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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1941
Page
6
Local notices report Pine Graveyard Cemetery Association meeting at Bracket-Kerling Co offices at 8 oclock tonight. Also listed are Packard Motor Car Company profit for March, fire department action at city dump, Corry and Clymer social plans, and railroad car and public works items with multiple local names and addresses.
Sam Forte, 40, of V7 Elmeoud Avenue, and Charles Favel, 20, of Twenty-seventh Street, were taken into custody by Kane Borough police after a Ridgway pursuit linked to counterfeiting. Two counterfeit $5 bills were found in a sedan, with three grocery stores and a filling station reporting bogus notes. The men, held at Smethport jail, offered no resistance and were questioned after their arrest near a parked car.
CLEARFIELD Pa May 13 Seventeen cases were listed for the May term of criminal court opened in Clearfield Monday with jurors burning last week by the grand jury. One case was continued from February term. Several defendants are fugitives and may delay trials. The leading case is Reuben R Robinson a Curwensville merchant charged with burglary and conspiracy to commit robbery related to a $6000 fur robbery. Morals cases account for three docket items.
May 11 Oil City report: Earl Barfies, 17 year old Rocky Grove High student, died when the automobile he rode in wrecked on the Oil City Franklin road south of Reno. Driver was seriously injured Richard Hopkins, 19, of Franklin, hospitalized. Patrolman G B Sitter said the car, traveling toward Franklin, left the highway while passing another vehicle on the straight stretch below Reno, skidded right, hit an embankment and rolled two or three times.
County assessors notify Corry residents of 1941 property taxes. Irene Mullen reports unchanged tax rates with 7 mill county levy and 5 percent penalties. Installment plans aim to boost delinquent payments. settlements with the Sorry School District are planned for May conferences.
Reports say Hess, identified by Ivan Kirkpatrick, may have acted to avoid capture after bailing out from a Messerschmitt near Scotland. British sources note damage to the plane and a crash near Glasgow, with a German pilot found with a broken ankle and taken to hospital.
A German communique admitted a high official named initially as Harn was Rudolf Hess. It claimed Hess was active, noting a self portrait, an improbably fueled plane, and unloaded Messerschmitt guns. The British followup suggested the pilot might be isolated, with a note of possible hallucinations after a Saturday departure from Augsburg.
Sealed proposals are invited by the City of Corry for the purchase of city land bounded by West Main Street First Avenue and the Imperial Hotel property. Bids due June 2nd at 1 PM in Corry City Hall. The treasurer may reject any or all bids. immediate deed transfer follows notes in Erie County records.
Olean May 14 Leon ard E Utter 71 of 226 North Pitt Street died at Olean General Hospital after an accident at Utter Pipe Company’s factory Friday. He was helping a mechanic move a large machine when it overturned, inflicting internal injuries. Funeral at Spink Funeral Home at 2 p m Wednesday with burial in Ostland Cemetery Warren Pa.
George Frank Brown prominent attorney dies while visiting his sister in Cleveland. He was 57, a Titusville native graduate of Titusville High School class of 1891 with former Ohio Gov. George White. Brown practiced law here 45 years and served as city solicitor.
Fragmented text from a quiz page shows scattered items including anniversaries questions listed with references to Nova Scotia Egypt and Maria Van Buren Stanford White and a line about gifting postal matter gratis. The readable portion is disjointed and provides few clear facts beyond identification of topics and names.
Market notes from Pittsburgh and Buffalo include slower produce demand with apples and potatoes moving in limited volume, and prices listed for Baldwins and other varieties. Buffalo reports mixed cattle, calves, and sheep values with several weight ranges and bids, while New York shows a broad spread of commodity quotations and market activity across energy, metals, and consumer goods sectors.
The readable fragments mention a game or event with names Brad and Lud, but missing dates, places, and clear outcomes leaving the item as an unclear sports brief.
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