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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1941
Page
1
The readable bits show a deferral note and assorted old time grocery prices. Items mention cans and prices like 19c and 15c, with scattered fragments of product names and quantities. The text is garbled and inconsistent, yielding no clear item or event.
Aéro Supply Manufacturing Company is creating its own police force to guard the plant and deter sabotage as national defense orders accelerate. Patrolman William Swan heads the unit, with Harland C. Allen and another member to join. workers will wear badges with photos for entry, and access is restricted as defense measures tighten plant security.
The Air Corps contemplates releasing detailed safety and crash records after 27 Army fliers died in accidents in less than two months. Navy fatalities run about a dozen since mid-December as the service expands to 6,000 officers, 7,000 cadets, and 83,000 enlisted men.
Dallas Texas February 8 death toll from identical blaze that gutted the Salvation Army men's lodge and mission rose to eight as rescue crews cleared charred rooms. About 25 men buried in flames began fleeing to rear exits but found none. Some escaped by wrapping in blankets. others leaped from rear windows to hospitals with burns and broken bones.
The Golden Rule Club plans a big meeting Monday night at the Townsend Club hall to elect officers for the year and discuss credit rating reforms. A film on retail business and the farewell reception for Company A are on the program, with a large attendance urged.
Istanbul February 8 report said Britain warned Bulgaria that Nazi troop transit to attack Greece would trigger bombing of Bulgarian military targets. The note, delivered to Bulgaria’s foreign office by the British minister in Sofia, threatened RAF strikes on railways and key communications if Bulgaria allowed Nazi forces on its soil.
The Board of Education meets in the library basement Monday evening to hear Carl L. Henton report on State School Directors Association reforms from the Harrisburg convention. A petition for use of the Junior High gym for an infantile paralysis polio fund benefit game is to be considered, with Ken neth Jackson and Steel Age testers offering to stage the event if the gym is available. Regular monthly business and routine items fill the agenda with little special business anticipated.
Former Kansas governor Alf Landon told the Senate foreign relations committee Roosevelt aims to gag Senator Wheeler and silence debate on the British aid bill. He condemned government propaganda and warned of further restraints on dissent, labeling the conduct as un-Republican.
RAF bombers again attack Nazi held invasion bases along the Channel ports Dumfrque, Ostend and Calais. A large fires outbreak reported near Boulogne and Dunkerque as weather kept the Luftwaffe on the ground. The nightly raid aimed at ports and shipping facilities, with docks and supply stores heavily targeted.
Sentences will be pronounced February 17 in county court for Pred Schulte Jr of Erie convicted of burglary tied to the Italian American Club theft of slot machines, and Jack Deitsch of Cory who pleaded guilty to perjury after altering testimony during the Schulte case. Deitsch received a deferred sentence to February 17. Schulte faces bond forfeiture or arrest warrant if not appearing. Damian J. McLaughlin, assistant district attorney, issued the order. Stanislaw Deptula and others connected to the case.
Charles Ennis a former Express agent born October 11 1876 and long a resident of Corry died in Rochester where he had lived after leaving this city Funeral services are planned for Tuesday His death brings regret to Corry friends and relatives Also includes a San Francisco ruling denying jobless insurance to workers who refuse to cross picket lines indicating a new Supreme Court decision
Admiral Mineo Osumi Japan’s naval minister since 1932 died in a crash of a naval plane in Kwantung Province China. Six other naval officers including Rear Admiral Hikajiro Suey also perished. The officials were traveling from Canton to Anton Teland to inspect the Chinese front when the crash occurred. The wreckage was found Thursday. Osumi, aged 4, had served in multiple cabinets since 1932 and last led the ministry under Admiral Keisuke Okada until 1936.
Five Justicia Court to hear arguments on a ruling that limited NLRB jurisdiction to the signing of a collective bargaining agreement. The February 20 reopening involves the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal with Judges Clark Goodmaris Jones Biggs.
Babson Park Florida February 5. An older view says four man teams wait to build. The speaker notes a long history of constructing large educational and business buildings, blueprints prepared, reflecting a creative urge and pride in possession. The piece links real estate, builders, and primitive construction instincts to modern housing and industry.
Across the region, consensus holds wood prospects are strong as more factory plans are drawn than in the last decade. Industrial building will surpass any period in ten years, urging would-be homeowners to begin construction soon before prices rise and labor tightens.
The text advises stepping forward now to protect money during inflation. It favors buying a mortgage free Ute house and a backward garden for emergency food. It stresses careful land selection and location that will appreciate over years, with flexible financing if needed.
The text warns that a twenty year government mortgage may not fit all buyers. It notes that women are inclined to purchase by car or aesthetics, but stresses location, land amount, and accessibility outweigh house size. A small geodesic land parcel can be better than a large, poor site.
The article advocates prioritizing modest suburban real estate and productive land during wartime. It urges workers to invest in smaller homes and essentials like blankets over luxury items and large purchases, reflecting a shift from big cars to practical housing and comfort in World War I era economics.
Security in expansion, larger payrolls, and heightened employment accompany a housing boom focused on small homes. Wealthy buyers favor compact salable property over unproductive holdings, with new homes designed for efficiency, utility, and savings, boosting demand for building materials and related industries as costs rise.
Corry Jamestown Manufacturing Co announced Friday that parcel No 5 of the U S Radiator Corp property has been closed for warehouse use. The 45 000 square feet two story unit lies parallel to the P R R tracks and was bought from the Warren Glue Co. Plans include selling other units as the subdivision proceeds. The city showed interest in unit No 5 but failed to reach amicable pricing.
Mrs. Mary Laird, 77, living near Spartansburg, fractured her right hip in a fall at Spartansburg yesterday afternoon. She was taken to Cory hospital for treatment and was pronounced improving this morning. Miss Agnes Cameron of Corry, who had similar injuries from a fall on East Main Street earlier this week, is recovering at Corry hospital in good condition.
Allied dispatches report the collapse of Malian resistance south of Benghazi and a British claim that remaining Axis forces in eastern Libya are surrendering in mass as they retreat toward Tripoli. Greek fronts report Italian forces under pressure with counterattacks failing and Greek patrols taking prisoners along the Albanian front.
February report states a retired minister's 1936 slaying near Downingtown is solved after a Philadelphia gas station robbery suspect, 19 year old Paris S. Staffer, is linked by a clipping found in his pocket describing the fatal shooting. Det Sergeant Tah notes the youth died in the shooting incident.
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