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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1940
Page
1
A condensed bulletin reports German bombing raids over England and Romania calling up reserves as talks begin in a Hungaro Romanian conference. U.S. leaders push conscription limits and corporate contracts while Roosevelt accepts a commerce secretary resignation. Local briefs note a fatality and crop concerns as schedules broadcast a heavy weekend radio lineup.
Associated Press reports administration strategists expect the Burke Wadsworth draft bill to pass the Senate next week by at least 19 votes with immediate conscription. A Maloney delay bid faces a narrow defeat. Barkley predicts a final vote soon as debate continues. Wheeler opposes rapid action and criticizes allotment of time. President warns delaying drafting could slow defense programs.
Harrisburg August 24 Pennsylvania’s new 70 million super high way will be inspected Monday by top military and government officials. Secretary of War Stimson, Secretary Knox, Knudsen, Budd, and 165 invitees will tour the four lane 190 mile road from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. Other guests include Jesse Jones Harold Ickes John Osmandy and state officials. The road funded federally will connect the center and the Atlantic coast and is due to be dedicated by Roosevelt and open to the public around October 1.
State and local agencies investigate pollution of the Brokenstraw as a dead doe found east of Corry prompts a possible joint inquiry by the Game Commission, Fish Commission, and Sanitary Water Board. Water samples are analyzed at Meadville, with fears of further wildlife deaths and a push for a sewage disposal plant revival.
Rome reports Italian air squadrons struck Alexandria last night, targeting the British naval base with a prolonged bombardment. Night raids also hit the Sidi Barani field, Meram Matruh concentrations, and Khartoum area, causing extensive destruction and large fires.
About three hundred district dairymen and their families from Chautauqua and nearby counties met yesterday at the Wheelock church grave for a tureen dinner and a program of sports and speeches. Emory Grout of Frewsburg presided and spoke on current rill marketing conditions. H. H Rathbun of New York City, VP of the Dairymen's League, delivered the principal address, echoing his Corry Hotel talk. In games, 7A members teamed with LTB players in a softball match.
Mexico City Aug 24 accusations by a confessed slayer link Leona Trotsky to orders to kill Joseph Stalin and other Bogier Waders. Mexican officials noted the claim appears in a note left by Frank Jackson before he attacked Trotsky with a pickaxe Tuesday.
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Harry L. Hopkins as secretary of commerce and named Jesse H. Jones as his successor. Hopkins will leave cabinet service due to ill health after six years as head of federal relief spending and more than a year as commerce secretary, with possible future duties at Hyde Park library housing the president papers.
Allentown, Pa Aug 24 Margaret L Cowan a former Quakertown nurse has dropped her fight for a new trial in the mercy slaying of her ill ister last August She was convicted of slaying Mrs Louella Sneger at the Allentown State Hospital and sentenced to a year in the Industrial home for women at Muncy
A spectacular fire swept an abandoned Gelder Manufacturing Co building in Waynesboro Pennsylvania today causing an estimated $50,000 in damage. Fire crews battled the blaze as flames engulfed the derelict structure, with no immediate report of injuries.
The defense commission told Congress a plan to accelerate munitions production by extending to manufacturers contracts on which they may borrow for plant expansion. Officials said legislation would authorize such contracts and noted other defense moves. Roosevelt met with American members of the joint United Nations defense board in a White House session, seen as preliminary to Ottawa. Plans were discussed to mobilize 396,000 National Guard and Army Reserve, with an initial call of about 60,000. Contracts were signed for 2,800 of 4,200 planes funded by July 1, and a housing and recruiting shelter program for 317,309 soldiers at 4 army posts was announced.
Wilkes-Barre reports the State Young Democrats advocate universal conscription for military training and back Franklin D. Roosevelt for reelection. At their fourth biennial convention they urge World War destroyer sales to Britain, endorse the Canadian defense program, back Havana conference accords with South American nations, and denounce Governor James’ administration for government dysfunction over the past 20 months.
Pennsylvania reports a record enrollment of ITA84 Inc CCC participants. The article notes the quarter ending August 1 saw 7,677 youths enrolled in GCC camps in Pennsylvania, with a statewide quota expansion and thousands remaining on the list. The piece cites spokesmen and state officials discussing military service parallels and parental attitudes.
Aug 2 Balkan negotiators from Hungary and Romania ended talks in Turnu Severin without agreement on Transylvania. Both delegations prepared to depart for Bucharest and Budapest after failure to reach concessions over the 35,000 square mile province Romania has held since World War I.
A Douglas Bll-A medium bomber crashed during an electrical storm Thursday night near Denver. Army authorities initially ruled out a bomb explosion as the cause, noting a powerful downdraft may have contributed to the disaster and the death toll remains undetermined.
A sharp fall in temperatures to 36 degrees caused frost worries across the region. Reports from Spartansburg noted near freezing conditions with low-lying areas showing frost. Forecasters warned of a continued cold spell through the week as clouds persisted and little temperature change was expected tonight and Sunday.
Reports describe heavy long range shelling across the Channel with German bombers and British anti aircraft fire over southern England. Parachutists and incendiaries struck targets in the Midlands and towns including Dover and Kent with casualties and property damage.
Mrs Muddle Webber of Wheelock, Corry RR, suffered rib injuries and body bruises in a fall in the family barn yesterday. She slipped while reaching in the barn and fell backward. She is resting as comfortably as possible at her Creek Road home.
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