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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1940
Page
6
Widespread Christmas observance trims production to 20.8 percent capacity as steel mills pause. Meantime police investigate evergreen theft at Mead Park and chimes sample faces vagrancy care in Erie County. Public notices include utility company sale and draft registration updates across several districts.
Spartansburg reports a Christmas program at the Methodist church with Miss Lucy Morris directing. The event featured recitations, solos, and exercises by students, plus a list of prize-winning pupils named to attend a Harrisburg show in January, funded by the Board of Education.
Ace and Clara Bley of Tong Hench and Vincent Biey with families attend a firemen bingo at Firemen's Hall. Indiana student Thomas Richards plans holiday time with his mother. Death of Bertha Hammond prompts funeral at Riceville Methodistette with daughter Virginia a third grade teacher. Jack Clark and Phyllis Burrell visit Farley family. Selden Walker of Meadville is noted.
The Van Wert bulletin announces it will print only peace related content today and during the holiday period. No war coverage crime violence or disturbing stories will be published to keep readers tranquil before Christmas.
Harrisburg December 2 Moyes of the state treasury cleared nearly five million dollars in checks prior to departing for the Christmas holiday. The payments included seven thousand checks for highway labor payrolls and about one million one hundred forty three thousand dollars to school districts for rotational work, plus about one thousand one hundred checks to vendors for highway and labor and industry departments.
Mrs Nine August, grandmother of George D. Wetherbee, was hosted by Mrs. Tan Smith to accompany her back to Meadville, where her daughter Mrs. Walker lives. George D. Wetherbee, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wetherbee of Britton' Zum, has passed all tests for Navy enlistment and will depart Thursday for Erie for Newport Rhode Island training.
Washington Dec 24 With the closing for registration of files set for midnight Thursday officials of the Department are reviewing a permanent program for tracking non citizens in the United States. More than 200000 registrations have been received since August 27 and officials expect totals to reach 4 to 6 million or higher, compared with an earlier estimate of 3.6 million.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt delivered Christmas greetings to hundreds of children in Washington and urged adults to help ensure the happiness of the nation's children and the world. In Philadelphia, former Attorney General William A Schnader's condition improved after a collapse while arguing a case, allowing him out of bed at University Hospital.
A fragmentary market list shows numerous company and brand names. It references Montgomery Ward Netsonal Bisculé National Dairy New York lines and various others such as Socony Woolworth and Jaws Bros. The readable bits include stock symbols and dealer mentions, though the text is garbled and difficult to parse.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Crane, Naval Academy, organizations, and sports terms but lacks coherent details. It hints at court use, season notes, and athletic topics without concrete facts, names, or outcomes to form a complete summary.
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