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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1940
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a speaker, possible names, dates, and civic topics but only scattered details remain. The piece references a colony, a society, and a brief event description with no coherent event or outcome.
A garbled OCR item mentions Stile Gar of Hand and a possible record tied to four com, but the text is fragmentary and lacks clear context or complete facts to confirm an event, person, or outcome.
A historical quiz explains Selective Service by outlining its purpose for inducting men into the armed forces and scheduling nationwide registration. It specifies registration on Sunday October 14, from 7 am to 9 pm, for men 21 to 36, with locations set by county officials and newspapers. Women’s eligibility for registration is answered affirmatively.
The document presents garbled inquiries about age requirements for voters or registrants and mentions no age limits for replatting, payment for services, and registration locations. It notes donations of services to patriotic causes and references special provisions without clear conclusions.
The text describes confusion over registration rules for who is required to register, noting county officers’ duty to appoint special enumerators and ensure proper registration. It asks how campaigns will organize and who must register, referencing director duties and the process for registering men under the conscription pages.
Local brief notes two hour parking restrictions planned on Main and South streets. Also announced are readings of William D. Knowlton named music instructor in Benton Pay schools and planned expansion of adult education classes. Roosevelt broadcasts slated for weekend on hemisphere defense and mobilization for human needs with multiple network airings.
Pleasant to Park Place limits two hour parking on Washington Main and South Streets with meters to be installed from North Pleasant Street on South Center to Park Place. Doctors reserved spaces planned on West Washington and Clinton, with Post Office space kept open. Mayor to discuss doctor access. ordinance amendments to follow.
Elks lodge No. 769 was granted use of the Senior High school auditorium for a major patriotic citizenship program to be staged soon. The Board of Education approved the no charge hall use on Friday evening. William W. Myers of the Senior High faculty is coordinating plans for the event.
Associated Press reports Turkey keeps wary watch on Soviet reactions to German moves in Romania as 2,000,000 Turkish troops are prepared to stop any axis drive toward Egypt. A Turkish radio warning and a military bulletin flag a potential Balkans clash and rising tension with Germany and Britain in the Near East.
Carlisle Caldwell will preside as Juvenile bicycle court judge after moving up from prosecutor. Jack Dempsey becomes prosecuting attorney, John Miller elected associate judge. Seven violators faced action, four bicycles impounded, three ordered to memorize ordinance sections.
Corry's adult education program may expand to include typing instruction for young women. Applications have been received and the Board of Education will decide at Monday's meeting. Mae McCormick has consented to handle the classes if arrangements are satisfactory. An enrollment of 25 to 30 young women is anticipated, with classes two evenings a week.
Harrisburg October reports that young farmers from 42 states competed before college and 4-H judges for the National Dairy Show. A week of events offered $16,000 in cash scholarships and prizes including watches, with titles in appraisal and other contests.
Greensburg report of an all weather highway crash near Donegal injuring two men, Private Thomas Manrose of Staten Island and James E Rubey of New York, with possible fractures. Both taken to Greensburg hospital for treatment. Also notes a Pittsburgh item about a 92 year old man sentenced for a crime involving his infant son.
Barry Public Schools appoints Pack Knowlton as new high band music instructor succeeding Carlton Challee. Knowlton, a Mansfield graduate with Eastman and state teachers college training, will earn 1600 dollars annually. He previously taught in Sounstown and Benton, and comes after a board vote following Challee’s resignation. The district plans a ceremony and notes community support for the music program.
Americans heed state department calls and leave Japan aboard the Canada Pacific liner Emprcent of Bus 1 as wives and children of businessmen are prepared to depart. Liners remain full and officials rush to ease the exodus, with bookings flooding in and a rapid return to the United States anticipated.
Funeral services will be held at 2 30 pm at Cummins funeral home in Titusville for four Wagner family members killed in a Thursday night auto collision near Doon with a state convoy. Surviving children include Elmer 11 Betty and Grace aged, with more relatives and relatives named. Reverend E W Mattson will officiate and interment is at Excelsior Cemetery near the Wagner property. An inquest into the accident is planned by Dr W G Sirable Erie County coroner. Child killed in Harrisburg accident was five year old Robert Smelizen Jr struck by a car while on the street.
Lester Lopus was elected commander of Elmer Carrier Post No. 65 American Legion at the regular meeting at the post home on North Center Street. He succeeds Leon Brown who led the post the past two years. New officers named include first vice commander Clifford Panghorn, second vice commander Paul Ollin, finance officer Joel Lang, sergeant at arms Arthur Kinny, chaplain Charles Hall, historian Lloyd Stowe, and judge advocate Lena Brown member Cartbury and Ivan Smith. A supper followed. The post will hold a county wide installation at North East Monday evening with District Commander Floyd Owens presiding. Transportation to North East is requested for those needing a ride.
James Kemper, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, told Pittsburgh and nearby business executives to brace for aggression both abroad and at home. He cited a menace to safety tied to ongoing world conflict and internal subversion, urging vigilance amid a tense national climate.
President Roosevelt today saluted Americans of Italian birth and descent, declaring that since discovery, America has welcomed citizens of varied places and creeds and built an empire of freedom through their combined genius.
A vast crowd in Pittsburgh cheered President Roosevelt during a three hour tour of defense plants and federal projects in Allegheny County. Local officials, including David L. Lawrence, voiced strong party unity for the November election, praising the President as the greatest spectacle seen. Senator Joseph F. Ghoulay joined Lawrence in addressing Allegheny Democratic women, urging harmony in the party’s campaign.
A scene at Union Theological Seminary shows young men announcing they will not enroll or comply with the selective service act. Colonel Arthur McDermott, New York selective service director, said machinery had been set up to round up any evaders.
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