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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1942
Page
2
City and vicinity items report grocery ads and club notices. James town nursing and police updates follow, with bur glary case confession, port town hospital reports, and local events. Additional notes include PTA garden thefts and Meadeville and Titusville civic notices.
Ralph Bly aged 40 of Oil Valley was killed Sunday morning at 1 45 when struck by a car on the New York state side between Knapp Creek and Rock Only, two miles beyond Stateline. Police say Bly was walking south when another southbound car driven by William Bova 44 of Oil Valley struck him in the rear. Cattaraugus County coroner G J Hosmer said Bly was dead at the scene.
Panera services for wreaenek W Hill were held at Toledo Washington yesterday afternoon. Hill, born in Wayne township sixty four years ago, left the vicinity as a young man but returned for visits. He followed ranching for many years and had been in ill health for some time. Survivors include Ralph Hill of Cory R D 5 and Mrs Schrumbling of this city. Burial was in Toledo line cemetery.
Funeral services for Sumlan Belden were held at W Spring Creek church with Rev. John Waite presiding. A large gathering attended from Dunkirk to Corry and Erie areas, with interment at West Spring Creek cemetery. A second item notes a large frame barn fire on the Dill Dairy farm at Dill Hill near Johnsonbay causing about $10,000 damage.
Lauris Kep pel, 22, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Kep pel of Corry, has been accepted for service with the United States Marine Corps. After swearing in by Lt Col Gifford Henry he was transferred to the Marine training base at Parris Island for basic training in modern warfare.
Harrisburg dispatch reports Governor James demands Auditor General F. Clair Ross provide specifics on criticism of state war effort. James says Ross targets the State Defense Council and notes his own council vote was unanimous.
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Philadelphia, Sept 9. A mysterious wedding crasher at Miss Katharine Drexel Van Pelt’s reception is being questioned after $10,000 in bridesmaids jewelry disappeared. Servants suspected a guest as Miss Anne Bullitt, daughter of former ambassador William Bullitt, reported a tossed diamond wrist watch.
In Pittsburgh on September 9, thirty pupils from Swaoset school Versailles township walked out in protest of being moved to West Wilmerding Sunset school. Parents accompanied some students as they tried to reenter classes, with the longer bus ride cited. Meanwhile twenty former Clifton pupils in Upper St. Clair refused to attend after a transfer to McMillen was ordered. Miss Van Pelt wed Lieut R Fulton Cutting 3d of New York City.
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A fragmentary OCR item mentions a person named Dave and some form of notification or alert. The readable text is incomplete, making exact actions, dates, or affiliations unclear. Further context is needed to identify the event, location, and involved organizations.
The readable fragments touch on government actions and economic concerns, mentioning defense, policy firmness, and the tension between national tasks and taxpayers. Names and clear events are missing, leaving a general sense of political debate and fiscal pressures.
Fragmentary text from a Melbourne area page segment shows garbled notes mentioning Australia and a tast likely tied to a social event. Readable items are minimal and no clear people, places, or events emerge to form a proper summary.
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