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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1941
Page
6
Wen 16 The city requests a formal 70 million turnpike linking Erie port with Philadelphia’s port to ease bottlenecks and aid military operations. Mayor Barber said city engineers will notify state road officials and express willingness to cooperate with the program. Governor James backs the Erie Philadelphia Superhighway as a strategic northern link.
Ridgway police chief Harry Hill presented the annual department report to the town council outlining two deaths and twelve injuries from 73 automobile incidents. Total property damage reached 5,650 dollars in the borough during 1940.
Advertises Antiseptic San Cara Ointment promising rapid relief from piles itching burning and pain with money back guarantee. Includes customer testimonial from Williams of Detroit and mentions San Cara Ointment priced 35¢ to 60¢ and Golden-Lax Tablets for constipation relief.
Philo G. Dix resigns after 14 years as secretary of the Pennsylvania Young Men's Christian Association. He will chair the association's business committee starting February 1 as the state splits into two administrative areas. Western secretary will be Dougall Young of Rochester NC. south central district to lose manager to focus on boys work. E. Iner Wiseman of Meadville leaves February 15 for Kentucky MCA secretary post. Several officers are reelected. Also reported: AT&T net income for twelve months ended December 31 shows $18,204,000, or $10.07 a share, up from $172,586,989 or $0.24 a share a year earlier.
W. Haines Kent, present central eastern district secretary, will assume control of the eastern district with headquarters at Harrisburg. In the rearrangement, Charles EB. Ford, stile boys' work secretary, will take on new duties.
State Platt Commissioner Clifford Welsh says a 510,000 patrol boat and a 12,000 steel boat house will be built in Erie to safeguard the Aishisig industry in Pennsylvania waters. Engineer H A O'Hara will survey the west canal basin site. construction to be by outside contracts. The commission also changed gill net mesh size from one and a quarter to three inches.
A fire at Cheney's Point destroyed the Cheney's Palat cas station and small grocery near Chautauqua Lake. Two occupants were present. firemen arrived within ten minutes but the building collapsed to only a chimney by 1 30 a m. The site bordered Pennsylvania waters of Lake Erie. Welsh noted the commission met Sunday with Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs of Pennsylvania directors to review events of past years.
The article details P N G mobilization plans with a two week lead time before induction at Indiantown Gap military reservation. It projects 23 000 men by May 1 with selective service recruits filling guard units. It lists top officers and staff, plus local civic updates in Oil City and Union City about fire department promotions and budget tax changes.
Buffalo market notes show hogs and cattle with mixed prices, underscored by uneven trucked-in lots and Wednesday runs. Calves and vealers steady amid solid demand, while sheep and lambs hold at steady to strong levels. Pittsburgh produce demand remains slow with assorted apples and stayman varieties quoted, plus regional grain and Crates prices noted.
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A fragmentary report notes athletic action featuring teams from Virginia and Rhode Island in an autumn context. It mentions baseball and football efforts, with unclear scores and players named Frank Pic and Robert Li among others. The piece hints at league play and a tense bowl atmosphere but lacks complete details.
A jumbled OCR fragment mentions Philadelphia and a 45 year reference to a university, plus scattered words like BLONDIE and MAGAZINE. The readable portion is incomplete and lacks coherent events or facts to summarize a clear news item.
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