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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1940
Page
3
Readable fragments show labor unrest touching the Murray steel works and related plants in the area. Reports reference a strike action and worker push for better conditions affecting production and local employment.
Meadville Nov 26 Judge Clare Kent said he is seriously considering longer punishments for drunken driving by imposing imprisonment in the workhouse rather than the county jail. The remark came as W A Slocum of Grand Valley was sentenced for driving while intoxicated after a June 1 1940 Titusville offense.
A coroner’s inquest athe Sharon investigation concluded in a murder verdict and probable death by own action. Joseph Morgan, a farmer, died from shotgun and rifle wounds after killing his housekeeper Anna Jones in a dispute described as personal safety related.
Washington economists argue control of oil, not food, may shape Axis moves. They cite GermanRussian talks, potential push toward Gibraltar, and oil from Near East and Western Hemisphere as critical factors. Russia and the United States stand as major obstacles to Axis access to oil.
A public health warning urges washing any cut or wound with San-Cura Medicated Snap and applying San-Cura Ointment to prevent infection. The antiseptic ointment and related Sail Cura Soap are sold at drugstores for 5c to 60c and 25c respectively.
Erie Nov 20 Mrs LaVerta Turner Pomona Grange lecturer announces Congress man Lew Rodgers will speak on New Uses for Farm Products at the Pomona Grove meeting to be held at Northeast December 5 and 6. The theme Agriculture and National Defense.
Western automobile clubs renew agitation for the Alaska Argentina highway as Pan American defense moves spark renewed interest. An endorsement SE II was voted at their Reno conference.
A donor plans to present a large plot to Corry for a future recreation center to be named Mead Recreation Park. Mayor Hepler and Streets Director Nichols back the gift and foresee development with NYA and WPA aid creating a major park with a creek pool and winter skating, with formal ceremonies Thursday.
Borough officials aided by police and volunteers conducted a daylong drag of the Allegheny River near the Hickory street bridge for Louis Kuebley a 40 year old resident reported missing from Warren. His bicycle was found on the bridge but no trace of him was located by nightfall.
Funeral services for Mrs Stella Mackies Root are planned with prayer services Friday morning at 10 80 from Bracken-Reating chapel and funeral rites at McLean funeral home in Kinsman Ghigo at 2 o'clock. Burial will follow in the family plot at Kinsman cemetery. A separate note mentions New York cream price increases by about four cents per quart starting Sunday and acknowledges gifts from Mr Mead to Mrs Arnold's family with regional relations listed.
A Saturday Warren crash near Park Street and Pennsylvania Avenue injured one person who required physician treatment and left several others with bruises. Ernest Stewart and John Zurcher Jr were involved. Stewart pulled to the curb after sidewiping another vehicle, sending his car onto the Salem Evangelical Church lawn. Margaret Stewart sustained injuries treated by a physician.
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