07 Jul 1941
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1941
Page
1
Associates Press report from Guadalajara states a lightning bolt hit a crowded movie house during a storm, sparking a fatal stampede. About 2,000 were inside when the building caught fire and collapsed, as firemen police and soldiers helped remove bodies to the morgue amid frantic crowds seeking missing relatives.
War erupts along the Ecuador Peru frontier as both sides blame each other for weekend attacks. Reports cite Ecuadorian and Peruvian artillery and air strikes on frontier outposts with casualties and wounded on Peruvian positions at Aguen Verdes Palma Le Chigal and Tewamout.
Erie July 1 Kaverence Baxter of Stough Avenue, a fellow employee of Zitzelberger, died Sunday from injuries at the National Erie Co. plant. The death prompted questioning by District Attorney Burton R. Law and Chief Geo J. Christoph. Other details describe the investigation and surrounding officials and locations.
A chaotic holiday crash report notes an Erie man killed in a vehicle collision. The piece details nationwide holiday death tolls, with state tallies and regional comparisons, including Pennsylvania, New York, California, and Illinois, and cites National Safety Council estimates.
A weekend traffic crash on Route 6 about seven miles east of Corry resulted in the death of Harry Shelander, 61, of Erie, at Corry Hospital, while Elmer Akers, 32, of Erie, survived injuries and was detained for police. Kenneth Beardsley, 36, of R D 2, also died earlier after a crash a week prior.
Pennsylvania authorities report John Simmons of Buffalo is held after a May robbery at a Fourth Bank that netted over $5,000. FBI agents issued a warrant and investigators in Brainerd and Smethport coordinate the extradition as detectives pursue related leads.
Automobiles from Mrs. Catia Rankin and Emil Lauterbach collided near Beaver Camp in Wattsburg on Sunday afternoon. Both cars were damaged but occupants escaped injury, with one vehicle hitting a parked car.
Albany July 7 The state's agriculture department said the Lealymen's League Cooperative Association with 20 000 members will maintain milk deliveries to New York City while negotiations seek a hearing on higher prices. The Dairy Farmers Union with 24 000 members in New York Vermont and Pennsylvania has urged a week old milk stoppage that is already reducing city supplies. Corry and nearby producers lounge as the Pennsylvania strike spreads. Wayne and Lackawanna counties report continued market activity.
Washington outlines a national lottery to determine order of call for previously registered youths. The system blends new registrants into existing local number sequences, with drawn numbers offsetting positions in the lists. The mechanism uses prefixes like SA and SO to indicate sequential placement on boards.
In Pittsburgh district July 7 a strike vote by 400 Monongahela Railroad employees ending a day-long meeting endorsed a possible walkout after the war-day cooling off period if wage disputes unresolved by government mediators. The action targets Jones & Laughlin Steel operations at mills, with arbitration proposals previously offered by the Order of Railway Conductors.
A Corry party returning from lakes survived a lightning strike en route to Corry near Cutting, with the car punctured and the top seared but all aboard unhurt. The bolt disabled the vehicle as thunder and rain lashed the road, and floodwaters nearby forced slow travel afterward.
State police investigate attempted assault on two young Union City girls Sunday afternoon. A 14 year old boy from Kern Lake Pleasant is held on suspicion as authorities pursue leads. One girl faced a struggle near Clark's Pond before escaping. the other was frightened but unharmed.
Reports from Shanghai and Tokyo indicate a five year war with a stalemate along the 2,800 mile front. Chinese premier H. King cites large forces and reserves as they seek a decisive victory in 1941. Tokyo laments slow progress but marks the war’s anniversary with prayers for success.
Bloomington July 7 Prosecutor Floyd T Cook said jealousy of a woman friend from college days prompted the murder of Charles P Mattingly 41 an Indiana Public Service Commission attorney shot five times in his back as he sat at a Bloomington home of a man and his wife Mattingly died in a hospital within two hours Mrs Caroline Payne 43 business manager of the Bloomington Daily Telephone was taken into custody Coroner R A DeMotte said Mattingly on his death bed told of threats by Mrs Payne Cook found letters by Mattingly to Mrs Payne in her purse Mrs Payne denied the statements niece Mrs Myrtle Forth Bloomington said Mattingly had long been involved with Mrs Payne prior to his wife’s divorce Also report of British raid on Termini Imerese Sicily with casualties
The Northwestern Pennsylvania Association of Purchasing Agents plans a July meeting at Hotel Corry with a 8 pm dinner. The program centers on the "Priorities" system, with Mason Mongham of the Office of Production Management to answer questions. About 100 members and guests are expected, with C H Holden arranging the gathering and A W Clinger presiding.
Special to We Journal reports U S troops arrived in Iceland today to reinforce and eventually replace British forces, following a wartime understanding between President Roosevelt and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for Atlantic defense.
Washington July 7 Insurer and federal land banks topped a list of large benefi t payments made to farm operators for complying with major phases of 1999 crop conservation programs. The Prudential Insurance Co. of America received 128191 dollars, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. 96382, and the Federal Land Bank of Omaha 92000. Eleven other insurers posted over 535000 each.
Al Vin J. Steinkopf, AP correspondent in Berlin, discusses life behind the German front with civilians and merchants in occupied Polish and Soviet areas. He notes supply use of Russian rubles, euro-like marks, and the gradual eastward drive, while civilians remain on their farms and in towns as the war shifts from Western fronts to Eastern fronts.
Reported Nazi forces were said to have broken the Stalin Line while Soviet officials claimed Red Army units blocked the offensive across the front. Moscow said heavy fighting from the Baltic to the Black Sea halted the German drive, with Soviet communiques noting arrests of German river crossings and significant losses. Berlin claimed penetrations. both sides credited differing outcomes as the 16-day battle continued along the Stalin Line.
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