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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
4
Corry Evening Journal announces publication terms and affiliations. It lists address information for offices in Corry and advertising representatives in New York Chicago Detroit and Philadelphia. The notice specifies Associated Press rights and postal details including rates and mail options.
Before the war government costs and taxes grew while public impact remained muted. Oil industry efficiency absorbed tax burdens. gasoline prices fell from 30 cents in 1921 to 18 1/2 cents by 1992, yet taxes rose from under 1 cent to about 6 cents per gallon by 1941. Motor fuel taxes reached 1.2 billion dollars, nearly 7 percent of wholesale value, totaling 1.741 billion. If unchecked, taxes threaten living standards as production can no longer offset them.
The piece argues that Allied air attacks create a new form of invasion wider in effect than landings. It notes aerial warfare has breached German security, with both land and air forces entering German territory and a lasting occupation to punish aggression until the lesson sinks in.
In two articles, Jack Stinnett argues that infighting within Washington’s wartime administration stems from overlapping authority, mistrust of big business, and power grabs among senior officials. He cites Nelson-Wilson, Hull-Welles, and Wallace-Jones clashes as emblematic, predicting postwar reconsolidation will curb the “family feuding” only after the war ends.
A garbled quiz page asks seven questions on natives of Guam, a VP candidate's name, decapitated snakes, Herbert Brownell Jr campaigns, bone size, British PMs, Volga River basin, hippopotamus sweating blood, U S state population, and a quote about a brave soldier with many OCR errors.
Erie county election observers forecast a 50 percent soldier vote in the presidential election. Ralph Benedict, chief clerk to county commissioners, reported 1,360 returned ballots and ongoing daily returns from about 11,000 federal ballots sent to service members. He noted some disinterest among personnel but projected roughly 5,000 or more ballots might be counted if current rates hold.
Erie judges Evans and Waite in a joint Erie county ruling rejected the York and Foster Company appeal against a 1942 tax assessment of 67,420 on Union City properties. The firm argued sale value and 70 percent of it should govern the assessment, but the court discharged exceptions, ruling public sale value did not support lower taxation.
NBC-8 schedules Frank Morgen Variety drama at 8:30 and March of Time at 10:30. CBS-1 features Olivia de Havilland Voyage Through Dayliness at 8:30 and Major Bowes amateurs at 9.40. Blu-T lists It's Murder safety drama at 8:15 and Jimmy Dorsey Band at 10:90 with Stop Or Go at 10:90 and Joe E. Brown at 11:30.
A three month search for James Williams a thirty year old black man wanted on a robbery charge ended with his capture in Birmingham Alabama Williams was arrested by Jamestown police on a second degree robbery warrant for taking a $54 billfold from Joseph P Mc Garry of Youngsville Pa He posted 100 bail and a preliminary hearing was set for May 4 but he did not appear and forfeited his bond The Jamestown detective bureau learned of his custody in Alabama and the FBI confirmed the local department was alerted The fugitive had here bail and a long alias record
Danger signals such as backache may indicate kidney trouble from failing filtration of waste and acid. The ad promotes Thompson's Borsa Tablets and Gulden Tae tablets as remedies, urging readers to seek relief from aches and digestive issues advertised by a druggist.
The Erie County court on Wednesday granted parole to Harold Haas after he pled guilty to burglary and larceny charges, with his wife seeking leniency citing his drinking problems. Haas is to serve five years on parole following a one to two year workhouse sentence. Additional sentences include Joseph Bouchard, who faces two to six months in the workhouse for larceny, and Laura Leonickehwre tied to selling malt beverages without a license.
A Salamanua man, David McDevitt aged 58, pleaded guilty in city court to drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Judge Alonzo imposed a 15 day jail term and a $60 fine on another defendant, while McDevitt got a 40 day suspended sentence on a related count and license revocation for driving with misregistration. A third man was arrested after sideswiping a car and colliding with a tractor trailer on Horata Street and Wildwood Avenue.
State Police search for Harborcreek youth who escaped from George Junior Republic Reformatory after recent commitment for stealing a way stripping sewer autos and threatening a woman for her purse. Police believe he stole a car in Grove City and drove it toward Harborcreek, leaving a Monroe Grove City car abandoned on Bell Road near Harborcreek.
Kane public schools opened the 1944 45 session with a total of 1087 pupils in the three grade school buildings and the high school. The distribution shows 470 in the four high school classes, 84 in eight grade, 185 at Central school, 165 at Clay street, and 177 at West Side. The enrollment marks a year over year increase from last year’s opening figures.
Three new poliomyelitis cases were reported by Dr. Walter C. Levy, including two in Jamestown involving a two year old boy and girl and one 11 year old in Dunkirk. Jamestown tally rises to 15 cases and Dunkirk to seven with one death in the county total of 21 cases.
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