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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1940
Page
1
Fragmentary note suggests residents may uncover a hidden pantry or food stash within urban alleys. Authorities have not released details, but the message hints at community aid and collective storage spots. No names or dates are confirmed in the legible text.
London May 3 The future of Neville Chamberlain's government and British war policy hinges on developments from Norway or another theater before Tuesday's Commons debate. A forced retreat from Andalsnes unsettles Britons, while French Premier Reynaud also faces a harsh critique as the Allied stance in Norway tests political support and balance of power.
A young married couple, Mr and Mrs Francois Desnoyers, were held for arraignment after a 24 hour torture claim by 29 year old Helen Desjardins. She was hospitalized with a bruised face an black eye and welts across her body.
Erie county court awarded custody of the four Reed children of Mr and Mrs Joseph Reed of Carry after Chief John D Flantzan petitioned on neglect grounds. Three children were sent to Josephs Home and the fourth to Harborcreek Home, Judge Miles B Kitts presiding.
A Toledo housewife Mrs. Arthur Cline told a census taker the mortgage on her home was forty five billion dollars, claiming it as the national debt. Her husband, attorney Mr. Cline, argued the figure represents a lien on the home. The supervisor weighs the odd response.
Corry residents largely support Mayor Frank E. Hepler’s proclamation to adopt daylight saving time on Monday May 18. Businesses banks schools and plants begin shifting clocks May 12 and forestry industry Aero Supply with 800 workers already uses the new schedule. Union City likely joins in the last time pattern with Golden Rule Club members to meet next week.
Corry High School sent a group led by Byland Harvey Glyde Dingfelder and the women mess Mary Helene Hill Strom Helen Bush Nancy Miller and Alice Nes to Lawrence Park to take the competitive State Scholarship examinations this morning.
The 1840 Memorial Day observance in Corry is organized by a central committee with representatives from United Spanish War Veterans Elmer Carrier Post 365 American Legion Lieut A W Thompson Post 264 Veterans of Foreign Wars and company A led by Capt W S Houghton as general chairman The American Legion Olin W Bracken leads efforts toward a speaker with two or three candidates being contacted Parade participation is urged including Boy Scouts and possibly other groups to boost community involvement
Maya Peter Schewchuk, 21, admitted killing Wanda Dworeck, 17, daughter of a Polish Baptist minister, for 50 cents. An all male jury found him guilty of first degree murder after a short deliberation. Judge Baldwin imposed life with possible parole in 10 to 15 years. The case follows the father’s electrocution for plotting the murder to claim the $2,600 life insurance.
Judge George A. Walsh ruled that the Dies Committee raids on the Communist party headquarters and the Illeanational Workers order were illegal. He did not order the seized papers returned though in his handwritten decision. The raiders demanded disguals of the sites brought by Carl Reeve, educational director of the Communist party and its U.S. Senate candidate.
Allied forces withdrawing from Namsos are believed to set up a new operations base near Mosjoen Norway. German troops reportedly occupy Stoeren north of Trondheim and push toward the town, one of central Norway’s last resistance centers. A German evacuation of Namsos base is hinted by Norwegian sources. British air forces bombed the Danish airfield at Ry in North Jutland.
More than 2000 employees of the Duquesne Light Company and affiliated firms voted in a Labor Relations Board supervised election in Pittsburgh on May 3. The Independent Association affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations won 4613 votes to 224 for the utility workers organizing committee. Two employees voted against affiliation with any union.
Erie reporters note the ongoing gas price war will end at 4 PM today as stations plan a three cent rise after weeks of 13 cents per gallon for regular and 15 cents for higher octane gas.
William Kramer. 72, former county commissioner and register and recorder, died at home after a long illness in Erie. He served two terms as register and four years as commissioner. He once was foreman of the composing room of the old Erie Dispatch.
Harrisburg May 3 Ohio Senator Robert A Taft, seeking the Republican nomination, talked with Gov Arthur James last night but insisted there was no discussion of a stop-Dewey campaign. The meeting focused on campaign strategy though Taft denied a joint move against Dewey.
By Tinted Press SHINGTON May 3 Acms ns by the chief of the army air eprys and the secretary of the wy thi Americans airplanes and ware in must be redesigned In the Puplit of European war developments brought demands from senators to dig to slow down the nasional de cae expansion program. Maj. Gen H H Arnold chief of wheating air corps told a Senate Appropriation Suia committee yesterday that several technical changes inns be made 42thieavery urplanes if they are in them match for those being waed by Germany. Secretary of the Navy Charles Edigon told a press conferenc Wednesday Trial & general révision at warship design is necessary to offset the temporary advantage now held by bonding planes over surface craft. Edison will be called before the Senate Naval Affairy Committee next week to outline a proposed warship modernization program possibly Including whale back ship Commitee Chairman David L Wash sald Edison would be asked to expand his views on warship construction it connection with a house-approved mill authorizing an WW 6 per cent increase in naval strength. His decision to re-open the hearings was the result of resent reports from Norway.
Pittsburgh May 3 America would be drawn into the European war quickly if President Roosevelt prosecutes aggressor nations as the quarantine, warned U S Senator David A Revel. Speaking at the Foreign Policy Association annual meeting he criticized Japan's conduct in China yet said an American embargo on Japan could rebound.
Harrisburg May 3 The Petrillo appeal a 21 year old tailor and self styled witch-doctor sentenced to death for murder for insurance was set to be heard by the state supreme court beginning May 20. The session is expected to last two days. Pittsburgh May 3 A dynamite cap exploded injuring 17 year old Frank A Marola causing burn wounds to the chest as the explosion occurred in his kitchen while he worked.
Harrisburg May 3 Opposed Democratic leaders considered a truce proposal by Senator Joseph F. Gustey to unite party factions under Gulfey control with a four man committee. The renominated Dems met county leaders and pressed for leadership over party machinery while Roosevelt third term drift remained. The plan softened to include possible Gulfey naming of a state ticket and a small special committee to reorganize the party ahead of a fall election.
May 3 reports a club hostess, Justine Hietford aged about 25, found dead in a driveway near her home in Cleveland. Police will await autopsy to confirm whether murder, heart attack, or accidental injury caused death. Thoughts center on her two week stay from California and her mother in Dallas. Proprieter Clifford Loraway of the club where she worked confirmed hiring April 22 from a recommendation. authorities had limited detail on her background.
Penfield appointed Greenland consul as US Greenland relations begin. James J. Penfield, with the Far Eastern division of the State Department, prepares to open a consulate at Gouvern, Cerikint Phatietd will be on a comet guard putter May 10 for the colony of Cerqunni domianed Menus.
Jay Sperling of Worth Enter was arrested near Ye Fave Creeks on a charge of emeraling a major vehicle. Stevan, arrested by Erie County police, pleaded guilty before Judge Bryans on Thursday morning. He was fined 100 dollars and remanded to Erie County Jail for a year for failing to pay fines, with additional time. Speerburg must serve an extra 80 days, and a tally of checks cashed tied to the case.
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At the Walthall hotel in Jackson, Gov. Johnson allegedly struck editor Major Sullens, who retaliated in a brawl that left blood spilled. Witnesses described a crowded lobby as governors and editors grappled, with bystanders pulling them apart and the governor retreating to the mansion.
European observers report Germany’s victory in Norway as a pivotal move. Allied defenses and strategic positions across Scandinavia, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic remain unsettled, with fears of a swift German expansion and potential further attacks.
Four more cases of chicken pox are documented, with details oddly garbled. The readable fragments mention individuals on 15th Street, Grant Street, York Street, and a recent export of hides to a quarry or curtorites, though the context is unclear.
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