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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1941
Page
3
Corry announces a new jewelry contest presented by two Strong associates at North, inviting Miss Me to participate. The brief notice emphasizes the collaboration and upcoming event details in a local ad style.
Jamestown holds a public hearing on park meters at city hall with residents leaning toward automatic meters. City officials suspend operation of manual meters on Main Street, citing many manual units out of order and outlining ongoing cost questions.
Thomas Lento, 67, long-time Punxsutawney resident, died by suicide Sunday night in his Waverly hotel room. Coroner Gilbert Hulme said ill health caused the act and no inquest was needed. Lento slashed his throat with a razor in his room.
Kane Shirt Company the Phillips Jones subsidiary signed a contract with United Garment Workers AFL affiliate. The closed shop agreement includes a 15 percent wage increase totaling about 50000 dollars annually for 400 workers. A highway skirts the vast stretches of Libya for 1140 miles.
A Monday financial report from Controller Harvey M. Willis shows the general fund balance at 141,925 at March end, with tax collections boosting the fund as fees remain profitable across county offices. The prothonotary’s office leads with 6,906 in fees, followed by the recorder of deeds’ office, both reporting record activity.
Two men Kerneth Wright of 1704 Sassafras Street and Pred King of R D 3 North East faced Erie county court charges of fraudulently obtaining 941.41 and 103.1 respectively. Weight released on 800 bail. Wil ing remanded to Ellis county prison. May 1 hearings postponed for six other defendants and eight more scheduled this afternoon before Alderman Brebender.
The Works Progress Administration in Washington set aside 497059 for Port Erie airport expansion and improvement on April 15. Civil Aeronautics Authority may provide about 90000, contingent on Erie’s land purchase of around 100000 and city sponsorship. If Erie declines, funds may go to another city. Port Erie deemed strategic for cross country military flights. utilities cooperation sought to clear obstructions before federal wartime agreement.
Concord elementary and First Ward schools may need new boilers as Corry School District directors face a costly repair program for the 1941 42 term. A boiler inspection suggests at least two new sections or a whole boiler, with decisions deferred until school ends and weather permits teardown.
Milton W. Brown resigns after two years as Frewsburg High principal to become Lancaster High principal this September succeeding Francis J. Cosgrove. A Dunkirk native, Brown taught math and science at Mayville and Posey high schools and led Cherry Creek High before Frewsburg. He holds a BA from Marietta College and an MA from Harvard. Growth of humans continues beyond age 21, with possible late inches.
In Hempfield township near Greenville, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Menihach were severely burned while rescuing cattle from a burning barn. Both were hospitalized with facial, arm, and leg burns after entering the barn to free livestock. firemen stopped the blaze from spreading.
A report found widespread bootlegging in Northumberland Schuylkill Columbia and Carbon counties with 12.09 percent freelancing. The plan by operators and United Mine Workers officials aims to absorb bootlegged coal into legitimate mines and breakers, raise weekly quotas, and hire the first independent miner after a transition period. An anthracite emergency committee will meet 24 operators in New York this week to finalize details, with eight weeks needed before the first legitimate hire and bootleg coal diverted from holes is processed.
A New York firm hires disabled workers for a mailing service with about 140000 pieces handled daily for clients like department stores and transportation firms. The operation uses modern machines for addressing and mimeographing to reduce fatigue, with roughly 85 percent of staff in disabled conditions.
Bradford Pa April 19 one Thomas R Clarke of this city today issued a certificate of accidental death in the case of J E Troup of Kane who was killed Sunday night in an automobile accident two miles south of here The accident occurred when the car driven by Edwin Troup and Batavia N a son of the inting of the highway and eel into Leonevete ahunment The younger Troup collapsed at the scene of the accident when we learned of his father's death The funeral for Troup a esto Pennsylvania Railroad employe will be held Wednesday afternoon in Kane Besisles his two sons he leaves his wits and daughter Mrs J B Thompson of Cleveland
Army officer Lieutenant Charles Jerome Anderson of Jamestown New York and private Peter Gentilman of Kane collided head on north of Wilton late Sunday afternoon while Gentilman tried to pass a car. Anderson attached to the One Hundred Thirteenth Infantry Antitank Command and three soldiers were thrown to the road. Paul Johnson of Jamestown member of Company 8 suffered a lip laceration. Damage to property reported but no serious injuries.
Union Pipeline Company of Philadelphia filed with the Suite department today a charter application to construct and operate an oil pipeline across Pennsylvania from Marcus Hook in Delaware to the Pennsylvania Ohio state line in Washington County. The application lists capital stock at 30 shares of 100 dollars each and names subscribers and directors Harry O. Ravs of Larchmont New York W R Argyle of Swarthmore and M Clyde Sheaffer of Shiremanstown.
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