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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1942
Page
4
A wartime letter to a father from Coeur d Alene Idaho describes low daily wages and carpenters who surge for pay. The piece argues chiseling harms workers, taxpayers, and troops, and proposes strong postwar reconstruction as retribution and deterrence.
Twenty years ago President Whittlesey and Directors Auer Barnes Loveland Pope and Sweet decided no increase in the tax bill would be needed for the new school building program. The East Main street Home and School Association members Dorothy Haskins Gertrude Dahlstrand Pauline Thompson Katherine Loveland Marie Dahlstrand Robert Coon Lois Miller and Raymond Barnes presented a lovely program at yesterday's meeting. Phe Elupheth Howard, sister of Mae Howard, owned schooner took second place in the international cup race at Gloucester Massachusetts today. Dr and Mrs J H Castor and daughter Mary arrived for a visit with relatives and make their home at Bedford Pennsylvania. Mrs Jason McCray was buried yesterday after memorial services at McCray church in Concord township. Interment followed at McCray cemetery.
The piece argues WWI veterans with tuberculosis were misused in service, costs nations billions, and notes a high wartime rejection rate for TB. It cites 5965 Pennsylvania rejections from Nov 1940 to Jul 1942, claims this reduces military TB but worsens civilian TB, and blames poor sanitation nutrition and doctor shortages.
A midwestern businessman addresses local self government urging steady reform amid hustling politics. He warns that excessive panic harms efficiency and fiscal stability, pressing for practical steps to improve governance and public services.
Daily quiz questions cover FBI department, Navy acronyms PT and BC, Akis Premier claims, author of Maint Street, hydrophobis term, fathom inches, comparing temperatures, Queen Fawaia’s country, Ralph Roister Doister character, Bacchus myth, plus a Wisconsin prize bulls anecdote about a rubber drive and farm near Milwaukee.
Erie reports indicate fewer than one third of registered voters will vote in the November 3 election. Chief Registrar Joseph Williams cites 18,910 ballots in the primary and expects the November turnout to rise little. Party strengths from the primary show 44,096 Republicans and 90,834 Democrats.
Lyle Loveland reports Fairhaven Defense Club rooms on Raymond avenue completed and open. Air raid wardens meet Fridays under Wallace Young and EE Eamons. Woman's Auxiliary holds meetings. officers named: Mrs Gharnes Hiles president, Mrs Williams Ely vice president, Mrs F T Doubles secretary treasurer. Bible class for children Friday afternoons. plan to enlarge quarters and hold weekly dances. Regular bingo Fridays. special benefit party October 23 invited to the public.
The text notes Basel as the oldest Swiss university, established in 1460. It mentions a railway linking São Paulo's coffee district to Santos, described as the largest coffee port, costing more per mile than any other railroad, with a length of about 40 miles.
Two 20 year old youths were questioned by state police and county detectives after a late night robbery in Steubenville area. They were captured asleep in a Laurel Gardens cabin, while a third suspect Frank Siaus was held in Steubenville. The trio robbed a tavern, wounded two patrons Ferdinand Dackis and John Matta and Patrolman William Eddy, and fled in a stolen car that crashed after speeding through a police barricade in East Liverpool. About $75 and five bottles of whiskey were taken.
Rev F H Bowman, missionary to French West Africa, leads a Sparta Gospel Tabernacle convention from today through Sunday October 1. Also featured are Rev D P Olson and Rev R K Mills with programs nightly at 8. The public is invited to attend all services with varied messages on his work among Tuareg tribes in the Sahara.
Hazel B Peterson of 807 Fourth Ave Warren received two Postal Telegrams advising her son Staff Sergeant Arthur Torrey Air Corps has been missing in action since October 5. Torrey enlisted four years ago and has seen action on various fronts with the air service. The last letter from him was dated September 29. He formerly worked for Warren Water Company.
Four verdicts were announced in civil court on Tuesday at the courthouse. D Gregory and George Gahloun of Pittsburgh received 2609 dollars from the trustees of the W J Scott estate for a greenhouse dispute on West Lake Road. J E Johnson of Harbor Creek was denied damages from Celia Donaldson in an auto collision case. Alex Lacheski of Erie won 42 dollars from John Perry for hauling timber. Ernest I Marsia of Erie won 175 dollars from B L and Marie Marsh after a collision at Route 6 and 19 September 1941 with Marsia claiming his car was pushed into a telegraph pole.
Erie Oct 14 A ruling by Solicitor Edward Murphy would keep service members on civil service lists used for policemen, firemen and city employees. The plan preserves veterans in current posts while others, including defense workers, may be removed if they refuse city positions. Civil service boards will review the opinion before city council approval.
William Barker of Ridgway confirms his survival after the U S cruiser Astoria was sunk off the Solomon Islands on August 9. Barker, in the Navy radio division, wrote to his parents noting he was safe but had lost some buddies. The family learned of the sinking when Navy announcement came on Monday.
At the October 5 council meeting informal charges were discussed about police uniforms bought for the Kane police force by local lodges Moose Dike and Eagles. Some members approved the funding while others questioned legality and intent regarding the use of lodge funds for police gear.
Duss Jay ven. Trader McKinley, son of the late P M McKinley former Pennsylvania Railroad agent, was killed in action in the Guadalcanal area. Word to local relatives from the war department confirms his death. McKinley enlisted in the United States Marine Corps two years ago after graduating from Seiligh school. He first served in Iceland, then returned to the States and later served in the southwestern Pacific theater.
In Kane Pennsylvania a forest fire burned 40 plus acres of the Allegheny National Forest and destroyed about 5000 young trees. R B Hemingway supervisor blamed a smoker near an old roadway, calling the act sabotage and saying it wasted manpower critical to the war effort.
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