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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1940
Page
6
A report mentions the Air Club meeting set for Monday evening at the VF building. It cites Pittsburgh area rail income up for the year, a large surplus after appropriations, and stock value. Also listed are local police, vehicle license updates, a car maker's interest, a ship museum visit, and various crime and public safety notes.
Harrisburg February 28. The Department of Highways lists grade crossing eliminations under the 1941 Federal program. The plan covers 7.53 miles of highway work including relocation of three miles of railroad on Route 30 Adams County. An underpass is proposed for Catherine Street in Ebensburg and widening and overhead reconstructions on Route 22. Additional projects target crossings on Routes 31 in Washington County, Route 51 in Allegany County, Route 22 in Lehigh County, and Route 30 in Lancaster County among others.
Prof Alfred J Mooney longtime Warren resident cofounder of Warren Conservatory of Music dies after months long illness at his home 16 Genewan-igo avenue Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 30 pm He led First Methodist choirmaster roles in Warren Festival Chorus Mendelssohn Chorus and taught voice Survived by wife two brothers and a sister Also a note on parsley as iron rich garnish not relevant to obituary data.
Corry Senior High and St Edward's High students enter the American Legion essay contest. Essays must be 800 to 1000 words on "The Contribution of the American Form of Government to Democracy" and judged on form, research, and preparation. Medals and scholarships are awarded, with special Legion scholarships for children of disabled veterans.
Funeral services in memory of Mrs. Mary Ey Ruhl, who died Tuesday at Jamestown, were held yesterday at 2 PM in the Bracken-Keating chapel with Rev. Gilbert L. Boyd officiating. Interment was in Pine Grove mausoleum. Attending were William Lewis, Charles Craker, Ralph Ely, Mark Patchen, the Altruistic Circle, Herman Bates of Jamestown New York, and Mark Patchen with daughter Virginia Ann of Waterford.
Grove City Pa Feb 23 Officials of the Grove Cuy Brass and Bronze Company report four castings for 4000 rubber horse boots to the Finnish army are shipping from Castle Rubber Company of Buller. The 18 inch high boots are laced with sawhide to protect hooves from corrosive mud gas used by the Russian army in Finland. In Kane Feb 23 John Baumeratz four year old son of Mr and Mrs Robert Baumeratz of Tacinda is in serious condition after a sled accident fracturing his skull at a building side. admitted to Community Hospital at noon.
Pittsburgh February 23 two teen suspects confess to staging a daylight jewelry robbery at a Lebanon home netting ten thousand dollars in gems. Richard Evans 17 son of former Hampden County judge John Evans and John Kernan 18 were seized with Robert Porter 17 as detectives close in on possible further crimes.
The department reports heavy roadwork with 3883.77 miles of Black top on the State highway system. Builders used 19,724,089 gallons of bituminous materials and treated 256 miles of highway with a dust layer, requiring 783,343 gallons of dust and 1,088,420 pounds of palmitol chloride for dust control. Surface treatment cost totaled 2,075,006 dollars and covered 15,529 miles of borough streets and 27.04 miles of other routes, with 1298.28 miles on the flat system.
Harrisburg reports NYA enrollment surged this year, with over 60,000 youths in the program and a total rise of 14,000 from the previous year. The out-of-school work program employs 22,000 youths in construction production service and clerical fields, while 98,000 students are working part-time to support education, up from 34,000 last year.
President Roosevelt plans another day of fishing from the cruiser Tuscaloosa near an undisclosed island in the Pacific on February 23. He fished yesterday morning before the ship's Washington's arthorsy program began, catching two small fish and three sequoils that attached his bait.
A compact classified style notice lists services including money to loan, mortgages, auto loans and financing with reduced payments. It mentions Marine Bank contact details and an additional live and dressed poultry sale item with a listed phone number.
Wholesale market activity was moderate with apples largely steady from No 1 grades, MacIntosh and other varieties quoted from $1 to $1.25. Cabbage, onions, and potatoes posted steady ranges. Florida and Arizona crates cited at several dollars per crate or bushel. East Buffalo livestock and New York stock lists show assorted price levels, with hogs, cattle, and sheep moving modestly.
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