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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1940
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR reads like a quick sports note with names and ad style terms. It mentions a Copa Sowne moment and a live tally, but lacks concrete details, participants, or outcomes to confirm a full event or score.
Oil City July 10 flames gutted the rear of a confinement store at 421 Seneca street causing over 1000 dollars in loss. Tenacy Fox escaped from a second floor apartment as smoke filled the building. Firefighters confined the blaze to the rear. Missing money and cartons of cigarettes were reported. investigators suspect burglars caused the fire after night entry.
Kane July 1 Ocean waiter 10 daughter of Mr and Mrs O A Bayer of Park Avenue leaped from her father's automobile Monday evening when the machine broke loose from its parking place and ran down a sharp grade toward Southover Park colliding with trees and brush The girl was playing in the car and released the brake or kicked it from gear After about 60 feet she jumped at the Pine Avenue Park intersection She was shaken but not seriously hurt and went home later reporting the incident without mentioning she was in the car until hours after.
Phil Zielinski a 27 year old boxer was jailed on 500 bail after being charged with assault battery and disorderly conduct for allegedly punching Lee Andrews at a gas station injuring his jaw. Officers arrested Zielinski after the incident Sunday near Jath and German streets. The case stems from an unprovoked assault at the station and drinking was noted.
Representatives from organizations clubs firms and individuals meet at the Municipal building Thursday at 8 oclock for a final decision on purchasing an iron lung respirator for the city. An Emerson device will be exhibited at the First Ward fire station from 10 a m onward. The public may inspect the iron lung used by Mrs. Glenn Wood at Hamet hospital and the fundraising drive nears its goal with $200 to raise.
Several hundred people are expected at the Columbus Firemen's Picnic and Fish Fry at Mather Park on Wednesday afternoon and evening July 17. Highlights include a water battle between Corry and Clymer fire departments at 8:30 DST, a Union City vs Columbus baseball game at 2 DST, two softball contests, children’s events with prizes, Clayton Lloyd’s Fish Fry, and a concert by the Ashville 16 piece band. Proceeds fund equipment for the newly organized Columbus department.
Los Angeles July 10 Detective Lieut G F Gannon reported that day Harry W Gordon admitted slaying and mutilating two women. The 37 year old 219 pound seaman said he killed his first wife in New York in 1933 and Mrs Robert Earl McCarthy, another of two, in a San Francisco hotel last June 25. Gordon said he was drunk both times.
A safety group and Corry City Council unite behind a bicycle traffic ordinance aimed at education and moderate enforcement. Eight youth referees from Boy Scouts will help enforce after licensing and inspection begin August 1, with penalties limited to habitual violators.
Melvin Red Allen 39 of Milwaukee fell from the deck of a small auxiliary yawl on Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Chicago. A former Erie resident and Carnegie Medal holder, he was swept overboard in wet conditions after slipping on the deck and could not be recovered. He is survived by his father Robert Allen and several relatives in Erie.
Two improved recreation areas in the Allegheny National Forest are added to Pennsylvania tourism. Twin Lakes Recreation Area lies three miles south of Kane on Route 6, with a seven acre artificial lake set in 75 acres of forest land, bathhouses, lifeguards, picnic facilities, fireplaces, shelters, and drinking water. The Lolem Recreation Area five miles south of Marlengine in Forest County features a half acre swimming pool in the creek and improved picnic facilities.
Sparta Consolidated School District calls for bids to haul school children on routes One and Two for two years. Bids due July 18 by 6 00 p m to secretary T B Wallace Spartansburg Pa. Board may reject any or all bids. 213-10
R Myers, 17, son of Mr and Mrs Robert B Myers of Sadsbury township, was killed instantly about 11 yesterday when struck by lightning while hoeing corn on his father’s farm south of Gonriennt Lak. The bolt crushed his skull and splintered the hoe. His brother Wil Asta, nearby, was momentarily stunned but unharmed. The storm was one of the season’s fiercest in the district. Crawford County Coroner Cel King investigated. The youth belonged to Mennonite families who moved from Iowa to the local farming community. another brother Mark also survives along with the parents.
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana removed himself from the list of presidential aspirants. He said he would not join a Roosevelt draft at the Democratic convention and warned that Roosevelt’s silence could embarrass other candidates. Wheeler noted Roosevelt could win on the first ballot if he chooses.
July 10 Erie County scene as Fred Shaw proprietor of Ge Stew Ply Co. and an inmate serving 18 months in Bui county jail has mattress privileges removed by the Erie county prison board. A board resolution prohibits mattresses except under order of the county physician following a Times article exposing Shaw’s special privileges. The measure, proposed by Dan Darling, passed unanimously.
The Youth's Temperance Council postpones its meeting this week. Dr M B Hawkins conducting evangelistic meetings at West Spring Creek church was announced. On July 19 the TC will meet at the home of Mr and Mrs Gary Bennett in Gary R D 1 for a Wiener roast.
Doris Mabel Webster, 14, daughter of Raymond and Mabel Webster of 1027 East Setona Street, drowned yesterday near the Thomas Weymouth estate at Bemus Point around 10 o clock. Two nurses who were supervising were near the scene. The drowning occurred while children played on the Weymouth beach and swam in eight to ten feet of water.
July 10 Dublin dispatch quotes minister Sean Lemass warning Ireland faces possible invasion or isolation as the next major war battle could occur on Irish soil. He stresses Ireland will resist invasion and notes counterinvasion by Britain possible if resisted.
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