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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1941
Page
6
A club dinner meeting is scheduled at six thirty on Monday at the VF. Bal is the host and announces the event as a formal gathering with members expected to attend.
A digest of community items from Spring Creek Pa notes residents visiting relatives in Jamestown and Corry. Measles cases reported, draft registrations updated, and a Social Security outreach planned at the Erie post office. Local schools resume after Christmas break and tax forms arrive for 1940 filings.
Two Erie inmates had parole requests denied by the state parole board. Names and exact sentences are unclear from the fragment, but references indicate multiple prisoners from Erie were rejected for parole while others faced related mentions of forgery and varying sentence terms.
A 17 year old James Willard Porter of Washington near Pittsburgh was held on a federal warrant after admitting writing extortion letters to Betty Grable and others. The messages threatened harm unless $2,000 was paid by Christmas. Porter admitted composing about 16 letters seeking membership in the Yellow Hornets Club and issuing injury threats if funds were not provided. Delayed arraignment pending U.S. Commissioner review, with family calling the act a childish prank.
A dense list of radio programs across NBC CBS and local stations outlines daily schedules. Highlights include Alfred Wallenstein conducting, Symphony broadcasts, New York Philharmonic, IndianapolIs Symphony, Kostelites, and various talk shows and dramatic readings. The note closes with a remark on Pacific currents being less marked than Atlantic ones.
Christian H. Reichert age 69 of 937 West 26th street died from injuries after an auto crash at 26th and Liberty streets December 1. His wife Mary Ann Reichert also died previously. Reichert’s death brings Erie’s 1940 fatality toll to 22, tied with 1930. Driver Oscar Metz, 49, of 2420 Phun street, reported turning onto Liberty from 26th. Also notes a record cattle tally of 74,901,000 head nationwide.
May Christie, famed author of Luxury Model and There is Tomorrow, begins a new serial Honeymoon Pref erred in the Journal next week. Her varied background includes travels across Scotland, China, Australia, Africa, and Europe, with writing done on locations from a Hollywood porch to Long Island shores. Christie’s global experience and prolific output have built a vast readership eager for the new story.
Coroner W. G. Stroble continues an inquest into the death of six year old Carol Marie Whipple, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Whipple Sr, who was fatally struck December 23 by Edward Surovieh, age 20, on the Perry highway near her home. Surovieh was released by state motor police and the coroner awaits the investigation outcome.
Advertises selling any business with thirty five years of experience. Offers writing to Watters at Post Office Box 187 Meadville Pennsylvania for details on sale. Attaches no location limits and claims ability to broker any business.
The Stile Bar Association in Hershey Pennsylvania opened its two day mid winter session with committees drafting a legislative program. A debate over workers compensation reforms featured Decree Detweller of Salina who opposed raising benefits above the 1939 level. A discussion of possible bill introductions was the meeting’s final item. The reference to the Orinano river sources appeared as a quoted note.
Buffalo market report shows hogs steady with 190 to 210 pounders at 7.75, cattle strong week with yearlings at 10.50 to 12.25, cows 5.25 to 8.75, vealers 13.50 to 12.50, and lambs rising. Pittsburgh produce notes list apples and potatoes with steady to higher quotes, peaches and corn prices, and various Russet and Spartan potato values.
Scattered names, dates, and places appear with mixed sports references. Individuals from Moran New York City Havana Shark City and Chicago are mentioned along with dates such as June 22 and June 14. The text lacks coherent structure and clear outcomes.
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