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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1940
Page
7
A fragmented item mentions Carl Hagman at a garage and a residence on Senter Street with references to a 213 address and a St mill association. The readable text is unclear but points to a local property or family matter involving a garage, a residence, and financial figures.
Fragmentary OCR text lists items such as livestock, wagon, silage, statues, saws and tools. No clear event date or location. Readable phrases suggest a rural sale or auction with livestock like a bull and a grey welrhin, farm equipment including a conch wagon and ensilage use, plus miscellaneous goods. The fragment lacks coherent structure for precise summary.
For sale notice lists TURSKA as item. Owner named but not fully legible. Includes reference to 25 cards of EF articles and table A oll heat. No clear location or date provided. Further readable details are needed to complete summary.
A court proceeding involving the Shaw company faces prison related terms and orders. Proceedings reference a year and an opposing party, with docket notes indicating a legal dispute over confinement or governance.
Hunters in this section report deer populations up from previous years despite heavy Heen snow. Beavers 1640 41 season opens tonight with Cortys Beavers hosting Youngeville as coach Byler aims for a strong defense to defend Erie County League title.
Corry High hosts Youngsville in junior varsity and varsity hoops as coach Russ Byler features forwards Chuck Williams Don Lundy and guards Joe Taylor Ace Bracke with Downey Weber joining a potential lineup shift. Youngsville arrives with a veteran squad after a season opener win over Spartansburg, seeking an upset. Heinie Ott referees St Edwards at Erle as Kanty prep clash looms with Shamrocks.
An Associated Press survey shows overall U S college football attendance rose 24 percent in 1940 versus 1939. Only major programs like Army Yale Kansas Tulsa Texas Christian and Midwestern U C L A reported weak home attendance.
Altoona will not schedule its traditional rival while Coach Harold Weigle remains in charge after a November 9 free for all. The school board placed full blame on Johnstown players and warned that true sportsmanship requires better conduct.
Joe Weber born 1877 with Lew Fields debuted at a Bowery muse hall. They later starred in a Lilian Russell biopic and paid her the era’s top weekly salary of £1200. Fragmentary text follows detailing injuries and unclear play-by-play.
New York reports army coach Bill Wood and Major Bil Jones linked to Nebraska Bowl plans as rumors swirl. Footnotes cite tennis figure La Marble and a gossip line about Aodin Miller from North Carolina.
A Pennsylvania hunter asked Judge Benjamin R. Jones to free his wife from a misdemeanor sentence citing a venison dinner and promises of a trout stream trip in Luzerne County next spring. The judge replied he could not refuse, prompted by the hunter’s appeal.
A scatter of items notes Harmon to play in the state all star game on December 13. Marty Burke runs a New Orleans nightclub and Carmen Cook ponders a matchmaking role in Cleveland. Metairie claims Ott’s new $29,000 home is there, not in New Orleans. A joke about the Boston Bees and major league spending rounds out the column.
Arturo Godoy said he would sail for South America eager for a third title shot at Joe Louis after a strong showing against Tony Musto in Cleveland. He battered Musto, flooring him twice in the tenth round, and cited his mother’s condition as a factor in his move.
Pirates bolster infield by purchasing second baseman Stuart Martin from the St Louis Cardinals. Manager Frankie Frisch touts Martin as a top National League utility player as he aims for a pennant in the next season. Martin batted .238 last season and had 11 assists as a second baseman, with potential to fill in at shortstop if needed.
Aliquippa High School announces the resignation of coach after 14 years at the helm amid a season with few wins. The coach will continue teaching and may pursue coaching in basketball and other sports.
An evening meeting at 8 o clock tomorrow aims to form a cage league. Participants from the Unery Imtpperdent Banker Mill Lesage circuit will discuss opening the league to all teams and ensuring participation across the region.
The Silver Creek Rams semi pro team led by Hugh Debury of Corry will face the Buffalo Bisons in an exhibition game in Buffalo within two weeks after clinching the Western New York Pro Football League title. The Rams outstared Hamburg in first downs seven to five in a low scoring Sunday game.
An amended constitution approved by the Western Pennsylvania Football Conference ends the old scouting ban for grid clubs. Tony W. Meade of Clearfield is named conference president to succeed Wo Griffith of Somerset, with Clarke Skelly of Tyrone named vice president and C. B. Kui of Wilkes-Barre as secretary and Leeann as an official.
Minnesota's Gophers selected as the nation's No 1 college football team in the 1940 Helms poll. Stanford and Michigan tied near the top, Texas and Nebraska also high in the rankings with other large competitors noted.
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