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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1940
Page
6
The report notes opening of White 140 Permayivania season with anglers at daybreak and a Bigalkt city meeting in the evening. It mentions a rapid snow melt and hazardous highways, plus remodeling at The Nast Company store and a candidate’s announcement for Democratic convention delegate atlarge.
April 15 report states the federal government will provide 801,220 to finance highway work at Tionesta and Crooked Creek dams. Lieut Col W E Covell announces the state highway department will construct the roads under the agreement. The plan includes a bridge over Tionesta creek and a route joining the Prylan and Nebraska road at Newmanville, bypassing the dam waters.
County Engineer William Supplee urged the State Highway Department to compel Summit township to repair Hershey road. In a letter to district highway engineer Stewart W. Jackson, Supplee cited road deterioration, township inaction, and the longer traffic open period, noting state subsidies justify pressure to make the road passable.
Leura fll Laird two months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilson B Tair of 30 Cherry street Corry died in the family home Friday night. Survivors include five sisters Edna Marion Jean Hazel Laird Erie and grandparents Mr and Mrs Boughton Corry. Funeral services were held at 3 pm Sunday at Nelson funeral home 2108 Myrtle street Erie.
Pennsylvania’s general assistance roll shows a drop to 198 840 cases and 607 308 persons as week closes. Net openings 5 492. closings 6 524 with WPA turnover driving decline. March applications totaled 40 825 with 29 981 approved and 18 834 rejected. Expenditures $1 425 502, down $7 768 from prior week.
In Oil City locals insist April 1, not February 2, was the true groundhog day this year as cold conditions and fresh snow linger. Temperatures dip to near 18 degrees, prolonging winter into mid spring and stoking talk of delays in seasonal activities and events.
TiTygvanua apr 19 Wastam A Murdock 61 florist and Iana- Scape architect dropped dead while talking with Fred Babcock at Babcock's estate near Pittsburgh. He had been landscaping the Fox Chapel homestead and died before aid could help. He leaves a wife a son William Jr at Cornell and a daughter Mary Jane 10. He belonged to Titusville Rotary Club.
Poultry and supplies advertised including chick starters and baby chicks for sale in Grant County with special prices. Also numerous for sale listings for furniture, pianos, shoes, china, silver, and a county notices section with bids for Euclid Street Sewer work in Corry pending opening April 15.
The Hague April 15 Holland staged a dress rehearsal for war Saturday with sudden attack that the army believed real. The test plan sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers to battle posts across the country as an effective warning to belligerents.
April 15 authorized German quarters said Germany would use the Norwegian coast as a base for aerial and submarine attacks against the British Isles.
Three more individuals face charges for obtaining relief from the Public Assistance Department by false pretenses. Edward Bhke, Helen Dukowelel, and James Temkin allegedly secured funds and will be arraigned today before Alderman George Braebender. Amounts cited include Bhke 49 dollars, Dukowelel 49 dollars, Temkin unknown.
Wholesale market notes moderate demand with apples steady and cabbage firm. Prices listed in baskets and crates for apples, lettuce, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and peppers across New York, Maine, Michigan, California, Arizona, and southern states with several regional price ranges and crates or hampers cited.
Harrisburg April 15 News reports a whirlwind prospect in Pennsylvania Democrats with party leadership clashes and acquittal of State Chairman David L. Laprence. New York stock market rising after irregular trading with gains across many issues.
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