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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1944
Page
6
A wide three county report notes wartime contracts figures, missing youths possibly heading to Springfield, and local arrests including a Kane custody case. Erie police report robberies and a stolen Plymouth sedan, while OPA token extensions and mill operations sustain regional industry.
Allied forces press the Ruhr push with Seventh Army driving toward Bageline and Herp-Element, while a new British Canadian landing holds Bohelde estuary. Hodges surrounding Aachen. Americans claim major enemy losses as fronts widen and German bombardment wanes.
A compact list of quiz answers from an editorial page. The items include The Philiymes, Turkey, True, True, Minneapolis, Theaters, a bell set tuned to the full scale, John Tathvon Motley, Egypt, and 380.
In Erie on October 10, three gas stations owned by 4 hn 3G Gasoline Company and operators Mollie Israel, Joseph Gold, Edward Sind, Henry Wildermuth, and others were ordered closed by OPA hearing commissioner Allen Gauthers. The suspensions, without leniency comments, were issued amid charges of gasoline theft and inventory shortage estimated at about 70,000 gallons. No hearings were held.
Ralph Norman Dean aged 23 of Flushing Long Island, formerly Jamestown, died 14 hours after his marriage to Virginia M. Curling. He fell ill en route home from Elmira on a wedding trip, dying at the Mark Twain Hotel in Elmira. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs George Dean of Jamestown and a sister Myra. The wedding was held Saturday at Byfield and the couple had begun their return trip.
Harold K. Rowe, 17, pleaded guilty to burglarizing a friend’s home. County Judge Hugi Bodine suspended an indeterminate sentence, placing the youth under probation after four weeks in Mayville jail. A Friday grand jury indicted him on burglary third degree.
Numerous attendees from Sparta Masonic and Eastern Star chapters joined a community gathering Friday evening. The Sparta Consolidated School Board adopted the 1944-45 calendar with openings in October and April, plus Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks.
The board reviewed costs for the Gumbusy 220m program and questioned a weekly per child amount. Officials discussed cafeteria progress under Federal aid, September receipts totaling 98,900.85, disbursements of 19,400, and current balance of 3,902.38. Bills were approved except a few hundred dollars for flue equipment, with a second secret meeting following adjournment.
New York stock market data lists various produce stocks and prices. The entry mentions eggs and assorted stock codes with price inputs and unit labels, though the line is garbled and hard to parse.
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