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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1940
Page
3
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Three masked men robbed a mountain service station on Penfield Road in Clearfield after a late Sunday visit. They obtained cash from the drawer and fled. police search for the trio, with one suspect wearing a mask raising suspicions a local resident may be involved.
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced a new installment plan for round trip journeys 50 or more, covering U S Canada and Mexico including hotels meals and side trips. The plan starts May 20th and is offered through Travelers Credit Corporation in over two thousand cities. A second item notes Pastor Michael Maginn of St. Alphonsus Glasgow remembered 50 years after his death with annual grave visits by his congregation, now down to 12 participants.
The House approved a new pension bill extending benefits to the dependents of every deceased World War Veteran including widows, children, and parents. Debate centered on funding and who should receive aid, with opponents arguing it would reduce support for widows and orphans of those killed in action and for disabled veterans. An amendment to exclude pensions for parents was defeated amid tense proceedings.
Daylight saving time prompts minor changes at the post office with windows on the last line schedule and earlier clerk starts. Rural carriers keep standard time while trains and business services shift to the new hours amid general approval.
A sudden shift in Butler Pennsylvania postmaster plans emerged today. J Brady Murrin, former Democratic assemblyman, was recommended for the appointment after a letter to a city official withheld name indicated the change. Senator Joseph F Guffey had previously named Samuel G Purvis as the likely appointee.
One of the earliest suggestions of Sail Conservation in Massachusetts is a 1739 general court measure forbidding farmers to let livestock feed on meadow grass. Horses and cattle had eaten beach grass, causing sand dunes to threaten inland lands near Boston.
Delinquent piano accounts lead to sale of three instruments at reduced price. A grand upright and a near new spinette are offered as rent bargains. Winten Piano Company invites written inquiries from Erie Pennsylvania.
Wade N Derrell Jr a Black man from 248 4th Street Erie pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of George Nesbit 62 during a March new fight. Nesbit died four days after in Hamot Hospital. Derrell sentenced to two to four years in the Allegheny workhouse.
Funeral services held for John Grunninger son of Mr and Mrs Prank Grimninger of Conewangouye. He disappeared while suspected in a theft from the Pennsylvania railroad. The body was found near Chayian-Qua Lake at Celcier. A death by his own action verdict was expected. He was a Warren high school private with many friends and a genius in electricity.
A Warren, Pennsylvania couple were injured when their car struck a tree near Monroe Street and overturned. Mrs. James Metcalland suffered a deep chin cut and a slight concussion, while her husband received chest injuries and facial bruises. He was discharged after treatment at Warren General Hospital.
Erie May 14 starting Sunday June 2 the Rev Timothy B Sullivan pastor of St Julia s Church West Lake pond and Powell are pitty also known as Father Tim will be heard over Eve s radio station WLEU at 10 am mass and ribshine announced Sunday at the dirk annual communion drew fast of the parish held at Puiuseas on the Lake and attended by 425 men women and children of the parish.
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