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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1940
Page
1
A fragmented report recalls a scene at Sugar Grove with references to a boy, his mother, and a dispatcher. It mentions attempts to locate a person named Heny Anklin and a resuscitation context, with scattered names and details from the event.
A condensed recap notes extreme heat impacts with scattered headlines on defense funding, labor retraining in Pennsylvania, and political shifts. Mentions Cairo-like shifts, Russia pressure, and local incidents including youth mischief and accidents amid a packed schedule of radio programs and cultural events.
Heat wave spreads across the region with temperatures near ninety. Crowds flock to lake resorts as Corry residents seek relief. Northern New England and upper Great Lakes escape the worst of the heat. Dozens drown at beaches and lakes while many more suffer heat related deaths. Continued on Page Six.
Washington July 22 Associated Press Congress returns from recess to tackle defense issues. House and Senate schedule hearings on President Roosevelt’s request for 4.9 billion dollars for defense with Navy and War departments first. Chairman Woodrum expects the big defense outlay bill to be ready for debate in two weeks.
Col Roscoe Turner famed speed ace and secretary suffered severe injuries in an automobile collision near Indianapolis on July 22. Turner fractured his pelvis. secretary Miss Marian Aliyni sustained a collapsed chest collarbone cuts and bruises. Graydo Hubbard internal injuries. Miss Helen Garson fractured right femur severe contusions.
July 22 in Havana an emergency meeting of representatives from 21 American republics opened to chart concrete steps for defending the Western Hemisphere economy and security against totalitarian aggression. Secretary Hull was to address the gathering as Cuba’s President Laredo Bru urged concrete actions to defend a “common fight” against advancing dangers.
President Roosevelt rests at his Hyde Park home after a busy spell in Washington. Ambassador William C. Bullitt arrived on a special train to brief the President on how France fell to German pressure and the subsequent dictatorial government. The White House offered no comment on the meeting as speculation grows about future Franco American relations and possible recognition of Marshal Petain’s regime or a refugee committee in England.
Chaos of wartime reports shows Britain bracing for possible invasion after Germany demands peace and warns of crushing retaliation. German air attacks press Ruhr targets while RAF efforts claim several enemy bombers shot down. Lord Halifax to address the nation in a forthcoming broadcast as aerial battles rage across northern Germany and the English Channel remains contested.
Louis Stock a 19 year old resident of Pittsfield township was killed when he jumped from a moving tractor into the path of a car on Route 27 about half a mile west of Pittsfield. The incident occurred around 11 30 this morning as the tractor operated by Homer Wolf of Pittsfield moved to the berm. Driver Forest Rapp of Youngsville struck Stock causing fatal injuries. Coroner Lowrey ordered an immediate inquiry with Warren state police assistance. Stock is survived by his parents and several siblings.
Two youths suffered injuries in separate weekend incidents. Richard Bogert, 12, of Clymer, burned when an oil stove exploded, sustaining burns to his hands and face and transferred to Jamestown hospital in serious but improving condition. Owen Cowden, 14, of Washington Pa, treated at Corry hospital after a deep cut above the knee from a fall on railroad tracks in Spartansboro where he was visiting.
A pet parade is set for Tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock with entries from children meeting at city park at 2. Pets in costumes, decorated floats, wagons, bicycles, doll carriages, and cars will be judged and filmed for the Grant Theatre program See Your City and Your Town in the Movies. Prizes will be awarded at the matinee. Charles Lucy of Washington, D. C. was in Corry en route home from Chicago where he attended the Democratic National Convention.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to raise the export import bank lending cap by 500000 dollars to bolster aid to neighbors south of the Rio Grande. He spoke with the Pan American conference in Havana as European war disrupts surplus product flow from western hemispheric producers.
Motor police investigated a weekend traffic incident on district highways near Waterford. Rita Roars, 17, suffered multiple lacerations. Victoria Petgncelli, 42, and others received abrasions and injuries. Several injured youths were treated at St. Vincent's hospital while vehicles were damaged and the car overturned.
Three youths from Grove City area broke into the Hacry Hammond station at Riceville Cornets on a Wednesday, stealing Red Cross first aid supplies and more. Arrested in Michigan, John C. Patterson 18 Butler William, William Grabosks 17 Sharon, and John Lantus 16 Johnstown face Mercer and Crawford county detainers and possible automobile theft charges. District Attorney Herbert A. Moors of Crawford County seeks transfer for prosecution.
An 18 year old girl from Kenosha says two young men William Davis and Roy Carlson abducted her after leaving a tourist camp near Erie. They are linked to robberies across Wisconsin Illinois Michigan and New York. The girl led authorities to the Plymouth car and license plates used in the alleged crime. Police push for more information as searches widen.
Ivan Simmelink, 17, charged with fraudulent conversion for taking a bicycle rented Saturday evening near Hotel Corry. The bike was found abandoned at a Union City dance hall after he failed to return it. Bail set at 500. case to county court next term after he pleaded guilty before Allerman B. Parker.
Harrisburg reports an estimated 2.75 million dollar state savings this year from transferring relief cases to classifications funded partly by the federal government. Spokesman Willard E. Sclenoe notes two moves: converting about 20 000 unemployment relief cases to old age after a January 1 age cut from 70 to 63, and expanding aid to dependent children from 40 000 to 125 000 under a 1939 act. The state covers unemployment relief costs while the federal government covers roughly 40 percent of old age and dependent child grants.
Severn changes in the personnel at the Hotel Corry were announced today. Mr and Mrs James Witherspoon of the Penn Lincon Hotel at Wilkinsburg take over the clerk and hostess posts. John Ward, formerly at the Hotel Holly Bradford, becomes a clerk. Mr Ralph Flick James Higgins and Fred Walsh leave the hotel after years of service.
A 1,282-ton Panama registry vessel named Frossordis was sunk by German bombers on July 19, about 258 miles northwest of Cape Finisere, Spain. An official source reports heavy loss of life as eighteen crewmen escaped in two lifeboats, with no word from the captain.
Hagerstown Md July 22 Mr and Mrs Frank H Beers were killed instantly today when their automobile collided with a truck near Altoona The Beers were from Yomi Palling Timber The truck driver Umburt Jones was injured in Pittsburgh July 22 Weltie A Jones chairman of the Beno Sylvana turnpike commission was reported in Pittsburgh hospital to rest
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