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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1939
Page
1
The fragment notes a day associated with a Sun and a figure named Willy, mentioning 4G and a chilly environment. Details are unclear due to ruined OCR. Additional readable names or places are not present.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a company, agents, and a large-scale operation along a series of steps. It mentions a book, preparations for sale, and possible progress across a line of entities. The readable terms suggest corporate activity and a market or trade context.
United Press reports London protests to the Soviet government over the invasion of Poland. Britain tightens economic pressure on Germany as Allies vow to persist in the war. The Trading with the Enemy Act expands to list 278 persons and firms deemed enemies. Iraq stays neutral in the Mediterranean and Turkey aligns with Britain and France.
Rev Haines is returned to lead the Corry Methodist church for an eighth consecutive year, the longest tenure in the church’s local history, after the Erie annual conference agreed with congregational wishes. Minor district transfers and continued pastorates noted, including Wimner moving to Ridgway and Allen’s retirement.
Principal Howard Sheen announced the third week of the school year that class organizations are nearly complete and preliminaries for the term are finished. Enrollment at Senior High stands at 422 with 209 boys and 213 girls, including 109 seniors, 197 juniors, and 165 sophomores. Tuition pupils at Corry High show an increase, now totaling 133. The machine staff of thirteen, led by Principal Sheen, is complete with all classes organized and four more instructors splitting time between seniors and junior assignments.
Nearby towns in Chautauqua county schedule party caucuses for tomorrow with Clymer and French Creek leading. Candidates include Supervisor candidates in Clymer and French Creek, Westfield opposition to a declined renomination, and Dunkirk nominations for both parties with several local contenders amid forecast warmer temps and showers later.
Police report a weekend spate of minor traffic accidents in Qerry with one serious injury. An 8-year-old Fourth Ward boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hubertz, fell from his bicycle amid loose stone and a crowded street, suffering bruises and brush burns but no fractures. Other incidents included slight damage to Joseph Cohen’s parked car from a Salamanca driver, minor fender damage to Guy Bennink’s, backing damage to a Boyd Spencer truck, and a rear collision at South Center Street with damage to both vehicles but no injuries.
Mickey Wharaffa died in Citizens General hospital as the third victim in Martin Youk's murder spree near New Kensington Pennsylvania. Earlier victims included Sertherne Machulsky and Philip Rasco. neighbors tried to oust Youk from his barricaded home after a fatal shooting.
The Swedish steamer Pollux reports at 0:30 a.m. EDT that it sighted a Canadian flying boat forced down at sea off Chatham Massachusetts. The Pollux prepared to assist the crew if the boat sank before a rescue crew arrived.
United Press dispatch from Washington reports President Roosevelt invited Republican presidential nominees Alfred M Landon and Gen. Kelvin Knox to a White House meeting with congressional leaders to discuss neutrality problems. The invitation aims to align the leaders on Congress agenda as adjournment approaches and to address America’s wartime policy questions.
Key lawmakers from Democratic and Republican ranks join White House efforts on neutrality legislation. Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Rep. Carl Mapes are slated to participate in a Wednesday meeting at the White House at 4 PM. The conference excludes Sen. William Borah as isolationist opposition continues.
Monpon Sept 18 The ministry of information reports the aircraft carrier Courageous has been sunk by an enemy submarine and survivors are being picked up. Destroyers and merchant ships are returning to harbor as the casualty toll is not yet confirmed. The ship, completed in 1916, carried 48 aircraft and armor up to three inches, part of a WWI era class.
William Binnewein aged 90 of Jamestown was killed near North Clymer on the Jamestown to Coiry highway when a tow rope attached to a car being driven by Carl Pintago entangled a wheel. The Jalopy racer died from a fractured skull and facial injuries after the vehicle continued about 110 feet. Jacob Emewein and others involved survived. the coroner’s inquest awaited. Death followed a collision avoidance incident during preparations for a Jalopy races event near Cambridge Springs.
Poreman Iraqiy, in charge of a WPA improvement project on Shady Avenue, reports to the police a tool box was broken into over the weekend. The lock was smashed and a steel tape, case, hammer, and possibly more small tools were stolen. Chief John Flanigan investigated the vandalism case noting prior weekend thefts at nearby WPA storage boxes.
The Safety Bureau withdrew licenses of 118 drivers in the week ending September 2, with one revocation for intoxicated driving. Remainder were suspensions. Operating privileges were granted to 242 persons. Revocations so far this year total 2,787 and 602 suspensions.
Harrisburg mourns as Arthur H. James Jr., 20, son of the governor, dies after emergency appendectomy in Boonville Missouri. Services planned at the governor's Plymouth home in Luzerne County with burial at Hanover Cemetery. The governor traveled to be at his son's side. flags at half staff.
War dispatches report renewed Polish resistance around Warsaw after a Polish envoy failed to appear. Berlin and Brest-Litovsk clash with Red Army, while a six point Germany Russia plan hints at a fourth Polish partition. Paris strengthens Western front amid German reinforcements. London notes Lithuania partial mobilization on the Polish frontier.
SEPTEMBER 18 PHILADELPHIA The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reports Pennsylvania employment and payrolls reached new highs since 1997. Employment up 2 percent from July and 9 percent from August 1937. Wage disbursements up 7 percent from July and 21 percent year over year. Surveys from 2,358 factories indicate further expansion in September.
Pittsburgh authorities probed a dinner party after five guests and the hostess fell ill from suspected poisoned food. The injured included Thelma Canfield, nine, Mt. Lebanon, and Ernest Thornton, sixty three, his wife Gertrude, fifty four, their son C W Thornton, nine, of Pittsburg, George Hurt, seventy nine, of Brookline, and his wife and son.
News dispatches describe Polish forces encircled over a 500 mile front as Soviet and German advances press the army toward collapse. Reports claim Polish towns fall, frontline resistance ends, and top officials discuss partition plans with German and Soviet cooperation.
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