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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1941
Page
10
Mild weather boosted Easter services across Corry with sunrise observances and choral offerings. Churches reported their largest attendance since Christmas, Lent ending and spring arrivals celebrated with parades and brisk merchant business. An active day included Easter promenades, motor traffic heavy for the district, and fashion displays during church to home transit.
April 14 two boys aged 14 and 16 were caught by Detective Bergeant Paul Sohnat and Acting Detective Paul Howell with a cache of jewelry stolen Thursday night from Mrs. Fannie M. Jordan on Wealth Street who is visiting Florida. They confessed to breaking into the Jordan home and into Roy Wadsworth’s garage on West Street Thursday night, taking tools and other items. They said robberies began three weeks ago and included several westside garages and parked automobiles. The census wire states odds against the birth of quadruplets at 600,000 to one.
An old ad coupon promotes Adlerika for fast relief from gas sour stomach and delayed bowel action. It urges readers to visit their drug store today to get the product for prompt relief.
At the First A. B. church a Bible conference resumes with Dr J C Kinnaman delivering lectures on The Life of Christ using stereopticon slides. Tonight at 7 45 the lecture will be The Story of Abraham and Lot as Revealed by Archaeology with lantern slides prepared by the lecturer from his photos.
Harrisburg April 14 The Department of Highways moves forward with an expanded 1941 program. A road letting on April 18 for highways and bridges is estimated at about 2 300 000, one of the largest single day lettings.
Harrisburg April 14 Relief rolls statewide drop to 60 percent below August 1939 peak. Howard J Russell says first week of April shows 132 324 cases totaling 325 317 people versus 626 000 in 1939. Expenditures for week ended April 5 were 779 528, down 316 257 from prior week.
Attorney General Robert H. Jackson spoke at the McKean County Bar Association meeting at the Emery Hotel in Bradford. He outlined Justice Department work across divisions facing new world conditions, including prisons immigration and international law, noting espionage and sabotage cases require careful sift for investigation. Prominent attendees included Judges Hubbard McCracken Lewis Biachs and Larkin among others.
More than 7,000 out of school rural and GCC youths are enrolled in state supervised defense training classes across Pennsylvania. By April 1 seven hundred twenty centers in 198 locations report 7,004 enrolled, with several hundred placed in defense industry jobs after instructors deemed skills sufficient. Night classes are held in garages and small town machine shops with shop owners and skilled craftsmen aiding instruction.
The Corty School District board will tentatively approve the 1941 42 budget at tonight's meeting in the Library building. The plan includes 2s mill property and 85 per capita tax unchanged, with anticipated increases in state aid and tax revenue to cover higher spending such as 32000 for Loveland Field, over 1000 for bleachers, debt service, Hatch Vocational School, and possible replacement of the Concord elementary school. If approved, the budget goes to public inspection for 30 days prior to final adoption in May.
Two youths were wounded while hunting near Erie on a Sunday. Peter Klosterman, 15, and Leonard Wienczkowski, 14, were treated at area hospitals for gunshot wounds, with the former hit in the back and the latter in the left leg. The injuries occurred during crow shooting and near home, with details naming cousins, friends, and local addresses.
Mrs Liliisa Canawell, sister of Mrs W G Young and Charles Greening of this city, died Thursday at her New Orleans home. She was known locally for visiting Mrs Young’s home. The article also notes Finland's growing use of sugar extraction from sawdust and wood waste.
Pennsylvania's 420 hospitals are a $240 million enterprise employing about 98,800 people with total payroll around $29 million. Each year 710,692 residents receive care and 74,978 patients are treated daily. Hospital services include medical research and hotel-like facilities as the Hospital Association notes. About 49,000 tons of food are consumed annually, supporting a system overseen by roughly 11,000 hospital superintendents and specialists attending a three day conference.
Philadelphia April 14 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the conviction and death sentence of Willie Jones for the 1940 slaying of Frank Akerson in McKeesport Pennsylvania. Akerson was found shot on a McKeesport street. Jones challenged the trial as unfair and partial but the high court rejected the appeal.
Pennsylvania hospitals, about 220, show metropolitan clustering in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The Hospital Association, formed twenty years ago, serves as a clearing house for improving efficiency and patient service. The annual conference discusses current hospital problems and future facility needs. Oysters, cream, and apple cider are being quick frozen to preserve taste and value.
A gang of three Bronx bandits under one year sentences each for armed robbery escaped Sing Sing after overpowering a guard, triggering a prison-wide alarm. In a gun battle that followed, patrolman and two suspects were killed, fugitives then fled by car and by river, kidnapping and threatening a fisherman to cross into New Jersey.
Local officials indicate a decline in treasury reserves with upcoming allocations under review. Auditors warn of tighter budgeting as departments brace for reduced funding and possible restructuring to balance the books.
Bids from suppliers for removing the floor and ceiling at the Corry library are being considered. Work is tied to the building’s internal modernization project and aims to address structural concerns.
A terse notice references a London filing numbered 5450-10 and an acting 35 brief, indicating a procedural acknowledgment in the local record.
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