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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1940
Page
3
The readable fragments mention a place and several personal names including Ellen Charles Warren and Beth Arland along with a reference to a family event. Details are incomplete and no clear event or date is discernible.
Pennsylvania’s general assistance rolls rose in the week ending December 14 with 372 600 persons in 135 1 thousand cases. Openings added 4 051 cases housing 15 000 people while 4 267 cases containing 19 444 persons were closed.
Sheffield, Dec. 23. Charles Dutchess and four crew members began demolition of two Sheffield Furniture Co buildings to clear timber and debris. The fronts on Center Leather and Main Street face Center Street. Demolition started Oct. 4 under Kane and Warren buyers who own the structures. The rear section near the Sheffield Shoe Hospital is spared for potential future use. No lumber amount available. machinery may be auctioned.
Fire swept the Best-O-Brie Company plant four half miles south of Butte County town yesterday causing damage estimated above 100000. Fire Chief A T Marburger said the blaze origin was undetermined and reports from nearby residents described sounds and explosions from the large juice processing area where employees manufactured art and all rick.
Four churches host midnight Christmas Eve services with varied choirs and organ programs. Emmanuel Episcopal, St. Thomas, St. Elizabeth, and St. Paul’s Lutheran present diverse carols, hymns, and an Immaculate Conception mass at midnight, featuring soloists, choirs, and organists.
Nine Washington county men face a second round of racketeering indictments charging conspiracy in the operation of numbers or slot machine rackets. Special Prosecutor Ralph Peacock said a defense attorney may move to quash the 59 indictments, while former District Attorney James Bane, among those killed, had no decision yet to report.
An ad describes danger signals of fatigue backache and dizziness caused by kidneys failing to filter poisons from blood. It promotes Thompson's Morsoma Tablets as a quick relief and claims better health from increased urinary secretions and general toxin reduction.
New York December report shows Pennsylvania commercial banks extended 1.806 billion dollars in loans from January to June 1940. ABA survey covers 389 banks or 36% of the state's total, including 17 average new mortgage loans per bank and 3 020 dollar average mortgage renewal.
Eric Young Grader 28 of 2018 Brandon street died after coming into contact with a high voltage line while wiring a redder near Mee Lane seven miles south of Grady. coroner Dr W O Skobie said Grader climbed a pole and was fatally shocked, suffering burns and internal injuries. He ran Penn Electric Company and had lived in the area all his life.
The body of Louhy Koebley, 40, of Warren, was found face down on a sand bar in the Allegheny River near Greenland Island, about three miles west of Warren. He was born September 30, 1899 in Madison, N. Y. and survived by his wife Katherine Thompson and a son Donnie, plus two brothers and a sister. Removal was made to the Lubefunceil home with services plans incomplete.
Rites conducted for Mrs. Wesley Howard, longtime city resident, at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches. Rev. B A Gal breath and Rev G J Boyd officiated. burial in Pine Grove cemetery. Local and out of town attendees included Harold Howard of Flint and families from Columbus and Erie.
A report from Colorado notes a valuation of the state's mineral outputs including gold silver copper lead and zinc with an estimated total value. The data references historical figures and unnamed sources.
A state WPA report shows 1334 miles of road surfaced by April and May under the federal works program. It notes 232 new bridges built between May 10 and November 15 and 101.19 miles of widened surface completed by mid November.
London reports a drop in shipping losses to Britain for the week ending December 18. The weekly average sank to about 68 tons from a previous higher level, marking a notable decline in enemy action during the period.
Mrs Emma Drown widow of James J Drown died Sunday morning at the home of Mrs Sam Brooks in Titusville. Born February 6 1860 in Corry she lived in Cosy and Brooklyn before settling back in Cory. Survived by two daughters and several grandchildren. funeral at Laachuapel Church with burial in Pine Grove cemetery.
Friends in Corry report Miss Georgia Black of Ol City sustained a broken arm and leg after a serious car crash in Trenton New York while visiting relatives. She has returned home to Ot City and is recovering in a local hospital. Miss Black is a daughter of the Frank Black family who lived on We Chives steel for many years.
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