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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1940
Page
3
Fragmented OCR text suggests a municipal discussion on increasing revenue by roughly $19,000 to fund improvements. numbers and codes scattered indicate tentative figures and street-level notes without clear context or dates.
Harvard sophomore Webster N. Jones was located by mountain rangers and CCC workers after a 28 hour search in freezing conditions on Mount Washington near Crawford Notch New Hampshire. He was found on a stretcher in serious condition and lives in Pittsburgh as son of Dr W N Jones of Carnegie Institute of Technology.
The Bureau of Agriculture predicts a continued decline in hog production through 1941. A weaker hog price to corn price ratio dragged hog feeding in late 1929 into 1940, with 1938 pig crop at 94.3 million, up 19 percent from 1938. Cattle on feed rose in 1940, while sheep and lambs in feed increased. dry weather and drought reduced winter forage, squeezing profits for meat producers.
Forty days of Lent begin Ash Wednesday with fasting and penitence across Catholic churches. Rev Jobe Mark Gannon urges observance. abstinence rules apply on all Wednesdays and Fridays. Confession and Holy Communion are urged between the first Sunday of Lent and Trinity Sunday.
Erie February session opens with forty eight cases on the criminal court calendar. District Attorney Burn A. Laub reports the list may rise to about sixty as more docket items are added in the coming days. Included are assault and battery, larceny, fraudulent conversion and other minor offenses. Oswalds Tenall, organizer at Jamestown, N Y, is slated for trial next week after three postponements. A labor disturbance at Erie Casket Company prompted arrests on West 2nd Street, with a riot charge carrying potential penalties.
Erie City Assessor Andrew Stayt said he would oppose any plan to sell GX-reclaimed properties below their assessed value to avoid harming the city. Sterrett noted that 5,500 parcels, about one-eighth of the city land, would revert to the city for taxes on June 6, amid proposals by Finance Director Paul Watson and others to authorize sales at reduced values to raise quick funds. Mayor Charles R. Bacher did not back the plan.
Ten men fell ill with food poisoning after a City Mission dinner on Saturday. Rev. GM Van Arnam, assistant superintendent, reported yesterday. Ernest Abrams and William Mack were in Ham Hospital. conditions described as fairly good. Other stricken individuals received medical attention and were reported improving. A second item notes a dwarf-like calf weighing ten pounds at birth and related farm sighting in Whistler.
Scores of motorists took to Presque Isle bay Sunday sparking fears of a dangerous practice. Authorities found no law barring driving on thin ice though vigilance remains. Some drivers ventured onto Say Street and midline east line while others circled the harbor area as time and weather allowed. Fort Worth report includes baby photo feature and classified ads tease.
The firm of White & Mitchell, granted Cambridge Springs borough, contemplates drilling a gas test well at Union City. Municipal authorities landowners and citizens approve and cooperate, expecting benefits from thorough gas exploration as efforts continue amid progress.
Emergency crop and feed loans are now available through the Farm Credit Administration for Erie County. Applications are being received at the offices of Mrs Emma Ward in Union City and Louis Pease in North East. Loans target farmers with small cash needs who cannot obtain credit elsewhere, due to drought or flood conditions this year.
Reports indicate expansion of airmail pickup to a new route from Pittsburgh to Dunkirk and Butte if plans proceed. Erie, Cleveland, Toledo and Chicago are slated for afternoon service, with earlier collection in Philadelphia, New York and Washington. Local officials note rising airmail volume and savings for patrons, and a dedicated airmail drop box has been installed at the post office.
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