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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1941
Page
6
Weather improves with milder Sunday, cold wave ahead to Tuesday night. Tax aid by Sherman Hickey to help with returns. eggs promotion for state market encouraged. Local WPA projects suspended, then resumed. Corry Band prep with guest soloist Sam Misone. Guy H Curtis dies. Patrolman Buslingaine away. WPA sewing resumes. accident injuries reported.
Harrisburg report notes a brief outburst of activity as the 1941 session nears the end. Two bills enacted include a 14.5 million appropriation for March to May and a transfer from the Motor Vehicle Fund. The Senate has no House bills pending. the House has one Senate bill on estates awaiting passage. Committees linger under Democratic control as Republicans scrutinize budget requests and Democratic bills.
The week ending February 9 shows continued drop in Pennsylvania relief rolls with 4732 cases closed and 3075 opened. Nationally 136,342 cases still receive aid, while private employment reduced general assistance by moving some families to other aid programs and WPA turnover cut direct relief. Expenditures totaled $797,001 in cash, plus $84,477 in grants and $14,186 in milk orders.
The Navy Recruiting Office announced a March quota of one hundred first enlistments for the Buffalo Recruiting District. February saw eighty Buffalo area enlistees, 48 for minority or until age 21, 38 for the regular six year term. two re enlisted for four years after separation. Four men out less than three months re enlisted for four years. Re enlisted or broken service members are sent to the receiving ship at Brooklyn for assignment. The Buffalo office, with sub stations in Rochester Elmira Olean Jamestown N Y Erie Pa, operates 9 a m to 4 30 p m and on Saturdays 9 to 1.
Martin Mayer of 418 Shorehaven Drive, a prominent local figure, died suddenly Friday near Sanibel Island Florida after a heart attack. Family members reported he had been in good health prior to the incident and were notified by Ross Mayer.
The State Library’s Extension Division analyzes materials and orders books for small communities stressing democracy and patriotism. The Defense Committee notes new library patrons and needs as national conditions change, urging libraries to act now and seek community and industry support, with donations from Corry Jamesown Manufacturing and others for tools and metalwork manuals.
March 3 six men were taken into custody and charged with disorderly conduct after Chief Wesson Palow Patrolman Albert Hall and State Police Sergeant Lee surprised them during a card game in a club west of the Community Building. All pleaded guilty when arraigned before Justice Pence Mowat J. Fisk and received fines. Police confiscated cards, gambling equipment, and some cash.
Bill Hooker and Kip Anderson defeated Pat Renal and Phil Temple by a total of 101 pins in a special doubles match. They erased a 41-pin first-block deficit by rolling 162 pins in the final six frames, then surged in the last three games to overcome a large early lead. Final scores include 657 for Hooker and 555 for Anderson in the late blocks.
State College Pa March 3 Eastern Pennsylvania schoolboys won five of eight events at the seventh annual PIAA championships. Defenders Schmidt of York and Solar of Allentown repeated in breast stroke and diving. Kerper of West Reading beat Wilkinson of Eddystone in the 100 back. Bosler Norristown won 80 free, Cooke Strong Vin cent won 100 free, Pulaskos Bast won 220 free, York took 150 medley relay, Bast won the other relay.
Erie county officials announce a federal defense road program allocating about 2 million dollars for national defense highways in 1941. Plans include widening Ridge road to three lanes near Powell avenue and extending three-lane work across East and West Lake roads, with extensive land damages anticipated. Major Supplee and district engineers cite rapid plan drafting to meet county approval as the network expands.
Coral Gables Fla March 3 A draft board summons pulled Ea Oliver from the international football golf tournament today but his partner Clyton Heafner of Linville NC will likely pick a substitute. Oliver caught a midnight plane for Wilmington Del to report to selective service officials who said he would be there today. Oliver is the first named golfer called for military training.
Philadelphia heavyweight Bob Montgomery faces George Zengarss of New York in a ten round bout at the Arena tonight. Montgomery aims for a potential rematch with lightweight king Lew Jenkins.
The Pennsylvania Scholastic Coaches Association booked a football clinic for the week of June 29 at Pottsville. Paul Brown, famed Massillon coach now at Ohio State University, will head the group of instructors as secretary treasurer John W. Weimer announced.
Gasoline in Johannespurg, South Africa, has increased twice since the outbreak of the European conflict. The current price stands at 45 cents per gallon, reflecting wartime demand and supply disruptions impacting local motorists and businesses.
A historical note records that in Kansas it is legal at home to banquet on snakes lizards centipedes scorpions and other reptiles but illegal to eat them in public. The oddity arose while revising statutes by Franklin Carrick with a penalty of 30 days to nine months in jail or a 25 dollar fine. Until 1925 mayors and township trustees could conscript able bodied males aged 12 to 65 to destroy locusts or migratory grasshoppers. The law was enacted in 1877.
Pittsburgh markets show moderate demand for apples and potatoes with varied crate and car lot prices across Pennsylvania New York and West Virginia. Buffalo livestock trade mixed with hogs cattle and sheep steady to lower amid price ranges and weight classes. mild declines in several cattle groups and lighter hogs.
A fragmentary OCR item mentions Norseal Ali Intel, with unclear context. The readable portion points to a sports or academic team fielding in a competition led by the entity named. Further details are unreadable in the snippet.
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