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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1940
Page
1
The community prepares for a Christening event with several guests and family members named including Fran, Mr and Mrs, and local friends. An obituary note mentions Dorothy Den and Marjorie, with public services planned at a church and school channel.
A fragmented but vivid column from Washington discusses Roosevelt and wartime policy, the Christmas holiday mood, and a hopeful 1941 economic upturn. It notes stock dividends rising, employment expanding, and a shift toward defense and industrial priorities despite political friction.
Condensed briefing notes report a father and son murdered near Knox amid a wartime summary. The page includes brief dispatches from London on air purchases, Allied actions, and U.S. political updates, with regional notes from Washington and Pennsylvania.
A compact item lists Christmas Seal totals, local personalities, and a fatal accident on Mill Village road. It also details an upcoming radio and television lineup including NBC WEAF CBS and WABC programs with times such as 7:15 and 8:55, and mentions The Knickerbocker Playhouse and various entertainment segments.
A man shot and killed 12 year old Robert Wentling and his father at a farm home near Knox Clarion. The mother and sister leaped from a second floor porch to escape. Elizabeth Wentling 22, critical. Mrs Wentling also hurt. Police search for Frank Dearolph, 33, former local resident. A 32 or 38 caliber revolver suspected. No clear motive yet though possible advances toward Mrs Wentling and daughter.
An inquest into the death of Roy D. Fertis, 46, of Rockdale, Crawford County, is expected next week in Union City. Deputy Colonel Arthur Crowe and state motor police continued their inquiry after Fertis died from injuries after being thrown from a car between MIN Village and Pollock's bridge. A door opened unexpectedly as he leaned, causing a fractured skull. a companion escaped uninjured. Authorities say a formal inquiry is warranted to resolve unresolved accident points.
President Franklin D Roosevelt plans a highly important radio speech to be broadcast tomorrow night from 12:30 EST. He meets with cabinet to refine the draft and consider bold statements on defense production and possible English defeat. New York Governor Lehman pressed urgency, noting many Americans underestimate the crisis.
Dr Levi Gilbert Altoona's youthful superintendent of schools was named president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association at the three day convention in Harrisburg. He succeeds Laura M Braun of Pittsburgh as the association approved a legislative program for the 1941 session focusing on tenure guarantees, financial security for teachers, and raises. The only other candidate was Dr Charles E Sohl principal of Glenside Weldon Junior High Abington Township.
The Balkans draw renewed attention as Germany adds troops to Romania while Russia concentrates forces along the Romanian border. Baron von Killinger shifts to Bucharest as Bulgaria’s King Boris dismisses high officers, fueling fears of Axis push for access to Turkey and Greece. Military moves reflect a stalled peace conference over control of Danube routes.
Corry's 1940 Christmas Seal drive reached 744 Friday with local leaders confident final results will surpass last year's 784. Eva Kepler reports 789 replies from 1950 seal letters mailed to residents and vicinity, with receipts from seals and pins totaling 744 to date. The drive plans followup letters to enlist more support and asks those not yet contributing to mail checks at once. Funds support local health clinics and home services.
A Standard Oil tanker named Charles Pratt. A crew of 42 Americans. only one hundred and a half lost, twenty known survivors. Capt. Eric Blomquist reported the ship was lost near West Africa. Details remain unclear whether a war weapon or accident caused the sinking. warnings sent to relatives.
Mortimer E. Graham, former county prosecutor, warned 86 attendees at the Masonic Temple about fifth column dangers in the United States. He traced the concept to Troy and described how similar tactics threaten national security, urging vigilance within the county to counter enemy influence. The event featured a turkey dinner by the Corry Civic Orchestra and a program by the Corry chapter.
In Scranton on December twenty eight officials announced a murder and death by own action verdict tied to Eva Gudlohkis, 75, and her sons Tennis Brown, 48, and Joby Brown, 48. The tale centers on an aging mother who allegedly poisoned her dog before harming her sons and herself.
Rome December 28 Axis editor Vir ginio Gayda professing to speak for Germany and Italy cautioned the United States against shipping convoys to Britain by way of Ireland. He called such action an open neutrality violation and an intervention in the war, with direct responsibility on the Washington government.
More than three thousand carpenters on the six million dollar improvement project at Indiantown Gap will receive double pay for a second consecutive Saturday for working beyond the forty hour week. Seven hundred extra carpenters were hired to avoid Saturday work as the Army accelerates completion before February 17.
Harrisburg announced the selective service plan for Pennsylvania. Inductions will total 3,354 men across five state centers, with duties shared among county boards. Draftees from Union City draft board No 3 and other districts will report between January 11 and January 31, under the first month quota.
Naval and aerial actions along the globe push war news toward sea combat. A submarine near Punta Delgada in the Azores reportedly torpedoed a vessel while Germany claims use of the captured British submarine Seal. German sources say five British merchant ships totaling 97,103 tons were sunk by U boats, and a ship named Waiotiva was among those reported sunk. A mystery raider bearing a Japanese name shelled Nauru, hoisted the German flag, and opened fire. The British admiralty reported Allied bombers attacked German shipping in the harbor.
ALTOONA Pa Dec 28 A mail arrested in Reading Springs on a vagrancy charge was jailed for draft law violation after authorities found two different names on his draft registration and social security cards. Police identified him as Howard W Marbeck formerly living in Albion Erie county who had registered as Roy Wy Howe.
U S Department of Labor officials will return to the city Monday for further wage contract discussions with Aero Supply Manufacturing Co and local unions. A preliminary session was held yesterday afternoon as both sides seek to bridge differences before the next conference. Gerald Majid of Dupiurky, Nu, is visiting for the week.
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