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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1940
Page
6
Scattered items from a small town paper cover Red Cross relief efforts and city council meetings, police reports including a drunkenness arrest and a lost child, and local business notes. The page cites Federal Reserve retail figures, automobile output, tax talk on whisky, new doctors in town, and cinema closures in tribute to a local family.
Pittsburgh June 15 A county probation report shows most drunken driving arrests in Allegheny County during the first quarter of 1940 involve people aged 30 to 34, totaling 20 cases. White male drivers form the bulk. women are few, and eight are Negro, with analysis noting ongoing youth involvement in crime despite the shift.
The American Red Cross gains $1,075.27 from the United War Work campaign fund, as the Hollidaysburg chapter votes to turn over the Ad Jr Red Cross drive total from World War I efforts.
A school notice lists names of students from Junior High and Senior High grades who were neither tardy nor absent. The roll includes multiple grade levels with students such as Clara Giacomo Jean Anderson and Philip Amoroso Doris Bergman Virginia Armitage among others. It ends with an encouragement to place a Want-ad in the Journal.
Fred G. Shaw of Shaw Fish Co. 1601 South Street Erie was sentenced Friday afternoon to one and a half to three years in the Erie county prison for sodomy. Judge John McCann of Cambria county, who presided at the trial, arrived to pass sentence after Shaw’s counsel filed a new trial petition. District Attorney Burton Laub sought docket action to move the case off the docket.
A two plow tractor with mud tires or steel wheels is for sale, promising work of six to eight horses in fields and belt and power takeoff options for barn tasks, highlighting its versatility and efficiency.
Local JOURNAL PLANT offering printing binding and engraving services for all needs. Also notes Tung-Sol radio tubes at Davis Radio Lab and a quiz answer page with questions and figures.
East Buffalo market notes hogs 1700, prices down. cattle and calves mixed with slips to $9.50 for good calves, sheep and lambs listed. Pittsburgh wholesale produce shows apples and lettuce steady, onions and potatoes steady, various crates and weights priced. stocks advance then retreat after open.
The fragmented text references an organization, a possible aviation topic, and mentions Mohamat and Ayesha with unclear context. It hints at a historical or ceremonial moment but lacks coherent facts, names, dates, or locations to establish a concrete report.
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