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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1940
Page
6
An era of heavy snowfall and transportation notes fill the page. PanagraF Ave records deep snows while railroads and bus lines see reduced activity. Abaconda Copper Mining Co reports 1939 income up sharply to 20,296,552, with earnings per share rising to 2.99.
About 25 to 28 Allegheny College students travel from Meadville to Washington DC for a four day visit. The trip caps a Political Science 10 class and a citizenship training program. Professor Paul H. Giddens leads the group as they plan to write term papers on chosen subjects while in the national capital.
The fourteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Walter Hunt died early today at Corry hospital after an emergency operation. He was a fifth grade student at Washington School and had lived in Corry thirteen years. Survived by parents two brothers and grandparents. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Brackenhealing chapel at 2 30 PM followed by interment in Pine Grove cemetery mausoleum.
An old advertisement promotes Ru-Ex Compound mixed with water and lemon juice as a quick cure for rheumatic pain, neuritis, or arthritis. It touts relief within 48 hours and offers a money back guarantee via drugstores like McCandrew Drug Company and Sood drug stores.
Hendrik Willem van Loon traces medieval guilds as mutual aid bodies shaping society in England and Flanders. The narrative links guild power to early peasant and labor struggles, Magna Charta limits, and the rise of merchant influence, noting cycles of leadership and upheaval that weakened popular rule.
A page of sale ads lists reconditioned Thor washers, kitchen sets, and farm supplies from Dairy Feeds to John Deere tractors. Also advertised are Ford cars, Allis-Chalmers tractors, Desks and Table Tops, and a farm for sale. Readers are urged to send location and price. addresses in care of Farm appear.
Police across Northern Ireland and Eire monitor for possible Irish Republican Army outbreaks during May following Easter Monday violence. Disorder marked by 1916 commemoration threats spills over from a violent Sunday in Ireland and England.
Patterson Stewart J., 43, of North Shenango township near Hantstown, died by suicide at 7:30 am on his back porch using a double-barrel shotgun. Despondency over ill health and financial worries were blamed. an inquest was deemed unnecessary.
Yamoa Hulse Dolsen, Pittsburg Gemini leader, expected to be taken before the Dies committee in Washington this week to testify about alleged Communist activities over the past 15 years.
Slow demand on the wholesale market with mixed prices across fruits vegetables and staples. Apples steady with several varieties listed. onions, cabbage and lettuce show small shifts. potatoes and sweet potatoes stable to firm. regional crates and hampers priced, including Maryland and Florida items. Garment supplies on hand include apples onions lettuce and potatoes.
Senator Taft, seeking the Republican presidential nomination, denounced the New Deal as a wealth distribution plan that harms nine million unemployed and demands national living standards lower than before. He spoke to southeastern Pennsylvania Republicans amid inflationary concerns and farm issues.
Fragments discuss players and prospects across the Indians and Yankees, naming Boudreau, Feller, Chapman, and Petter. References to Patterson, Hudlin, and Cleve lineup suggest spring training chatter. The piece blends player form, potential positions, and upcoming meetings without a clear game result.
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