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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1943
Page
6
Corry area notes report a beagle injury after a South Center street accident, a quiet weekend, and a county farm bureau crop loss. Grand jurors in Erie receive daily pay, while Corry students gain state aid of 16 598 21 for teachers. Missing funds, marriages, licenses, and local notices appear alongside entertainment plans and community meetings.
William L. Trill aged 62 founder of the Trill Indicator Company and inventor of the Trill Indicator died Saturday night at his West Park Place home after a long heart illness. Born in Cherry Creek New York the Corry manufacturer built gauges for steam engines and Liberty ships earning the Maritime M award last April. Survived by wife two daughters one sister and a brother with seven grandchildren. Funeral at Christian and Missionary Alliance Church Wednesday at 2 PM. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery.
The page provides corrected quiz keys including Strait of Messina and Wellington as winners, with items referencing Sedanchalr, Achilles, Osiold Spengler, Gracehi, the Brown Bomber, Eclipse, George Washington and other names. Specific answers appear as a mixed set of historical and literary references.
Mrs. Mattie Repine, 57, wife of Edward Repine, 63, of Sharpsburg, died after a 1948 Chevrolet coach driven by her husband skidded on wet pavement on Route 8 nine miles south of Franklin. The car left the highway, struck a bank, rolled over, and she suffered skull fractures and internal injuries. Edward Repine was treated for shock. searchers noted accident details and a death certificate classified it as an accident.
Sparta pupils begin the 1943 44 term at 9 o clock with vaccinations completed and wartime hours in effect. The Victory club plans to pack cookies for boys in service. Local clubs meet, residents attend Stoneboro Fair, and teachers return from summer before resuming public school teaching. Religious notes and community meetings are listed with schedule shifts for wartime conditions.
Mrs Eva Albaugh of 12 Petroleum Street reports her son Private Ronald Knight was wounded in action against Japanese forces in the Southwest Pacific and is hospitalized somewhere in the region. The notification came via a letter kept by his mother.
George Helsch a habitual Erie County offender known as Bull head of 1319 Parade Street may face life imprisonment as an habitual criminal. He pleaded guilty to larceny of shoes from Wolff's store after five prior felonies, with prosecutors weighing the charge amid a history of minor offenses and prior prison terms.
Falconer mayor rejected the resignation of Police Chief Wessoh M. Paplow last week. he has left the village. Patrolman Albert Hall is acting chief until the next village board meeting when four new chief candidates will be discussed.
SREENVILLE Sept 7 Soldiers at the Shenango replacement depot outdoor theater presented by the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge of Masons featured Governor Martin who warned against repeating World War I errors. He argued Pershing’s advice to pursue complete victory could have prevented World War II.
Saran Eck, aged widow of William Eck and resident of 6 Church Street, was found dead in her Oil City home about 6 30 Sunday evening after a neighbor checked on her absence. She had lived in Oil City ten years and, with a light burning Saturday night, likely died from natural causes several hours before discovery.
Titusville reports Private Merle Stearns of Hydetown was severely wounded twice during the early Tunisian campaign. His family, Mrs Allene Stearns and brother Howard, visited him at Ashford General Hospital White Sulphur Springs West Virginia last week. Nelson Burns accompanied them.
An American troupe withdrew through the Basserine Pass with only one grave concern. A private, struck in the back by shrapnel, endures severe back wounds. At hospital, opening in the back is painful to admit. Pvt Stearns cannot lie on his back or stomach, must lean, can walk at intervals, but faces at least two months in bed and four months before leaving hospital. He has undergone ten operations.
Master Bergt. Robert S. Grossenbacker of Meadville has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement with the United States Army Thirteenth Air Force, announced by the War Department.
A local report notes that LO Captur fended off an attack by Syrians at a storir grec in Lan, detailing a clash centered on the market area with brief mentions of involved groups and outcomes.
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