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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1945
Page
3
A terse note records a two hour test observing facial, eye and hair characteristics, noting one patient with unspecified details. The fragmentary entry hints at assessment of appearance but lacks clear context or outcomes.
First Lieutenant John Wilcox of East Street, Corry, received the Bronze Star Medal and a citation for gallantry in action near Escholern Luxembourg on 25 January 1945. He led a platoon under heavy fire to reconnoiter new positions, was wounded, but continued the mission, guiding destroyer units to support advancing infantry. He had previously served overseas with a bank destroyer battalion of the Bath Infantry Division and was the district’s first inductee under the Selective Service Act. A letter says his arm was broken when his vehicle went through a bridge near Nuremberg. he plans to return home in October.
Clarence E. Hixson, 48, was killed near the Conneaut Lake Park entrance when the steam shovel boom touched a 6900 volt line. He jumped from the cab and, thinking the contact broken, touched the cab handle and the ground, an electric current passing through his shoes. The coroner ruled accidental death.
District Attorney Burton Laub urged a first degree murder finding with the death penalty for Jack West and Robert Pepperman, labeled “two of society's acknowledged cenmies,” in the murder of Joseph B. Gump. He argued the pair chose evil over decency and faced a cold blooded, atrocious crime warranting capital punishment.
Aboard an evacuation train nearing Yokohama the 603 prisoners freed from Kobe Camp recount harsh conditions under Japanese guards led by Colonel Murata. The 24 carrier force including American and allied troops traveled 365 miles with many dead in Kobe’s winter and beatings reported.
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin reported in Washington that Admiral Emory S Land Maritime Commission chair said demand for new Great Lakes tonnage will be met and surplus ships will be offered for sale. The admiral added that scrapping and dismantling vessels on the Great Lakes will proceed and ships will be broken up at a port after sale.
Pennsylvania Electric Co and Wattsburg Telephone Co face a 40425 damage action by Sarah M. Rotthoff in county court over her husband Walter Rotthoff’s electrocution after a September storm. The suit claims negligence for downed wires not shut off despite prior notice, the fatal incident occurring Labor Day weekend in 1964.
Crawford County Pomona Grange gathered in Sparta for a day of sessions with fire talks and a 4 H Club patriotic tableaux. Highlights included slides on food production, a lecture by Ruy Metcalf of Allison, and 18 candidates taking the fourth degree in the evening.
Rev Whiteman of Cory Baptist Church will lead both morning and evening services. Gospel Tabernacle holds Sunday School at 10:30 AM and Morning Worship at 11:00 AM with evening services at 4:15 PM. Young People's meeting Saturday at 8:30 PM. State Lot Sunday School at 10 AM and Morning Worship at 11 AM. The American Legion and Auxiliary meet at the hotel Tuesday evening September 11, with officers to be elected. Ladies asked to bring sandwiches.
Cambria County police describe a schoolboy as a good boy while detailing a murder investigation. Medical director Dr. E Pope Dickinson reports four holes in the child’s crushed skull found at the scene, indicating severe head injuries.
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