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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1941
Page
6
Weather summary reports clear skies and warmer conditions with frost risk in early morning. Local items note hospital meetings, commodity price upticks, school events, an arm injury from a rifle incident, and a GM May sales record. Officials attend memorial and coroner associations while emergency notices and school board actions unfold.
Reports from Dubois Pennsylvania indicate laurel blossoms are advancing in bloom. Officials say a late spring and recent cold weather altered timing, with sunshine and rain bringing early visible blooms and tours already signposted to attract visitors. Experts expect peak bloom by next Sunday.
Salt Lake City dispatch reports a six men aboard bomber last seen Sunday vanished en route. Eddie Brooks United Airlines pilot said he spotted the craft at 17 000 feet on a knoll about ten miles northeast of Lyman Wyoming. Authorities sent a plane to the area and recovery teams awaited confirmation.
The final PTA Council meeting of the year was held in the library. Reports include Mrs. Li fin Campbell on the Senior High cafeteria and the appointment of Campbell as cafeteria chair. Auditing committee members are named, and president Mrs. Broderick Beall plans to attend the county PTA board meeting June 13 at the Business Women's Club.
A county report shows Aero Supply and Flaymond Manufacturing expansion did not raise local student numbers. Supt Ralph Dewey told directors that attendance at Fairview Concord and Harding schools declined from June to September 1940, despite housing program plans. Officials expect housing-driven enrollment shifts to affect junior high, with Harding projected at about 40 students in two rooms. Washington building remains near capacity as plans await a housing survey.
A Ridgway boy was struck by a car on Depot Street and severely injured. Robert Seaman, a local resident and the boy’s guardian, transported him to County General Hospital in Seaman’s car. Driver Andy Blose of FunkstownTowney provided details to police and assisted at the scene.
June 10 report from Franklin notes two former residents among this year’s United States Military Academy at West Point graduates. James Henry King and Ernest Jennet Whitaker will receive commissions as second lieutenants in the Field Artillery and be assigned to stations later in the summer. Graduation exercises are set for Wednesday, June 11.
New York dispatch reports the S. S. Robin Moor was sunk south of the Cape Verde Islands. Three Pennsylvanians are named among the crew: Melvin Mindy of Bethlehem as ship’s officer, Peter Buss of Bethlehem as able seaman, and Francis Batkiewica of Altoona as crew member.
The obituary notes Mrs. Mango a resident of East 20th Street and mother of Dr Carl L Mango and Dr Albert Mango died early Sunday after a prolonged illness. Her husband Louis Maus is named. Dr Carl Mango serves as lieutenant in the United States Army at an air base in Georgia while Dr Albert Mango serves with the 112th Infantry at Fort Monta in Pennsylvania.
In Harrisburg the firearms test bill to pass a firearm test before license has been defeated in the House for the second time in a month. The vote was 98 to 96, with House rules needing suspension to bring the bill to a second vote. Earlier on May 13 the measure failed 105 to 94.
Answers to the Day Quiz include 1 Idiot, 2 Wandering people or tribes, 3 Black Sea Hail victory. 5 The Statue of Liberty, Verdi, 7 Olympia Washington Oklahoma City Olea. 8 Congress. 9 First Corinthians, 10 Battleships.
Epirus in northwestern Greece and Croatia were courted as gains reached about 35,000 square miles while vast losses followed. Italy’s first year casualties included 245,076 killed 55,817 wounded and 167,259 captured or missing. British reports claim naval losses not crippling but shipping losses surged to about 2,100,000 tons by mid May.
A fragment explains the long ton as 2,240 pounds avoirdupois and notes its use in ship tonnage in the United States and England. The text contrasts long ton with gross ton and ship ton terminology.
Buffalo livestock bids show hogs mostly steady to weak with average around $9.85 and cattle: beef cows up to $8.25, weighty bulls near $0.25. vealers mixed 4.50 to 11.50 while lambs 80 to 113 pounds bring around $11.50. Pittsburgh produce demand slow with fruit and potato quotes steady to firmer across assorted varieties. New York stock market updates list numerous tickers and forward-market gains in steels and motors.
In a tight local event, Leary Adoo posted a strong pace as runners faced a mixed course. Officials noted a fast finish and subcategory winners amid steady club participation.
The readable bits reference Mel Ott and a discussion of career feats and timing. The text shows garbled mentions of dates and home field aspects with unclear context. No clear event or outcome is discernible beyond a namesake baseball figure.
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