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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1943
Page
3
The notice urges timely payment of 3 school taxes due in installments starting Monday with a 4 percent penalty if late. OPA explains gasoline coupon rules to prevent loss and theft, while the highway bureau reports license restorations. Also listed are Army casualties, divorces, real estate transfers, dairy payments, and other regional updates.
Harrisburg reports the State Defense Council asks all Pennsylvania counties to form fire fighting units. The Fire Guard Service replaces fire watchers and can use makeshift pumps or garden hose if needed. Women and boys are praised for forest fire fighting efforts with crews totaling 16 to 20 women and hundreds of boys. Fire fighters are paid hourly. few forest fires reported this fall.
The South Shore Milk Producers Association says production costs have risen about a third since the 1943 price of 3 per 100 pounds of milk was set. They threaten to stop deliveries to Dunkirk and Fredonia distributors on October 1 unless the OPA approves a reasonable ceiling increase. Secretary Harry Salkoff of Fredonia reports the OPA will contact him on the issue.
News from London reports Yugoslav forces advancing in the Venice sector while talks of unifying Yugoslav guerrilla bands under Mihailovic and Tito gather tempo. Allies study implications as 300,000 fighters may align with joint operations. Three British war correspondents with the Fifth Army were killed near Naples.
Severe dry spell grips Pennsylvania with dwindling water and stressed wells. Officials urge conservation as Waynesboro Greencastle and Mercer counties face sharp shortages. rain is awaited to avert impact on farms households and war industries.
Aaron Carlson aged 53 from Byrnedale was fatally struck while walking on the B P highway near Dagils Mines. The southbound car driven by a man Anderson of Rochester struck him as he unexpectedly stepped into the road. Carlson’s body was sent to Geer Undertaking in Renfield. Funeral services are set for Friday at Matin Lutheran Church with burial at Dagils Mines. State police and Ble County coroner Dr Staley Buyvett investigated the accident.
Lawrence A. Anderson age 45 of Jamestown was found guilty in county court of arson third degree for a June 3 1949 fire at the Elk Furniture plant on Blackstone Avenue. The jury returned a verdict after retrial and Judge Lee L. Ottaway ordered sentencing pending a presentence report. The case involved Jamestown premises occupied by the Jamestown Alloy and Jamestown Metal corporations.
Hein Karl Huriman Dollinger, former Keystone Ordnance Works employee at Geneva and a Pittsburgh steel plant, was sentenced by Judge J. P. Schoonmaker to two years in a federal prison and deportation to Germany for falsely claiming American citizenship. An FBI agent testified Dollinger had a pro Nazi attitude.
Erie police officials report internal strife after Detective Captain Roy B. Mong charges Officer Patulman Rawerd Allen with overzealousness and defiance of superior orders. Soldier Joseph L. Restivo, 24, faces arrest and release cycles linked to Allen sourced information. Restivo was first detained September 25 and again later, with Mang’s investigation unveiling disputed details and alleged information provided by Allen.
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