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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1940
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions payment of 185.00 and 50.00 due late, with references to a dealer and gelatine. The readable items include a March time frame and amounts, but the context is incomplete and names or clear events are not present.
Washington dispatches report federal WPA plans to hire 23 500 workers in Pennsylvania to boost projects across Allegheny Erie Fayette Lackawanna Luzerne Northumberland Philadelphia Schuylkill and Westmoreland counties. Gov Harrington criticizes WPA politics while Democratic lawmakers seek local project sponsorship to meet 87 percent of state relief needs. The Erie area would add 250 jobs with $17 500 in county funds vs a $5 500 sponsor share.
United Press dispatch from Somerset Pennsylvania details a one year old girl found freezing near an outbuilding while attempting to watch her father. Ada Bangis reported to be recovering as doctors treat frostbite on her ears, hands, and feet.
Bulleting London says several Royal Air Force planes conducted reconnaissance flights over Helgoland last night. London notes German submarine and mine warfare sank five British and 15 neutral ships in the week ending February 18, with odds 472 to one against sinking any ship using a British convoy. Montevideo reports claim either the Deutschland or the Admiral Scheer raiding in South Atlantic waters. A Rotterdam radio note says the Dutch ship Tara carrying grain for the government sank off the French coast after an explosion.
Officials led by J J Burke and Chief Fisnigen announced steps to reestablish school safety patrols. Lectures were given at public and parochial schools about patrol operations and the need for parental approval before service. Patrols will safeguard young students crossing busy streets, with motorist cooperation essential for success.
A fresh clash erupts as propaganda efforts and tactical maneuvers intensify along the Rhine front. Reports indicate renewed exchanges between opposing forces with heightened operational activity and shifted positions.
Meyerink Co announces rebuilding of the Columbus mill after the December 22 fire that destroyed the previous plant. Roy Gravink says construction will start mid May on a modern grist mill at the former site, with truck service to continue until operation resumes. The firm aims for summer construction and possible fall completion, keeping pace with patrons in the Columbus district.
A tor rific explosion reported today near here at the Ponew Airegrarks Cuin Dany killed several and injured many. Police said hospitals were seeking doctors as evacuees flooded the area with lines forming for care.
Unofficial returns show Sam Houston Jones, a political outsider, defeating Huey Long's successor Earl Long in the Democratic primary. The result ends the Long-era machine and signals a push to end alleged corruption, with Jones promising to drive the rascal out of office and overhaul state government.
Joe Abrams and Mike Glavis with Mrs Lillian Glavis faced arraignment over alleged shoplifting at Bernstein Brothers store. Glavis and the woman pleaded guilty to petty larceny with sentence suspended after restitution. Abrams pleaded not guilty to being accomplice and was held for a later hearing. State police suspect a widespread shoplifting ring tied to the Glavis apartments in Titus.
Police in San Mateo identify a young woman found yesterday under suspicious circumstances in Lovers Lane. The victim has a fractured skull, a towel nearby, and signs of blunt force injury. Investigators pursue a possible relation to a prior acquaintance and request public assistance.
By United Press report the European war neared a new peak as Red army planes dropped hundreds of bombs on Pajala a Swedish church town near the Finnish frontier. Buildings burned and several houses were destroyed with multiple injuries reported amid snowbound visibility.
King, a 26 year old resident near Lottsville, jumped from a loaded gravel truck just as an eastbound Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train struck the vehicle at Colza crossing. The truck was demolished, the locomotive’s cowling damaged, yet King escaped with shock and no serious injuries. The WPA project truck, owned by Michael Drobneck of Columbus, had been hauling gravel from Warmer to Baker Fork. The train continued after a short delay for repairs at Spring Creek.
Frank P Blair retired Corry grocer died this morning at his West Church street home after influenza and pneumonia. Born in Corry in 1870 he built a local retail crokery business on East Main Street and retired in 1925. He leaves wife Grace Ranney Blair a son Francis D Blair two daughters Mrs Leo Mulderick and Mrs Jack MacTunes a brother and sister Mrs Sarah Pennell and others. Funeral at St Huesbeth’s church Saturday at 9 and burial in St Elizabeth’s cemetery.
Snow and cold hamper game in Somerset, Payette and Cambria counties as a Kaplangoday air drop provides several hundred pounds of food to stranded wildlife. In Harrisburg, an acquittal by the NYA of a major diner marks a shift in the Shippensburg Work Center expansion led by NYA Director Walter Cow Dye.
Washington reports that twenty four House members circulated a letter inviting Wollessues to a conference on unemployment scheduled for Monday. They deny forming a bloc, stating the gathering aims to work out actions to address the era's great employment problem.
Avrank VanTascel and other newly elected officers of the Golden Rule Club will formally assume duties at the February meeting of the business men's exchange next Monday evening. The event will be at the V. F. W. Home on West Washington Street. Mrs. Donald Stewart urges members to attend for unfinished business and merchant projects on the agenda. An invitation to the Corry Regional Committee is extended for joint discussions on shared projects. A Swiss steak dinner will precede the 6:30 start of the meeting.
Clifton M. Howard and Sidney B. Elston appeared before the Erie County Board on behalf of Cory Hospital to seek funds for indigent care. The board noted prior aid of 100 for bedding and approved 4,000 for St. Vincent's and Hamet hospitals from the institutional levy, with any extra aid to be shared by Erie hospitals and Cory Institution if funds permit. A further appeal is hoped for next year to ease Cory Hospital's free care burden.
Pittsburgh February 21 The Weather Bureau reported only nominal rises on the Allegheny and Ohio rivers while the Monongahela fell. The ice gorge on the Allegheny at Parkers Landing remained. Parkers Landing river stage stood at 174 feet, a few feet below flood level as temperatures hovered 20 to 24 degrees.
School officials report steady gains in the Cory High band uniform campaign with about 4750 raised toward the goal. Band director Carlton Chaffee announces an all orange coat with gold and black trim, to be purchased from B. Ward Company of New London once funding completes, with uniforms estimated at 24.85 dollars each and measurements taken Thursday.
Public: Debentures offering announced by Bethlehem Corp with terms stated as public subscriptions. Prospective buyers are invited to submit bids. details reference dates and placement plans for NY and nearby markets.
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