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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1940
Page
3
A fragment notes traffic conditions near the Altoona yards. The text references a 1 cent main clause and ex related to traffic use, but details are unclear. Further context would clarify the specific location, action, or governing authority involved.
A large delegation attended the annual Knights Templar sessions in Erie. Services at Luther Memorial Church featured Grand Prelate Rev A Gordon MacLean. Attendees from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia joined parades, a luncheon, and a concert at the Masonic Temple as the 87th Pennsylvania conclave convened with tours and official receptions surrounding the parade and reviews.
The week ending May 18 brought a further deduction in Pennsylvania's general assistance rolls, down 205 ques to 12,030 persons. Total cases dropped from 176,916 to 176,916 with 838216 persons. Net expenditures fell to 1,225,287 dollars, down 23,110 from the prior week.
Crews have rebuilt and beautified Celoron Park making it Western New York’s largest resort and most attractive. The Pier Ballroom is enlarged and redecorated, a new Novacord installed, top home orchestras booked, an aerial joy ride featured, and a heavy fireworks display planned for Decoration Day with a World’s Fair company for a striking new show.
Commencement exercises at Edinboro State Teachers College occur Tuesday morning at 10. Dr Ned Dearborn of New York University will deliver the commencement address. Dr Carmen Ross will confer degrees on the graduating class including Miss Macie Johnson Corry. Degrees awarded include Bachelor of Science in Public School Art, Secondary Education, Elementary Education, and more to a large list of graduates.
The Alabama United Daughters of the Confederacy presented a copy of the Alabama Republic flag to the state department of archives and history. The department already houses the originals, noting Alabama was briefly a republic after Secession before joining the Confederacy.
County commissioners Helen Or Schluraff and Dell Darling propose two short term loans totaling 180000 to cover deficienc ies in the 1940s operating budget. One loan of 89000 will run for one year and the other 100000 for six months with repayment possibly delayed to June 1941 if state funds are delayed. If state repayment fails the county may issue bonds to cover the amount.
Continuation of page one discusses Valenciennes Cambeal and St Quentin as the Nazis seek to seal the stem from the pipe while the Allies halt blitzkrieg along that line. French retirement from Valenciennes reduces exposure as German attacks intensify. Germans cannot flood reinforcements through the stem without weakening main positions along the bowl’s outer side. Final decision in the Flanders fight will hinge on this. Allied ports remain Zee Brugge Ostend Nieuport Dunkerque and Boulogne as Calais oilers face greater German pressure.
St Edward's PTA 10 plan meeting urged for Tuesday afternoon at 2 at St Edward's hall. Arrangements for the annual school picnic and plans for the Alumni Banquet on the 16th will be completed. Dial 38-034 for a classified ad about your used car.
Police report no new developments in the dynamite blast that damaged the C. P. Gildersleeve home just outside Bradford. Two youths were released after overnight detention. Gildersleeve and Mr and Mrs Yay Long survived, with others nearby to testify at a Liquor Board hearing concerning the Sportsmen's Inn.
McGrath named district manager and Witson G Hodgin named district traffic superintendent of Bell Telephone Company for Warren. Sweeney shifts to Greeneburg as district manager while Bradford P Young leaves to become district traffic supervisor at Messesport. Sweeney had served here since 1930s and Hodgin succeeds Young as district traffic supervisor.
Neighbors petitioned to close the Gildersteeve residence as a hazardous nuisance. Gildersteeve said the blast hit about two minutes after returning from Eve, while on the second floor. Helen Layfield and Lester Nell were in the front room near the porch when the dynamite exploded beneath it. they were uninjured.
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