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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
1
British raiders score major hits on Berlin amid wide war front reports. London notes failure of Dakar siege tests Churchill faith unchanged. Washington expects army to reach 275000 regulars ahead of schedule as new airmail and draft activities unfold.
A severe early fall cold wave drops the mercury to about 30 in many areas with hail reports near Edinboro and light snow flurries in parts of the region. Western Pennsylvania sees the first killing frost damaging crops while forecasts promise continued cold tonight and warmer tomorrow.
Major General Edward Martin announced the 28th Division of the Pennsylvania National Guard will be inducted for a year of intensive training at Indiantown Gap shortly after January 1. The unit will grow from 9 000 to about 18 000 men, with trainees added under the selective act. Indiantown Gap facilities already support 25 000 men and are being prepared for 20 000 trainees.
Four deaths are linked to job dismissal in a sequence of tragedies. Robert Fletcher Sadler, IBM sales executive in New York, reportedly died after learning a subordinate was fired. Earlier, Donald O Reilly killed his two sons and then himself during a period of unemployment distress. In Boston, Sylvester Warner of Toledo won election as national commander of the American Legion in a close ballot.
Albert Manuel, director of music in the Clymer schools, is named the new director of the Corry Civic Orchestra, succeeding Carlton A. Chaffee who leaves the city for Midland Pa. Rehearsals are in progress for the first concert on November 4.
FBI officials handed Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbrolleh to California authorities for rapid prosecution and likely life imprisonment for the abduction of 3 year old Marc de Tristan Jr. He resisted photos but later allowed them. Other brief items note a 7 year old killed crossing a street in Pa and a Scranton school board considering coal mining beneath a school.
Sixty-one Republicans and fifty Democrats joined the rolls on Wednesday with additional no party and Prohibitionists. Union City and townships added new voters while party changes and address updates were processed by registrars Mrs. Dorothy Hammond and Miss Mary Dempsey.
AP reports in Berlin that Count Galeazzo Ciano and Mussolini seek to bring Spain into the war amid diplomacy. Japanese troops land near Haiphong under a Franco Japanese accord. British shell Italian bases in the Burmanli area causing damage and fires. Haiphong bombing reported from Hanoi. U S embargo on steel to Japan set for October 16, with export rules for Western Hemisphere aid to Britain.
William Henry, 18, of French Creek, died at Brooklyn Naval Hospital days after falling seven feet from a yardarm on his ship. He had recently returned from a visit to his sister in Pinwley Lake and is survived by his sister Mrs. W. F. Stevens and two brothers. A prayer service will be held in Pinwley Lake followed by a funeral at St Mathias Church in Inverick Creek.
Tokyo reports a qualified informant says Japan would actively support Germany if the United States enters Europe. The informant notes Japan plans to strengthen the Axis Comintern pact and considers a Soviet non aggression pact not unlikely.
Harrisburg Sept. 26 The director of Pennsylvania's selective service machinery was named today as William Mather Lewis of Lafayette College. He will serve unpaid as executive director of the draft program while dividing time between the college and the capitol. Lt. Col. Benjamin F. Evans of Wilkes-Barre will be his assistant. Local and regional draft boards will operate under Dr. Lewis with other appointments pending. Contracts were let for printed matter to support men registering October 16 about 1,200,000 statewide. Public schools will handle registration with teachers assisting.
Police traced meagre clues in the brutal murder of Mrs. Ethel M Atkins 35 wife of a Philadelphia bricklayer. She was found dead at an abandoned farmhouse near Horsham Pennsylvania as investigators pursue a lead involving John Cicero Angier once married to a Duke family member now living in Baltimore.
Employees of the Corry James Town Manufacturing Corporation receive a voluntary raise of about twelve thousand dollars annually. The plan, announced by O A Hillstrom, was implemented without pressure and with the company policy in mind. About twelve thousand dollars will be added annually to workers pay beginning September 16, distributed in today’s paychecks, benefiting workers and the community.
Sen Burke announces one day invitations will go to Secretary Ickes and Attorney General Jackson and others to testify at public hearings by a Judiciary subcommittee on presidential tenure. He says invitations will be extended to those favoring a third term and to opponents to ensure a full range of views.
In mid October British aircraft raided the invasion coast targets including the Kiel naval base and Tempelhof airdrome. London reports heavy bombing of airdromes factories and power stations as part of a renewed offensive. Berlin anticipates swift political moves as Hitler shapes a new war strategy with Spain and Japan reconsidering ties.
Experimental pickup mechanism installed at Lawrence airport and on Pittsburgh to Damestown flight line to judge feasibility. The device guides by an arm into the fuselage improving accuracy and speed from 90 to 110 mph with a portable ground station reducing hazards at airports.
The Gorty 140 41 Lyceum Course starts next Thieeday evening at the Senior High School with the Salvi Freund Ensemble headlining. Tickets are selling through students with PTA support for a season of high class lectures and concerts, including Andersons Circus Salisbury Players and other acts. The ensemble features Victor Selvi harpist Helen Freund Caroline Selfronic and Robert Smith of Chicago Civic Orchestra.
Washington War Department officials forecast record enlistments push the regular army toward 875,000 by mid November. September projections show about 40,000 new recruits, versus 31,000 in July and 28,411 in August, with 27,870 already enlisted this month. By September 21 the regular army stood as the largest peacetime force in American history.
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