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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1942
Page
3
Merchandise revenue rose 1,000,200 while coal and coke brought 461,029 and sidered gains. Freight revenue climbed and total May revenue showed a twenty year high with robust year over year growth. Robert E Woodruff reports the figures as part of the May 1942 railroad financial review.
Twenty years ago the city reported appointments and meetings including George W. Munkle named police chief and Sumas Foley mentioned. A marriage in Valley City, and a high school graduate in 1918 were noted along with bicycle accident injuries. Enforcement of a snake product ordinance was announced, and a public rally led by Captain Bess Head Olmstead urged church members to train scouts in knot tying. Two suspects charged with aggravated assault pleaded guilty and were bound over to the new term.
A jumble of notes recalls local figures and events in Corry, detailing community reunions, wartime veterans and businessmen, a two day pow wow, parades, and civic happenings. It mentions Joseph Brown a heart attack victim, Glenn Wood on a westward tour, Guy Saxton at Kiwanis, a fines for parking, Paul Miller’s promotion, and planned revivals of railway branches and local industry.
June 20 report details a bizarre river rubber discovery in Jamestown. Five young workers tested the material as local laborers gathered and later hauled large rubber tires and related items from the river, with a notable pull by a truck company and substantial debris collected over two days.
Answers to tent questions printed in editorial page. Loa 1 Maina 2 Mareln. $8. The Broly Dongers. Posters: mother, lence one's college. Litvinoff. Georgia, The Mass. True. THAIS Tefferson. New kind of clot. One section of Mannheim has top street names, but is divided into 136 Mocks designated by letter and number.
The piece surveys Russian progress and military readiness, highlighting industrial development and education as factors behind strength, while noting perceived American naivety about Russia. It argues the battleship era fades and air power dominates, likening future warfare to medieval hunting with carriers and planes. It ends reflecting on America’s role and ideals amid global change.
The text describes the heart’s function and blood flow in a misprinted medical note. It notes the heart beating around 71 times per minute, the circulation pumping blood through the body, and a blood drop traveling the circulatory loop in about 22 seconds. It emphasizes the heart’s continuous, efficient work and mentions abuse and abortive life in unclear terms.
A mixed set of trivia and old spelling questions appears in the daily quiz, asking about volcanic eruptions, price controls, baseball trades, colonial founders, theology terms, fabric production, and historical writings. It includes awkward typos and garbled phrases suggesting a scanned page with OCR errors.
Erie company announces first dividend in 76 years, 50 cents a share payable July 10 to record June 30, with certificates of beneficial interest included. May 1942 operating expenses rise 29 percent to 7.34 million, due partly to wage hikes, plus repairs from Delaware and Lackawaxen flood damage and increased taxes and depreciation. Revenue loads show gains over May 1941, with connections and other loads up modestly higher.
Erie citizen Mrs Alfred Bendell of 402 West 10th Street won a $1000 defense bond in a Procter and Gamble contest. She was notified by telegram and said her essay Why I Would Like to Own A Defense Bond earned the prize for the second week of a May 20 to July 4 series awarding $1000 weekly.
Activities unfold across towns with performances at Columbia theatre featuring Blue Barron and his band and Meleise yesterday and today. Ridgway hosts Strafidhe theatre showing magician Neff while Fairhaven plans a new club house for air wardens in the mattress plant extension. nearby weather mentions enhanced tornado coverage by Will Rogers from Oklahoma, and a range of community notices from a three day tour to a militia unit update.
A repeat offender, Wennsehel, age unknown, faced a Western penitentiary term after pleading guilty to multiple counts. Court records show four previous convictions, including 1928 burglary and 1949 morals offense. He received a four year term with additional parole considerations and prior stints in workhouse and county facilities.
An, of 108 Highland Parkways, superintendent of the city water department, announced Thursday he will seek the Republican nomination for Congress challenging Representative Mantel A. Reed of Dunkirk. Mr. Puller, 45, is married with five children and has lived in Olean 12 years. He previously served as sanitary engineer for Cattaraugus County for 14 years.
A garbled ad fragment offers cash for lost vehicles with a bold guarantee. It mentions an Angus Biisene and a Breeder in 7 Tion Graptees, and cites A. J. Allens Motor Sales on Well Pleat Avenue as a supposed contact. The readable bits imply a car buy offer with immediate cash.
Police issue alert for the arrest of Louisence B. Riley, 95, a former Grand Union Tea employee, accused of forging checks and cashing about 800 in value from 28 blank company checks. Riley allegedly accessed blank checks, stole a table of 200 West Week cashed, and fled. Warrants filed. authorities seek apprehension across eastern cities.
From Western Europe the Germans intensified a new campaign against British and United States shipping. Reports say about 180 Heinkel 177 aircraft are in use with long range for land attacks on New York and Washington. Norway runways could support launches, while Tokyo would coordinate with Nazi actions in Europe and Siberian forces in Asia.
Buffalo NY June 20 market notes show mixed livestock bids with cattle and calves steady to higher on some classes while hogs and sheep offer limited demand. Beef cows and cutters range 7.60 to 12.75, vealers steady, spring lambs 65 to 80 per cwt with good weights around 14.50 to 15.50. Pittsburgh June 20 reports slow provice demand, apples steady, potatoes steady, and assorted produce prices listed. New York stock market commentary notes negligible selling with only minor fraction changes in blue chips and a long list of tickers quoted close to unpaid, reflecting cautious trading.
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