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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1940
Page
6
In a busy item set, officials discuss using an autogyro for the census as a cheaper, slower alternative to a fast plane, while a municipal license dispute clouds local popcorn and bread sales. The week’s production and employment figures show small gains and a rise in demand for younger workers, with police warning about dogs at large and a looming dog catcher visit.
Beaverdam residents are invited to a church night on Tuesday January 12 at the United Brethren in Christ church. An interdenominational program is planned with refreshments served in the basement after the program. Home Missionary Day will be observed next Sunday January 14 with the Missionary Society in charge of the eleven o’clock service. Evening services at the United Brethren church will be discontinued during January.
Death has claimed Brookville's prominent attorney and civic leader William Gorfad aged 65 after a pneumonia illness. His son Conrad, a district attorney of Forest County, also follows into law, continuing the Jefferson County bar tradition after graduating from Byesckvite public schools in 1903.
Erie daily report states Mrs Kalllop Clamardas and Rev Demosth Chismnardas sue Prudential Life Insurance Co for injuries from a Dec 18 1936 fall at the Public Auditorium Vth and French streets during a Zem Zem Temple vaudeville event. They claim the stairway was poorly sighted and in bad condition. Attorney Edward G. Petrillo represents the plaintiffs. Brooks Currie and Silin defend for the auditorium operator. Judge Elmer L. Evans presiding.
A man sprayed gasoline on a Main Street restaurant in Ridgway and lit a match causing flames to erupt. Firemen arrived quickly, preventing spread in the small frame building as patrons fled. One patron suffered a minor burn.
Capetown reports Africa changing fashions in fur coats have halted the Union Government seal hunt this season due to weak demand for sealskins at home and abroad. In Philadelphia, two men from the same address were fined for similar party game offenses after a pity court session.
Fane January 10 council outlines tentative program paving about 5 000 feet of streets in 1940 plus sewer and gutter work. A $172 000 WPA project for Poplar street sewer and stone gutter construction remains to install about 800 feet of sewer pipe. Budget for 1940 about $200 higher than 1939 but over $800 under total anticipated expenditures. balance after transfers shows $716.03.
The director hints at late night preview in a small town under 15,000 population. He fears the 8,150 feet of footage may overwhelm the crowd and hurt hype. The audience’s restlessness could reflect poorly on the film.
Classified ad rates appear in a misformatted listing. It shows per line pricing with ranges and terms like minimum lines, consecutive insertions, and weekly totals, but the text is garbled.
In Fore Pa Mrs James Murilty faced a disrupted Sunday wash when a family machine failed and a patron aided bystander called for help. A citizen detained a man suspected of larceny before police arrived, ending with his arrest.
Hialeah Race Track in Miami opens a 48 day meeting today with ornate grounds and a new coat of paint. The event is expected to be the season’s most profitable in Floridas history as horses prepare for the first races of the year.
Pittsburgh January market report notes steady to slight gains in apples and onions with assorted varieties priced per crate or sack. Cabbage, lettuce, potatoes, and sweet potatoes show varied but steady levels. live stock and hogs down modestly while sheep stay firm. market roundups include several farm products and a long list of stock quotations from New York exchanges.
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