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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1941
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a hospital fee, typhoid, and a person named Mutoh. The text is incomplete with broken phrases about a rail line, a back, and a face in the sun, offering no clear event or identifiable subjects.
Washington August 1 The House administration leaders moved to secure approval for President Roosevelt's plan to extend Army service beyond current terms. Despite uncertainties, officials expect passage and plan to adjust troop deployments accordingly. If rejected, demobilization timelines threaten offshore posts and garrison stability. An 18 month extension is favored by some, while a 12 month extension passed the Senate last week. An early vote was unlikely due to the death of Rep. Rutherford.
Posts at the intersection of Center and South Streets were moved for a new four corner traffic light installation. Safety Director Richard Rosser said the system should be in operation within ten days once remaining equipment arrives.
United States exchanges hinge on Vichy cabinet decisions as Marshal Petain faces German collaboration demands. A severed Franco American tie could follow if Paris accepts Nazi terms, with possible recognition of De Gaulle’s Free French and a tougher U S line against Nazi bases in Africa and the Caribbean. President Roosevelt cited keeping Hitler away from bases as a war imperative.
Harrison Myer a 29 year old paper mill employee died en route to a hospital from a self inflicted bullet wound in the head police report says a neighbor heard a shot after Myer returned home from a family picnic and could not find his wife. The incident followed a threat to shoot Mrs Myer. Nearby Westinghouse strike notes mention two thousand to five hundred workers in Pittsburgh mills.
ERIE Aug 1 A Brown of South Bend Ind was killed instantly near Westfield N Y yesterday when his motorcycle collided with an automobile as the car turned into a driveway William Wooley 23 also of South Bend who had been following Brown on another motorcycle told state police sergeant C H Lee that they were en route to Springfield Mass for a vacation
Reports from Peiping via Manchukuo and Mongolia indicate observers expect Japan to launch a major campaign into eastern Siberia within weeks, mobilizing a force possibly doubling Japan's Kwantung Army strength. Analysts see broader moves toward Indochina and Thai pressure as preludes to a larger action.
Perry, 81, of Corry, was sentenced in Erie County Court to two to four years in the Western Penitentiary. He pleaded guilty to charges tied to the theft of two receivers from the Church Tall, bringing them to the culprits and involving the purchase of a car.
Washington reports faster shipbuilding will move the United States Navy ahead by two years. Each vessel gains about 12 percent construction speed through double shifts, overtime, and training programs. By 1944 most battleships and numerous escorts should be ready, barring labor troubles, with 38 keels laid including Cabot Carrier and South Dakota battleship.
Associated Press reports Whitney, who lost 12 million in Wall Street and sat in Sing Sing for 40 months, was released today. He greeted brother George Morgan partner who invested 2.8 million of his own to rescue Whitney’s firm. Whitney rode to a Barnstable dairy farm in Massachusetts to oversee. He declined a new suit but accepted 192.26 cash as prison pay and rehabilitation fee.
County Clerk Benedict reports only a small number of Corry men in the armed services qualified to vote under the new military ballot law. The measure became law shortly before the deadline, leaving little time for service members to apply. Ballots will be paper, mailed within weeks, and counted after the September primaries.
The article reports a four billion limit on a tax bill proposed with support from Senate finance committee members. Treasury experts project revenue adjustments and discuss a plan to raise funds, including potential excise measures and daily government revenue assumptions.
An Erie man Melvin Pex, 40, died in a hospital today after being struck by an automobile while riding his bicycle on Saturday. The crash occurred in Erie Pennsylvania and the cause of death is listed as injuries from the collision. Police are investigating the incident and will release further details.
Erie Railroad official George Grimm and Pennsylvania Railroad official J B Bayes discussed a week long postponement in Corry as trains reduced speeds for safety. City officials and police gathered with Mayor Pryor to oversee crossings and enforcement of new limits amid concerns over cross traffic and railroad operations.
A 1979 style jail breakout at Olla homs penitentiary ends in deaths as warden Jess Dunn is killed during a prison mutiny. Veteran guard Bill Alexander recalls orders to fire if necessary as four long term inmates seize the yard and fight for escape. Several convicts are shot or stabbed in the chaos including Roy Mayer and Claude Reavers.
A Sunday bicycle collision at the Center and Watts Ford streets intersection left Miss Alice Reynolds of 26 Wing Street hospitalized with severe injuries to the left thigh and leg. Miss Martha Serencey, staying in the Trachon Building, escaped with minor injuries after being knocked from her bicycle. Everett Bastian of Spurlburg was driving the auto that struck them, lights alleged to have been malfunctioning. Both girls escaped serious harm, the wheel damaged, and the incident noted amid wider reports of German advances in World War II theaters.
An Erie man was injured in a driving crash on Packard Street between Leavendam and Wattsburgh. He faced charges as details emerged from Corry Hospital. The incident led to police action and a man identified as Winn McAndrew of 2921 Myrtle Street provided account.
AP reporter describes Smolensk streets lined with burned factories and shells of houses. German officers estimate most damage from retreat as bombs and shelling leave the city in ruins. The reporter notes a cautious witness tally and ongoing combat near the central front.
A large barn on the William Dasavanter farm, about three miles northwest of Spartansburg, burned down shortly before midnight Sunday. Fire wreckage driven by wind hindered efforts to save the structure. Two sons Eugene and John Daerynicz, sleeping inside, reported seeing the fire just before it erupted. Spartansburg Fire Department battled the blaze, preventing spread to a nearby granary. Cause undetermined. insurance status not learned.
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