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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1943
Page
7
Readable fragments show producers and consumers in Youngstown and Chicago area handling coal stocks after mine strikes. Stores plan extended hours and price changes while officials investigate a truck incident. Local headlines mention scholarships, court actions, and city improvements as autumn activity continues.
Erie County plants face labor shortage for grapes and tomatoes. Troops deployed from Transfer, Pa, arrived to assist processing after weeks of slow harvests. Growers halted new shipments until on hand stock is processed and yards cleared. Once adequate labor returns, shipments to resume.
The FCC on September 4 in Washington approved a merger of Western Union and the Posten Telegraph Companies to create a single nationwide telegraph system. The order provides a four-year integration period to merge finances and align operations after years of congressional and agency study and a heated business battle between the firms.
County commissioners report the write in vote in the city showing Robert Desmond has secured the Democratic nomination for school director. Previously CS Wallace was known to hold the Republican nomination. A write in result also affects a constable race, with both Wallace and Desmond withdrawing from that bid.
Judge Kent yesterday sentenced John Russell, a Cincinnati man, to twelve years in the Western Penitentiary after a voluntary manslaughter conviction for killing a workman near Cambridge Springs during a dispute over a dice game. The jury recommended the extreme penalty, while William Snyder received seven to twenty years for burglary and larceny.
A ore car derailed near Whistletown five miles north of Ridgway at 8:30 AM on Sunday, damaging rails and ties and forcing an eight hour disruption on the Renovo division. Repairs were underway all day, with a section foreman, William MacDonald, killed while aiding the work. Eastbound passenger train 6970 was detoured via Warren, Olea, and Emsporium.
British 8th Army advances as Italian forces resist an ultimatum near Foggia. Berlin claims German troops retook Split on the Dalmatian coast, while Yugoslav guerrillas reportedly occupy the city after Italy's surrender.
Answers listed for a quiz page include Vermont as item one and Richard Wagner as item three. The key claims cover true statements about brown shirts Lille Rock and a humorous remark about anxiety, with other entries noting Potts, Prante and a claim of less copper.
Jamestown a news wire reports Technical Sergeant Hershel R. Nelson, 22, son of Mrs Grace Johnson of 145 Prospect Street, son of Jamestown, listed as missing in action in China after serving as a tailed gunner with Company E. His family received a telegram from the adjutant general confirming the missing status as of September 15, with further details to follow.
The Office of Price Administration signaled on Monday that a ceiling price may be set soon for lake trout white fish pickerel pike and yellow perch imported from Canada with suspension of similar ceilings until October 15. Ceiling prices on those species imported from Canada were set September 8 and controls were suspended to keep the market normal until controls can be placed on the same fish from domestic waters.
Judith Bertram aged three and a half daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick W Bertram of Athens Lordship drowned yesterday afternoon in Muddy creek when a truck driven by her brother overturned on the Bertram farm. Her neck was broken but death was caused by drowning. Joyce and Mrs Bertram were only slightly injured. a neighbor and her father freed Judith from under the wheel.
Sept 23 the coroner's office investigates the death of Arthur Hy Shaw 47 found dead Saturday afternoon in his seventh floor room at the Ford Hotel Deputy Sheriff William Barron acting deputy coroner believes death due to heart attack no official verdict issued yet
Brokenstraw Flying School advertises a training program led by instructor Frank Remsma offering a 35 hour course titled WAARS. The class, described as a girls in present session, has room for 12 more students in the program located at the school.
New York Sept 28 eggs received 20,740 with first receivers paying 16 to 13-10 cents below quoted prices. assorted shell egg lots listed with weights and receipts. Buffalo Sept 28 cattle and calves trading slow to lower. hogs steady to lower. sheep and lambs weak, light buyers scarce. Pittsburgh notes fair produce demand with fruit prices near steady. Market coverage includes apples, Jonathans, Delicious, McIntosh, and other regional varieties with price ranges and wagon/box counts from New Jersey, New York, and Ohio sources.
Fragmented text describes Soviet forced eastward push along the Dnieper with Red Army troops concentrating near river crossings. It notes bombardment, fortified positions, and movements around Dnieper towns, with references to German defenses and advancing Soviet forces across the river.
Fragmentary text references a school, theater, and children with scattered phrases about a procession and a poem. No clear event, date, or names can be confirmed. content is garbled and lacks coherent facts to summarize.
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