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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1940

Page

8

Spartansburg Moves and Spring Plays Near

Spartansburg residents plan April 1 shifts as families relocate near the town and seniors prepare for the school stage production Aunt Till Goes to Town. The senior class at Spartanburg High School rehearses the comedy with Victor Sayre as Mervin amid other cast members.

Sparta Spartansburg Tillie Spartanshore Tile Nother Mervin Victor Sayre Will L. Brooks Ethel Patterson Pittsburgh

Dream of Sixty Years Standing Realized in Toll Road Dedication

McKeesport Pennsylvania March 26 United Press reports Lieut Charles Eckels age 73 of the city police is near realizing his boyhood dream to ride the old South Penn Railroad route now the site of a $60 million turnpike. The road will be dedicated July 4 in the presence of President Roosevelt and other dignitaries. Eckels recalled starting work at age 14, earning a dollar a day, hauling dirt by hand as modern machinery now moves tons. Excavation on the new highway has removed 26 million cubic feet of earth, more than the Fortifications of France Maginot line. Eckels attends the road’s progress, hoping to see the 126 mile project finished before June 29.

United Press Mckeesport Old South Penn Harrisburg Pittsburgh Charles Eckels Eckels South Penn Frencia Maginot Line Lieut Evkels

Compulsory Auto Insurance Bill Sparks New York Debate

A proposed auto insurance law in Albany would replace the current liability rule, require proof of coverage up to 5000 for bodily injury and 10000 for all injuries per accident, and create an arbitration board to assign high risk drivers to an insurance pool with rates set by a board based on company performance.

New Ows~er Board of Arbitration Instii Tive Board of Arbitraton

Profile of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and Health Reform

Today’s profile chronicles Dr. John Harvey Kellogg born February 26, 1852 in Tyrone Michigan. He built a health foods empire and sanitariums while advocating simple diet restraint and abstinence from liquor tobacco and meat. He led Battle Creek Sanitarium long promoted cereals and created the Race Betterment Foundation and child and elder care initiatives.

John Harvey Kellogg Kellye Miami-Battle Creek Miami Springs Ela Kelloge Race Betterment Foundation Kellogg

Oil City Man Takes Own Life In Suspected Depression

George H. Smith, 55, a 35 year Oil City resident and carpenter, fatally shot himself in the right temple as his wife heard nothing but later learned of his death. County coroner Dr. J. Irwin Zero ruled death by self-inflicted gunshot. Smith, born in Wesley October 17, 1874, served as First Evangelical Church trustee president and was active in local Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.

Temple Oil City Maren Itl George H. Smith Smith Hadeen Wesley John W. and Angeline Henderson Smith First Evangelical, Church Board of Toeal Judge of Odd Fellows The Knights of Matta

Erie Man Struck at Home by Unknown Attacker

A man named in the brief report was struck at his residence last night. Police and responders arrived after the incident and are investigating.

Erie Bors Struick Alsters Mit Howard Pany

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