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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1940

Page

3

Warren Man Dies After Auto Struck

Fred O. fluchterman, 82, Warren resident, died at Warren General Hospital after being struck by a car at a street intersection. Coroner Ed Lowrey led the investigation. Driver Mathew Bova, 207 Madison Avenue, said he did not see the man until upon him. The accident caused scalp lacerations, possible skull fracture, and arm injury.

Warren Fred 0. Fluchterman He Warren General Hospital Tochterman Palmeravis Ed Lowrey West FU Avenue Markeleet Mathew Bova Madm Avenue

Revenge Slashing Motive Suspected in Fatal Attack

Thanauln Ped 14 Stanley Onchak, 65, was beaten and stabbed Sunday night in the oil tank field near Grant Street. His neck was slashed and he bore two deep abdominal wounds. Doctors fear for his life as city county and state police hunt two unknown assailants believed to seek revenge or rob him.

Thanauln Stanley Onchak

Glass-paneled heat boxes incubate premature babies

In Pittsburgh, glass paneled heat boxes have saved 25 premature babies in the past 18 months. The homemade incubators, developed by the Public Great NI Association, were first tested on twins and have since prompted requests for diagrams and plans from many regions.

Unites Pittsburgh NI Association

Smokey Joe SzewenyK Found Guilty In Robbery Case

Erie February 14 Walter Smokey Joe Szewenyk 27 was found guilty by an ice county jury of robbery and assault and battery after 37 minutes of deliberation. Foreman E Quinby Potter with 11 men and one woman led the panel. District Attorney Burton R Laut prosecuted. Airborney Joseph V Agresti defended Szewenyk who remains jailed on all counts including breaking and escaping from prison.

Erie Walter Smoky Doe) Szewenyk E. Quinby Potter Shore Drive Sdeweagk Burton R. Laut Commonwealth Airborney Joseph V. Agresti Scheweayk

Storages Manager Knows Cotton Bales at Fabens

Urs Fev 1 Trad facts indicate El Paso Valley Compress Co holds 23 000 cotton bales with manager R H Vickers able to identify each bale by grower and grade. A warehouse map lets him locate any bale instantly for valley growers numbering seven hundred who use the plant.

Fabens el Paso Valley Compress Co R. H. Vickers

Small explosion and fire on oil lease near Titusville

A noon explosion on the Kelly Farm Oil Company lease on Church Run road north of Titusville started a blaze that damaged a sixty barrel tank, with black smoke visible citywide. Firefighters used foamite. losses estimated just over $100. Cause traced to thawing oil lines.

Titus Aubrey Ponter

Buying Power Up 500 Million for Farmers

United Press reports Palmer purchasing power rose about 500 million dollars in the past year. Farmers received 89 percent of the 1910-14 level for their products by mid January while costs of manufactured goods remained low. Wheat, corn, and oats prices per bushel rose in the year ending January 18, 1939, boosting total farm income to 38.518 billion dollars in 1939 from 8.081 billion in 1938.

Fred Bailey United Press Washington Palmer Bureau of Agricultural Economies

Hahn 15 Appointed Os City Postmaster

Os City appoints D Hahn, long time Oil City resident and Venango County party leader, acting postmaster after the death of Michie Murphy in January. Born 1904, he rises as the youngest postmaster in years, with boxing and music background and prior state employment.

Democratic Camnessee Oil City Pruimyjer Dac

Fire damages two porches at Sturgis optical parlor

A blaze started by a distillation apparatus in a water still caused considerable damage to two rear porches of the Stanley F. Sturgis optical parlor on Pennsylvania Avenue, Warner. The fire spread from the lower porch through a storage space to an upper porch where Mrs. Beda Milenius and her daughter Miss Neil Milenius resided. the mother was trapped but escaped through a rear entrance.

Warren Ren Stanley F. Sturgis Warner Pennsylvania Avenue Water Street Beda Milenius Neil M. Milenius

Mayor drops all work to cook oyster stew in hospital day

In Quincy Massachusetts Mayor Thomas S Burgin paused a busy schedule to cook a Cape Cod oyster stew for a city messenger hospitalized after an operation. The mayor canceled appointments to prepare the dish, showing a personal touch amid a hectic day.

Quincy Mass Web Thomas S. Burgin Byrgin Harry W. Tirrell Isi

April Movers Lose Vote In Primary Race

ERIB Feb 0 mili indicates county solicitor Jacob B Heid ruled that residents changing address within 30 days of election cannot vote in the April 29 primary. The ruling affects up to 6000 voters in BrieCity and county who would otherwise register at a new address before the deadline. The legislature recently amended the law requiring registration of a new address 30 days prior to election day. Previously the county commissioners believed voters moving on April 1 could register by March 23, 80 days before the election.

Erib Mili Jacob B. Heid Held M. R. O'Hara The Commonwealth

Red Leader Takes Command On Karelian Front In Finland

Gen B H Shaposhnikov reportedly ordered by Stalin to press Finnish war to quick victory regardless of losses. In Brockton Massachusetts Mrs Lewis Chapman aged 23 is a grandmother with ten children including son Lewis who married at 17 and recently became a father.

Finland B. H. Shaposhnikov Josef Stalin Brockton, Mass Lewis Chapman Lewis

Plan Uniform Procedure In Safety Patrol

Corry age safety patrol leaders consider adopting uniform standards to reduce accidents. State authorities note patrols lack consistency at crossings with varied positions flags and core designs. Proposals call for direct foot patrol, eliminating jaywalking, keeping children on sidewalks, discouraging rides, and aiding in assembly recess and drills. Nearly 3,000 miles of khali woven in England to clothe new soldiers.

Corry Aia Jay England

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