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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1942
Page
2
Franklin school board voted to remove a 250 gallon off tank in the Fourteenth Street school building used for emergency fuel oil storage. The tank will be scrapped as the district now heats with coal and has no current use for the tank.
John H Tack Keller, longtime head of the Bucktail Council, resigns as Scout executive to take a position as scout executive for Admiral Robert H Perry Covering Cambria and Somerset counties with headquarters in Johnstown. Other notes include Meadsville High School instructor W F Covey taking a Navy leave, and local civic notices from Columbus and Jamestown.
Five workers at a manufacturing plant fell ill on a Tuesday after drinking coffee at the work site. They later returned to their jobs, with injuries described as not serious. An investigation is underway to determine the cause, with an investigator expected from Bre in connection with the incident. Coffee samples will be analyzed to identify what caused the illness.
Mary Wenzel wife of Michael Wenzel of Clymer died at home after long illness. She was 85. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Louis Dombrowski and Mrs Victor Waskiewies of Erie three sons Leon Peter of Erie and Joseph at home two brothers and two sisters and thirteen grandchildren. Funeral at St Mathis Church French Creek Saturday at 10 am. Flowers declined.
Rome reported that an Italian ship carrying 40 British prisoners was torpedoed by a British submarine and that 261 prisoners were saved by the Italian crew. The Italian communique also said the Italian submarine was missing and most of its crew had been captured by the enemy. Machine Gun Parker Dies in Reno at 76. Brig. Gen. John Henry Parker, famed for promoting the gun, organized the first model detachment in 1803.
Bradford, Pa oct 14 local 968 seeks 16 cent per hour raise for street, sanitary, and water dept workers. Mayor says favorable budget attention but federal law may block the increase under emergency wage controls. City solicitor cites notice filing with the National War Labor Board and board approval needed for any raise since 1942 rates.
Schools close Friday as teachers attend a high level meeting featuring Dr. Ben D. Wood of Columbia University and Dr. Herman Grose Erie superintendent. The program includes two federal sessions and two groups of departmental meetings as part of wartime public school discussions.
An old newspaper advertisement urges immediate use of SAN-CURA OINTMENT for cuts burns and skin irritations. It promises germ protection and faster healing and bundles SAN-CURA Soap for bathing alongside the ointment at local drug stores.
A police report records an intoxicated incident at 55 Shop on N ieré Street on Friday morning. Officers documented the event and prepared the standard citation and safety notes for the affected location.
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