Thomas Wednesday continues health treatment
The report notes Thomas continues treatment on Wednesday and remains under medical care as authorities provide updates on his condition.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1940
Page
1
Fragmentary local note on a brief emergency response
A partial OCR reads a temporary feed drought mention with a one hour reference and a reaction time near one o clock. It notes an assisted event involving emergency responders and a survivor with a non-specific description.
Man Confesses Kidnapping Baby Home Unharmed
A man confesses to kidnapping with the infant reportedly returned unharmed to anxious parents. Nearby dispatches note wartime fear and public appeals for vigilance as Britain endures nightly air raids and allied declarations unfold.
Voters May Register Here Tuesday and Wednesday
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week are special registration days for the presidential election. Reg-Setrore will be at the Municipal Setting from 10 am to 7 pm and 7 to 10 pm each day for voter enrollment including new enrollment changes of party and address.
Italian Club Robbed in West Main Street Break-In
Early Sunday morning the Italian-American Club on West Main Street was broken into through a west side window. Three vending machines were looted for between 20 and 25 dollars with two devices taken. A penny machine and two other machines were damaged or moved. The theft resembled a prior burglary at the VFW home, suggesting the same suspects. Police found two sets of footprints behind the building and a tampered latch on a window, with Barone and DeMauss noting the window had been left unsecured after the break-in. The operation occurred between 3 20 and 10 o'clock Sunday morning, with discovery around 1 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Main Street
I F. W
August DeMauss
Joe Barone
Arthur Jackson
Barone
New Pastor Galbraith Takes Post at Corry Church
Rev. PA Galbraith named pastor of the Corry Methodist church recently and began duties Sunday with sermons on Christian Living Through Christ. He and Mrs. Galbraith will move here Wednesday from Reynoldsville to reside at the West Pleasant Street rectory, succeeding Rev. Perry F. Haines who was assigned to Reynoldsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PA. Galbraith
Methodist Church
Corry
Galbraith
Reynoldsville
West Pleasant Street
Mr. Galbraith
Perry F. Haines
Reynoldaville
London Again Target of German Bombers
London endured a daytime raid as two monster bombers approached from the west. Anti-aircraft fire cleared the sky, and most attackers were driven back by British fighters before reaching the capital. Authorities reported several downed raiders in morning combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
England
Two District Fairs End With Good Crowds
Closing programs drew about five hundred at Columbus for the first annual bi community fair while nearly three thousand attended Spartansburg's annual fair and exhibition. The Columbus day featured art contests amateur events woodchopping log sawing pie eating and several vocal and instrumental contests. Spartansburg highlighted an ox roast parade led by the Corry band with concessions exhibitions a softball game between Pleasantville and Spartansburg and various entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Spartansburg
William Groves
Harley Cobb
Robert Benssky
Harold Casler
Norberta Stocktonnd
Donna Betts
Maybelle Proctor
Maryion Robbins
Andrew Christensen
Lynn Gonnell
George Johnson
Robert Thompson
Maurice Schramling
Mary Jean Kolstee
Elizabeth Tecomehuck
Richard Triskel
Lyle Thompson
William Hollister
Laurence Hey
Clayton Turben
Corry
Pleasantville
Spartansbure
Birth of Baby Girl to Mrs Fred Snite at Chicago hospital
Mrs Fred Snite wife of a noted infant paralysis victim gave birth to a baby girl weighing 8 pounds 54 ounces by Caesarean section at the Chicago Lying-In Hospital. Mrs Snite, 26, had been in the hospital since September 11. The report places the birth in Chicago with dates noted for Sept 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astvetanger
Chicago
Fred Shite
Snite
English Child Evacuees Sought for Corry Area
Salvation Army headquarters asks Corry residents to host evacuated English children under the U S Committee for the Care of European Children. Adjutant B C Jones is coordinating. The local Home League seeks sewing volunteers and winter clothing donations to aid bombed England areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Bidlaburgh
B. GC. Jones
Corry
United States
U.S
Adjt
B. C. Jones
England
Explosion at Picatinny Arsenal Kills Two Injures Eleven
Two men are dead and eleven people are slightly hurt in a blast at the Picatinny arsenal near Dover New Jersey. The incident marks the second fatal munitions explosion in the Dover area in two weeks following an sepn 12 Hercules Powder Co plant blast in Kenvil. Victims Elvis Lawrence 49 of Rockaway Route 6 and John E Goodwin 20 of Towaco identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
N. J
United State’s Army Picatinny Arsenal
Kenvil
Hercules Powder Company
Picatinny
Elvis Lawrence
Route 6
Rockaway
John E. Goodwin
Towsco
Expansion of Non-Stop Airmail Pickup Expands East
Roy Martin, superintendent of All-American Aviation, testifies before the House Appropriations Committee that non stop airmail pickup remains an exclusive service in the eastern states for an indefinite period. He notes three routes currently serve towns in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, and Delaware, with Corry on a Pittsburgh to Jamestown line. Two more routes are planned, extending service toward Ohio, Kentucky in the Ohio River valley. The authority to operate all routes rests with All-American Aviation, which aims to serve about 400000 people in towns beyond existing mail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severn
Roy Martin
Firmans
House Appropriations’ Committee
Ludow
D-Ind
Martin
Civil Aeronautics Authority
West
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Delaware
Corry
Pittsburgh
Jamestown
Ohio
Kentucky
Oho River
Richard duPont
Governors Aid Conscription and Draft Directors Named
