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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1940
Page
1
Sub zero cold grips the region as the mercury falls to as low as 20 degrees below zero. Two to three feet of snow blankets hills creating ideal ski and toboggan conditions with crowds enjoying winter sports despite a bleak forecast and persistent winds. local ice rinks struggle to stay usable as cold snaps extend into the coming week.
United Press reports a joint New York and Pennsylvania interstate cooperation meeting in New York City to align regulations and reduce trade barriers. Commerce Secretary Richard P Brown is cited as minimizing friction while legislators' cabinet officers seek broader cooperation. Harold C Oster heads the New York group.
Washington January 8 Roosevelt nominated Joe E Geuss veteran American consul general at Shanghai to be the United States first minister to Australia The formal announcement followed establishing diplomatic ties between the United States and Australia Also details of the new post and dates appear in the dispatch from Washington lodged with officials
In Somerset Pennsylvania a blaze claimed the lives of sisters Christine age 4 and Barbara Jean Baker age 6, while their parents Claude and Mrs. Baker suffered serious burns while attempting to rescue them from the burning house.
Harrisburg June 8 State motor police check of about 9000 official vehicle inspection stations led to 920 cancellations and recommendations to suspend around 1000 more for irregularities. Col Cecil M Wilhelm deputy police commissioner said 7500 stations were under trooper supervision last week with findings sent to Revenue Secretary William H Hamilton. Investigations cited issuing windshield stickers without inspections to boost gasoline sales and other motives. Unreasonable demands for costly repairs and favoritism were also found among some operators.
Al Capone, former Chicago gang chieftain, left Union Memorial Hospital after a month of paresis treatment and moved to a duplex cottage near Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore. Dr Joseph Earl Moore reported improvement but cautioned the illness remains dangerous and the success of treatment uncertain.
In Hillsville Pa on Sunday coal truck driver Sam Gesperont, 30, was killed when his rig collided with a stalled auto and struck Heasley’s restaurant. The crash injured a bystander and left emergency responders at the scene.
Washington Jan 8 congress agreed to postpone new taxes for three months while panels pursue hearings. Senate moves to probe Roosevelt budget. Doughton to push three year recprocal trade talks with Hull as first witness. Labor unions urge repudiation of current agreements. Argentina talks collapse may revive later.
London dispatch reports 47 million Britons including King George VI and Queen Elizabeth entering wartime rations. Government controls will soon extend to meat purchases, slaughter, and distribution as meat rationing looms this month. Each person can buy four ounces of butter, 12 ounces of sugar, and four ounces of bacon per week, with jam included.
Two workers were fatally burned by fumes from an explosion in a large fermentation vat at a Philadelphia brewery. Identifications were tentative, naming doxaph Binks of Willamatorn West Virginia and Maurice Leroy Carl of Philadelphia. The pair entered the tank to inspect equipment when heat on the vat’s sides ignited the chemicals.
Helsinki reports a major Finnish success on the central front near Suomussalmi. The 44th Russian division was shattered with more than 1,000 captured, many tanks and guns seized. Finnish communiques note heavy fighting near Ranta and Salpa areas and two soldiers penetrating behind enemy lines with dynamite on the Murmansk railroad.
Roosevelt third term appeal looms as Spring Creek native Robert J. Jackson, now attorney general, is slated to keynote the Jackson Day dinner in Washington. The event aims to raise about 400000 dollars for the 1940 Democratic campaign amid talk of Jackson as a potential vice president if Roosevelt seeks a compromise candidate.
In January at Brunot's Island Pittsburgh, three colored boys Paul Spiro Usher Clyde Smiot er, all from the North Side, drowned when a thin ice floe broke apart. A fourth boy Jackie Ranch, who attempted a rescue, survived by clinging to the ice and reaching shore. Bodies of Spiro and Usher were not recovered.
A major blaze swept through Narberth's business district wrecking six stores and adjoining apartments. The fire began last night and raged for hours before subduing in the morning. Esther Wiener, 32, was overcome by smoke in an apartment, while three firefighters suffered injuries from falling glass and smoke exposure.
Corry residents enjoyed better health in 1939 than in decades past. The annual health report by Health Officer John D. Planigas notes 47 reportable disease cases that year, far below 1938’s 640 and 294 the previous year, with measles epidemics causing the rise in earlier totals.
In Chunk Pa Corporal Benjamin Franklin of the state motor police faces murder and manslaughter charges after a 14 year old girl Jenny Steve tis was shot eight times in a Nesquintny club chase scene. Franklin testified with Officer Edward Swatts that he fired when a woman posing as an 18 year old threatened him with a gun. A jury panel of 48 was seated and the trial was expected to take two days to a week or more due to defense claims of prejudice and the complexity of the case.
Wilkes-Barre Pa district attorney Lesa Schwartz announced there were no indictments against former highway secretary Roy H Brownmiller and others after a grand jury refused to return charges related to payroll padding. Schwartz had previously sought indictments, with two grand juries presenting but being dismissed before action.
Gov James requests background data on State Senator William J Erbe and ties to highways contracts with American Cyanamid and Chemical Corporation Pittsburgh. The inquiry follows reports of his unemployment benefits denial while employed as a legislative member.
The Justice Department announced that a G-men investigation found no evidence of sabotage against the Boulder Dam and its approaches. The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the inquiry and its report was submitted to the Department of Reliability for review.
The State Department announced that the United States is extending direct aid to Finland through the American Red Cross and other agencies. The note to the League of Nations cited existing Red Cross relief and private group efforts, aiming to avoid duplicating relief and ensure coordinated assistance to Finland.
Ross Glenn 26 30? son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Glenn of East Irving hospitalized after an auto crash on Route 11 between Bradford and Warren early today. He sustained a broken pelvis cuts and bruises. Condition listed as good. He swerved to avoid a deer, vehicle skidded and overturned. Admitted to Bradford Hospital at 4 am. Age and details uncertain. He is a clerk at the Citizens National Bank.
The American Federation of Labor intensified its drive for amendments to the Wagner act to deprive the National Labor Relations Board. A special Howe committee probing the board submitted labor card cases on Ford Motor and Inland Steel, with four review division attorneys named. The AFL attack followed a board ruling that 202 anthracite operators with about 115,000 miners form a single bargaining unit. A Pittsburgh fire killed 10 year old Howard Wagle who fell asleep smoking in bed.
Jamestown reports the deaths of an elderly woman and her husband Adelbert L. Andrus in their Billington residence. The woman died of natural causes shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday. The husband hanged himself, leaving a note for the coroner, and his body was found beside hers. Investigators continue to review the scene.
Coroner Samuel T. Bowles reported a death by hanging found in the milkhouse after the wife died. Deputy Sheriff Mark L. Dye of Kingston investigated with Coroner Bowles and ruled the cause natural.
Japan readies 10 leaders amid a propitious phase as government plans expansion and defense measures. Advisors discuss domestic reforms and potential shifts in policy, with attention to wartime posture and regional tensions shaping the central government’s agenda.
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