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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1941
Page
1
Fragments describe a May proposal including a 3600000000 project total and river works on Allegheny and Piney rivers. The text mentions power installation, coalitions, and multiple named figures, but specifics are obscured by damaged OCR.
German planes bombed a Manchester manufacturing area with incendiaries and high explosives. Hospitals, churches, shelters, hotels, and a cinema were damaged. casualties included a family torn apart, a nurse fatally crushed, and wardens and volunteers among the dead. London issued a brief alert with minimal action. two raiders were shot down and three more destroyed.
Alexander Ellis, 70, a Corry high school grad of 1887, was found shot in a rocking chair at the Rowland Funeral Home in St. Louis. A note read no funeral no embalming. Police suspect self-inflicted gunshot after health worries and a nearby shotgun.
Mercer Pa June 2 a truck driver Reid Sager twenty of New Castle Pa died when his truck veered off the Mercer New Wilmington road exploded into flames early today救 rescuers extricated the body from the overturned vehicle. He was en route from New Castle to Erie.
Corry voters prepare for a busy municipal season with petitions to nominate candidates for mayor two council seats city controller and school directors. Primary voting opens September but registration ends August 9. Terms ending this year include Mayor Hepler and several council and school posts with announcements expected after petitions begin.
Three US senators Norris Taft and Fincas discussed defense funding and labor limits. Norris urged possible government takeovers of failing plants while Taft called for wage hour rules to be fixed for the emergency. Finis urged president powers for uninterrupted arms production. Blinder opposed broad 40 hour week relaxation, suggesting limited use if labor shortages occur in specific sectors. Norris warned of possible labor capital friction and cited San Francisco shipyard strike blame on labor.
Former Corry resident Mrs. Williams Gould reports terrifying burglary at Albion last Thursday night. Five intruders tied to steal receipts, struck her on the head with a shoe, ransacked the house while she and her child were alone, leaving her with a severe bruise and potential injuries.
London fears Britain's Mediterranean lifeline may collapse as Crete Libya bottlenecks and Sicily Greece corridor face Axis aerial threats. Observers say the Suez route, vital for munitions to the Middle East, risks disruption as Britain pins hopes on U.S. support and wartime sea lanes.
A huge blaze at Jersey City Stock Yards caused the loss of cattle, eight-story grain elevator, engine house, cattle pen, hay loft, milk platform, barges, freight cars and two automobiles. Investigators ruled out sabotage though the fire spread across the yard area including a Mid town Hudson warehouse and Erie Railroad slips. A second dockyard fire earlier damaged Pennsylvania Railroad freight cars and equipment, with merchandise losses unspecified.
Mrs Maurice G Reike 28 of Baltimore was killed instantly when the car she and husband were driving to Baltimore crashed into a concrete bridge wall four miles south of Carlisle. Her body was recovered from five feet of water under the bridge an hour after motorists removed her husband who was pulled from the wreckage. Relke 27, in a Carlisle hospital with crushed chest and internal injuries, gave police their first clue about his wife’s presence in the car.
Hyde Park June 4 President Roosevelt signed a bill to empower the government to assign mandatory priorities to orders and contracts of foreign governments and certain government departments or private entities under the lease lend framework. The measure expands beyond Army and Navy channels. It also authorizes a one year preference for Canadian vessels to move ore between U.S. Great Lakes ports to boost iron ore supply for steel plants.
Pittsburgh on June 2 faced a two day old strike by 2200 AFL Teamsters Union truckers. Pickets blocked highways entering the city, stopping all loaded trucks with non-perishables. Some shipments were diverted to rail, while rail carriers said they could handle the extra business. The stoppage affected steel products, armaments, machinery, copper, tires, glass and more across Pittsburgh and major eastern cities.
Twenty eight selectees who passed physical exams at the U S Army medical center in Erie last week will leave for Port Meade Maryland on Tuesday June 1. Local Board No 3 at Union City announced they will report Tuesday morning and proceed to Maryland camp. Dolly Sisters star Jenny Dolly, 44, killed herself in Hollywood apartment yesterday after phoning relatives claiming illness. No suicide note found.
The Salvation Army reports the 1941 campaign has passed midpoint with a goal still ahead. The drive will push through the next two weeks to meet the set target. Contributions may be mailed to treasurer Walter Sweet at Michie Citizens National Bank with many local names listed in support.
Brisk progress reported on the new Aero Supply unit at West Main Street. A bridge across Acrossmith Avenue to connect the old and new sections is well underway. Doors laid, runway enclosure planned, with boiler room and storage area rising east of the new unit. J M Benzinger Company of Jamestown holds the contract for the building. A prospective contract for Precision Products Company’s new plant at Fourth Avenue and West Main is expected soon, with site grading completed and readiness for August construction.
City officials plan to act tonight after Erie and Pennsylvania Railroads were asked to provide twenty four hour water protection at main crossings. Replies from both lines are expected to guide the final decision as traffic incidents and narrow escapes have been reported. Cornell will also preside as a court of appeal on Wright street sewer work tonight.
General Maxime Weygand arrived in Vichy today from North Africa to confer with Chief of State Marshal Petain. The unexpected visit signals high level talks amid France's new government after the collapse of Allied resistance and displacement of leadership in the occupied zones.
Berlin dispatch reports a high level Axis meeting at Brenner Pass between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. German and Italian foreign ministers, including von Ribbentrop and Ciano, were present. No formal communique was released. DNB summarized the talks as a cordial discussion on the political situation.
Nationwide three day Memorial weekend fatalities exceed 459 with California leading at 93 deaths from motor vehicle crashes and drownings. Michigan Ohio and New York report multiple fatalities across crashes drownings and other causes while Pennsylvania notes several rail and coal related deaths.
Harrisburg June 2 The State administration assumed responsibility for operating twelve county mental hospitals, with Allegheny county’s Woodville hospital placed under immediate supervision. Governor James had delayed the transfer, arguing a $11 million cost, while House Democrats refused to defer the effective date. Remaining hospitals include Bish County Chester Lancaster Mercer Schuylkill Somerset Luzerne Lackawanna institutions.
British authorities forecast renewed German pressure in the eastern Mediterranean with Cyprus in view and Turkey pressed to join the Axis. In Crete the 12 day battle ended with heavy Allied losses and mass withdrawal to Egypt. German claim of advancing operations against Jerusalem and Iraq resistance was reported. British forces poised to block Syrian frontiers as German offensive expands.
One hundred U S. survivors of the sunken Egyptian liner Zamzam arrived in Lisbon on Tuesday. They were bused to the suburbs and await passage home or onward to Austria. Most travelers are in good health, with two children mildly feverish.
Judge J. Orin Waite of Erle county court is expected to decide today or Tuesday on appointing an administrator for the estate of the late Blaine Kinland, a prominent attorney. Ralph B. McCord named J. H. Cantor as administrator, but an appeal halted the filing. Awaited ruling may clear the administration and free the papers in the attorney’s office.
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