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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1939
Page
3
A garbled listing highlights used items including heaters and miscellaneous goods with prices such as 519, 419, 329, and 369. The fragment mentions house gains and ongoing sale notes, but readability is limited and specific items are uncertain.
Rural Rehabilitation Supervisor Alcorn explains a new flexible farm lease form under Farm Security Administration. The written agreements aim to reduce insecure tenure, aid tenants with long term protections and encourage permanent improvements. Leases may be auto renewable or end with notice, and provide for compensation if terminated before gains are secure.
Judge Lee A. McCracken presided over a non-suit order in the October term civil court in the $25,000 damage suit brought by Mrs. Mary Klep of 244 Wayne Street against the P and E Coal Dock at Erie. Klep sought $25,000 for the death of her husband Eliie Klep, 44, a welder at American Boiler Works who was killed March 15, 1937 while en route home with groceries. The judge found the evidence showed Klep’s death resulted from his own negligence. Also mentioned is a separate item about a search for the Tasmanian tiger in western and southern Tasmania, noting the animal’s rare, almost extinct status.
The page lists leading contestants Mrs. Chester Kibbey Corry RD 2 and Mrs. Gilbert J Ton Clymer N.Y. among others with standings and a push for voter support. A feature on Miss Ethel L Near Bear Lake and Miss Mabel Schreckengist Spartansburg is noted, with campaign updates and guidance for readers on upcoming vote-off offers and mail-in information.
report recalls sneaking Soviet skiers aiding Russian cops on the northern front and a key victory. Oslo reports a sea battle near Kristiansand just outside Norwegian waters with one warship and several aircraft involved. British air force drove German planes from the east coast area. The British steamer Merel struck a mine off Southeast England, sinking in four minutes. two of 18 crew survived and one body recovered.
Diego Rivera, noted artist and dissident Communist, claimed German Nazis and Stalinists are turning Mexico into a base of operations against all the Americas, especially the United States. He declined an invitation to Texas to testify before the Dies Committee, offering to answer questions in Mexico instead.
A visitor can purchase a ticket for less than a dollar to enter most national museums and gain access to the Acropolis and archeological sites of Athens Pirgos and Mantine.
The United Brethren church in Covey will mark its 73d anniversary and the church’s present building with three services this Sunday. Dr J Ruskin Howe of Otterbein College will be the morning and evening speaker, addressing "Wine Shall Profit?" and "This One Thing." The 60-voice A Cappella Choir from Indiana State Teachers College will perform.
Erie Dec 8 eight candidates for city and county offices filed expense accounts at the county commissioners office. Norbert James Fitzgerald Democratic candidate for mayor spent 1004.70, 520 to Carita VW Ising. Carita VW Ising, another Democratic candidate for county register of wills, expended 315.50 with 228 to the Ehner Lb. Evans campaign, Republican candidate for judge of the Exe county court, who spent 1440.50 and gave 900 to the Republican campaign committee. Mrs Katherine Kalvelage spent 600 with 600 contributed to the committee.
The Kane fire department annual report by Secretary Harry Wingate shows ten box alarms, 117 still alarms, false alarms, and five out of town calls in the year ending December 5. Damage totaled $710. Campaign spending details include Democratic and Republican candidates, committees, and various allocations.
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