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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1940
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a death and a distant battle reference with irregular names. The readable portion names Dats and Lymer with a note of dying tomorrow and a reference to a War of Lake region, but details are unclear. The fragmentary nature prevents a firm event or full entities.
International News Service correspondent James R Young arrives in San Francisco with wife and child after 61 days jailed in Tokio on charges of writing unfavorably about the military. He says he was found guilty of anti-military writings and is en route to New York.
Harrisburg May 21 A broad statewide effort by the Federal Works Projects Administration will keep 1.8 million underprivileged Pennsylvania children on 1 000 public playgrounds during summer to curb juvenile delinquency and restore faith in America. WPA leaders from 109 districts across 65 counties met at State College to marshal an extensive leisure-time system, pairing unemployed workers from diverse trades with supervised play.
A ten point program to strengthen home rule was outlined before the township supervisors convention in Harrisburg by Harold A. Thomason of Drexel Hill. The plan aims to synchronize tax and fiscal years, create county boards of assessors, redraw precincts, simplify auditing, relax county aid rules, redistribute gas taxes, revise delinquent tax and tax sale laws, unify the tax collection code, enact a new municipal bonding law, and establish a pension system for local officials. In Seattle a brown canvas sack containing 500 in silver half dollars was found after being dropped during transfer to an armored car, and was recovered by Pierre Weiss after pedestrians passed by.
General Maxime Weygand appointed new chief of Allied armies succeeding General Maurice Gamelin. Weygand, 57, has commanded French forces in the Near East.
At the Erie County Republican Committee biennial meeting on May 21, a clash arose after Chairman Samuel Roberts ruled a motion to elect all officers by secret ballot out of order, citing a required ten day notice. Opponents argued notices were mailed May 7 and delivered May 8, meeting the notice period.
Singapore report says Rear Admiral J B Draw of the Malaya Command confessed to an audience that he feared seasickness and even crossing the English Channel was an ordeal, reflecting personal vulnerability amid wartime duties.
Public health notice urges immediate washing of cuts scratches and blisters with San-Cura Medicated Soap and applying San-Cura Ointment. The 1 percent antiseptic ointment is promoted to prevent infection and aid healing of minor sores and irritations. Available at druggists for 35c and 6c with San-Cura Soap priced at 25c.
Ridgway police say a long string of nighttime assaults on women on Ridgway streets ended with the arrest of two boys aged fourteen and thirteen. Over several months women reported being grabbed from shadows along Buelld avenue South street and Mill street. The incidents caused fear with many women avoiding going out at night without company.
At St. Mark's Church the rear ladder gave way and two painters fell about 40 feet at noon. P Goodwin, 33, of Elmira New York, suffered back and pelvis injuries. Joseph Burgess, 55, of Towanda, sustained a fractured ankle and back injuries.
Erie county officials announce seven relief workers will be dismissed in May as relief caseload drops. For week ending May 11, 755 persons were removed, saving $540 monthly. White cites ongoing WPA activity and private industry aiding reduced demand while promising further cuts next month.
A Franklin woman and a Mercer man were seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision on the Lakes-to-Sea highway near Elmo station in Clark County on Sunday. Helen Gilliland, 35, wife of Joseph C. Gilliland, suffered a fracture to a knee cap and head laceration with shock. George Hartwell, 33, of Mercer, also injured. Two others sustained minor injuries and were treated at Franklin Hospital. Gilliland’s condition was listed as fair.
A May 4 wind storm in Erie injured Chester Shaver, 2p, of McKean, when a door pane shattered from gusts at the State Theatre on State Street. He suffered superficial lacerations and was taken to Hamill Hospital where he was treated and discharged. An ad insert notes autos priced about $2,131 in 1997.
In Erie, Stanley Majosyle, 7, and John Oreabetts, 17, pleaded guilty to burglary and entering charges. Judge Elmer Evans parolee Majosyle for one year and Oreabetts for two years with restitution, costs, and probation supervision. Oreabetts admitted multiple break ins, returning a watch, and Majosyle confessed to stealing two hams at Pax street market.
Continental North America saw a dramatic increase in wild duck populations, growing by nearly 2.5 million over the past year due to conservation efforts led by Amoprinai emneteme. The announcement highlights significant gains for wildlife management and habitat restoration programs across key regions and states.
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