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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1941
Page
1
The text offers brief, disjointed snippets about a social scene with names like Gaby and Walter. It hints at fashion, gendered roles, and wartime sensibilities, but presents no coherent event or clear outcome. The readable bits suggest personal impressions and conversations rather than a closed report.
Eighteen men drown near home as the Boston schooner Mary E. O’Hara sank after a collision. Five survivors clung to rigging for three hours in near freezing 12 degree temperature before rescue. four were saved by Captain Tune's trawler and North Star crew. Survivors named Cecil Crowell, Stanley Conrad, Frank Silva, Gabriel Welch.
Berlin reporters describe a conference between Adolf Hitler and Premier Mussolini as signaling victory over England in the current year. The meeting's attendance by Ribbentrop and Count Galeazzo Ciano underscores Axis readiness for both diplomatic and military aims. City Council notes: John D. Flannigan sworn in as chief of police. annual reports presented and filed.
City Council last night advanced preliminaries for an East Wayne Street sewer project totaling 510 878 85 including labor materials and equipment. Engineer Williams submitted the plan to the Works Progress Administration for approval with hopes it may join the Elk Street program in the spring pending WPA action and property owner petitions on East Irving and East Wayne streets.
In Washington on January 2, during debate on the aid to Britain bill, Rep. Johnson of Texas questioned former Ambassador Joseph Kennedy about arming speed. Kennedy answered yes every day is a day too late, and praised British morale after 250 air raids in London calling it a question of plain guts.
A record low of four below zero was logged at the Howard tannery this morning with city thermometers ranging from zero to three below between 6 and 8 o clock. The cold snap eased briefly near midnight then fell again before dawn as skies cleared around 4.
London January 21 Labor Minister Ernest Bevin said Britain will register workers especially men and women for draft into war factories to boost production despite air raids. He warned a national registration by age groups may be necessary and sparked a full debate on manpower with political reactions from both sides.
Henry A Wallace opens his vice presidency in the Senate with an ivory gavel and a prayer led by the Senate chaplain. He follows procedure by presenting a typewritten sheet of instructions before beginning official duties. In New York the army begins experimental air defense drills as test raids air the northeast.
Mrs. Eve Swanson of Michigan City was reported in improved condition today after delivering quadruplets by Caesarean. All four infants died within six and a half hours of birth.
Washington Senator Wagner predicts Congress will pass legislation to grant old age benefits of 301 to 409 dollars monthly to all unemployed persons over 45.
A man tentatively identified as Alderman Arthur J. Bak was found dead beneath the South 22nd Street bridge over the Monongahela River. The report cites Frank Spitzer as the partner who reported the body.
New York Assembly votes unanimously in Albany to extend the dairy price support, with Garry and others seeking to prevent a market disruption. Officials warn of chaos in the $9 billion dairy industry as federal plans supersede state controls and a new national order is considered.
Joseph P. Kennedy testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on lease aid to Britain and U.S. entry into the war. He noted Britain’s divisions on American involvement and warned U.S. entry could hinder Britain’s war effort by slowing material flow. Rep. Fish attacked administration arguments as “silly and absurd” and pressed for a two year time limit and a $2 billion ceiling on aid.
A chimney fire at the Edge Spoon farm home about one mile south of Breous Corners along the Roosevelt highway southeast of Columbus damaged a clothes press and clothing before flames were checked. Neighbors asked Corry for help but rerouted due to unsafe conditions.
Vyoswh Cuo was arrested this morning by state police and court officials on larceny charges in connection with the theft of a car radio valued at 1905 from Merritt Appliance Company. He appeared before Alderman Bi Porter, pled gilix, and awaits grand jury action. to be taken to Erie later today.
Foreign observers believe Mussolini and Hitler plan to secure more bases in Corsica and Tunisia to pressure Britain. They note Sicily’s axis role and potential moves to Malta, French North Africa, and West Africa to tighten the Mediterranean and hamper Allied convoys.
City officials weigh selling five subdivided units of the Hetz plant in the hope of saving the property from demolition or salvage. Engineer Williams values the site at 840000 to 86000 with growth if occupied, while council explores keeping units intact or selling separately and may buy northeast unit as a storage shed. A running ban on loaned instruments was also enacted to curb requests.
The Board of Education received bids from three Erie firms for hatch vocational shop equipment funded through the federal National Defense program. R P Anderson of Erie submitted the lowest offer on a turret lathe and associated items totaling 2691.50, while Otter Maier of Erie offered several lathe sets with combined bids over 2000 dollars. Bids will be reviewed by the Vocational Education National Defense setup for approval. Morey lathe models were cited and South Bend lathes supplied by H B Webber Supply Co. of Erie. Sonny Daye among Tulon City volunteers departs tomorrow for the second selective service call, with no alternates needed. A strike deadline delay was announced in California as wage talks continued between Boeing Aeronautical and CIO Auto workers in Los Angeles.
President Roosevelt is expected to nominate former New Hampshire governor and former Social Security Board chair John G. Winant as ambassador to Great Britain to succeed Joseph P. Kennedy. Informants say Churchill and British officials approve. Kennedy reportedly informed and non objection. Winant, 51, has a long record in Republican and social welfare roles.
Cairo dispatch reports the British army began a major attack on Tobruk with operations continuing satisfactorily. Allied forces pursue Italian units from Kassala toward Metemma while air attacks on Sicily and Mediterranean fronts are noted. Italian counterattacks are reported in Tepeleni near the Alpine front.
Lawrence Davison was reelected chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board at the annual reorganization dinner held Monday night at Market Street Room. Officers named for the year include Davison as chair, S. Bentley as vice chair, Bergman as secretary, and S. Pri Sweet as treasurer, with several directors reappointed for three-year terms.
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