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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
2
The Ghar Township Road District shows a January 2 1940 balance of 120.34 with year start at 427.0. Receipts reached 13,919.26 against expenses of 14,594.92. Also noted are local notices of community deaths taxes and various small ads and updates from Erie and surrounding townships including personnel changes, court hearings, and shop ads.
Andrey Ho Fraser, a longtime resident of Sheilian, died last night at age 80 from natural causes. He ran a hardware store for many years. The War Lodge No. 233 holds¯ regular meetings and a committee was named to cooperate with the Finnish Relief Fund, led by Burgess R. Steber.
Local note reports Ellis officials plan a regular meeting at 8 p m Thursday January 4. Ruth Litton 47 daughter of Mark Beatty of near Utlea was found dead in a neighbor’s ball seat from a heart attack. Margaret McDannel four Oil City admitted to City hospital after being found unconscious at home. condition described as spillout by staff. Crawford County commissioners to sit as board of revision in Tinsville for four days next week to hear assessments for coal tax purposes. Prices listed include lamb for stew 10c 16, bulk jard 3 1bs 25c, wieners 19c lb, sauerkraut 5c lb. Meadville city market notes Keystone Bee Company volunteers the department unit serving Meadville’s fifth ward. police lock up the bull ring housing the company’s lock due to complaints of sowdyism.
Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison told the House naval appropriations subcommittee that his plan to empower the president to commandeer factories and materials for national defense is a routine part of preparedness and not a call for entering a war. The proposal faced Republican skepticism on opening day of Congress.
Philadelphia June 4 more than 1000 prominent Pennsylvanians attended a testimonial dinner for Chief Justice John W Kephart of the State Supreme Court. Kephart retired Monday after 21 years on the high tribunal.
January 4 report says the United States steamer Executive, a 5109 ton liner operating from New York, was held at Gibraltar and 13000 feet of pure nickel tubing seized as a prize. The seizure action was confirmed in a brief dispatch.
The Prison Labor Division of the State Department plans a 330 acre vegetable farm at Rockview Prison Farm for 1940. Vegetables include peas tomatoes spinach beans cabbage and corn. The project supports Prison Industry and gardens are readied for planting.
A 45 year old woman, Edna Tiel, died from burns suffered when her dress caught fire while she prepared the evening meal. Her 93 year old father attempted a rescue but could not prevent her death in Pittsburgh on January 4.
Harrisburg reports mailed to employers under Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law cover the final quarter of 1989. All employers must file by January 31, 1940 to qualify for the credit against the Federal tax. Delinquent contributors face full federal tax plus state contributions, effectively a 90 percent penalty. The article also notes a separate item on the earth's atmosphere extending at least 120 miles.
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