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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1940
Page
1
An incomplete notice from Edmonton records a fatal incident involving a person named Sam Parker aged 56. The fragment mentions Catherine or street Normile and a held event at 10 a.m. on a date near November 23, with unclear details about witnesses or the oil cap.
Local brief reports seven people injured in a highway crash near Lugan Grove. Red Cross canvass progress noted. Erie County draft volunteers slated to leave Tuesday, with Company A training planned nearby before Indiantown Gap. Stella Mackies Root, 89, and Earl Love, 64, listed among recent deaths.
Two automobiles collide head on on Wearren Sugar Grove road near Youngsville. Daniel Groves 45 of Pittsfield and Jessie Moore 23 of Garland drove the damaged cars. Moore with Audrey Mickeson Richard Hill and William Harris injured. Mickeson and Hill admitted to Jamestown W C A hospital. Moore and Harris to Jamestown General. Groves, Clark and Charles Groves also injured and moved to Warren General hospital.
The November meeting of sub district 178 of the Dairymen's League was held at Cambridge Springs on Saturday with attendees from Corry Social. County President Henry Marsh presided as delegates reported local activities. Emory Grout said markets remained stable. The Cambridge Springs ladies served Thanksgiving dinner and plan future meetings including a January business session.
Glasgow dispatch reports Sir Wingsley Wood, chancellor of the exchequer, calling the ongoing conflict the costliest war yet. He states Britain's average daily wartime outlay rose in the first seven days of the second year, from 25,400,000 to 9,100,000 daily pounds, framing the immense financial strain.
Berlin reports say Hungary Romania and Slovakia joined the Rome Berlin Tokyo pact signaling a shift in Axis requisitions. Germany warned Greece via Deutsche Diplomatisch Politische Korrespondenz that Metaxas is a tool of British war policy. Bulgaria not joining now seen as separate from Turkish moves.
Boston navy yard faced a security alert after a report that a time bomb or dynamite might be brought in by a workman. Nearly 5,000 day shift workers were searched by Marines with police guarding as 7 officers and 30 plainclothes men rushed to the yard. A Navy yard spokesman cited information from authoritative sources about an intended attack at 7 am.
Earl H Love aged 31, carpenter, died this morning at 2 30 near Columbus. He had been ill for an extended period and was moved to Carry hospital weeks ago. A resident of Columbus 18 months, he came from Youngsville and earlier lived in Jamestown. He leaves wife Irena Lewis Love, daughter Fern, a brother Albert, three sisters, and three nephews. Body at Signe Grove PSohdohowse funeral home. Funeral Wednesday at 2 30 pm. Burial Sugar Grove cemetery.
Reneau and Red Ubian led a Saturday canvass about reaching a 500 pass total with heavy work ahead. The committee hopes the pool reaches the goal by week’s end as the campaign aims for a total of 518 members.
Reports show ward by ward renewals and canvassing progress for the Red Cross Roll Call. First Ward totals 29 business district and 5 residential. Second Ward 0 business and top residential. Third Ward 52 business and 95 residential. Fourth Ward 41 business and 49 residential. Canvassing continues with home visits to meet the goal, while national HQ urges support for overseas refugees and bombed areas.
Republican State Senator John M Walker declares the government belongs to the people and asks 19 000 constituents for opinions on taxes and other issues. He cites a deficit around 75 million dollars and proposes a two percent income tax to erase the deficit in the next biennium.
Rep J Buell Snyder of Uniontown urges defense inspections in northwestern Pennsylvania including Erie, Tionesta dam and allied sites. He says the nation can spare two percent of the current 1,100 monthly military plane production for Britain, as inspections are planned in key districts.
A member of the American Federation of Labor's law committee said it would recommend the suspension of the assessment that David Dublinsky opposed during the war effort. The report notes internal labor dispute and a stance against the wartime measure.
A watchman Harold Jewell fired on two burglars as they fled the View Home shortly before four o'clock in the morning. Police were alerted by a passerby and Patrolman William Sweeney reported a quiet pursuit after the incident. The home, at Washington Street and near St Edward's, had cylinders and devices stolen earlier on September 9, with damages and alarms noted.
The White House said secretary of labor Frances Perkins had not submitted resignation. Press secretary Staples Early rejected a New York Times report that Roosevelt accepted her exit and said there was no confirmation of continuation in her role.
Reports from Athens say Greek advance units reached the outskirts of Argirocastro, the main Italian base in southern Albania, with heavy fighting southwest of the city and a potential fall before nightfall. Greek columns press east while Italians retreat from Ostrogites and Pogradetz fronts.
An Erie woman Mrs Bielix Hayweiod was killed and thirteen others injured when the car they were riding in slid off a slippery country road and overturned near Bterretan on Saturday night. Injured include Arthur Haupt Ue Wise and Bernard Hassett. none seriously hurt.
British reports say Bristol endured a heavy Luftwaffe attack with hundreds of planes pounding the port city, damaging buildings and port facilities. The air war also saw Allied bombing of Hamburg while Germany pressed attacks along the English coast and western England. London and Berlin carried similar bulletins on air activity and destruction.
Corry to suspend industry and business as Thanksgiving Day is observed. Corry Public Schools will recess for two days, and offices, banks, and post offices plan holiday observances. Union services, a Thanksgiving Eve ball, and local events fill the town calendar.
Washington November 25 Cleveland site chosen for an airplane engine laboratory with a congressional appropriation of 1 400 000 dollars. John F Victory secretary of the national advisory committee for aeronautics announced the selection after a nationwide survey of sites across the country.
John D. Wilcox and a party of 13 others from the county depart for induction, leaving Union City at 1:20 AM for Pittsburgh, then to Fort Meade Md for military training amid a statewide draft deployment.
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius asking for a Golden Rule amid conflict. He delivered a 20 minute address from St Peter's Basilica during a mass for war dead, urging peace and an end to slaughter. The ceremony lacked its usual pomp as the pope walked into the basilica.
Company A of this city begins a year long training with a weekly schedule at armories. The 28th Division is expected to be called into active service around mid January. Guardsmen expected in camp in February. War Department notes this depends on rousing and hospital facilities at ramps to be assigned. The Pennsylvania National Guard continues on Page Six.
Philadelphia reports the Supreme Court will hear two fraud cases stemming from postwar intra party clashes that split Pennsylvania Democrats. Convictions in county court included James P. Kirk linked to Western Pennsylvania highway contractor Monopolis and Victor Skok with fines totaling 96,900 dollars. appeals were granted by the Superior Court.
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