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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1940
Page
8
Warren County shows population growth with a 1.41 percent rise in ten years. Figures released Saturday by L. D. Gent, Franklin supervisor of the 20th district census, place April 1 population at 4,869, up from 4,153 in 1930. The report lists township and borough totals.
Professor Paul H. Schweitzer of Pennsylvania State College disclosed today that feeding oxygen into the intake air of a diesel engine increases power output by 58 percent for a few minutes without detonation or undue engine strain, bringing diesel aircraft closer to widespread use through an oxygen boosting method.
Community discussion on buying a new fire truck continues with support from insurance agents who say the move could lower the city’s deficiency charge affecting fire insurance rates for plants and buildings. Fire officials may push the proposal at a special meeting or the next regular session on Monday evening, July 15. The Meadville Mack truck showcased reliable equipment influencing Corry Relief Association to purchase their truck in 1936.
Chicago based rupture specialist Jere H. M. Shevnan will personally attend the Lafayette Hotel Meadville on Wednesday July 10 from 1 P.M. to 6 P.M. He endorses the Zoetic Shield as a major advance over prior methods claiming immediate results. The device allegedly holds rupture, improves circulation, strengthens weakened parts, and closes the opening in about ten days in typical cases without straps plasters or medicines.
Venango county commissioners arranged a tentative interview with Governor Arthur H. James to discuss highway routes between Franklin and Wyattville and Oil City and Salina. They accuse highway chief engineer T Frame of refusing to reroute the Franklin Wyattville road to avoid Grant Street and the Narrows along French Creek.
In McKeesport Pennsylvania near 400 people who did not register under the city alien registration law face arrest and $10 fines as of July 8. Since June 4 more than 2,600 aliens registered through the enforcement period ending last Saturday. A. W. Gallagher, the ordinance officer, reports the compliance push continues. A radio study in St. Louis shows children spend about half their weekly listening time on radio versus school with dramas and comedies the top programs.
The dedication of the Penn Central Airlines service to Erie marked the city as the 21st served. County commissioner Helen M. Schluraff sponsored the flagship, balloons released, while Mayor Barber welcomed the airline with Penn Central officials and Chamber leaders predicting strong service growth.
Hollywood gossip notes that Redy Lamarr and Gene Markey have separated. Lamarr has gone home to her father while consulting her attorney. The star of Ecstasy and Algiers had announced that she and her film producer writer husband, compatible for many months, are separating.
Corry safety council members and city officials will convene at 8 pm Tuesday in the Municipal building to pledge support for a proposed bicycle ordinance. The measure would license bicycles, establish penalties, and create a juvenile court to handle violations, with council awaiting full safety group backing before third reading approval.
Erie county judges Miles B. Kits and Elmer J. Evans reduced county assessment bases to 65 percent of fair value for 1939. City assessments saw reductions up to 62 percent on some lots, while others were dismissed. Dwyer properties at 2022 East 6th Street and nearby parcels had values cut from 25,850 to 18,500 and 15,000 to 4,500, with East 10th Street dropped from 35,400 to 20,250.
Lake Geneva Wis July 8 The American Youth Congress accepted unity as its watchword today in this crucial political year of 1940. President Jack McMichael of Quitman Ga, re-elected without opposition, urged unity for peace keeping America out of foreign war jobs for unemployed youth and preservation of civil rights and liberties.
Finland, once part of the Swedish kingdom from 1154 to 1809, then an autonomous grand duchy under Russia, declared independence in 1917 establishing a provisional government and becoming a republic in 1919.
Investigators probe a fatal ring profiting from graves as authorities distrust evidence while disinterring bodies. the coroner demands absolute proof from the district attorney before reopening graves. In Mercer Pennsylvania an 86 year old Civil War veteran George E Hamilton died aged, infirmities of old age reported.
The first large group of British children fled from a German invasion threat disembarked in New York aboard the Cunard-White Star Scythia. About 7 well-dressed youths traveled with parents or attendants as voluntary evacuees, with more children expected in days. The voyage was uneventful aside from Halifax reports of a Canadian bomber sinking a German submarine near Nova Scotia.
Demand for specialized shovels has surged since 1900. The American Fork and Hoe Company's Conneaut plant now can produce 10000 shovel types and has an output capacity of 5002 900 units daily.
Fragmentary text references a sum of 4000 dollars and a damaged area on the south side near York street. No clear event or identifiers are readable.
A fragmentary report indicates a deadly incident affecting Dal company and Pugene, with coroners and officials citing a high fatal toll and ongoing investigations. Details are incomplete, but the scene suggests a sudden collapse and a call for inquiry.
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