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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1941
Page
2
News from Crete reports British and Greek defenders routed as Axis forces gain control. Survivors flee to Gaydos Island and Beyrosh shores while German press hails “victory” and air superiority. Axis circles praise impending moves toward the Suez Canal.
May 31 Max Hans Horl and Bernard Frani Binczy both 19 were held in Erle county prison as deserting German sailors. They were moved by an immigration border patrolman to an eastern point for transfer to a concentration camp in the northwest with other alien seamen. Immigration Inspector A Barkvine did not disclose transfer points.
A fragmented city column lists Wilcox Grocery advertising 4 for 25c beans and 95c flour, a 28-tf note on William Hoyle’s surgery and discharge, club meetings at Maceshee hall and Zorn block, Red and Gun Club bingo, and various town updates from Corry, Ridgway, Findley Lake, Warren, and Sharon including arrests, fires, bear sightings, floor shows, and daylight saving time starts.
Captain Hasty Jones died in a plane crash, shocking his wife and many friends in Corry. He leaves a widow and siblings, plus several brothers in arms and Masonic and veteran organizations. The body arrives Sunday for viewing. funeral at Emmanuel Episcopal Church Monday at 2 PM, burial in Spring Creek Cemetery.
A group calling itself the Center Married Men's club organizes to defend male rights against women’s advances. Its constitution says the club will fine members $1 for sewing buttons on shirts and impose suspension after a second offense. It bans dishwashing and cooking by men except in emergencies.
Erie May 1 Judge Miles B Kitts, noted as father of Pennsylvania's divorce laws, tightened enforcement on divorce filings. He temporarily denied decrees over cost presentation and technicalities, ordering corrections before signing. Future violations will push cases to the next argument list, delaying decisions by weeks to months.
Senator James J. Davis addressed about 2000 people in Schelde Park Titusville urging greater cooperation between industry and capital and a patriotic aim to speed national defense He warned compulsory arbitration would resemble dictatorship after a Memorial Day dinner with the Loyal Order of Moose officials then toured local defense industries.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lotti Mae Squires wife of Albert Squires of West Washington street Corry were held Tuesday at 2 20 p m from the late home Rev H Ray Harris United Brethren church officiated During the services Mrs O A Johnson and Mrs Barton Smith sang The Old Rugged Cross and Safe in the Arms of Jesus with Mrs Lloyd Thames accompanist Interment was made in Pine Grove cemetery with bearers Boyd Spencer Clyde Hall Ross Mead Orrin M Hillburg Melvin Shambaueh and Clyde Cook
Requiem mass held at 9:20 AM for John Boland Sr a longtime city resident who died Wednesday at Corry Hospital. Rev Francis J Groves officiated with Y M C A auxiliary members among mourners and many out of town relatives attended including families from Erie Titusville and Jamestown. Interment followed at St Thomas Cemetery.
A vintage investment column advises readers to adopt a definite program with diversified holdings in inflation resistant firms. It promotes buying stocks undervalued by asset value, favors resources and growing industries, and warns against risky or destabilizing postwar legislation while urging safe, steady gains.
The article urges investors to visualize a company's assets and earning power rather than stock prices. It claims weekly discipline can secure 6% compound interest and notes an Erie radio station opening date announced by Jacob Ag Young of Presque Isle Broadcasting Co. The piece frames investment as focusing on tangible plant and earnings over neighborly stock bids.
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