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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1940
Page
1
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A broad, scrambled U S newspaper page reports a Red Cross roll call launched locally and highlights wartime updates. It notes a severe Lake Michigan storm with seamen feared, economic and political mentions from Harrisburg to Philadelphia, and a curious Pa flight birthday story in DuBois.
Coast guardsmen and rescue crews struggled through the debris strewn stormfront along Lake Michigan as a gale raged on Monday night. With at least 65 feared dead, four ships including two lake freighters and two fishing tugs were believed lost, their crews unaccounted as wreckage and bodies washed ashore from Ludington to Pentwater.
Workers at the Y M C A recreation center held final instructions for the Red Cross canvass. The Roll Call at last night’s meeting, presided by Mrs. J. J. Haight, set the goal of eighty new members for the campaign in the business and residential districts. B. Benes outlined plans to lead the drive again this year after successful prior efforts.
The state reports crops largely above average with mid October frosts ending harvests earlier. Corn production is about six percent below last year while hay and roughage supplies rise for the upcoming feeding season. Soft corn patchiness and barley records, potato late crop quality, blight and frost damage, and apple harvest losses from freeze and winds are noted.
Police planned to question former Salvation Army welfare center cook Lawrence Mertz in Philadelphia after his custody transfer to Pittsburgh. He had been dismissed last October and accompanied detectives, saying he had nothing to fear and asserting he did not commit the poisoning that left 12 dead and 45 ill.
A Bureau report shows most Pennsylvania citizen-soldiers in federal service voted for Roosevelt. Elections tallies from Brath Coast artillery and Fort Mead reserve officers list Roosevelt ahead with 67 to 252 for Wendell Te Wilde. New York steel firms expect November to top October 1840 levels per Tron Age survey.
Registrants with the Gerry Union Ajty district draft board whose numbers are No 1 to 10 inclusive were mailed questionnaires required by the selective training and service act of 1940 to execute and return within five days. The list announced at Union 1 City includes names and addresses such as Richard Thornton Archy dur colt Thlelwh Lyle Hav Ad Hensink and others, with district and serial numbers, continuing on page three.
A series of blasts at explosives plants drew investigators to probe possible sabotage. Three workers were killed and 26 injured at United Railway Signs Company in Woodbridge, New Jersey, with authorities ruling out sabotage. Additional blasts hit Trojan Powder Company in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Burton Powder Works in Edinburg, Pennsylvania, each under investigation. Representative Maclin Die, D-Text, chairs the probe and promises a nationwide search for subversive elements.
Local residents welcomed a milder winter day after a two day lead in to a major storm forecast, with sub zero expectations lingering. The Midwest system veered, leaving Wickener and Carryites enjoying unusually calm weather for weeks, while forecasters warned colder weather and snow are still ahead.
Kiwanis Club adds Freddie Riners and his orchestra to this 1940 Kiwanis Kapers minstrel program at Carry High School tonight and Thursday. Eimers will perform pieces by Chick Booth and others, with Russell Moore, Mary Jean Koletee, Join Connors, and Frank Debury adding specialty acts. Proceeds support Hiwashe education projects and Community Welfare programs. Neville Chamberlain’s body is moved to Gilders Green mortuary in London for his former prime ministerial funeral rites.
Firemen urge townsfolk to back the 54th annual ball of the Stanford Hose Company at the State Armory on a Wednesday in late November. Fire Chief Andrew Paulson plans a canvassing tour of business districts to boost attendance and donations for quarters and operations as volunteers promise a lively program and tailored entertainment.
Pittsburgh November 11 The federal grand jury indicted Oliver Mirhly Sexton former assistant teller of the Home Nations Bank Union City Behemince on charges of misreporting stock fund credits and making false entries The indictment returned yesterday was among 17 announced after the first session of the November term grand jury
The body of Walter Minnikiewicz, 23, of Ele, a member of the Cleveland freighter William Tawook, was fished ashore on the Michigan side near Ludington Tuesday afternoon. Five men from Ashtabula were aboard the boat.
An Eastern Canadian port reports an armed vessel rescuing 29 ships from a raider convoy. Survivors describe heavy shelling as the vessel, led by Admiral Bell, battles through a storm to reach safety near Jervis Bay. The operation involved a British admiralty escort and confirms the convoy’s disruption during the late November engagement.
The Queen Elizabeth, a 88,000 ton liner, leaves New York to serve war needs under Captain J. G. Townley. Aboard with a crew of about five, she sails toward North Atlantic duties as sea warfare intensifies. After initial duties, she remains tied to port near the Normandin, awaiting further orders.
Health authorities reported no new cases of gastroenteritis yesterday in Clymer or Mayville, signaling the end of the epidemic. A total of 170 cases remain under investigation in Mayville and Clymer, with no current victims listed as in danger.
British royal navy reports a crippling blow to the Italian fleet. Two Fascist battleships were seriously damaged near Italian bases with ships sunk or under water. The Admiralty claimed multiple hits and heavy damage in the Mediterranean, with continued coverage expected on later pages. Rescue and casualty details were scarce amid ongoing naval actions.
Midland Ma Nov 13 nearly all the 4500 employees of the Crusible Steel Company are idle after a wage increase strike and walkouts began Sunday night. A J Sonphalter general manager says the Steel Workers Organizing Committee is pressing for 12 14 cents an hour and that the company is willing to bargain but accuses workers of quitting before a planned meeting.
News from Philadelphia reports two men who robbed 11 year old Roger Burke of Narberth apologized for the act but still took $70 from the station operator. One man pointed a pistol while the other emptied the cash register, claiming need for money.
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