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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1940
Page
6
A streetcar collision at Scull and Center streets injures a 16 year old girl as a car on Genfer street fails to yield at a crossing. Weal residents report petty porch thefts blamed on youths and missing bottles with redemption values noted in nearby towns.
Pennsylvania's electrified farms more than doubled in two years, totaling over 100000, led by Northwestern Rural Electrification Cooperative of Meadville with 3495 customers across Crawford Venango Warren and Erie counties and Warren Cooperative with 584 customers in Warren and Erie counties.
A jury convicting Oliver Alirido, 47, of Olean for murder linked to an employer Dominic Gregory, 87. Justice Bertram E. Harositt sentenced AlciMidge to electric chair at Sing Sing, to serve a week ending May 11. An appeal is planned under the law. the jury, which included a Black member, deliberated under nine hours after a Monday start.
Clyde Melford Bratt, longtime Railway Express agent in Jamestown, retired after 44 years of service. A dinner in Jamestown honored him with toastmaster WE Wright of Erie presiding and company officials from Buffalo and other cities attending. Bratt began in Corry in 1896 with Wells Fargo, moved to Jamestown, then held multiple posts before becoming route agent and later agent in Jamestown and Buffalo.
An array of tonic and health products is displayed, including Oriental Cream 350 AM Trusses, Cod Liver Oil products priced around $1.25, Wampoles Prep, Diapepsin at five cents, Absorbine Jr priced at $1.98, and Nujol Creim. The listing also notes Creim Nujol Qt, Parke-Davie vitamin lines, and various batteries and watches in the same catalog segment.
County commissioners discuss plans to collect personal property taxes and liquidate county property. Solicitor A Sisson to handle legal action. salary unclear but expected to be funded by tax collections. Held aims to press cases against Erie city and county residents who refuse to pay the four mill tax, seeking substantial county revenue.
Classified rates list insertions per line with 8 and 9 cent scales, small print ads for boarders wanted, second hand piano, sleigh or pony sled, and horse cattle vehicle listings. Includes sale notes for stock farms in Cambridge Springs and miscellaneous items like sewing machines and ice skates. Also contains quiz answers and a hoax controversy involving a petrified figure.
Washington reports three Democratic leaders Barkley Harrison and Byrnes stated Congress will cut federal spending enough to avoid new taxes or raise the national debt. The Senate approved a $251,822,568 emergency defense appropriation, reduced by $20 million from the budget estimates, marking a key economy push.
Stockholm January 26 The American legation has sent letters to all Americans in Sweden advising it would be wise to leave the country unless necessary to stay. A spokesperson described the situation as unsettled in Scandinavia, with the warning appearing in the context of rising tensions. An unrelated item notes a local incident in Hanes where eleven year old Galen Watson was injured in an attack near the Jackson home seven miles from town.
PITTSBURGH Jan 26 demand was fair on the wholesale produce market with prices for apples varied by type from Delici ous to Baldwin and Rome Beauty. Cabbage onions lettuce and potatoes showed steady to firm levels while sweet potatoes and peppers traded at mixed values. Live stock prices were steady for cattle hogs and sheep with typical regional ranges reported. News from New York stocks noted a firm tone with gains in several large names and mixed activity in rails and utilities. A local note recounts an injury to W C Kinney while repairing a car during the morning. Two killed and five injured in an Oslo explosion near a magnesium plant.
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