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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1941
Page
3
A small blaze at a Jaint location left one person deafened and fire crews contained the flames. A resident reported initial smoke and flames, and emergency responders arrived promptly to extinguish the fire and assess damage.
President Roosevelt reshuffles the diplomatic corps with John G. Winant named ambassador to Great Britain and Clarence Gauss moving to China. William Dawson and Anthony J. Drexel Biddle receive new ambassadorial posts in Uruguay and Poland respectively. Alexander Kirk becomes minister to Egypt. The era also notes Mas Eschbach’s marriage after a transport crash incident involving Baptdite Pittsburgh hotel legacy.
Corry and Union City youths, led by volunteers, prepare for Boy Scout Week as a national push stresses democracy, self reliance, and emergency readiness. The movement touts 47 000 units, past wartime service, and ongoing efforts to strengthen local communities against threats to freedom.
Cory Junior High announces a winter dance themed by patriotic colors to be held Saturday evening in the junior high gym. Tickets are invited for AU high school students and select invitations will go to those outside the school for the junior senior prom planning.
Harrisburg February report of the State School Directors Association resolutions committee proposes changes to the tenure act. It would allow dismissal for Communist party membership subversive teaching or other American activity. It backs prohibiting textbooks condemned as subversive unless proven otherwise and demands state certification of all social science texts. Also urged is repeal of the federal law requiring school boards to pay half salaries for teachers drafted or enlisted, up to 2000 dollars, to aid financially distressed districts.
A Georgia Bond led committee with Junior Davis Kath lee Peiffer and Jeannette Machas selected Washington information from the school library. Dorothy Stormes found an Life of Washington article in The American Educator. Fourth graders with perfect seven times arithmetic were Jeannette Machao Joe Hughes Dorothy Stormes Worms Jean Nantes Arwood Hayden James Varasso. Recent malaria studies show the disease kills by turning blood to thick slime that blocks vessels and strains the heart.
Harold Falleryife 50 will plead guilty next week to the Jungle’s fire slaying last year. District Attorney Burton R. Laub says Patterson will enter a first degree murder plea with possible sentence ranging from 10 to 20 years if convicted. Patterson, in county prison, confessed to the killing after a prior, mistaken accusation against another man. A safety advisory about chimney fires follows, urging proper maintenance to prevent sparks amid old asphalt shingles.
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