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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1941
Page
6
A chaotic recap covers severe winter storms, local police searches for abandoned cars, and a resumed Pittsburgh Post Gazette after a five day halt. It notes a spring equinox on March 20 and a missing thumb saved in Corry hospital, plus honors for ex railroad worker John C. McMahon and police motor code enforcement steps.
Tragedy near Shawgo Pa as 48 year old Wile Man Shawgo dies when struck by a bumper on a rocky Grove road. Witnesses and a autopsy by Dr Foster confirm fatal injuries and no inquest is planned. He leaves a wife and four children.
In Jamestown on March 17 a police pursuit ended in a head on crash with a four vehicle. Patrolman Platt Ostrander and another officer sustained bruises and cuts while driver Clayton Cross 20 of Sinclairville remained uninjured. Cross claimed proper signaling while police accuse reckless driving.
Answers to the daily quiz are printed on page four. The list includes Harrison as president, questions aboutondonr and May Day, James Bland, and notes on interchangeable names. The quiz mentions spheroid, Lincoln, and April UM inserts.
A personal testimonial from a 64 year old reader, posted in a newspaper feature, touts Adlerika as relieving stomach upset and restoring energy. The message urges others to try Adlerika at their local drug store.
Relief rolls showed further decline as the weekly movement reduced total cases to 136,667 with 344,058 dependents. Private employment offsets WPA losses, while transfers to dependent children cut around 300 cases and households by about 850.
A Concord resident dies Sunday morning at 6 30 at Corey Hospital after a period of illness. She had lived at The Boyce Home on West Park Place. Daughter of Michael and Margaret Mahoney, she was born in Concord township and leaves four Buffalo cousins. Funeral services Tuesday at 9 from Brerken Keating Funeral Parlors, with Requiem Mass at St Thomas Church. Temporary interment in the church crypt.
Mrs. Amanda Bougher Smith, 92, of Ligonier pa, descendant of eight pioneer families, knits socks for soldiers from Civil War to World War I era. As a girl she knitted for Union troopers. decades later she stitched hose for Allied troops in Britain and now keeps knitting for British soldiers.
The American Legion chapter announces a 1940 essay contest on the form of government with 450 to 2600 word essays due March 29 1941. Eligible are high school seniors entering college next September from Crawford and Exie counties. County Americanism officers will supervise, prizes suggested by posts. Winners attend a meeting between March 29 and April 10 for a second contest with a new topic. The Senatorial scholarship funds four years tuition at the University of Pittsburgh.
We express sincere appreciation to relatives neighbors and friends for sympathy during the death of our mother Mrs Melissa Mawles and grandmother. We also thank Columbus Carry hospital nurses and staff for their kindness and support. The Kefard Family.
Walter Bartlinski of Erie was killed in a crash near Route 6 east of Columbus when his Plymouth owsted, driven by Charles Kuln of Renovo, failed to see him. Bartlinski and three Erie youths escaped injury. they returned to Corry and spent the night at the police station as a sharp cooling front moved eastward. Weather shifting from mild to storm conditions affected traffic and road safety.
A column notes Britain's aid to Greece restrains Hitler and may push Yugoslavia and Turkey to join the conflict. It highlights Salonika as a strategic flashpoint whose defense could determine regional support against the Axis.
The readable text references a Pew Brook family and mentions twelve inch sport items. It notes hall spaces and ongoing plots with initial notes and mentions streets, possibly a local sale or event. The fragmentary nature limits clarity on names, dates, or outcomes.
Fragmented text references bowling competition at Erie with names such as Corry Snyder Lou Meye Vince and others. Details are garbled, but indicates period reporting of a 1017 or similar score and a team posting a total in the same event.
Pittsburgh produce prices list many varieties with varied quotes and weights. Buffalo livestock notes hogs, cattle, sheep with price ranges and trends. market activity described as steady to mixed, with limits on heavy cuts and trucking quotes. Historical column mentions Lindbergh crossing milestones and plane/airship feats by early figures.
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