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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1941
Page
2
The piece argues Persia could become vital for Allied supply routes to the Soviet Union if the Nazis gain control. It warns that a Persian occupation would threaten India, Egypt, and the Suez Canal, risking a major setback for the Allies and prompting Tehran to resist invasion as self-preservation.
Wilcox Grocery ad reads 32c tomatoes 35c peaches 10c Wheaties. Tomorrows on road to Hearts Conient report bear sighting. Willam Brophy, former St Josephs and Oil City star, enlists as flying cadet at Biloxi Miss. Samuel Rodgers also joins cadet program to be stationed at the gull air field. Fire and accident items follow with local hospital notes and community notices from Oil City area.
A cluttered listing shows programs across networks WBC Red7 James Melton to Bell tunes and quizzes. CBS broadcasts Blondie Vox Pop Gay Nineties forecast plus true or false. NBC Blue airs Alms Kitchell Journal Farm and Home Hour Orphans of Divorce. MBS features Simati Bennett’s Notebook Camp Grant Variety.
A Central Greyhound Bus collided with four automobiles killing seven members of a Jersey City family and injuring at least 16 others. Victims were Joseph Bason 38 his wife Blanche and four children Charlotte 8 Marlen 8 Ursul 4 and Elizabeth 23 plus Ann 19. Bason's brother William 31 was severely burned. Prosector Brest blamed bus driver negligence and Carl Ramsey 30 of Albany N Y was charged with death by reckless driving.
Erie dispatch reports Vinton M. Byery, 44, of North East, killed when struck by a truck on Route 3 seven miles west of Erie. Deed attributed to a fractured skull and crushed chest. Also injured Tina Simple Burns, 40, of Sligo, with arm fracture and facial cuts after a car left the highway on Church Run road near the Sportsmen's club. A. C. Cain, long time PRR conductor, died at his Olean home aged 72 after retirement two years ago.
Allied reinforcement effort reaches Singapore as Churchill pledges support to the United States. Royal Air Force personnel arrive in large numbers, Indian army troops land at Malayan ports, and Australian airmen join from the Middle East. A liner docks after a long voyage with nearly all crew saved. The convoy is escorted by warships as officers note Churchill’s diplomacy.
A 19 man Corry golf team traveled to face Chautauqua yesterday afternoon and returned with a 37 to 20 defeat. The group included Swan, Matsko, Allen, Sheen, Dykes, Krone, Hoylen, B Waite, Crcutt, Lewis, Sears, Schuckers, Neckers, Adams, Keating, Davis, Dr. Compton, Wilcox, Wiggers, and guests Mrs Marlon Gibbs and Bruce of Buffalo who visited Abs Henry Bals at Raymond Avenue.
Mrs Minnie Ross, longtime Corry resident, died at 7 20 AM at the West Spring Creek home of Evelyn Palmer after a seven year illness. Born October 4 1868 in Corry, she lived here most of her life until seven years ago. Surviving are siblings Annabelle Bay Corry and Mrs James Woodring Columbus and brothers Georgy Johnson Gary Arthout Jenison and R D Charles Jolmean Torpedo and Pred Johnson Marion Ohio. Funeral Thursday at 2 PM Brackett Keating chapel with interment Pine Grove cemetery.
Soviet and British announcements describe Red and Allied forces moving into Iran after Nazi incursions. Moscow says action followed warnings to Tehran as Iranian resistance and the 150,000 strong Iranian army stood between British and Soviet fronts and potential junctions with German forces. Disputes over expelling German workers are noted as unsatisfactory.
A week after a head-on crash on Maat Lake Road, Vera DiSabotino aged 5 died from pneumonia and complications including convulsions and chest injuries. Henry DiSabatino, 44, the other driver, died of injuries to his home address listed as his residence. Coroner Dr Lyle Boyd cited the accident as the cause of both deaths.
The Sharon district prepares for the 1941-42 term opening next week. Board consideration of a leave request remains unsettled while officials aim to finalize staffing and other details to ensure a smooth start. Summer cleaning is complete and preparations for Labor Day opening are nearing completion. An ordinary teachers’ meeting will precede the formal start.
Motionless text discusses Thompson's Bersoma Tablets as a stimulant diuretic to aid kidneys in flushing poisonous waste and excess acids from the blood. It claims misery from waste buildup causes aches and pains and touts Worseman Tablets for liver and stomach, with Golden 1 Tablets priced at 25 cents in Centall drug stores.
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