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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1945
Page
1
The readable text shows garbled OCR with references to cattle calves lambs and produce pricing. It mentions trends or markets, with figures like 2.006 and 5-18.25 and prices such as 1.80 2.50 and 12.28, plus depots or warehouses like Golde g Dep.
In fragmented OCR text, item mentions Coot gewas at Whites with price three fifty. Unable to extract full details but notes a purchase or price reference. Entities include Whites and price 3.50.
A partial draft references a fund and individuals named Uns falter prest Jevfundy and Jemand. It hints at financial support decisions but lacks concrete amounts or outcomes. Further readable lines are needed to identify the event, dates, or organizations involved.
Fragmentary OCR snapshot reports chemical, dosage, and product codes with numbers and percentages. Readable items include 6 percent solution references and multiple product identifiers. Further context is not recoverable from the text.
A garbled snippet mentions new clothes and a motor issue amid unclear context. Names, places, or dates do not appear, leaving only a fragmentary sense of a person lamenting purchases and transportation.
Archi tec tretained for project by Thompson Post VFW after a deed completes to transfer two North Center street Giros properties to the VFW through the Building Association. Plans call for a modern home with bowling alleys billiard rooms and a recreation lounge plus dining and kitchen areas. The VFW has 87500 in funds plus 23000 reserved for maintenance and expects to move in within soon months. the current VFW Home on West Washington will be sold after completion.
Attorney Francis Nagorski of Erie announced that the Viewers named by Judge Evang to serve with the Ute purchase by the School District will be ready to present their valuations to parcel owners next week. The board, chaired by Nagorski and including W. W. Hammond and John Young, reports schedules covering each property and will submit them before the court report. The Wiggers garage parcel is excluded for now and to be addressed in a separate action.
A discharged war veteran Frederick T Hauser, 19, was arrested after admitting he beat 17 year old Anna Drever Dreyer and dragged her from a parked car to a woodland site where she died. Leonard Hobbs, a Beaver County farmer, aided in the arrest. The attack involved beating, dragging, and strangling with the victim's belt. In a separate note, a war prisoners evacuation from Manchuria was announced by U S Headquarters.
Rumors that Aero Supply Manufacturing Co began recalling large numbers of employees and resuming production circulated today though not fully substantiated. The company has not issued a formal statement. Some workers were recalled to finish products already completed and being sold under cancellation instructions. A few were rehired to handle new orders since the shutdown. No general restart is known.
Anxious families await news of Bob Williams, long held as a prisoner in a Japanese camp. A March 25 1944 and July 23 1944 card and letter reached Saratoga California, forwarded to his parents Mr and Mrs Theo Williams. Communications indicate optimism and good health as a seven month gap since prior messages is noted. Williams is grandson of F E Whittlesey.
Five young men from Corry are listed to be called for induction into the armed forces on September 19. They will report at 1 a.m. at the draft district offices and then go to Pittsburgh for induction. Names include Tony John Messino and Edward James McElroy plus other residents from nearby Jackson, Union City, and Waterford.
The Allies may try as many as 400000 Nazis for war crimes, with top leaders likely to be executed and others possibly given prison terms. The military views execution as an honorable death for those involved, while some offenders might receive lighter sentences to aid postwar reconstruction efforts.
A fire at the North Corry station of the Evoblem Oh Go caused a blast that killed one man and burned two others, with losses estimated at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars. Roy Felton, 30, died at Curry Hospital. Wayne White, a truck driver, survived with serious burns.
Fire Chief Andrew Paulson and the Stanford Hose Company earned high praise for controlling a gas tank truck fire at the North Corry Emblem Oil station. Two men unloading from a Warren tank truck were blown clear as flames spread to storage tanks. Victims were taken to Corry Hospital, condition listed as fair. Authorities noted the alarm came from Fairhaven box 216, and crews fought the blaze with four hose lines from multiple approaches.
Lloyd J. Meerdink has purchased the two story brick Blair Building at West Main and Sartug streets and will open a modern furniture store with electric appliances and home accessories. He expects possession by October first and plans extensive renovations with a November opening to capitalize on the holiday trade. Meerdink, longtime superintendent of the Corry Water Supply Co, will leave that post to run the business.
Roger W Babson discusses postwar employment, predicting a brief slowdown after wartime transitions. He notes returning servicemen seeking jobs, potential shifts between new workers and veterans, and the need for stable demand as factories convert to peacetime production. He urges prudence and signals a multi-year period of solid opportunities once transition completes.
Walter Davis arrives home with a Bronze Star and American Defense Ribbon at Atlantic City England General Hospital. He served two years with the 409th Infantry Division in France and Germany, was wounded twice, and lost his left hand. He plans to finish high school at Corry High School before college. His brother George died in Okinawa with the First Marine Division.
Ajax Tron Works remains largely closed two weeks after an employee walkout. Management has issued no statement and union officials offer little comment. A conference between management and the union was arranged by Ralph Texter of the State Department of Labor and Industry, with rumors of U S Conciliation Service involvement but no confirmation. The plant hadContracts during wartime and now faces OPA price limits and rising costs that deter operation until labor and price issues clear.
Investigators probing a night DC-8 crash that killed 22 people near Florence. The craft, flying Milam to New York, reportedly struck a swampy cypress area about two hours after takeoff. Most victims were burned. 10 to 9 identified as military personnel aboard. Names to be released by air base officials.
General Douglas MacArthur entered Tokyo with First Cavalry Division troops for a 10 minute flag raising at the U S embassy signaling occupation. The ceremony prioritized simplicity over pomp as he urged the flag to fly in full glory as a symbol of hope and victory.
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