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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1940
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR lines mention dates for games and references to St Louis and Ohio. The text includes garbled phrases about urging regulation and a taillight line, with no clear cohesive event or outcome to report.
Erie July report quotes Rev G E Dupree of Union City praising Wendell Willkie as decisive and forceful. Dupree recalls Willkie’s early Legion leadership in Elwood Indiana, noting his social charm and relentless drive, while the Elwood Legion began as a social club and grew into his platform.
The Farm Security Administration plans to expand the farm tenant loan program across counties including Erie and Montgomery. Congress authorizes $50 million to the FSA to continue lending to tenants share renters and laborers to buy farms. Loans offer 40 years at 3 percent interest with guidance and strict eligibility, and applications should be sent to W Levant Alcorn in Corry. Farmers previously denied may be reconsidered.
Advertises Actian Tablets for indigestion heartburn and acid stomach from excess acidity. Claims quick relief and money back guarantee. Sold at your drug store. 146)
A 1917 Pennsylvania law shields state county city and school district workers from dismissal while serving in the armed forces. It bars removal during service and directs half salaries up to 2000 dollars to dependents, with a return commitment required after enlistment ends. The act covers enlistment or draft in time for war, and may extend to prewar defense duties.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 PM from the late home on East First Street Waterford for Carl O Burger well known young man of Gilat Place who died Tuesday night after a brief illness Burial will be in Pine Grove cemetery He is survived by his wife Esther Parker two sisters and his parents living near Pittsburgh
Two simultaneous electrical storms Tuesday night darkened East Kane and surrounding rural areas. They knocked out two warm power circuits, damaged transformers, cut power and phone lines across homes and businesses, blew fuses, and toppled chimneys. Power crews raced to restore service, with outages lasting up to two hours and no fires reported. Rain and hail accompanied the event.
Erin reports city workers near the Torch Hotel uncovered a solid stone tunnel from Civil War days. Believed to lead to the bay where slaves were placed on boats for transport. The tunnel is linked to a historic chain of efforts freeing enslaved people across the region.
Harrisburg July 11 The Liquor Control Board issued a permanent ban on all merchandise sales by Fry and Mathias Inc and Monongah Rye Liquors of Pittsburgh. Officials say the ban targets a short measure scheme. Both firms are controlled by David Stern of Pittsburgh. About 11,000 cases covering 14 brands are affected.
Loretta Young, 27 year old film star, plans to marry Tom Lewis, 48, an advertising agency executive, in about two months. The engagement will be announced at a party Monday. Lewis has had no previous marriage.
Erie city council after a lengthy safety committee session remains undecided on purchasing a new fire pumper. Chief Leonid and officials weighed bids from La France and Seagrave, with price gaps narrowing but no clear vote planned before Friday. A separate note reports Mel Cusker in Uniontown filing for state seizure of his estate under public assistance concerns.
Bible lectures are held every Sunday evening at the Soverly Day Adventist church on Center Street with a song service at 8 o clock DST. Bible study follows at 8 30 o'clock led by George Hardman of Brie. Miss Marjorie Hundman will perform marimba pieces and Luke Miller will sing. The public is invited to attend.
Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of former French premier Edouard Daladier and other senior figures. Dispatches indicate messages signaling a cautious response, while reports place Daladier aboard the Marsili bound for French North Africa after leaving Bordeaux on June 18.
Italian press reports two ships were hit during an engagement south of the Strait of Gibraltar area, with claims of attacks on Hood and an aircraft carrier Ark Royal by Italian forces. The British reportedly pursued but failed to score a decisive blow as the Mediterranean battle continued.
Twelve Pittsburgh pawnbeakers withdraw from activity amid sums pending and a dispute labeled Trans ligemiatianuedd dempursrily. The contention concerns the 1997 pawnbeaker act and positions the group against rapid progress under current rules.
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