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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1941
Page
1
A fragmented report notes a statewide meeting in a rural area with participants from Grays Mt, Kathmt, and Burk. The assembly aims to unite local groups under a broader civic effort while addressing sister city concerns and regional development.
In unoccupied France on June 30, France cut ties with Soviet Russia and detained about 200 accredited Soviet diplomats and consular staff for questioning. A communique cited security concerns and alleged agents, with Yugoslav and Greek legations affected as exchanges were planned under strained conditions. Marshal Petain met officials after the break was finalized.
Police report a 30s to 80s era female con artist linked to a string of bad checks across Steubenville Monessen and other towns. She used aliases including Virginia Boulon Pauline Gosnell Mary Gordon and Bertha Crance and posed as a book salesman selling birth control literature to cash checks like a $25 item at the Corry Bank. Authorities compare her methods with earlier cases in Pennsylvania and Indiana and seek details on where the checks originated.
A string of weekend wrecks left four dead and multiple injured. Victims include Miss Evelyn F. Audursom, 20, of Titusville, killed when her car crashed into a culvert near Greenville Mercer Road. three Pittsburgh residents died in another crash at a bridge abutment near Greenville. The reports name Kenneth Mali Beardsley and Edith Beardsley among the injured in Cory, with Beardsley in critical condition after a collision on Piccatula Hill.
Sir Arthur Blacklowne, counsellor at the British embassy, was injured in a four hour two wave assault on the provisional Chinese capital Changking yesterday by 63 Japanese bombers. His jaw was fractured and he was pulled from the embassy rubble and taken to a hospital. Three other Britons were injured as well. The American Methodist Mission building was damaged with supplies and medicine wrecked.
Grove City Pa June 30 An explosion of a two pressure tank fatally injured Emanuel Tsulis 37 of Pittsburgh here late yesterday. Tsulis foreman for Central Contracting Co of Pittsburgh was supervising interior painting of a new tank when the blast occurred. The tank lid blew off and struck him. Two other men helping Tsulis escaped injury.
Smethport Pa June 30 District Attorney W Shattuck announced the capture of a third suspect in the May bank holdup at Eldred. Frank Spinley 25 of Buffalo faces armed robbery firearm act and auto larceny charges. Walter Davis 23 of Buffalo held on auto larceny. Spinley’s partner in the crime was killed in Buffalo. Police traced the suspects after theft of a Kane electrical firm car. Later, the two fled into woods near Kane then were captured near Ja Jo south of Kane.
By Associated Press New York June 30. Federal agents arrested 26 men and 3 women on espionage charges in a nationwide sweep. Hoovers says the suspects were shadowed for two years as warrants cite transmitting information to Britain bound ships and armaments. Sixteen seized in the Philadelphia area with others in New Jersey Michigan and Wisconsin. Maximum 20 years for espionage. Native American presence two among arrestees. most were naturalized Americans or foreign born.
INDIANTOWN GAP Pa June 30 Military and state health officials expected to decide a definite course of action today in their investigation of two infantile paralysis cases that occurred last week during a training camp for 14000 soldiers. Authorities said soldiers would likely be forbidden to use public and private swimming places in the area until the investigation is completed.
Twelve Dutch tanker Pendrecht survivors reached New York aboard the Excalibur after drifting 14 days and 760 miles in open boats from Lisbon. Three Excalibur passengers were picked up at Bermuda by British authorities, including Michael Gut who planned to live with John Stroke of Olyphant PA. Rankin elected to a full term as commander of the Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mrs Angelle Jonason and Eric named vice presidents of the VW Ladies Auxiliary.
Washington June 30 The Senate judiciary committee unanimously approved Attorney General Robert Jackson for associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Senator Tydings D Md criticized his temperament and philosophy as unsuitable for the high court, saying Jackson rejected a bid to prosecute columnists Drew Pearson and Robert Allen over radio broadcasts.
Treasury closes to books amid huge defense spending and record revenues, outlining estimates for the just-ended year and the year ahead. Expenditures topped all peace-time years, with deficits expected but not likely to exceed World War peaks. Also notes Elks picnic at General's Grove with attendees from Erie and nearby towns.
Chief of Police D. Manigan coordinated with several local plants to trace brass slugs used to jam cigarette vending machines. FR. W. Spanking Company reported ten cent slugs stolen from their cigarette machines found in Meadville city businesses. Police checked plants and sites including The Atlantic Station on Worth Center Street as possible operation hubs. Arrests may follow as investigators seek the source of the counterfeit slugs and the workers involved.
Frank Bromley, 19, of Corry, was arrested Saturday after being linked to the disappearance of Dorothy Draker, 17, of Erie. He is charged with surety of the peace and was to be returned to Erie for a hearing. The girl had been missing since Thursday and was later located at a sister’s home on Lemon Street.
M Ray Greene, manager of Aero Supply Work, says preliminaries for defense housing units at the old North Corry fair grounds are advanced with late summer construction expected. A large water storage tank for Aero Sarley Manufacturing Co is planned, holding 0 000 gallons, with a several thousand dollar outlay. Night pumping will replace day jumping to prevent delays on defense contracts. The Corry Water Supply Co reports increased consumption by about ten percent in recent weeks amid ongoing water main work from West Smith Street to York Street.
Washington June 30 Congress faced a dispute over 35 million dollars in two large appropriation bills. Leaders remained confident both the relief and agriculture measures would reach President Roosevelt before midnight. Senator Adams chaired the relief bill conference and hoped for agreement on surplus commodities disposal funding.
Aspetalen Press reports Nazi invasion forces breakthrough into Soviet territory, capturing Lwow in Poland as they push toward the Soviet Ukraine. Columns skirt Minsk and threaten routes toward Moscow, with Nazi headquarters confirming the fall of Lwow.
German advances push toward Minsk as Berlin claims occupation while Soviet dispatches report heavy fighting near Minsk and in Lithuania. Reports conflict on front lines with Berlin asserting gains and Moscow saying battles continue across Poland and the Baltic region.
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