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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1940
Page
1
City Council last night approved a budget of 75 107.23 dollars for 1941 with a 14 percent mill property tax. Revenue remains unchanged from 1940. Final adoption of the levy and appropriation bills was expected at a special December meeting, with the budget open for public inspection at the city treasurer's office.
War updates from Athens and London with raids and troop movements. Harrisburg and Norristown report budget talks and police funding. City agencies prepare for 1941 receipts and expenditures, with salaries, buildings, and defense classes under review. Local notices include a fatal Greek burns incident and a budget approval by the city council.
A Connellsville man died after being struck by a streetcar during a snowstorm last night. Police identified the victim as John Franks and said others were injured in the incident.
Chairman Dies urged Congress to extend the Un American Activities Committee for another year. He appealed to the public to support continuation of the investigations into alleged sabotage and subversive activities. He spoke on radio one month before the committee’s legal authority expires.
In Doylestown Pennsylvania five potential blood donors were identified from over 300 responses to a countywide appeal. The donors, all with type B blood, volunteered to help 22 year old Frank Slutt, the son of a Bucks County farmer, in his battle with a severe streptococcal infection.
The outbreak reports show Pope Pius XII urging a spontaneous or mutual Christmas truce to spare further bloodshed. Meanwhile Nazi U boats sink 18 ships totaling 148 247 tons and perhaps two more of 16 000 tons. British RAF raids target Naples Augusta and Lorient as Bristol endures heavy bombardment. Greek forces push Italian troops back past Porto Edda in southern Albania.
A cold air mass from the Midwest drives record low temperatures across Pennsylvania with more snow in rural roads while main highways reopen. Officials warn drivers to proceed cautiously as the region endures another heavy snowfall and frigid night.
In Uniontown Pennsylvania B Kuhns, 20, pleaded guilty to the murder of Carolyn Della mes, a 28 year old school teacher. He had called her to her Republic school room and fired two bullets, then wounded himself. Trial proceedings to determine the full penalty were set to continue.
A Pennsylvania deer season opening day brought seven deaths and three missing hunters amid heavy snow and freezing temperatures. Names include John Brasinou 43 Franklin city water works worker and LeRoy Keller 28 Stony Creek Mills, with volunteers still searching Warren county woods for 16 year old Wilbur Machiel and others reported missing or injured.
Harrisburg dispatch reports Richard Maize of Uniontown appointed state secretary of mines by Governor James. He succeeds the late John Ira Thomas and has been deputy secretary of mines for the luminuous division.
A special meeting confirmed Dev R. Moston as head of the Corry School Board. Morton chaired the property committee and guided election of officers. Mrs Barnes was named vice president as directors adopted board rules and honored retiring colleagues.
City of Corry employees will share salary raises approved by council. Bill 657 sets yearly salaries. typical raises include $3 per month for patrolmen and clerks, deputy director up $10 per month, and city engineer pay increasing from $2,000 to $2,100 annually. Final approval expected at next municipal meeting. increases effective January 1.
President Roosevelt travels south along the Atlantic seaboard en route to Miami and a Caribbean rest voyage aboard the Tuscaloosa escorted by destroyers. Officials keep details secret while analysts speculate on naval base checks and maneuvers near Puerto Rico Jamaica and Portland Bight.
Washington dec 3 report says based on the 194 census California gains one seat and seven other states gain one each while ten states including Pennsylvania lose one seat. The census bureau tabulations show a national population of 191,050,275 and list gains and losses by state.
City Council granted permission to use a portion of Pitth avenue for a new steel frame brick building at Main street and Pitth avenue, extending 125 feet along Pitth avenue and 186 feet along Main street, subject to Public Utility Commission and city engineer approvals. An enclosed passageway from the northern building’s second floor to the proposed building across Fifth avenue would clear more than seventeen feet above the pavement.
The Golden Rule Club sponsors widened Christmas events with open evenings for Corry shoppers. Helen Jones chairs the committee with D. L. Chapman of F W Woolworth and Dr A Baker of Montgomery Ward assisting. Prizes for window decorating are planned as Santa Claus arrives.
The Board of Education endorses new classes to prepare unemployed workers for factory jobs. Two groups of twenty will study forty hours weekly for eight weeks, then two more classes follow. Federal funding covers all costs, with building rent funded by the government and local officials coordinating the program.
Open night at Oorty Senior High School will be held tomorrow evening from 7:40 to 8:40. Teachers will be present in home rooms to meet parents and discuss school work and problems facing students. Officials and local residents are invited to inspect the school and join light refreshments.
Harrisburg reports a list of 259 idle Pennsylvania plants, many from World War expansion, offered to the national advisory commission for possible defense production use. The state has already received 400000 dollars in war defense orders, with WPA workers among the injured in a truck accident at a work site.
Mrs Sara Velma Tripp age 7 and three children escaped as flames tore through the Tripp farm home near Spring Creek. Mrs Tripp died at Corry Hospital from burns sustained in the morning fire. Her husband D A Tripp and several children survived or were hospitalized with varying injuries. The blaze followed an explosion in the living room and spread rapidly engulfing the home and belongings. The Red Cross urged knitters to aid local relief efforts.
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