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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1944
Page
4
Lucky beginning after Friday the 13th sightings as Allied forces press toward Leyte. Navy and air units report crippling strikes on Japanese targets off New Guinea and on Leyte Island. Major Eliot urges hard policy on German industry, arguing for rebuilding aid to non German victims and warning against soft peace.
The OPA outlines rationing issues and lists stamp validity for meats, sugar, shoes, gasoline, and other items. Blue, red, and airplane stamps are described with expiration dates and nationwide applicability, noting new stamp checks beginning November 1.
The Medical Society notes a decline in 1942 murder figures despite widespread killings. Restrictions on firearms and better law enforcement correlate with lower rates since 1999, while professional criminals still cause fewer murders. Clearance, education, and attention to youth helped reduce violence.
A jumble of quiz items asks about Dewey's swing around the circle major speeches, whether bor ed was part of China, edible crabs in oysters, boiling point changes with pressure, infant mortality during war, Pietty Caruso, Cervantes Saavedra, Nazi saboteurs capture year, Daniel Willard's identity, and a garbled Cervéa de film proposition.
Austin Hy Johnson argues that educated elites oppose reform, citing clergy and teachers against the revolution and Roosevelt era policies. He traces repeated elite resistance through history from Washington to Jefferson, warning that the elite fear change while common people endure hardship. Johnson asserts Christianity began among the lowly and urges ministerial reflection.
Twenty years ago a fast spreading fire engulfed the large Swanson residence just west of the city. The hall is gone and the house is burned to the ground. The damage was partly insured. Corry Republicans attended a rally at Academy High School in Erie last night. Timely discovery of a fire in Brooks Garage stock room prevented major loss to the Clinton Street garage housing about 70 automobiles. Fifty five guests attended a Hall Halloween party at the home of Miss Mildred Christensen on East Main Street. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Merle Pitt a daughter Marjorie Lucile on October 23. Hi Times staff hope to resume publishing the school paper during the new term. The first subway in New York, built in the 1860s, had a fare of 25 cents.
Dale Jacobs six year old son of Clarence and Mrs Jacobs is in serious condition at the W C A hospital after being kicked in the face by a cow in a Kennedy farm barn. He has fractures to a jaw and a broken nose and his condition is described as poor. The accident happened while he played in the barn on his maternal grandfather Lloyd D Delahey’s farm. This is the youngest of three sons in the family.
Erie district attorney Burton R. Laub said a report from Harrisburg and Philadelphia labs is expected late this week on the stomach contents of Mrs Bertha M Wolfe 22 and her four sons who died Tuesday at 907 French Street He conferred with Capt Roy B Mong but no new clues were found The cause of death will wait on chemists at the two labs to finish tests
Five year average shows 22 gallons of maple Sirup per acre in the fenced lot and 16 gallons per acre in the unfenced pasture lot. This comparison highlights how protection from cattle and fencing correlates with higher yields in the maple operation.
The will of Mrs. Bertha L. Hampson of Ripley was postponed again as the estate lacks an administrator. The case is set for November 1, with Lombardo and Pickard noting no administrator has been named for George Lamberton of Waterford. Robert Lamberton of Franklin began action to break the will. the will leaves $2,000 to each Lamberton brother and the bulk of the estate to an animal refuge in Ripley.
Mary Lou Gotherman 17, of Kossuth, a student at Ashland Consolidated School, ended her life around 11:30 p m with a .32 caliber automatic pistol. Coroner Dr H M Wellman said she appeared despondent after attending a theatre in box with a young man and returning to his home before the shooting. Clarion county district attorney W P Gearg and two State Police assisted in the inquiry.
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