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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1942
Page
3
Bi partisan measure to suspend or modify state laws for wartime needs fuels debate in Harrisburg. Governor James seeks broad powers via Defense Council report to accelerate the war effort, with opponents calling the plan a dangerous Hitlerlike overreach and urging caution in granting legislative authority.
The Erie County School Directors hold their 48th annual convention Thursday in the courthouse. Maurice Kolplen, county schools superintendent, announced the arrangement. The morning session opens at 10 o clock with president Clax ence T Brysn presiding.
Prompt work by the owner saved the farm home of Paul Clark near Steadman Hill northeast of the city on the road to Blue Corn news. Sparks from the chimney set fire to the top causing about $200 damage with a ten foot square hole burned in the shingle roof. Local firemen aided by booster tank kept the flames from spreading further.
February 19 Harrisburg report on a bill by Senator John M. Walker to require two to five hours of military training weekly for all physically able male public high school students. The program would be run by the state adjutant general starting the first Tuesday of January 1988, with conscientious objectors allowed. Walker called the measure crazy, while Democratic leaders criticized it as a grave request in state history and noted its similarity to a defeated 1941 anti sabotage plan.
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