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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1940
Page
3
Erie county registers a surge as 954 new voters sign in at the courthouse on Saturday. Republicans 474, Democrats 468, with 24 nonpartisans and a specialist among new registrants. Change of address filings total 5,000 to 6,000, likely raising overall registration beyond prior estimates.
In Erie county the Roosevelt Club announces a Sunday 3 PM meeting at Kaltenbach's hall on October 13 inviting independent voters. A spaghetti supper is planned for October 17 in St Marys auditorium with a nationally prominent speaker. Other remarks cover local Democratic candidates and activities. Baldwin Construction Co. is the low bidder for a Franklin area highway project at 933600.23 dollars, including five reinforced concrete bridges.
City streets director Stanley Nichols urged council delay of the Hare Creek widening project funded by WPA. The $28,000 program to widen and straighten the channel was to start October 15 but may be postponed to next spring due to heavy rains and swampy terrain. Nichols warned the city would lose more than $5,000 if work proceeds in current conditions, while delaying could advance other improvements and possibly affect WPA allocation. He also planned to push for WPA action on the proposed Zik Street sanitary sewer project approved in Washington.
Residents of Forest county Nebraska faced federal orders to leave their homes by November 13 to permit flood control dam work. The displacement precedes the November 5 election and will render the area a vanished town once inundation begins, with waters expected to reach the site after the dam is completed. Meanwhile in Erie County Court, 21 year old Robert Howles of Columbus was fined 100 dollars or 30 days jail plus costs for public indecency as police arrested him on West Washington street during the first week.
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