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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1946
Page
2
Detroit reports a severe storage battery shortage likely to worsen this winter. Production shifts to meet new car needs will strain replacement batteries, threatening idle motor vehicles. Industry leaders cite lead shortages and import controls as key causes, urging faster lead decontrol and imports.
A timeline of local notes from Erie and neighboring towns includes a found purse worth 470 dollars returned to Yolanda Nicola to cover her daughter’s hospital bills at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia after a gas explosion injury. Other items highlight Major General Griswold and family travel to Guam, a veteran hospital drive in honor of Lieut Mango, and ongoing civic events like bingo at the Rod and Gun Club and church rallies.
British investigators and French police pool resources in a Paris led jewel theft case. Scotland Yard and Surete pursue the robbers believed to have followed the Duke and Duchess from France a week earlier. The Duke seeks 20 000 pounds under a Lloyds policy for the stolen jewels.
Du Bois Pa October 19 Two ten thousand dollar fires in a week spurred the Du Bois fire department to seek a formal arson investigation. One blaze hit the Georgie Wells lumber mill at Salem, another destroyed 1400 chestnut posts on the John Du Bois Jr property. Firemen reported no solution yet for a previous string of farm barn fires in Clearfield County.
An unknown man bitten by a rabid dog near Pocono Lake Monroe County Wisconsin is being sought by health authorities of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The man, driving a 1934 car with New Jersey plates, reportedly was bitten along with four others who received treatment. Deputy Secretary Moore Campbell said authorities have little to go on. The Mentor Club meets Monday at 8 at Mrs Ralph Bigkeslee's home in Spartansburg.
Secretary Byrnes voiced confidence in American justice and peace, denying Soviet claims that the US profited from the war and seeks to enslave Europe. He supported European reconstruction for global prosperity and noted Paris Peace Conference tensions. Byrnes also commented on Yugoslavia’s exit and urged concessions to sustain peace among conflicting states.
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