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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1940
Page
1
An unclear note recalls a school meeting with names like Lucy Pardink and Thirteen roll. It mentions a class, a large gathering, and a refreshment moment, but details are fragmentary and hard to interpret.
Corry Jamestown Manufacturing Corp awards a contract to Rogers Structural Steel Co to build a six bay brick and steel addition on Maple Avenue. The project costs exceed 30 000 dollars with about 4 000 to 93 063 dollars in equipment and aims for completion within ninety days.
The second day of the great German effort to annihilate the French army sees German forces pushing toward Paris with slow but steady advances. Observation notes a possible double threat from the Somme region and Abbeville, with British raids into German rear areas adding limited disruption but not altering the overall trajectory of the fight.
Nine inmates at Eastern Penitentiary in Philadelphia, all serving life terms, stage a hunger strike after a Valentine’s Day escape plot. Guards and fire department contained a bedding and furniture revolt started Saturday night in segregation cells.
Washington June 6 Congressional tax makers plan to lower exemptions to raise federal revenue. Aiming at 75 million a year extra from base broadened by a 10 percent super tax, they seek about 82.5 million annually plus a total 850 million national defense tax bill, with a 4 000 000 000 debt goal.
United Press reports Pennsylvania officials consider damming the Conemaugh River six miles above Tunnelton at a cost of 23.5 million dollars. Gov. Arthur H. James and the Water and Power Resources Board give conditional consent after a public hearing led by G Albert Stewart. Betty Litz wins American Legion essay medal for the Contributions of the American Form of Government.
A city group weighs funding for an iron lung style device amid uncertain approval. A meeting led by Richard Rosshaener of the Corry Firemen's Relief Association heard plans for a $500 grant if other clubs contribute. next Thursday June 13 a further study and decision are planned.
United Press reports Washington moves to expand the Regular Army to 875 000 and calls on youth to save civilization as Nazi tanks push through French defenses near the Somme. General Marshall backs boosting forces. Congress poised to lift peace time limits and add 40 000 air corps personnel. Immediate steps to mobilize and prepare for a broader war effort.
Commencement exercises for ten St Edward's High School graduates will be held at St Thomas church Sunday evening. Valedictorian Marie Lute and salutatorian Marise Schnite lead a class that includes George Jackson John Mead Thea lore Donoghue Robert Sullivan Thomas Ressler Marie Schult Ann Brigham and Ann Courteen.
By march soan AITTSHURGH June 6 With the national defense program opening employment allegheny county relief clients may go to school this summer to train for private industry Donald R Moore manager county assistance board work department said students of the training schools would be paid 55 cents an hour while learning a trade that may place them in private industry
Slammin Sam Snead shoots a 67 at Canterbury Glob to take temporary lead in the National Open golf championship. Weather is hot and glare from the sun affects play on the course.
The tiny republic of Costa Rox in Central America near the Pacific coast found a cache of several hundred hand grenades near Folifto close to the Panama Canal. Authorities increased guards on the Panama frontier to deter fifth column activity in Latin America.
Harrisburg June 4 military authorities probed a crash near Cortland New York that injured Maj General Edward Stackpole and two other Pennsylvania National Guard officers. Oil confiscation tests will seek sabotage evidence while Governor Benjamin C Jones suffered a fractured shoulder and others had cuts abrassions.
John Hamilton chair of the Republican National Committee called testimony by Philadelphia Democratic chair John B. Kelly absolutely false. Kelly testified before a Senate wiretap investigation that the GOP engaged a wire tapping and maintained a Gestapo.
Diego Rivera said Paulette Goddard probably saved his life when gunmen attacked in Ban Prancirco. Rivera noted Goddard and American painter Trynt Bahus acted as decoys during the assassination attempt ten days earlier.
Allied air raid on Hamburg last night killed three people and left many injured in critical condition. Thirteen houses were destroyed and several aircraft shot down, official dispatches report from the city.
A wartime dispatch describes British forces striking behind German lines along the coast and near military targets. Reports note air force activity and bombing runs aimed at disruptors of supply and defensive positions, with emphasis on big strategic objectives west of the Twin and near marshalling yards.
A fragmented Italian voice in a warning to the United States foresees a European center mobilizing against America. The unsigned editorial echoes concern over potential European entry into a widening global war and urges careful U S action to avoid drawing Europe into conflict.
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