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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1940
Page
3
A garbled OCR passage mentions a widow, a blast, and a fire response. It references a family with multiple members affected, including a young person and nieces, and indicates an event date nearby. Details are unclear due to transcription errors but point to a fatal incident and inquiries by authorities.
Administrators urge 43 000 dairy men to vote by mail on amendments to federal state milk marketing orders. Campaign warns against propaganda wearing camouflage of friendship. Ballots must be in the mail by December 21. Amendments could add about 5 million dollars to producer cash receipts in 1941.
Peter Malm of Malden Massachusetts recovered his lunch basket after losing it when a car’s handle snagged his towel bag. The thief fled, but Malm noted the license number and a police checkup traced the item to a car owned by William E. Parker in New Bedford.
Coroner Walter G Stroble will sue to force the county to pay a 24500 annual salary plus fees, potentially near 10000, despite county officials doubting whether fees may be retained. Attorney Louis Benacel argues Stroble is entitled to both salary and fees, with the office setup and stenographer at issue.
Christmas programs open this week at Presbyterian, Christian and Missionary Alliance churches with pageants The Star of the World and a large cast including Nancy Rigby Myra Heerlein and Carol Mar Oochran perform with a host of named participants The services feature scripture readings recitations songs and instrumental numbers with primary and junior choirs and festive Christmas treats for Sunday school children
A hearing in Clarion County addressed whether corporations may take over four operators to obtain coal at prices below government-set levels. Keystone Public Service Company seeks a coal mine license. objections claim the franchise lacks producer rights. If denied or deemed consumer, Keystone faces constraints and tax implications on coal value.
Governor Arthur H. James appointed Walter on, Scott Kincaid, Blaine Kincaid, and Union City lawyer Alwin L. Beach as associate lezo advisors to registrants. They will aid in carrying out the selective training and service act in the Cory Union City draft district.
The article lists participants including Marion Young Phyllis Anderson Dick Wagner Dick Alfred Norbert Anderson and Sonny Hardinger. It notes Christmas carols performed by Norbert Anderson solo and Phyllis Anderson. Christmas programs will be offered by Sunday schools of the Untped Brethren in Christ Church Baptist Church St Paul’s Lutheran and the Methodist Church on Sunday evening.
Defense leaders push women into civilian defense tasks across the United States. Prominent figures like Miss Elliott mobilize home front programs urging nutrition, school lunches, price controls, and food aid while urging vigilance against shortages and foreign threats. Red Cross and university groups expand welfare and education efforts to support refugees and bolster democracy.
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