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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1940
Page
6
Fragmented item with details on a board of education pivot, a local incident with fowls, and various community notes. Mentions Gunnar Bourwall, Woolworth sales, police search for Charles Warner, and a planned summer cleaning project at Concord school. Also references Fourth of July observations, hay fever concerns, and local civic events.
Dearborn July 6. High school age boys in the Ford Good Drivers League are completing tests in the 830,000 Good Driving Contest. Eligible entrants must file by July 10 with marks, a 300 word personal ethics letter, and a 25 mile driving test. State champions will advance to New York Worlds Fair events in August with scholarships up to 3500 and 3000 for top national winner.
Funeral services were held Friday at 3:30 PM from the Interme West Bend street for Daniel A. Roschie longtime Meadville resident who died Tuesday. Rev. EL Wagner of St. Pauls Lutheran officiated with songs by Mrs. Harrold Tish Mrs. Harley Banis and Mrs. G T Bergman. Burial followed in Greendale cemetery Meadville. Pallbearers included Arch Roschie Frederick Roschie and others from Meadville and nearby towns.
Fragment of a wartime letter describing the emotional strain of the war effort. The writer details sleeping difficulties, fever, and the impact of report blackout on family news. He notes support from local friends, care for Peter and Joan, and calls for prayers for France and continued protection from God.
The Pennsylvania Securities Commission served a cease and desist order on Devon Gold Mines Limited of Montreal Quebec prohibiting solicitation to residents of the state to purchase notes. The company is not registered as a securities dealer and its offerings violate the Pennsylvania Securities Act.
Officer of the 112th Infantry sergeant major Clifford Whitehill, 24, was found dead in his car near Horsecreek bridge after slumping there for about 20 hours. Deputy Coroner Dr R Sharp said Whitehill killed himself. He leaves a widow and three sons. Brothers C Guy and Harry Whitehill previously ran Whitshire Taxicab Co. Williams serves in the U S Army at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.
Col George Fabyan, a cipher expert, stated that he has yet to find a message in secret code that cannot be read. He noted that the biliteral cipher, invented years ago by Sir Prunus Boon, is the most dangerous due to its infinite variation potential.
Answers to test questions printed on page four listing items such as eighteen New Jersey No Matthew five Henry Africa displacement tonnage Jim Braddock cavities in teeth and Madame Ernestine Schumann Asin.
The passage outlines classified ad rates with inserts per line and minimum three lines daily, then shifts to a note about honey dew on leaves caused by aphids or scale insects, mentioning heat, ingestion by birds, and use by bees and birds. It references nectar and dew in a fragmented, inconsistent OCR style.
Associated Press reports from Philadelphia that Earl Harrison, a Philadelphia attorney, has been appointed to administer the new federal naturalization registration law. He emphasizes the job requires detachment and will target aliens who have not naturalized and hold beliefs alien to the county’s values.
YORK and Pittsburgh items show stocks and war issues on the New York Stock Exchange with varied minor swings. Major names listed include American Can, Anaconda, Chrysler, Col umbia, Curtiss-Wright, General Motors, Packard, Paramount, Penna, Socony Vacuum, Studebaker, and Warner. Pittsburgh notes reflect slow demand for apples, steady potato prices, and mixed meat and dairy quotes with regional farm markets in Buffalo and Wisconsin commentary on blue grass seed regions.
Eight hundred student soldiers from industry finance sports and society awaken at Plattsburg for six forty five a.m. drill. The group aged 25 to 50 were chosen from 9000 applicants to begin a four week training schedule featuring rifle and machine gun instruction and heavier weapons under a four week program.
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