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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1947

Page

3

Paragraf City Police Seek Campus Expansion and Heist Clues

Police today work on campus expansion plans while two bicycles stolen from the recreation center and auditorium are sought. A Morristown, New Jersey swindle suspect, Trvin De Wing, 40, was returned to New Jersey to face a $13,000 fraud charge. Three Conemaugh teens hitchhiked to Kane, then were found beneath pipe in the Band Railroad yards. Guy Whitmer, 50, of Franklin, was injured in a motorcycle crash in Franklin, suffering a fractured skull. Veterans leaders from the 28th district elected Lloyd Bolt of Sharon as district commander and John Wilcox as district quartermaster. A Gannon College building project worth about $600,000 was announced by the Most Rev. John Mark Gannon. Health officials plan DDT spraying to curb a polio outbreak sweeping Jamestown area. The James K. Steen, Jr. Post of the American Legion bought Riverview dining room property along French Creek for a headquarters at about $10,000. Public assistance spending in Pennsylvania totaled $7,598,218 in August. Erie County received $96,061. Sunday winds caused lakeside excitement with boats tipping at Prindle Lake and Chautauqua Lake. Over 45 Retail Merchants din­er tickets sold for tonight’s dinner meeting at Concard Community House. A fire destroyed a barn near Tryonville. hay and tools lost. Joseph Svetz, six, of R. D. 4 Corry, was treated for finger injuries after an accident. Soft coal production may reach 600,000,000 tons this year, barring strikes.

Wartime Hero Now Returning to Pacific Mission

Englewood New Jersey September 23 Dr Corydon W Wassell famed for rescuing twelve wounded men from a bombed Java hospital and earning a presidential citation heads back to the Pacific to serve as a medical missionary on Molokai Hawaii He will work at the Shingle Memorial Hospital without fuel while his wife Madeline follows later Wassell resides in Hot Springs Arkansas and married in 1921 to Madeline in Omaha in 1921

Byassocition Englewood N. J jPr Corydon W. Wassell Java Pacific Molokai Wassell Hot Springs Ark Madeline Eagle ‘Wood Hospital Onina Read Uel ‘l Shingle Memorial Hospital

New Yorkers Pay Last Respects to LaGuardia

About 45 000 New Yorkers filed past the bier of former mayor Fiorello LaGuardia at St John the Divine Cathedral. He died Saturday morning at his Bronx home and will be buried at Woodlawn Cemetery after an Episcopal service at 1:30 p m. The nation mourns the loss of a mayor and UNRRA leader who shaped radio progress and international relief efforts.

New York St. John the Divine Fiorella Mr. LaGuardia Bronx LaGuardia Woodlawn Charles K. Gilbert Glans Withule Naterful Hetle Gure Radio Progres LaGuarrila United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration LaGilerdin UNRRA

Columbus News Letter weekend visitors and community notes

Columus area social calendar lists Marvin Reeder and George Allison of Pittsburg visiting the Page and Perry households. Various locals travel for weddings, visits, and business across Bel, Williston, Youngsville, Jamestown, and Bristol. Upcoming Grange event to confer five degrees at the hall with a lobster supper afterward. many small town names appear among guests and appointments.

Columbus Marvin Reeder George Allison Pittsbough Archit Page Glen Perry Fam Ly Bele T. A. Anderson Cecil Russ Caro Doris Leg Maciughy Williston Lew Moorkey Worts Houghton Coley Albert Sanidbure

Missing Meadville Man Found In Meadville Street

A ten year old boy found the body of a Meadville man on Liberty Street as the police pursued a homicide investigation. The report lists uncertain names and details but confirms a fatal discovery and active police inquiry.

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