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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1940
Page
2
Jamestown officials report added revenues and reduced expenses may end the fiscal year without a deficit. Comptroller Frank L. Weekman released figures showing expenditures for the first eleven months of the year.
City and Vicinity items include Red handle kid's snow shovels 25c and grapefruit 6 for 25c from Wilcox Grocery with delivery, a heart attack at Water Street pharmacy and Gilbert B. Heckman fleeing Meadville City hospital, and a string of community notices from refr Shown names include J George Heckman, Centerville Fire Department, and Frank Stowell. Other items report a deer hunting incident near Kane, a Christmas decorative project in progress in Clark County, and local society events and changes in business locations.
J Franklin Caveny ex editor of The Sketch Book of the Art Institute Chicago will lecture at Senior High School Thursday evening as part of the 1940 41 Lyceum course. The renowned sculptor painter and platform artist known for clay work pastel landscapes and portraits will present sketches from life and colorful landscapes.
New York dispatch reports British radio via CBS quotes that Hitler delivered the most defensive speech of his career. The broadcast notes Hitler aimed to offset Italy’s defeat and failed new order plans with a show of vigor. The piece also mentions illness of stow Mott of Mayville. Kiwanis and district training events, plus NBC Time to Smile backstage scramble, are noted with several local club references.
In Harrisburg on December 10 Associated Press reports Philadelphia salesman Elmer Kilroy was chosen speaker of the 1941 Pennsylvania House, with Leo A. Adlerman of Monroe County elected floor leader by a 126 member Democratic caucus. Achterman had sought the speaker role but stepped aside amid bloc support for Kilroy, while Kilroy’s election signals expected party direction as roll calls begin January 7.
A Rome front page editorial in Popola Di Roma condemns defeatists alarmists and rumor mongers. It harshly criticizes Italians who buy Swiss papers and read enemy and English news, calling them poor idiots and racsals.
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