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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1941
Page
6
A 37 year old woman, Ann Rielas, is missing from 46 Pearl Avenue in OU City. Police across the district are asked to assist in the search for the dieting mother about 19 inches tall and blond, raising concerns of her safety.
Lewis Brothers Circus presents a streamlined performance featuring Dontava troupe Zeppe balance acts LaBelle Sisters Zavatta bareback troupe and other top acts. The show opens Monday June 16 at East Washington street grounds, promising high spectacle despite industry wage tensions.
Mrs. Carrie Bayne Wood, 80, widow of Avisuit Wood and mother of Mrs. W. B. Stowe of Corry, died at her Union township home Sunday. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 PM DST from the home, with burial in Lowville cemetery. She had been in town for two weeks.
John Colbert 18 of Colestock High School was hospitalized with a bullet wound to the left shoulder from a 22 caliber rifle at his home 225 West Walnut Street Titusville. Police said the gun discharged as he moved it from behind a piece of furniture in the ginny room. His condition was described as par, last night. His mother Lina Colbert a home economics teacher was at school. The incident occurred shortly after 3 pm yesterday.
Private Charles Chisinardas, 24, of 11th Street, serving with the 122nd Infantry, United States Army, Indiantown Gap, died from injuries after a truck automobile crash seven miles south of Erie Route 19. The crash also injured Warrant Officer Chen Wallas and Private Harry Slater. Slater was driving the Army truck back to Indiantown Gap when the accident occurred. The Rev. Waller Lohse and Rev. Eioerd O. Picher were named in connection with the vehicle.
A World War II dispatch reports German parachute troops landing on Crete as the British defend the island from Suda Bay base off southern Greece. The invasion aims to open the eastern Mediterranean sea lane to Syria and tighten the Axis ring around Turkey, with Cyprus suggested as a potential follow up target.
Berlin reports all safe aboard the Zamzam amid Allied coverage of the ship’s sinking. An ambulance crew from New York to Africa aided by British and French forces is noted. The vessel carried contraband goods and likely war materials for De Gaulle’s forces, fueling debate over humane destruction versus aggression.
May 20 a new industry in Oil City will manufacture portable beds and cots. The Champion Detroit Company moves from Detroit to join Mullins Boat Corporation, consolidating plants. Equipment including dies is being installed at the West End Mullins facility. Production begins shortly with a carload shipment expected within a week. The company will be incorporated as Champion Mullins Corporation.
Funeral services were held for Stanley Miller founder of CH Miller's News Store at his home on Wright Street. A Meadville lodge Elk delegation and local officials attended. Temporary interment occurred at Pine Grove Cemetery with bearers named. Attendees included families from Franklin Titusville Pontiac Guys Mills and Mendville among others.
The first network commercial program aired February 12 1924 over the Red network. Its sponsor was National Carbon Co and the show was titled He Knew Lincoln.
Irene M Mullen City Treasurer notes that the executors are granted Testamentary upon the estate of James Richards deceased in Corry Erie County Pennsylvania All persons indebted to the estate should pay and those with claims must present them to Erie Richards Executor and Roger M Brown Attorney Corry Pa submarine under water a submarine has remained under water for 99 hours
Auctions and sale notice from Thompson's Poultry Farm in Clymer near Corry offering 20 head to select from and inviting customers to take them home to try before paying. Also advertising Russet seed potatoes from Claude Baccus in Columbus PA and No 2 rural Russets at 40 cents per bushel by Geo Cupela in Elgin. Plane 37 902.
Zols De Woody, 4, of Cambridge Springs R D 1 was badly injured late Monday afternoon when struck by a truck on Route 19 five miles north of Cambridge Springs Erie County. She is at Meadville City Hospital with probable skull fracture, broken thigh, and other injuries. Driver Walter Grebowaki of Erie was cleared by investigators.
Market report from Pittsburgh and Buffalo with fruit and vegetable quotes led by apples and potatoes. Regional prices listed for Baldwins, Rome Beauties, Northern Spies, Staymans, Starks, and Maine Green Mountains, plus Idaho russet burbanks and Florida Bliss Triumphs. Buffalo livestock section shows hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep with ranges and steady demand. New York stock market summary notes mixed movement near mid-day with few gains in steels oils and specialties.
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