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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1944
Page
4
The Medical Society of Pennsylvania notes 8,000,000 in the U.S. have some hearing impairment with 5 to 6 percent of school children affected. It urges help in selecting hearing aids, overcoming hesitation, vocational counseling, and social reintegration. It calls for psychological readiness to pursue productive work and enjoyment of life.
Allied intelligence reports a Brussels cache showing German invasion maps aimed at England via neutral territory. A CBS broadcast notes the plan dated 1940, thwarted by the RAF and Navy, then kept safe until 1942 when Germany abandoned the hope. Irish readers are urged to reflect on the broader implications for Ireland and Britain.
Chief Danile links three Negroes seen leaving the city on an eastbound Eale freight train to two burglaries on West Congress street reported Saturday. Other items note school district notices, bakery plans, auto injuries, a social gathering, wartime electoral history, and Alaska's area of 386,400 square miles.
Erie October 27 A grand ceremony at St Peters Cathedral marked the dedication of the new $2 000 000 Cathedral Center and the Golden Jubilee of St Peters dedication. Pope Pius XII through his representative Am Cicognani conferred on Bishop John Mark Gannon the station of assistant to the Pontifical throne with the title Roman Count in a Pontifical high mass before 5 000 clerics and large crowds.
NBC offers Duit's Tavern 4 30, Waste Time at 9, People Are Funny at 9 30, Amos and Andy at 10, drama at 11 30. CBS presents Henry Aldrich 8, Thin Man 9 30, Moore and Durante 10, Stage Door Ganteen 10 30, Mildred Bailey and Benny Goodman 11 30. Blu broadcast Ed Wynnshaw 7, Parker Family 8 15, Gang Busters 9, Ted Malone overseas. MBS airs Music for Half Hour 1 30, Doble Or Nothing 8 30, boxing 10, Gle Shans vs Leo Franets.
October 27 report from election commissioner Arthur Lone Beway states Chautauqua County’s registration including sober votes will exceed 70,000 for the November 7 election. Dunkirk and Jamestown remain below 1940 totals, Pomfret Fredonia area tops the county, and 1,500 soldier ballot applications may add to home front registration.
County official notes that Jamestown and Dunkirk add to the 1944 county registration figure, with Jamestown’s soldiers vote missing. Without that factor the total would exceed 70,900, edging close to the 1940 registration level.
Oil City reports that Mr. and Mrs. William Driscoll Sr received word from the War Department that their son Pie John Leo Driscoll, 20, died in Dutch New Guinea. He was one of four sons in the armed forces. the illness led to hospitalization prior to death.
With Allied invasion underway, Germany tightens grip as Hitler and Himmler mobilize all adults and even women for war. The regime sunnily promises glory yet unleashes fear and coercion, likened to a future World War era of blood and terror. The piece adds that presidential race insights show Gallup state estimates hinting at a turning point.
A reader asks about seven quiz items including the Po valley country and Beethoven’s deafness, the term gendarmerie, G Howland Shaw’s State Department role, diphtheria immunization methods, Sweden closing its Baltic ports date in September, the author of Strange Interlude, the sport named sport of kings, the Brenner Pass connecting two countries, and the Washington cell where Lincoln was assassinated.
Backache and dizzy spells blamed on kidney fatigue are promoted as caused by poisons in the blood. Thompson's Borsoma Tablets claim to stimulate kidney action and increase urinary secretions for quick relief, with Golden Lax Tablets for constipation as a companion product.
From three days to a week more will be needed by state chemists to determine poisons in the deaths of Bertha Marie Myers Wolfe and her four sons found at 907 French Street. Harrisburg tests may need three to four days, while Philadelphia bacterial poison examinations could take another week. District Attorney Burton R. Laub said labs were contacted by phone yesterday.
Seven young men in Clarion faced warrants and fines after altering a parking ticket and mailing it to the burgess. The group, who found a ticket on a car and defaced it with mustard, faced $1095 fines each for their actions, costing them dearly in a local traffic joke gone wrong.
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