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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1941
Page
6
City notes report a performance by a mystic at the Rex Theatre and a busy week with charity drives for infantile paralysis, Valentine’s Day preparations, and several minor incidents including a small house fire and a sprained ankle. Train crowds head to winter sports near Salamanca. Red Cross meetings and cemetery association plans set for Tuesday.
Erie attorney Thomas W. Barber delivered an inspiring address at Sunday’s St Thomas Ushers Society dinner meeting, marking a reorganization in a parish group. More than 100 men attended with Swiss steak served by St Thomas ladies and St Edward’s students assisting.
Sranlin reports northwestern Pennsylvania has received more snow this season than in all of last winter. State highway officials note higher costs for snow clearing and road maintenance. State police warn motorists to carry chains as roads remain slippery despite plowing amid heavy winds and drifting.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 1 30 in the Bracken Keating chapel in memory of Mrs Abagail Hulings 34 who died at Corry hospital Friday morning Rev Robert Nichols of Spartansburg officiated Burial was in West Spring Creek cemetery with bearers George Imhoff Alber Imhoff Kenneth Dunn and Herman Dunn Attending from out of town were Mr and Mrs Norman Duhane Stephen of Warren Mr and Mrs Stephen Dunn and Kenneth Dunn of Saybrook and others from West Spring Creek and Spring Creek township
State enforcement officers led by Cass W. Newell conducted raids in New Castle over the weekend. Eleven liquor sales spots were targeted in the county and city districts. The operation involved multiple squads and locations, with no arrests reported in the readable text.
Hollywood’s Academy lists nominations for a 13th year with Bette Davis Joan Fontaine Katherine Hepburn Ginger Rogers Martha Scott among lead actresses. Male contenders include Charles Chaplin Henry Fonda James Stewart and Lionel Barrymore. Best Picture nominees feature All This and Heaven Too, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Dictator and Our Town.
Meadville Feb 10 The Crawford county road building program for 1941 under state highway department engineers may include two highways improved for military transport and linking routes. Route 12 is a military highway. Route 22 may become one. Route 19 between Pittsburgh and Erie would gain six foot berms, with other upgrades north of Meadville and south of Franklin.
A Kenmore man Elmer G. Drewery 48 and his son William 14 died after their car was struck by a Baltimore Ohio passenger train a mile north of Salamanca. Edward Joseph Maruszewski 23 of Buffalo died from injuries in another local crash. Rose B. Drewery Miriam Drewery and Dr. Robert H. Roehl were hospitalized with injuries. The Drewerys were en route to Bradford Pa to visit Mrs Drewerys brother.
An alvees camper fracture table, a modern hospital device costing 760 dollars, was donated to Oil City Hospital by the Hospital Aid led by president Mrs. A. Tory Peterson. The unit, installed in the operating room, combines operating and fracture table functions with a crane, and supports X ray use before, during and after surgery.
State relief rolls rose with 3,146 net new cases in the week ended February. Openings and closings in WPA related cases produced a net unfavorable balance of 560, while private industry openings reduced the adverse effect. Total expenditures reached 802,207 in grants with 844,431 paid in cash and 47,886 in cash equivalent mille orders. County offices reported 6,051 general assistance applications, down 706 from the prior week.
Answers listed in a garbled reader page contain multiple items and scrambled names. Key readable entries include a date 4 July 1940 segment references an Americary Expeditionary panel and a Port Sumter South Carolina location. The rest shows misspellings and uncertain names such as Linala Aunor Brown and Jacksonvitte.
Streets Director Harry Klebey reported Saturday in his annual Erie report that the city’s disposal plant handled more than nine billion gallons of sewage last year. The sewage flowed from Erie and nearby townships including Lawrence Park Millcreek and Gresham township and payments totaling 4,672.09 from Servite G and Lawrence Park Wesleyville and Greenfield townships plus 1,106.65 from Millcreek were recorded. Diefendorf noted the city contributed 7 41 093 755 gallons of sewage.
A large shepherd named Doe Strand fell through thin ice near the Warren Pa airport on Saturday. Unable to reach safety, the dog broke through repeatedly while a crowd watched. Volunteers tried using planks, then firefighters arrived. a fireman crawled onto the ice and hauled the dog to safety.
Pittsburgh markets report fruit and vegetable prices with apples and staymans around 1.25 to 1.35, Cortlands and Baldwins near 1.10 to 1.25, Russet potatoes and Maine Chippewas listed, butterfat prices unspecified. Buffalo livestock show 9300 hogs with steady to up to 10 cent gains, beef cattle active and firm, calves and sheep mixed. New York stock market shows broad inactivity with little demand and a long list of leading companies advancing or slipping in price observed the day.
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In a tense boxing of local teams in the vicinity, Lond Miller, Warren and Bradford battle for supremacy as fans anticipate a key night at Girard with several teams tied in the standings. Spectators expect strong scoring and strategic plays from the rival squads.
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