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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1940
Page
3
Fragmentary text shows names Horton McMahon Patrick Griffin and Margaret in a local notice noting long service durations. It references years 64, 86, and a meeting at 1:30 with committee members including a secretary TTON Sec'y. Context suggests a civic or memorial record detailing service time.
Alice Lindenberger a 10 year old bride from Athens Ohio must wait six years to remarry Charles W Schaal 20 after an annulment The five day district court ruling assigns Schaal one year in a dal and Alice an indefinite term in a Delaware girls Industrial school The bride's mother Mrs Lucile Hudnall receives a year in the Marysville reform school for contributing to the delinquency of a minor
The article argues economic conflict dominates modern warfare, surpassing diplomacy. It notes U boat headlines, British naval power, and Neville Chamberlain’s prophecy, with Germany and Italy shaping allied strategy and Finland reacting as Europe braces for a new, faster form of total war driven by economic power.
Police identified the severely injured youth as James Onuffer, 29, of Allegany, after he was found unconscious in a wrecked trunk on the WebWay between Smethp and Poll Allegany. He was carried to Community hospital by investigators, then to Aesidents hospital, where he again refused to provide his name or details of the crash.
A fragment notes a holly tree in Ghabelii County Maryland near Holly Tree Road that is nearly 100 feet tall and may become the largest holly on record, sparking local interest in its size and age.
Firefighters saved the two story Kersey Inn after a Sunday afternoon blaze believed to start from a defective flue. Loss ranged from 1300 to 2000 dollars, insured. Building owned by Clarence Woodley of Ridgway, with part used as a miner shop and another as a dining area. Firemen connected a pumper to a nearby well to fight the fire and confined damage to the front business spaces. The structure is to be repaired as soon as possible.
In Venango County court Franklin jury and judge sentences include Charles Harrison to several months for burglary linked to a Polk robbery. Henry Thorpe, owner in Ou City, gets one year for purchasing metal from minors. George Rumbard, 22, of Clapp Farm, fined $25 plus costs and sent to Huntingdon reformatory for larceny and related charges. Roy E English and Roy E Swarndlander face fines and jail time for liquor sales and intoxicated driving respectively. Lucian David sentenced to county jail for malicious mischief and larceny attempts as charges outline.
Erie Treasurer C Frances Hagerty announces a city tax collection push to raise about 200000 immediately to fund payrolls and operations through April 1. He identifies ten promising delinquents and notes another 100000 from other taxpayers could forestall city needs.
German figures from Munich including Jens Hermann Soergel proposed demming the Mediterranean at Gibraltar the Dardanelles and the Suez canal to expose arable land now submerged by sea level rise. A Sahara canal idea was floated to turn desert into garden amid talks linked to a Hoffman lease in Rockland township.
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