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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1940
Page
1
A fragment from a historic newspaper hints at a football match in a town Pound where a team or players are referenced but details remain unclear. The readable bits suggest local pride and an upcoming or recent contest with community interest.
A fragmented notice describes a travel or schedule item with unclear times and place names. Readable portions point to a transit or trip reference, but many words are garbled leaving key entities ambiguous. The record preserves the fragmentary sense of a timetable or route note without solid details.
A compact roundup covers Bucharest in flux as power struggles unfold. Western naval actions stir, conscription debates blur. Willkie urges an aggressive campaign at a 22-state GOP gathering. Pennsylvania reports note Sunday movie debates, shipbuilding costs, and unemployment shifts. Local items include sewer petitions, a plane crash injury, and a fall injury at Clarence Willis, with radio lineups and concerts listed.
London broadcasts report Winston Churchill told Parliament that Britain and the United States will coordinate destroyer exchanges and bases to deter Germany. The pierce of war news notes Britain seeks to keep the United States neutral and warns of potential German attacks as wartime tensions rise.
Freeman Donald Gray, 46, released from New Mexico state prison in May after seven years, burglarized the Kinney home at 144 Wright Street. He jumped from a second story window during the break in and was captured within forty minutes by Patrolman Pax token Ross Mead and Corp. J. J. Burke after a quick countywide search. Gray admitted the burglary and prior crimes, pleaded guilty, and was held on $500 bond for grand jury.
New York reports six Americans were seized from the steamship Atlantic by German warships en route to South Africa. CBS relay cites Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung stating the group was first moved to a French port then transferred to Spain. no release details given.
Mrs. Gertrude Brown Snow, 47, daughter of Earl L. Brown of 109% East Main, is in serious condition at Mercy hospital in San Diego after a two passenger plane crashed into the Snow home yard near Lake Henshaw. Her companion Mrs Nadine Ramsey of Manhattan Beach suffered injuries. both women were guests at Warner Hot Springs.
Thirty seven exhausted British seamen landed at Baltimore describe deadly war at sea. Eight injured survivors from two torpedoed ships, the 4000 ton freighter Blarmore and the Royal Navy sloop Penzance, told of heavy losses, with more than a hundred shipmates believed lost as censorship kept the stories tightly controlled.
Clarence W. Willis of 140 Mott street was taken to Hamot Hospital in Erie after a fall from a tree at Pred May camp near Spring Creek. He suffered a fractured chest bone and three crushed vertebrae, ending his work cutting firewood for Hotel Corry. The Third Ward resident faces a lengthy recovery.
A tentative plan to suspend unemployment insurance premium payments and a 2 percent payroll tax for employers of national guardsmen called to active service was discussed. Officials noted backing grows for a simple moratorium rather than complex tax splits among employers, federal state governments, and individuals.
Washington September 5 The House opened its final drive on the Burke Wadsworth compulsory training bill with heated emotions and a brawl in the chamber Rep Vineeth and Rep Sweeney exchanged punches in the well amid referee calls and roaring galleries The fight followed Sweeney’s attack on conscription and a charge that President Roosevelt aimed to embroil the United States in war Supporters of the bill revised predictions for passage with margins between 50 and 5 votes as debate proceeds into section by section consideration
A neutral traveler reports Amsterdam's airport bombed out of existence amid World War II raids. He says Dutch fire engines were requisitioned by Germany for Ruhr service to combat fires caused by Royal Air Force attacks.
Adventuted Press reports King Carol III abandons rule under pressure from General Antonescu and suspends the constitution. The monarch grants powers to Antonescu to quell chaos after territorial losses to Soviet Russia and Hungary. Exiled queen Mamie Lapesch, nicknamed the uncrowned queen, faces opposition from Iron Guard and the army.
Transylvania reports 3500 demobilized Rumanians volunteer for a death legion to resist Hungarian occupation. Reports say volunteers near Oraden ready to fight to the last man as Hungary advances into northern Transylvania.
Berlin faced a heavy two hour assault as RAF bombers struck northern districts and targets around the capital. The dawn operation focused on airports and aircraft plants, with fires reported in port facilities along England’s east and west coasts, and German defenses claimed to have repelled the main wave.
Frank C. Walker of New York City and Scranton, Pa, a 54 year old lawyer and theatre owner, was nominated by President Mansfield to be Postmaster General after A. Parley resigned. Walker, a Plymouth, Pa native, is an old friend of the President and formerly headed the National Emergency Council.
A Swedish report filed from Stockholm notes a torpedo attack at night that sunk a German vessel carrying around 4,000 troops. Eyewitnesses from Sweden and Denmark described the event near Gothenburg with details of a convoy and a destroyer escort.
A new curb cutting policy affects Center Street and nearby avenues. Permits were granted to modify sidewalks and curb lines to improve pedestrian access while maintaining adjacent property access. Officials resolved to restrict new cuts until standardized engineering reviews are completed to protect crosswalk safety for children and other pedestrians.
City officials discuss installing parking meters after a lengthy presentation by C. I. Koonts of Koontz Equipment, Pittsburgh. Merchants’ collective approval appears required before any rollout, with continuation noted on Page Four.
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