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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1940
Page
1
A garbled OCR item mentions a theft event with unclear names and quantities. Readable elements indicate a loot incident possibly involving a person or group, but specifics such as place, date, or organization are not discernible.
Readable fragments mention a store street and a family. No clear event, names, or dates emerge. Summary limited to available bits, preserving uncertain phrasing and context.
Roger Babson surveys the Holding Company Act impact, noting a stock decline of about 20 million in security values, reduced defense cooperation, and slowed expansion that could cost up to 100000 jobs. He warns investors against distressed utility securities while detailing how a “death sentence” could force swaps or sales of operating company stocks to cover bonds, risking broad public losses.
The Erie Times reports this winter has snow on the ground for 87 straight days, nearing a 10 year record. Weather official R W Tomas notes the northwest state corner has not seen such a protracted winter since 1919 1920, with the first snowfall December 20 1939 and daily snow cover continuing.
Cory area milk producers will receive $1.05 per hundredweight for February deliveries to the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association, down four cents from January but 36 cents above February 1999. New York reports two factors behind the cut: lower prices for dried milk uses and a seasonal rise in production. February pooled milk totaled 396,545,532 pounds from 29 days, up 5.9 percent daily over January.
Cleveland, March 1. John Lewis McCormick, 21, University of Pittsburgh senior, stands at the center of a sanity trial as a nine women and three men jury weighs his fate. Jurors failed to reach a verdict and were adjourned to resume deliberations, with no immediate prospect of a ruling before Monday.
Tokyo officials protested Soviet border guards’ assaults on Japanese troops along the Siberian frontier. The protest followed a Soviet embassy meeting. Japan reported its forces repulsed the attackers.
Howard Madsen, 24, arrested ten days earlier on a morals charge, pleaded guilty to sodomy. Judge Miles B. Kitts sentenced him to two to four years in the Western penitentiary. He was taken into custody by city officers after an attack alleged by a 13-year-old boy. Madsen had prior suspicions of assaults on other children over years. He will be transferred to the penitentiary within a few days.
Doyle Company restructures with Beebe of Union City named vice president and general manager. Former assistant district engineer with Pennsylvania State Highway Department, Beebe previously supervised Doyle operations in 1939. Harry J. Doyle remains president and treasurer, Harrison J. Doyle as secretary. Legal dispute over the firm ends with the reorganization.
McConnellsburg Pa March 5 Indicted by the grand jury Brice Hann a suspected liquor dealer may stand trial next week on charges of murder in the slaying of State Policeman Fred Sutton Mercer Pa last January 3 The Fulton county jury returned a true bill and District Attorney John W Mentzer said he would bring Hann to trial next week probably Wednesday or Thursday
Senate opponents of the Hatch act extension aimed last minute amendments as a final vote neared. The plan by Senate Democratic Leader Barkley followed two failed attempts and came after a 51 to 32 rejection of returning the bill for re study. Twenty Republicans and 29 Democrats supported the measure while one Farmer Laborite sided with the majority.
City Council will hold a regular meeting next week to hear bids for the former Antler hotel site on West Main Street. At least two parties are expected to submit offers for the parcel west of the Berliner building where new construction is planned. The meeting may also address delinquent tax issues and a WPA project that could involve East Park Place or North Center Street between Park Place and Smith Street.
Unitearres Stockholm March 16 Selma Lagerlof one of the world’s best known novelists died today at Moorbuska estate. She was 82 and had suffered from pneumonia. The loss was felt nationwide as Sweden mourned its most distinguished writer with tributes pouring in from literary circles and officials.
State officials weigh the impact of a national WPA cut of about one third on Pennsylvania's 165000 quota. Officials say quotas are set in Washington and depend on favorable weather for meeting targets, amid a dispute between Governor James and WPA leaders over project availability and transportation issues.
Shamokin Pa March 16 Coal Township authorities plan to reopen 18 school buildings next Tuesday with new staff if striking janitors do not return by Monday. The, board offered a month’s salary to entice a return, while janitors claim five months back pay is owed. Local officials consider borrowing funds to cover the hires.
A German news agency dispatch from Amsterdam claims confidential information suggests Joseph Kennedy, the American ambassador to Great Britain, sent a report to Washington on British chances that displeased the British government. The document implies growing friction between Kennedy and Britain.
A paper clip became lodged in the lung of one year old Janet Sexton of Union City. She was rushed to two hospitals as doctors tried to remove the object. The child, daughter of Mr and Mrs Merle Sexton, is reportedly improving after initial choking and respiratory trouble.
Major Lester Te Lops of the Fife County GMTC Committee announced Corry youths have been recommended for CMTC training. Recipients include Roland J. Kinney John R. Patterson Kenneth Walter A. Paulson John G. Strigter Robert J. Sullivan and Paul M. Weber. The three-week camp runs July 5 to August 1 with government covering transportation shelter food medical care and laundry. Applications and booklets available from Major Lopus who notes several youths have already touched base for the 1940 program.
HARRISBURG March 16 Exclusive rights to retail gasoline along the 160 mile Pennsylvania turnpike will be awarded shortly by the Delaware River Turnpike Commission Chairman Walter A. Jones disclosed the plan. The commission will grant exclusive sales rights directly to firms guaranteeing the greatest revenue for road maintenance and for amortization of the commission's $95,000,000 FUPC issue.
European interest centers on Sumner Welles and a possible peace drive from his information quest. Editorials in Corriere Padano questioned a decisive phase in the war while noting talks with Mussolini and Chigi. Welles, in Berlin and Rabat, reportedly discussed peace terms. French plans favored continued war for complete victory. The Rome-Berlin axis weighs the U S role as Italy eyes closer ties while Popolo d’Italia hints Allies may seek devastation of Germany.
In Bucharest on May 16, the government announced that more than 100 Iron Guard members convicted earlier have been released after signing pledges of allegiance to King Carol. Officials say several dozen remain jailed, with releases continuing after long detentions.
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