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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1942
Page
2
A long list of Corry area youths is continued with names and addresses scattered from Erie to Union City. The notice extends across townships and rural routes, naming numerous recipients and their R D or street designations.
Mrs Blanene Goldthwait Bowles died at her home at 232 West Wayne Street shortly before noon after a two week illness. Born January 5, 1877, she lived in the area before moving to Corry twenty two years ago with her husband. Survived by husband Robert F Bowles, a son Sidney DeVore of Meadville, two grandchildren Betty and Dean DeVore, four sisters and two brothers. Funeral plans pending arrival of Sidney from Meadville.
Sixty two men will be sworn in forming Company B of the 74th Regiment at the local Armory this evening. Col Allan B F Reif of Buffalo, commanding officer of the 57th, will conduct. Inductees hail from Dunkirk Frewonia and Sheridan with most from Dunkirk.
Weather permitting the Corry Band will stage a final outdoor concert at City Park Wednesday evening. Miss Mary Jean Sullivan will sing Victory and Johnny Doughboy Pound Rise in Island, and The Star Spangled Banner. Robert H. Brown announces the full program including marches, selections, and vocal numbers with Sullivan.
John A Scheide of Titusville is dead at 87. Wealthy philanthropist and trustee of Grove City College and Princeton Theological Seminary, he funded charities and church causes. He helped establish Drake Well Memorial Park, birthplace of U S oil, and served on the Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society and other scholarly bodies. He graduated from Princeton in 1896.
AP war reporter Clark Lee, who dodged bombs and torpedoes from Bataan to Australia, has returned to San Francisco then heads to New York for orders. He has reported on both American defense and Pacific offensives and appears fit after his wartime stint.
Commonwealth witnesses describe a 1941 jail escape plot at Beaver County Jail involving former Mayor W. Calvin of Beaver Falls and Alex Bentley. Prisoner George Puskar, accused of forgery and embezzlement, faced escape charges. Several co-defendants pleaded guilty as trial details emerged.
Soviet forces pushed north west of Radey breaking through German defenses and recapturing 29 villages amid heavy fighting. In Stalingrad street battles persisted as two Nazi divisions tried to widen a wedge into a factory settlement with about 60,000 troops and 150 tanks. Red Army gains included 8 key heights near Rzhev and 200 Nazis killed with 10 tanks destroyed in the Mozdok region. A reference line notes a tame snake, the Hoge python, in contrast.
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