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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1940
Page
6
Skies stay cheery only briefly as downtown activity and street repairs mix with forecasts of a cool wet summer. Citizens discuss tax lists and unpaid levies while local police step up traffic patrols and a bike parade is planned amid air show preparations and regional sport updates.
Five people were injured in consecutive automobile accidents near Kane on Route 8 and at Brookston Road Station. Jean B Johnson and Hazel Bennett, both of Kane, were hurt when their car collided at Route 68 junction. Johnson was knocked unconscious and extricated by passersby. Another Kane resident, Henning Swenson, sustained back injuries in a separate crash near St Marys and was hospitalized. State police planned further investigation.
Ridgway Pa June 25 a four year old boy John Vivian Jr son of Mr and Mrs John Vivian of Hydes Hill county was struck near his home. He remains in critical condition with brain injury skull fracture scalp lacerations after the auto driven by Arthur Lerner of Brockway and owned by Mr Caruso of Brockway was involved in the crash.
Readers answer a quiz on labor supply, training facilities, and courses for out of school youths. The item lists questions about unemployment, rural industry needs, and potential public school trade expansions with references to answers including Belfast and Atlantic City.
Columbus residents and nearby communities prepare for an in community fair with a July meeting at Dean school. The 4 H Club welcomes Anita Nichols as a new member and members plan to attend Camp Fre at Youngsville. Local social and family updates pivot around reunions, visits, and community events across Columbus and neighboring towns.
Pittsburgh June 25 The State Superior Court denied a new trial to three men accused in a Homestead elections fraud case begun in 1939 for attempting to fix a jury.
Erie detectives traced an illegal operation after a six month old foetus was recovered from a sewer near 4th and Myrtle streets. Detective Sergeants Baward Englert and Paul Luthringer led the inquiry, identifying a woman who performed the abortion and a couple whose marital status remained unclear as the man fled with a package toward a manhole.
Pranelin Pa June 25 Venango County shows a population gain of 627 over 1930 in preliminary 1940 census figures announced by Supervisor Larry D. Gent. County total reaches 63,998, with rural areas increasing while Prandin and Oil City decline. Franklin records 9,919 and Oil City 20,307.
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Philadelphia reports labor leaders backed a resolution urging a strong Isolationist policy to keep the nation out of war and halt the sale of military equipment to the Allies. Speakers included Thomas Kennedy of the United Mine Workers and James P Casey of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, amid a meeting of AFL and allied unions.
Market notes from East Buffalo show hogs slow but steady with light gains 5 to 10 cents. hogs 180-230 lbs $5.75-5.85, heavier primes $5.40-$6.50. Cattle 1000 head steady to strong. steers and yearlings $9.50-$11.00, calves $10, sheep $9-$10.75, demand slow on wholesale. Grain and produce prices list apples, cabbage, onions, potatoes with slight declines in some corn and potato items. United Press report notes stock market declines with United States Steel down 2.25 points and Bethlehem Steel down 1 point. utilities mixed.
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