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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1941
Page
1
A fragmentary account describes a tense scene involving Moody Bible Institute figures during a wartime period. The text references leadership at the Moody institution and a medical crisis affecting a family member, with doctors tending a sick patient and resulting emotional reactions. The piece alludes to broader wartime strain and religious schooling context.
The 79 year old Charles Evans Hughes will retire as chief justice on July 1 due to health and age. He has served 19 years on the court, first as associate justice and then as chief justice, leaving a notable public career. Roosevelt is expected to choose Robert H. Jackson to succeed him, as seven of nine justices may be named during his term.
City officials plan to file a formal complaint with the Public Utility Commission over inadequate protection at Center Street and Bhistavemite crossings. Council urged a 24 hour watchmen service and asked Erie and Pennsylvania and Erie Railroads for extended protection after recent near misses and accidents.
June 3 Washington reports substantial opposition in Congress to a War Department plan granting President Roosevelt unprecedented power to seize property needed for defense. Senator Wheeler leads criticism, warning the move could cede control of lands for state game preserves. Proponents cite urgency from the defense drive. continuation noted on page two.
Readable text notes six planes at Lawrence Airport after recent solo flights by Frank Van Tassel, Hugh O'Hare, and Edward Bielawsky. Van Tassel finished solo flight on Decoration Day while O'Hare and Bielawsky first soloed on Monday. Additional items mention local aircraft activity and a four day Texas trip by Leon Pringle, plus growing passenger business at the field.
City Council approved a bid of 35 dollars from Fred Co and Gladys McCloskey to remodel the Imperial hotel property at First Avenue and West Main Street. The McCloskeys plan a bakery restaurant and possible upper-floor apartments, posting 1500 as an earnest, contingent on exoneration of delinquent taxes via a court order.
Associated Press reports Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime boasted of sinking 852,000 tons of Allied shipping in April 1937, claiming Britain faced severe fuel and food shortages as U-boats targeted merchant vessels. London counters with lower losses, noting British merchant shipping declined by about 80,000 tons that month.
June 3 reports show a continued lockout by truckers across a wide Pennsylvania region as the strike expands for a general wage increase. Officials from the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association and union leaders discuss settlement terms while independents align with the union. Pickets halted deliveries, causing shortages of meat milk and perishables, though some chemicals and munitions moved.
A British Liberator bomber, valued at 250000 dollars, crashed into San Diego Bay killing four aviation experts. Investigators from FET and company teams awaited more wreckage as sabotage suspicion grows. Salvage operations continue at Lindbergh Field area where the ship’s left wing struck a plane. Surviving crew included Lewis W. McCammon, 25, of Woodstock Illinois, with serious injuries. Bodies recovered include Mechane William Rieser, 22, of Cambridge Massachusetts. Others believed trapped in the nose section are Consolidated Aircraft’s chief test pilot Ham Wheatle, 38, of Chaster New York, Alan T. Austen, 34, Kansas City Missouri, and Brice Graig, 27, Chicago aviation engineer. Company spokesmen cited sabotage evidence but will not elaborate.
A man named Mike Yaluyicn with a Vanderapift residence was arrested in a freight car near the Rogers Steuchiral Steel Company plant on Saturday. He received a three week jail sentence in Erie county on a trespass charge while authorities check his movements. His evasive replies prompted a third inquiry into his record.
Worth Hammond named chairman of a special committee at the Golden Rule Club meeting in Findley Lake to explore trade stimulation ideas such as giving away a car. Morris Bernstein and Melvin Cobbett join the committee with two more appointees to survey ways to boost local business. a three day sale may accompany the prize. The dinner committee lists local business sponsors and guests include Leo Hutz Cassius Sears Boyd Parker and others.
Classes in machine shop practice and automotive maintenance will continue through June. New applications will be taken on Thursday and Friday evenings from 7 to 9. Registration is open to residents of the city and surrounding area. Tentative plans call for classes to start Monday, June 5, as needed.
City officials discuss sale of Parcel No 3 from Radiator Corp Holdings to Ajax Iron Works. The plan involves city acquired property and a four-way agreement among Construction Company Jamestown City and Ajax Iron Works. A formal announcement is expected as the program progresses toward final terms.
The council, acting as a court of assessment, granted exonerations for Harley Hollis and H. W. Bales after city engineer Williams said neither owned enough land to require a sewer connection, absolving $86 and $33.90 assessments. A protest from Caroline Steinfeld of Rochester, owning a large east Wright street extension lot, facing a $262.73 assessment was denied. Final sewer estimates were approved with bonds possible to pay contractor Fred Donovan.
Unionstown Pa June 3 Fay et te county commissioners paid State Senator Anthony Cavalcante 8000 of a 10000 fee for helping settle a 104000 state lien against the county tied to taxes on bonds issued by the county decades ago. An agreement was reached recently in Harrisburg.
Property owners in the West Smith Hatch district won permission for a six inch water main along West Smith Street and a fire hydrant at Hatch and West Smith. The city will bear the cost, with a possible small property assessment rise to cover the roughly 1000 feet of main. The plan aims to protect wells in the vicinity that are drying up.
Corry man Raymond Carrell, charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Bradford resident John Lawson, will not face trial until the October term. Indicted in February, the case was postponed Monday amid efforts to extradite from Buffalo. A Buffalo airplane factory manager reportedly wrote that Carroll is vital to defense work.
London reports the forty sixth British raid on Berlin with attacks aimed at civilian districts. German claims say several apartment buildings were hit, with civilians killed and injured. Three British raiders were said shot down by Berlin, with northern and western Germany also reported as affected by the raid.
Washington June 3 Roosevelt signals plan to veto measures tying crop loan funds to price fixing. Sources say he opposes minium price legislation affecting government purchases for wheat, cattle, corn, cotton, rice. Farm leaders push amendments to bar funds for farm products bought below parity, risking disruption of aid to needy families.
The lookout for the freighter W. J. Conners reported a sailor missing after Buffalo departure. Philip Kumenz of Buffalo was last seen ten minutes after leaving Buffalo. The vessel had not located him by Erie last night. Found hanging in a barn in Aliquippa Pa. was 59 year old Robert Hannell, a former steel mill blacksmith.
London reporters say the war cabinet is poised to declare Syria as enemy-occupied territory, widening the rift between Hickey and Balesting amid plans for a broader British attack. Turkish reports claim Nazi forces have landed in semiborne areas, signaling intensified fighting in the region.
Turkish reports claim Nazi forces to Syria include hundreds of German troops and heavy equipment bound for Latakia and Aleppo to counter British action. The account mentions Rhodes and a plan to move up to 700 men, with air and naval support alleged.
Fragment of a war-era dispatch notes Latakia in Syria near Cyprus as a potential target for German protection. Report mentions British and Vichy tensions and debates over colonial possessions including Syria and Lebanon. Ankara sources claim Turkish officials surprised by Nazi detachments, with vague references to forces near Latakia and ongoing international maneuvering.
A meeting at the Municipal building on Thursday at 7:20 p m will elect permanent park committee officers and form a permanent body to develop Mead Park on West Wayne Street. Olin Bracken chairs the current committee and urges city organizations and interested citizens to attend and discuss funding and ongoing improvements.
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