Fragmentary notice from Sheffield marriage record
Incomplete OCR text mentions Sheffield and Mr and Mrs names amid a sequence of dates and locales, indicating a civil or church ceremony notice with missing details.
02 Jan 1941
Page 1
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1941
Page
1
Incomplete OCR text mentions Sheffield and Mr and Mrs names amid a sequence of dates and locales, indicating a civil or church ceremony notice with missing details.
Clare Amne highlights special week events with community focus and local engagement. Details remain fragmented but indicate scheduled activities and a public audience in the town.
The readable text fragment references names like Bobvey and Cibral with unclear context. The item appears to be a damaged OCR snippet from a local newspaper page lacking a coherent event, date, or location. No verifiable details beyond these garbled words are present.
Brief item notes broad backing for a municipal housing plan in the city. Mentions a condensed “Glance Theatre of War” and scattered headlines from national and local briefs, including labor, relief costs, and a baby prize highlight, all reflecting wartime civic focus.
Definite action may follow at a Golden Rule Club dinner meeting at a Cong home next Monday. The town faces a housing shortage as employment rises, prompting the Corry Regional Committee to consider a program offering incentives for new homes. Attorney Walter H. Scott handles preliminaries, with plans focusing on stimulating individual home building rather than mass construction. A committee could be formed to push definite steps, backed by local merchants and several interested organizations.
John Garner the retiring vice president returned to Washington on January 2 and almost immediately sought an audience with President Roosevelt. The White House stated the meeting was arranged by request of the president.
Early congressional reaction favored a broad program of monetary legislation from federal reserve officials. The plan seeks repeal of greenback laws, curbs presidential power to adjust dollar value, and aims to facilitate eventual balancing of the federal budget.
Associated Press reports snow slide on Rustler's Peak in Wasatch mountains near Salt Lake City. Workmen probed a 50 foot snowpile to confirm fatalities after a party led by Kenneth C. Wright of Salt Lake City to Siders in the area. One man is missing.
Washington Jan. 2 The Seventy sixth Congress ends its 863 day session amid disputes over national defense taxation foreign policy and monetary questions. Senate Majority Leader Barkley seeks confirmation of J Warren Madden to the court of claims while Taft opposes. Leaders plan to adjourn without a concurrent resolution as a new Congress convenes tomorrow and will not start business immediately.
The Army plans to ask Congress for about 3 billion dollars to expand its armament drive. Requests include 1 billion for 3,600 more bombers assembled in midwestern plants, 1.6 billion for guns tanks and other gear for a 2 million man force, and 400 million for more munitions plants. The program aims for standby production akin to Britain's shadow plants, supplementing 84 existing facilities funded last summer.
A crew of 100 NYA workers recruited across the state will begin work within days on a large airplane hangar and aviation machines shop near Williamsport Municipal Airport. The project aims to expand air maintenance and storage facilities, signaling growth in regional aviation services.
New Year's Day was enjoyed indoors and outdoors as mild weather kept youngsters from snow play. City residents attended parties and dances, Stanford Hose Company held open house with a large dinner, while many spent the day visiting and playing cards. Normal business resumes as schools reopen Monday.
The Dies committee labeled the German American Bund as patterned on Hitler’s ruthless military setup. It cited a confidential manual found with G Wilhelm Kunze detailing drill rules for the Bund’s unformed orderly service and urging fanatic crusades against Jewish Marxism, though members were forbidden to arm.
In Camden New Jersey Patrick J Carrigan 70 was found slain on a lot near his shack in the shanty town where he lived since his wife’s death four years ago Detectives named neighbor Frank Swanbery 40 as a murder suspect In New York Winston Churchill was named Time magazines man of the year for 1940 in its June issue
Ohio Concern announces purchase of the former U. S. Radiator Corporation plant in Warren Ohio. He plans to subdivide Third Ward site to lure new industries and discuss the Carly dispute as representatives from the Chicago company visit within days to finalize terms and explore joint development.
Thirty seven unemployed Investigated the few national drives classes at the Hotel Voen uuial school, including twenty one now engaged on WPA jobs in the city and nearby. Defense classes continue daily through Christmas recess with daytime sessions as schools close. The program focuses on local needs and uses the Cory defense system as a model for smaller cities. Orville Alexander of Fre replaces Albert Anderson as machine shop practice instructor.
Berlin sources deny a break between Germany and the Vichy government of France. They say Fernand de Brine and Otto Abern remain in contact and that as long as those two men communicate, a permanent rupture cannot be claimed.
An eight year old boy Vincent O Brien and a man died in a Philadelphia fire that tore through a city rooming house. The boy's father Harry O'Brien 45 was burned and hospitalized after leaping from the third floor. Beatrice Sidenberg 56 owner suffered facial burns. A second item reports John P F Dunlap 75 retired bishop and former Albright College president died of a heart attack in Williamsport Pa.
Suzanne Ruth Renskers wins 1941 awards in a local celebration. The event notes her arrival at a city address and ties to Corry merchants, Cony hospital birth, and family details with festive New Year imagery.
Associated Press reports a holiday period with at least 210 deaths from violence and accidents. The tally includes 10 traffic fatalities, drownings, falls, shootings, and a railroad accident in Pennsylvania. Christmas and Christmas Eve produced the highest counts, with totals over 600 across the two-day span. State tallies list California 17, New York 13, New Jersey 10, and Maryland 2 among others.
Prominent lawmakers left Congress at session end to return to private life, resuming farming and other pursuits. A dozen senators and about 70 House members began retirement or entered private life as they ended their official duties. In Bloomsburg Pennsylvania an accident report notes Bruce Berger and a friend escaped serious injury when their car plunged 75 feet over a hillside embankment.
A multi-vehicle crash on Route 6 at Range’s Corners near Carry, five miles west of Carry, involved Gilbert Peterson and A. G. Sorenson. Peterson’s car struck Neutwall and overturned. Peterson and wife Cora, Willam Bloss, and Pearl Goodwill were treated. Peterson’s wife died later. Sorenson and daughter were hospitalized. A Bellevue resident narrowly escaped injury. both cars suffered heavy damage. The rookie misinterpretation of another driver’s intentions was cited as a factor.
Fragmented dispatch reports bombs dropped around Dublin killing three people and injuring several others. Nearby towns including Carlow and Kildare were affected. Curragh area sustained damage and rail lines were disrupted. another unrelated item notes a Pittsburgh motorist's fatal heart attack while driving.
Allied wire service notes Nazi air forces and crews deployed to assist Italy in the Mediterranean. Reports claim German raids targeted Bremen and other fronts while Bulgaria’s Bogdan Philot travels to Vienna for talks. Observers cite Berlin plans for broader Axis offensive as Belgrade and London monitor rumors and troop movements.
Washington legislators pressed for stronger social security for older Americans. Debates focused on a flat federal grant of 20 or 90 dollars monthly for those over 60 and shifting to a 2-to-1 federal-state contribution, with Senator Downey backing a plan to send funds from the federal to states.
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