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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1941
Page
6
Fragmented text reports a traffic crash at Main and Center streets with a Ford sedan and a GM reference, plus scattered notes on voter registration, missing children, a liquor law update, church services, defense worker population forecasts, and rodeo plans. Numerous garbled names, places, and dates reduce clarity. core facts include the crash, registration changes, missing children, and community notices.
Bradford Aug 9 The Kendall Refining Company of this city bought the Foster Brook refinery of the Bradford Oil Refining Company at public auction for 805000 after spirited bidding from Peanzoil Company and others. The sale was conducted by Attorney Duck J McDowell bondholders and trustees of the closed plant. Kendall Refining through J B Fisher issued a statement noting interest in specialty products from Pennsylvania oil and potential job implications depending on field development.
The tenth annual J. W. TeWinkle family reunion happened at D. Wurtert DéRossy's Maple Avenue home with seventy eight relatives from Clymer and nearby areas. A quait game, music, recitations, and a business session followed, inviting next year’s gathering at Albert Ruslink's home. Separate Measor and Hayes School reunions occurred with attendees from Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Spartansburg, and Corry, featuring picnics, dinners, and officer elections.
Governor approves plan to appoint a liaison officer to coordinate gas and oil supply conservation. The strategy includes a federally funded full page ad urging Pennsylvanians to cut gasoline use by one third and a liaison to work in Washington next week to build a state level conservation program.
Harrisburg report shows farm wage rates rose to 160 percent of the 1940-41 average on July 1, the highest in eleven years. Farmers paid about sixteen percent more per day than April 1 and twenty four percent more than last harvest. Labor shortages, defense work pull, and lower nonfarm employment shifted workers from rural areas, with few available by April 1 and July 1.
Soviet and German war reports describe ongoing battles across a broad front. Luftwaffe raids over Berlin claim a major operation was beaten off, while the Red Army reports sustained fighting near Kiev, Leningrad, Smolensk, and Bel Tverkov with patrol actions elsewhere.
Services were conducted yesterday afternoon for Henry Hankin of Bear Lake who died Tuesday evening. Prayer services were at 2 at the daughter’s home, Mrs Yil Main Cochran, and the funeral at 9 from United Brethren Church. Rev I W Barrett officiated. Mrs John Waistack and her daughter sang A Little While and Abide With Me. Burial was in Sillyon Hull Cemetery. Grandsons served as bearers. Relatives and friends from away included Horace Rankin of Cleveland Ohio and Raymond Howard of Jamestown New York among others.
A third suspect linked to a Sheffield fraud case at the Pennsylva nia Bobble Glass Factory was taken into custody as authorities pursue falsified weigh slips. Harry Nelson, 60, a weigh master for the Y. V. Railway, was charged with cheating by fraudulent pretenses after returning from Warren General Hospital where he recovered from a drug overdose. He posted 1000 bond for county court appearances. Earlier arrests include John W. Folly, 26, of 933 Chapin Street, Breevullet, a glass dealer, and James Suppa, 40, once employed in the factory’s cyl- Jel department, both free on 1000 bonds. The probe, aided by a glass inventory shortage, focused onreceived scrap glass payments for items never delivered, with victims in Columbus and nearby areas.
Continued discussion shows the delay hinges on securing funds and the secretary of war's guidance. The prospective reservoir would inundate Indian lands in New York including the Cornplanter acres, affecting Seneca Mohawk Cayuga Onondaga and Tuscarora communities. Cornplanter land granted by Congress to honor his service would vanish, with long term impacts on the Allegheny area and flood control plans along the Ohio River system.
In Philadelphia, the second trial of retired U S District Judge J Warren Davis and former Bankruptcy Referee Morgan Kaufman may reach a federal jury of five men and three women late next week. Prosecutor Walter H Gallagan indicated the trial would resume Monday and run for several days as defense counsel William A Cray noted the testimony would require time.
Buffalo New York August hogs steady to higher with 180 to 220 pound drafts quoted. cattle steady to higher as calves and feeders gain 25 to 60 cents. yearling steers around 12.60, grassers up to 10.85, cannery and beef cows mixed. calves scarce. hogs and beef prices center on wholesale demand as figures vary by weight and grade across the market.
Fragmented OCR text mentions matchups and players including a game against Roos and Pirates. Specific names, dates, and outcomes are garbled, leaving only hints of a basketball or football context and references to scores or stints.
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