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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1941
Page
2
City and Vicinity briefs note 268 Oil City men left for exam in Exe for U S Army selective service. If passed they face potential call within 80 days. Also busy local events include penny bingo, dancing, and notices of accidents, drownings, and civic happenings.
A benefit event will be held in Spartansburg to raise funds for Our Lady of Victory Mission. Rev Francis J Graves P R of St Thomas church says new attendants needed after the weekend. The lawn social proceeds will go to the building fund for a small Sparta parish church, with support sought from Corry and nearby residents.
The article notes Morgenthau pressing for new tax hikes with debate over exemptions for married couples and singles. It cites plans to adjust personal exemptions and discusses Democratic leaders and finance committee members weighing revisions to excise taxes. A gas refinement formula from prairie regions is also mentioned.
A Bangkok dispatch reported by Domei says the United States, Britain and China are mounting efforts to check Japan and an encirclement has been tightened with British bases in Malaya and Burma. Britain plans stronger Burma Road defense with Chungking, while Russia's inclusion remains uncertain.
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