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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1940
Page
6
Contagion from a waning whooping cough outbreak lessens with colder weather while the Pennsylvania Railroad reports October net operating income of 7,903,183 dollars, down 2,283,474 from October 1948. The year to date shows a rise of 4,461,270 over the previous period, amid local collisions, registration drives, and police notices across Erie and Titusville.
Weekly net state general assistance expenditures drop to 886714 ending November 16, a decline of 92189 from prior week. statewide rolls reach 387813 people in 197353 cases while total public assistance and work relief load hits a record low, with changes driven by discontinuations and new openings amid private employment shifts.
An old estilo advertisement touts Thompson's Borsoma Tablets claiming to boost kidney action and urinary secretion to relieve headaches dizziness and run down feeling. It also promotes Golden Tax Tablets 250 for constipation and urges purchase at drug stores.
Four persons injured when a Pittsfield man William G Barber driving toward Jamestown veered across the highway, struck a Stowe gasoline station, clipped pumps, and caused an explosion. Injured include Merle Peru, Reo Eggleston, Mrs John James, and James James. Barber was charged with reckless driving and released on $100 bail.
Dr Charles Howard Ashton 67 a former army nose and throat specialist died at home after clinical training in Wenon Herlin and Pauls His career began with Dr S G Poster and he later practiced on his own in 1919 He was part of Cook's Northward Africa trip and traveled widely He leaves wife Josephine Miller two sisters Ethel Ashton Pittsburgh and Estelle Mitchell California Funeral private Monday
In Ridgway on November 25 three men Louis Strauss John Remick and Charles Tramack face Elk county court trial for larceny of copper trolley wire valued at 3700 from the Kyler mine at Dagus Mines. Bail granted for Remick and Tramack. Wire disposed at a Bradford junk yard with last theft dated November 8. Strauss 29 confessed to additional robberies including a B and O toolhouse theft and the 1939 1940 crimes. He remains jailed awaiting trial.
Harold Patterson charged with the Jungles murder of Alex Prezinski seeks to block the electric chair. Pleads not guilty and will likely stand trial in county at 10 30 a m Wednesday November 27. Judge Miles B. Kitts appoints Edward Carney and Louis Bennacis as defense since Patterson is indigent. Attorneys met but will withhold statements until next Wednesday.
Erie report states Anthony Mingoy, 26, of 50 Wall Street North East, faces a selective service act violation for failing to register. An arrest warrant, issued by U.S. Commissioner Roger Knox in Pittsburgh at the request of Acting U.S. Attorney George Mashank, has not yet been served and Mingoy remains at large.
The 28th Division will grow from 6,000 to about 20,000, drafted under the Selective Service Act, with training at camps in Pennsylvania Virginia Mississippi and Maryland. Indiantown Gap military reservation and other state units will see large strength increases as the National Guard reorganization proceeds.
Pittsburgh market reports moderate demand for apples and potatoes with varied prices across varieties and regions. Buffalo stock market closes with mixed directions as steel leadership boosts early gains. noon prices indicate a broad list of industrials, autos, and consumer firms trading with fluctuating moves.
Fragmented text mentions Mr Oswalt, Orville, Bulan and a pastor speaking at a joyful event with a clock time. Names and roles are unsure. the readable bits point to a community announcement or invitation rather than a clear report of actions or outcomes.
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