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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1941
Page
6
The Methodist church announces special services with a lively Sunday evening program led by Pastor Rev. Rv. B. and Gatoreath. A featured sermon includes themes of soul winning and outreach with a Friday and Wednesday schedule and a get acquainted session for parishioners.
The Pennsylvanian employment service reports a robust local response to a relief drive for defense industries. Manager Linn says many workers, including those unemployed or idle, registered as part of a plan to prevent future shortages. He lists high demand fields such as aircraft and shipyard trades, engineers, inspectors, and related skilled labor. registration aims to steady expanding industries with delayed immediate job offers.
A severe storm over northeastern New Mexico caused six Piper craft of the Aircraft Associates to land or crash along Route 66 near Palma, ten miles east of Albuquerque. W M Gray of Lock Haven, Pa reported all planes accounted for and pilots safe. Three Beluwes planes were en route from Wilmington to Los Angeles. The incident involved Lear Arion Chico in the area, about 95 miles from Albuquerque.
A fragmented item discusses Eilith Cavett arranging for nurse Edith Cavell’s signature and mentions a 1/2 pound value in Paris to fast track employment via a national defense job program. The text suggests urgency in matching locals to available defense work and employment offices.
The readable fragment lists test answers such as Metal Louisiana Peter Pan and Turkey plus agency and place names. It notes river data with a mid level stage around 6.87 feet and mentions melting snows affecting flows in Halig area. The text is incomplete and混杂.
Public and legal notices from Corry Pennsylvania including ordinance amendments for parking meters in downtown streets, a public sale of farm stock and equipment, and sealed bids for parking meter installation and maintenance. Names, dates, places, and prices appear for auctions and proposals.
The City Council of Curry adopts a comprehensive parking meter ordinance regulating metered spaces. It outlines turnover duties for patrolmen, designated markings, prohibited actions, coin deposits, meter tampering penalties, fund management, and enforcement hours from 9am to 9pm on weekdays with exceptions for holidays and funeral services.
Markets report from Pittsburgh and Buffalo dated March 25 shows slow demand for produce with varied prices on apples, stayman varieties, and potatoes. Buffalo livestock sales are quiet with hogs steady to lower, cattle steady, and calves selling at moderate to strong prices. A brief accident report notes W. Copley hospitalized after a car crash in Rouseville with head injuries and fair condition. Associated Press roundup mentions broad market moves and several companies and traders active in New York trading.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Steber and bowls, with garbled wording about a match or performance. It references a team or players like Gy, Keglers, Rebert, and Lower Marion, but details are largely unreadable and inconsistent.
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