This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1940
Page
2
The Brockway Glass Bottle Company plans to start production in its Crenshaw plant next February. Main building is 618 by 110 feet steel construction and will employ about 300 workers. Crenshaw's boom includes new houses and continued growth.
Tulsa police probe ties to Erie relatives and a car found abandoned with women's clothing. A Long Beach map with code markings was sent to the FBI as detectives consider other possible passengers and bodies hidden in coal pits.
Erie police questioned 15 or 16 year old youths linked to a death following the victim's trip to Chicago. Barnes, who left for home a week earlier, reportedly rode with the group a prior week. Investigators sought additional leads while discounting other suspected connections in the case.
The deceased, a Corty High School graduate and former Corry laundry operator, spent most of his life in Corry and later drove for Theatre Film Exchange. He and his wife Leona Roland and son Jerry lived in Long Beach California before he became unemployed and traveled to visit his parents. Survived by wife, son, his parents, a brother Raymond and sister Mrs J C Lanneh. Funeral and interment planned in Nowsta Oklahoma as body decomposed. Mexico City winter plans noted with Mount Popocatépetl activity.
In Vichy on October 18 France imposed new anti Jewish restrictions affecting those with Jewish grandparents or marriage to Jews. Excluded from public administration press film radio armed forces law courts and colonial administration. Unofficial counts estimate about 400000 French Jewish citizens plus foreign Jews affected.
London reports 1954 September raids killed 1,020 men 2,210 women and 694 children under 16 while 4,178 men 3,629 women and 65 children suffered serious injuries. Total civilians killed nearly 7,000 with 10,614 seriously injured.
Pennsylvania grown certified tomato seed from the 1940 crop is being exported, with certificates of freedom from diseases for shipments to South Africa and Cuba. The Department of Agriculture reports rising requests for certificates, noting over 8.5 tons certified last year and 215 acres inspected this year for seed quality and varietal purity.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.