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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1940
Page
3
Readable fragments describe a bank or road incident near a town. Names and places are unclear, but the item references a proximate event involving a street, a bank, and a locality, with uncertain timing and participants.
By 1621 the United States government had weakened Gasparilla the pirate kingdom. A large English merchant ship appeared in the bay and raised the Stars and Stripes. The armed American ship defeated the pirate crew. Gaspar leapt overboard and drowned, his eye noted as U8.
Tionesta Pennsylvania September 14 residents around Tionesta Creek slow to relocate as a $5,000,000 food control dam nears completion. Some farms and cottages from Tionesta to Nebraska have left, with Nebraska church abandoned. Access to the area narrows as the dam and spillway cut routes, forcing residents toward hills or alternate roads via Fryburg and Mayburg.
Representatives from Bradford Olean Salamanca and Kane gathered in Bradford to press for direct airmail pickup service. They plan to submit petitions in two weeks while All American Aviation considers extending the Pittsburgh Jamestown route, linking Warren and Jamestown. Industries across Bradford claim need for air service in oil regions and surrounding towns.
Final rites for Grant Gates, a Concord town farmer, were held from his late home yesterday at 1 0 o clock with Rev. Gilbert J. Boyd officiating. Burial was in Pine Grove cemetery. Attendants from out of town included Mrs. Bertha Beech of Maine, Mrs. Delpha Winter of Erie, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lindsey and Jim Ny of Jamestown, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Exley and family and Miss Freda Exley of Bradford, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Price and daughter of Johnsonburg, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Beckwith of Grove City, Miss Jean Beckwith of Kane, Mr. and Mrs. George Herriman, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Baldwin, Mrs. John Graves and James Beckwith of Union City, plus locals from Corry and vicinity, Columbus and Spring Creek.
Titusville 20 Erie Academy 13 and Warren 0. Bradford 6 Grave City 6. Farrell 28 Ol City St. Josephs 0. New Castle 6. Butler 9 Meadville 56 Edinboro 0. Mention of fruit pigeons and unfit text about fermented items follows with garbled wording.
Attorney Samuel J. Roberts, chair of the Erie County Republican committee, announced a touring GOP motion picture caravan through Erie County on September 17 and 19. In Corry the Thursday night show on September 19 will feature We the People a talking picture presenting Willkie and McNary views. Joseph R. Eisenheim state senate candidate John E. Vanallsburg state assembly candidate and possibly Congress Rodgers are expected to accompany the caravan to Corry.
Babson argues Mexico is an immediate danger to U S security and economic interests. He warns against overemphasizing threats in Central and South America while calling for aggressive moves to control Mexican politics and protect the Panama Canal region. He favors stronger U S links with Britain for lasting peace and refrains from self‑interested policy.
The army moved to strengthen its streamlined divisions with greater armament as defense efforts sped up production of war materials. The War Department authorized nine manufacturers to expand for 170 million dollars in gun, shell, armor, aluminum, iron and explosive components while contracts totaling 541 million dollars were awarded across all lines.
Hindits warn against permanent trends in Latin America and argue against embargoes on trade with Europe and Japan. They claim Latin Americans are pragmatic but may face backlash if opportunities in the United States are restricted. A. Rowan dies after hospital visit. is noted as chair of Westinghouse Brake and Union Switch and Signal.
Kane Pi Sept 4 Cont in fling personal ptop ely tae volume rs new plan for tri annual assessment. County assessors will issue work slips and file personal property returns from past years. Pink slip system used by assessors to list stocks and other property varied. adjustments will be made where needed.
Fragmentary wartime note describes German air defenses facing ongoing British bombing raids on London. The text blurs with weather and rhetoric about England's allies and large population centers, mentioning fog and a claimed scale of invasions.
County officials Dell Darling and Jacob Heldrmod praised the Pennsylvania open highway between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh after a county printers convention in Bedford Springs. They were granted a rental commission to traverse the new road and said the route revolutionizes travel. Darling envisioned extending the highway further west in the future.
After days of stoppage at the Erie plant of the MeThe Prolonged strike by roughly 200 workers over wages and a closed shop ended when management and the A F of L union reached a satisfactory agreement. Police monitored the site but did not intervene as workers prepared to return to duties amid broader seasonal toy trade pressures.
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