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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1940
Page
1
A chaotic narration describes a tense moment in a town with shouting, people distressed, and a damaged dogged job in progress. Names like Bradford and Johnny appear amid fragmented dialogue and tense imagery, suggesting a public disturbance or accident scene.
Condensed front notes report theatre of war and political maneuvers across capitals. Highlights cover Havana conference strains, Washington defense tours, Berlin raids, British casualties, and Willkie’s Republican stance, with local briefs on training, alien registration, and radio programming schedules.
Members of the Golden Rule Club at the Monday dinner meeting voted to revive the Automobile award as a sales stimulant. Wort Hammond was named committee chair to arrange the project with a big harvest sale likely by merchant members. Tickets on the car will be given with all one dollar purchases and delinquent account settlements. The only business pushed was a possible auto giveaway with date to be announced. The Ladies Aid served dinner. A committee to plan August dinner included Harold V. Powell chair and members from Wing-Will No. 2 and No. 3 clubs plus local sponsors.
Unrelenting heat hit Pennsylvania and nearby regions with temperatures near 98 degrees in Harrisburg and 96 in Philadelphia. Forecasters offered little relief as the heat caused 769 deaths nationwide, with 69 Pennsylvanians among them and 35 drownings in the state.
July 30 report from Lisbon says the Duke of Windsor and American-born duchess will sail next Thursday on an export liner to assume post as governor of the Bahamas. Announcement by the British embassy notes a press conference is planned to discuss the departure, ship identity not confirmed, with British liner service expected to depart Lisbon for New York on the date.
In Waynesburg on a hot July 30, steady showers provided relief from high temperatures. The rain cooled the air by about 10 degrees, bringing some comfort to residents and easing the daytime heat.
Rome reports Italian air attack on a convoy escorted by warships damaged several ships. One ship was set afire and a British aircraft from an carrier was shot down. One Italian plane is missing.
Under a federal law for wartime emergency, registration and fingerprinting of aliens will begin during a four month period starting August 27. All foreign-born residents without naturalization papers must report to the local post office. Fingerprinting may be conducted with city police help. Initially reporting will be voluntary to match census records ensuring registration before the period ends. The law makes registration compulsory and provides for fines for wilful violations.
In New Cumberland two CCC youths, John Kenneth Harland 19 of Dunlo and John Pilet 17 of Johnstown, drowned during a forbidden swim in the Susquehanna River while on the way to a Virginia CCC camp. A third youth, Henedlet Tarbay of Johnstown, survived, reaching shore and receiving care at the camp infirmary.
A battered fragment describes a public Shake Dance near Prescott involving several children and a father. The text hints at a community event next Sunday with unclear details about what the father has been doing and where he went.
German warplanes renewed strikes along England coast killing and injuring civilians. East coast towns near the Thames suffered heavy damage as bombs hit working class districts and homes. Dover area raids raised the fresh tally of downed German planes to 25, while Britain claimed higher losses.
With funds available, an order is expected within 24 hours for a low-priced iron lung respirator for Corry hospital. If satisfactory on arrival, the committee will buy a portable resuscitator with remaining funds for emergencies. Donors favored the cheaper respirator to enable funding the resuscitator.
Associated Press reports from Havana describe a secret plenary session where Argentina refused final approval of the Havana act. The measure would allow American nations to assume temporary control of European colonies if needed to protect the hemisphere, a stance that tempered delegates’ optimism about hemispheric solidarity and defense cooperation.
BHIGAGO July 30 Wartime jitters affect American motorists with a sharp rise in traffic deaths. The National Safety Council notes an eight percent increase in motorist fatalities for the first ten months of the year, amid more travel and war-related anxiety. In 1940, 14,780 adults died in motor accidents during the first eight months, 1040 more than the prior period.
The Senate military committee delayed the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory training bill and ordered consideration of a measure to authorize Roosevelt to train the National Guard and reserve officers. Chairman Sheppard of Texas indicated the guard-reserve bill should move before the general conscription measure.
Harrisburg reports a big question looming over Pennsylvania’s 14,000 National Guardsmen and hundreds of Reserve Corps officers. They fear long service lengths beyond August and wonder if Congress will authorize a September call up for continued mobilization, affecting civilian livelihoods and plans.
Armed robbers seized $108000 from two bank messengers in front of the Asbury Park post office on Bangs Avenue. Witnesses pursued, private citizens gave chase, car fled west on Main Street. police faced traffic and confusion as they tracked toward Lovell’s Station, with details of suspects and vehicle emerging from the scene.
President Roosevelt, after seven hours of defense briefings near Norfolk and Virginia communities, said the United States may feel a lot safer in a year. He stressed inspections of Chesapeake Bay defenses and visits by politicians could shape views on defense and allied issues during the campaign.
Airmail pickup service is set to resume next week across Cory and nearby towns as All-American Aviation plans to extend nonstop pickups. Demonstrations showed a 100-pound mail container grabbed at 100 miles per hour using a new mechanism installed in a Stinson Reliant plane. Chief engineer Stewart C Plummer and pilot Norman Rintoul led the test at the Aviation Manufacturing plant, with the system to operate on routes from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and Williams.
Associated Press reports Wendell L. Willkie plans to interpret the Republican platform and attack political machines in his forthcoming acceptance address. He aims to frame the 1932 platform for voters, arguing Democrats loyal to Wilsonian principles should not back Roosevelt.
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