President Roosevelt asked all 48 governors to organize selective service in their states and to recommend state draft directors and local board members. Two volumes of conscription rules were sent to Washington for signature and effect. Young Republicans will tour every county starting in early October to boost their party’s ticket after the Harrisburg convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
N. J
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Harrisburg
Young Republicans
Pennsylvani
Frank Milton
Abductor of Tot Captured by Two Hunters near Hillsborough
In Hillsborough California on September 23 baby Marc de Tristan Jr. was found unharmed and in the arms of his relieved family. Federal agents held the accused kidnapper, German Wil Iielm Muhlenbroich, after two local woodsmen Wetzel and Wood subdued him and delivered the child to River Pine authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hillsborough
Cal
Marc de Tristan, Jr
Federal Bureau of
Wil Iielm Jakob Muhlenbroich
Spot Joy
Hilsborough
Hollywood
Mire
Tristan
Wil
Sid Muhlenbroich
Wii Hue
Mehl
el Dorneo County
Geeil ‘Wetzel
River Pine
de Tristan
Muhlenibroich
William Gianatasio
Sacramento
Muhlenbroich
Wetwel
Gio Ranch
Washington State
Wetzel
Dortesky
Omaeler
Muhlenbrowh
Auilien
Germany Denies Sinkin g Vessel Rumor Amid War Talk
German officials deny sinking a British refugee ship citing no torpedoed or bombed vessel within the 400 mile blockade zone off the English coast. Naval circles claim no U boat or aircraft operated there. The story, deemed a tear jerker aimed at dragging the United States into the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britain
Man Loses Arm After Sawyer Fall Near Jackson Will
William Wodarsky, 50, of Jackson Will, near Spring Creek, fell into a saw and suffered a near shoulder amputation. He was rushed to Gorey hospital by Frank Waplaski, a mill worker, as doctors noted severe mangling but reported slight improvement by the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wodarsky
Jackeson Will
Spring Creek
Gorey Hospital
Art Brown
Woditsky
Tio
Waplaski
Wis
Tir Corry Hospital
Wosturstey
Savieye Wuss
Asi
Wolinsky
Walentown
Martial law declared in Egypt amid war raids
Egypt announces martial law as the British forces raid Italian positions in the Mediterranean war theater. Prime Minister Hassan Pasha forms a new cabinet pledging not to rush into war while Italian spearheads press 60 miles inside the Egyptian border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Africa
Near East
Ayy and
Aly
Haypt
Prmeler Hassan Babry Pash
Ay Talian
Bor Ae
Registrars Discuss Draft Registration At Harrisburg Meet
Erie county commissioners and state leaders gathered in Harrisburg to plan registering 1 500 000 residents under the national conscription law. Agreement centered on using local election boards with volunteer help from veterans groups and educators as a possible August registration day approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie County
Harrisburg
James
Unis
Fred. Peters
Ardmore
State Association of County Commission
Ers
WWE
Pineluls
Peters
Percy H Clark
Philadelphia
Morton Witkwin
Philadelphia County, Commissioners
Clark
Clarence E. Ackley
Roosevelt Seeks 40 Million for NYA Training Plan
Minneapolis Sept 23 President Roosevelt asked Congress to provide 40 million dollars for educational training through the National Youth Administration. Carroll R Reed superintendent and AA S A president condemned the proposal as a substitute for established vocational programs, noting letters from 6 000 superintendents and college presidents opposing the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Roosevelt
Gonness
National Youth Administration
Carroll R. Reed
American Association of School Administrators
Local machinists organize second plant union group
A meeting of workers at the Corry Jamestown Manufacturing plant organized a new local branch of the Titernailonsy Axio eviition of Machinists Wax, with Grand Lodge officers expected soon. A second gathering is planned for 40 o'clock tonight in T.A.M. rooms to continue talks and approve charter details pending approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garey-James
Axio
Eiteeiue
A.M. Clubs
Tie Barlow Block
Uus
Uw Copry-Jamestown, Manufacturing Corporation
Weed Tw
T. A.M
Grand Lodge
Corry-Jatnen
Corry-Jamestone
Cooties Club Grounds Sought on Allegheny River Site
Authorization for purchase of a 7 acre tract along the Allegheny River near Tidjvule for a recreation center was approved at the Military Order of Cooties meeting. Plans call for a club house and future development for Cooties in Erie Crawford and Warren counties. Five local Cooties and over forty from nearby tents attended. a charter for Corry Warren tent is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny River
Tidjvule
Military Order of Cooties
The
Veterans of Foreign
Erie
Crawford
Warren
A. 1 cl
Corry-Warren
Goodes
Erle and
Meadville
Corry
Refugee ship torpedoed and sunk with 293 dead
London reports a British refugee ship torpedo attack killed 293 aboard, including 83 children en route to Canada. Survivors describe a rapid explosion, waves, and heroism as ships responded. Government notes 13 children among survivors and condemns barbarous methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Atlantic
Berlin
England
Hay
Winowiver
Childrer
Cich
Neds
Dole
Aleat
Murae
Hong
Jeselin
Viki
Wate Ly
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Children's Overseas Reception Board
Witl
Germany
Ant
Une
Young Hurler Hurt In Crash On Lindsey Hollow Road
Verne Smith of Corry RD 1 suffered a severe fracture of the left leg when his motorcycle collided head on with a car driven by Charles Glavis on Lindsey Hollow road Sunday evening. Gerald J. Gonzales of Westfield was uninjured. Glavis had minor facial cuts. Smith underwent surgery at Corry hospital and was reported improving the next day. he is a member of the Corry Semi-Pro Baseball club and was slated to pitch in Salis May’s game at Union City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palssima
Son oYar
Ana Mys
Verne Smith
R. D
Corrysim Corry Hospital
Lindsey Hollow Road
Smith
Charles Glavis
Younl
Gerald J. Gonzales
Westfield
Giavis
Gonzales
Union Cty
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