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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
6
Jamestown and Western New York report a veteran, Amie Willard, aged eight, in critical condition after three weeks in a James town hospital. The article notes severe winter weather with ice and freezing temperatures.
The Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home board will be named in Erie. Six Erie candidates were submitted to Governor Arthur B. James with three likely to be appointed. Dr Elmer Hess is the only one reportedly certain. Names like Dr Walter Nick and Merel Quads are also mentioned. On appointment, Roy McDonald may become commander replacing Elmer Olson. Edward Boyle is tipped for the chief administrative post. The board may consider economy and possible abolition of some posts.
The campaign enters its last days as top honors remain undecided. Two candidates, Mrs Luella Barnart and Elbert Wood, hold early leads and aim for top prizes. Managers promise surprises at the final counts with $2,000 at stake and on the spot payments for workers and final reports due by 7 p.m. tomorrow.
Erie County welfare officials ask the state for interpretation of a two year residency rule affecting about twenty families cut off from relief. Attorney General Claude Read is urged to seek guidance on the requirement and its enforcement as Welfare Headquarters says other programs may already assist the families.
City finance committee approves setting up a 60000 revolving fund to pay for food stamps for relief clients in Pittsburgh. Efforts to obtain cooperation of wholesale and retail distributors and local banks continue. Answers to today's quiz are listed on page 4 with names and items across multiple topics.
Erie brief reports the death of Lee E. Osborne, 38, of Warren, after his Ford coach skidded on Route 62 north of Youngstown. He died en route to St Elizabeth Hospital, following a 1:30 a.m. crash. Osborne, born in Watree, Ohio, had lived in Erie before moving to Warren years ago.
On December 21 wholesale markets show slow demand with apples and vegetables trading mostly steady. Livestock and grain prices list varied figures for cattle hogs and sheep while stock listings highlight notable movers in New York including American Telephone and several major firms. Mars weather note follows with temperature shifts.
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