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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1940
Page
1
A Cal College principal will address attendees at a campus arch gathering scheduled for the evening hours. The event aims to highlight community engagement and student involvement, with the speaker anticipated to discuss youth leadership and local initiatives.
U.S. officials and aircraft builders rush talks to permit immediate evacution of hundreds of Talest-type warplanes to the Allies. Roosevelt and his aides seek to clear away legal and logistics hurdles as fear for Americans in Norway Sweden and Denmark grows amid German advances. The plan calls for waiving rights to a portion of air force equipment and prioritizing fast delivery, with details kept under wraps.
Pennsylvania crop development is delayed by sub normal temperatures by one to four weeks per State Agriculture Department report. Farmers in the area plan to start spring plowing and planting by May, while concern grows for dairymen needing feed before pastures recover. March temps ran 38 degrees below normal with 6 inches of precipitation 14 above average. absence of erratic thawing noted as encouraging.
Official continuation by Adjutant General Martin Hint outlines 14 000 Pennsylvania National Guard members and other units will participate in three weeks of Army maneuvers in northern New York starting late August The 28th Division along with the local company and the 179th Field Artillery of the 29th Brigade are slated to take part with other units also listed.
Fleet Lord Winston Churchill announced in London that Allied naval and air forces are in constant action against the German invasion of Scandinavia. He warned neutral nations to beware of further Nazi blows as Allied and German forces fight a major naval battle off the Norwegian coast.
Stewards of the Cary Hospital Association approved York Machinery refrigeration for the kitchen funded by the Ladies Auxiliary led by Mrs Olin W Bracken and Moe Arthur Colegrove. Board aims to install the new system with a ceiling redo. trustees praised the Auxiliary for its support, and routine business followed including reports and a tax-free alcohol purchase.
War in Scandinavian countries stirs market uncertainty with continued swings as events unfold. In Greensburg Pennsylvania a fire gutted the Hunker general store, likely from defective wiring, causing about $10,000 in losses to owner GC R Anthony.
An authoritative source stated German preparations for an attack on the Western Front were observed at multiple points. A war office analyst warned the front could flare at any moment, with desultory artillery and seal patrols. French reconnaissance flights occurred as Netherlands towns near the frontier began evacuations.
Officers of Corry Chapter Red Cross report a national appeal for war refugee garments. They seek five heavy men sweaters five heavy women sweaters ten children sweaters five ladies dresses of heavy material and ten Ramie dasies with five lo yettes. Headquarters will supply material and local clubs are asked to assist. Mrs Charles Stewart of Stewart Hat Shop leads the drive with dresses to be cut and ready for ranking and full instructions provided.
Seven Junior High students join Cory Hight band for the Erie County Music Festival at Wesleyville Friday. Senior High players include Lillies Bennets Marion Bernritt and others. drum major Allan Brooks leads, with Barbara Keppel and Katherine Green as drum majorettes.
Roosevelt and Dewey lead in early 1940 nominating races with about 170 Democratic votes for Roosevelt and a similar claim for Dewey in the Republican camp. Delegates bound by state law or pledged in primaries may alter the balance as conventions approach.
Reports from Amsterdam and Swedish ports describe the largest naval clash of the war off the Skagerrak and in the north, with German transports dispersed and several ships believed sunk or escapees. British and Swedish authorities hint at heavy losses and shifting Allied and German naval positions, including Norway and Narvik, as wartime strategic stakes loom large.
Harrisburg April 11 defense plea concludes in the Mace case with attorney Thomas Caldwell urging jurors to view salary tax methods as not inherently improper. He argues two party system finance practices were legitimate, contending no clear crime in assessments of state employee salaries and arguing the need for sportsmanlike conduct in politics.
United Press reports from Washington that the Senate Appropriations Committee favorably reported a Navy bill for the 1941 fiscal year authorizing construction of two 45,000 ton battleships two cruisers one aircraft carrier eight destroyers and six submarines.
Carl Proctor of Beaverdam seeks details on the fatal motorcycle collision near a Pasadena interstation that killed his nephew David A. Proctor 20, of Glendale, Calif. Ward Theisen 18, also injured, suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. Theisen's prognosis remained doubtful. Proctor would have graduated from Pasadena Junior College in June and studied aeronautical engineering.
Warren boy E. W. Smith, a naval air station student, jumped from 4500 feet as graduation exercises ended for a class of ten. His chute failed to deploy at first, nearly missing a crowd of women and children before it opened just above ground. He landed on a lawn amid a tense scene as spectators watched in relief.
City officials and business leaders joined in the opening ceremony for the new Walgreens agency of the Corry Drug Star on Center Street. Acting Mayor A O Sandburg handed keys to Sid Wolfson as Councilman Barnes and Ressiacher plus City Solicitor Blaine Kincaid looked on. The store features a modern prescription department and a soda fountain, with seating for over sixty, and invites the public to inspect and view opening specials inside.
Five men raided the American Skipper Press Co. in New Britain Connecticut and escaped with $19,000 in two strong boxes. A pursuit followed when their car was intercepted near Hartford by Officer Homer Gaullette who fired on the vehicle with a machine gun.
Work proceeds on a new filling station to be erected by Atlantic Refining Company at the corner of South Center and West Plantent streets. Stone operations are defending the foundation and excavation for a storage tower as crews move forward with the project.
The state highway department will continue improvements on the Tinsville Union City highway by resurfacing a five and a half mile stretch south from Eve Stewford county line to a point between Riceville Corners and Center Aisle. Plans have been prepared and submitted for approval. Efforts aim to have Crawford county commissioners cover widening damages to speed the project. The road has been in poor condition for years and winter damage worsened it. The department already improved the gap from the county line to Union City last year.
City council awaits word from the Works Progress Administration on the Euclid Street sewer sidewall and Hare Creek widening projects. The Euclid sewer is listed for completion this year with a tentative timeline in May. Officials report no new information from WPA engineers on the sidewalk and Hare Creek widening projects despite conference held weeks ago.
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