherable and lacks a clear event or outcome.
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