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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
4
A Pennsylvania ophthalmologist notes a driver’s occupation as a school bus operator and emphasizes bus safety. The piece outlines driver duties to protect a precious cargo, including discipline, alertness, and interaction rules with children. It urges motorists to pass cautiously when buses stop and to recognize orange painted school buses as a safety measure.
Public notice and billing details for the Corry Pa newspaper outline advertising rates by mail and carrier. Includes Associated Press affiliation, publisher and office addresses, and subscription prices. Indicates rates, delivery areas, and terms for national advertising representation.
Wages have been held down during the war by government power and wartime controls. After the war, wage inflation is expected but new factors such as stronger worker organization and government commitments to sustain wages may shape the outcome. The question is whether a planned economy can keep wages up if idleness returns. Governor Dewey’s speechmaking trip is discussed as a potentially final era for presidential campaign travel, with a nod to Bryan and pre Civil War norms.
A twenty year look back notes Lincoln’s 1860 victory and the South’s secession following state elections in Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana. Douglas shifts to the South seeking union aid as national campaigns wane. Bryan’s speeches set a new fashion, with rare stamping tours thereafter. In Franklin a man reports a bucketbook theft of 62 dollars. police arrest a young suspect from descriptions provided and recover 70 dollars with 12 dollars remitted.
The page presents ten quiz questions asking for authors, professions, presidents, and facts. It covers Time Must Have a Stop author, old exh profession, Mackenzie King, CIO president, states named after presidents, Zane Grey gender, Jeremiah order, Duke of Windsor marriages, hominy ingredient options, and a yellowhammer identification.
Erie Sept 28 Great Lakes cargoes reduced by several hundred tons per vessel as summer emergency drafts expire Sunday midnight. Emergency order, set at war start to move materials, limits loading to non summer drafts. extensions granted for loading period. Reductions affect largest ships by inches, each inch about 100 tons, with smaller decrements for ship size.
At a Park and Harbor Commission meeting with Mayor Charles R. Barber on Wednesday, Erie plans to ask the Maritime Commission in Washington for guidance on mooring 36 lake freighters and ore carriers taken over since the war. City officials cite a commission letter requesting Presque Isle Bay as the mooring site and seek assurances that Erie’s water facilities will not be endangered.
Robert A. Blair was appointed disaster coordinator of the Erie disaster agency at a meeting with Mayor Charles R. Barber. Blair, commander of the city and county civilian defense units, said the same organizations will operate under the new setup. No change to auxiliary police, firemen, or rescue squads. air raid wardens become emergency wardens.
Jamestown Sept 28 The Red Cross urged recruiting 4 900 nurses by next month for European and Pacific campaigns amid war casualties and a War Manpower Commission report of 35 000 Army and Navy nurses available The draft discussion featured Attorney Michael D Lombardo urging compulsory training for all fit men noting Selective Service as the democratic way to build an armed force and predicting a one year term until postwar adjustments.
A drug store advertisement promotes Teol solution to treat athletes foot and related skin irritations. The copy emphasizes deep reach with 90 percent alcohol and urges customers to apply full strength for itchy sweaty and smelly conditions, venom ivy bites, and insect bites at McCracken's Drug Store.
The Red Cross states that recruiting 18 500 volunteers will cover 4500 nursing positions needed in September without interrupting civilian hospital and institutional service. Recruitment in Corry and nearby areas is directed by Mrs. Hilda Miller at 624 West Washington Street, phone 6704, or at Carry Hospital.
Efforts are underway to contact the family of Leo T. Welch who was found dead at the old Pennsylvania Railroad station Tuesday. Welch, a cripple with artificial legs, earned a living selling pencils in many towns in the region. He had five pencils and ration books issued at New Bethlehem, Hutzdale and Olean.
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