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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1941
Page
2
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Paul W. Birchard, son of Mrs. A B Birchard, has been transferred to lead receiving inspection at Chrysler Corporation s Jefferson plant in Detroit under direct government supervision. He takes a highly technical position in a large wartime setting.
Local items list grocery ad notes for Lifebuoy soap and other goods at Wilcox Grocery. Community notices include hospital discharges, club meetings, lumber ads, a WPA worker found dead, fire damage at a residence, city council approval for sewer study funding, and multiple obituaries and local happenings with names and places in Titusville and surrounding areas.
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor urged broader labor representation in President Roosevelt's cabinet during a Pennsylvanian Federation of Labor convention in Harrisburg. He pledged full cooperation with America's national defense plan and supported aid to Great Britain. Green defended labor unity and rejected a call for labor to gain influence through Joseph Lewis statements, asserting 100 percent backing for the president and government in the emergency.
A stern guard blocked Nick Rishko on his third escape attempt at Eastern Penitentiary. Warden Herbert Smith said the 23-year-old Allentown convict was found with a rope ladder, improvised cage, knives, clubs, and money. A tower guard alerted officials and Rishko was captured.
The six year old Rachel Wessin was returned to her mother after a kidnapping scare in New York. Tony Russo, a WPA laborer and family friend, had taken the girl toward Detroit via Trenton New Jersey and Pennsylvania before police intercepted them in South Langhorne. The mother pleaded not to punish him. The incident began when the girl disappeared yesterday morning from school.
State and several investigators concluded Thaddeus Marken ten, 26, of Uniontown Pennsylvania, shot and killed Robert 3. Divveris, 88, near Bowling Green Virginia last February, then set fire to a car and died by self immolation. Federal funds for Sunbury levees $1.9 million proposed by Army engineers for flood protection at the Susquehanna confluence.
Pepper argues for decisive U S action against Japan in Senate debate. He urges stopping threats and ensuring aid to Britain arrives without delay, insisting military and naval experts must decide the best steps to secure safe delivery. He compares Japan to pirates and gangsters to justify hard policy.
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