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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1940
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes mention an airport visit and a yacht tour with a combined Roosevelt Facebook event over the weekend. Vague references to a public government deed and a long-term plan appear, but details are unclear and names are partially obscured.
Berlin dispatch reports German Italian Spanish plans to advance axis goals include talks with Russia. Von Ribbentrop’s location near Berlin fuels speculation he will visit Moscow. The three power pact prompts new conversations with Russia. Spanish minister Suner’s Rome visit seen as significant. Keitel presided over a Berlin conference finalizing Gibraltar goals.
London reports German bases British threats and U boat activity while U S acts to tax and adjust exports. Philadelphia and Harrisburg briefed on political and voter moves as arrests and court actions shuffle local crime. Broadcast schedules list Europe and national programs with notes on conventions and concerts.
Air Hygiene Foundation warns common colds threaten industrial health. A bulletin says sneeze droplets travel extremely fast and spritz far, making cold germs a major workplace hazard. The other item reports Phoebe Irene Dodéph, 39, of Warren, injured when her car left the road and overturned near Newionsville, car damaged and her injuries described.
By Associated Press in New York on September 30 the death by hanging of Courtney Riley Cooper ended a career of high adventure fiction. The 54 year old writer, famed for circus enthusiasm, was found in a hotel closet dead by a rope from a pipe. Detective Caswell Jacobs stated it was suicide. Friends said he suffered nervous exhaustion from overwork. His wife Sacce R Furey of Los Angeles noted FBI interest in his Mexico relations and art activities.
Three men died when their car crashed into a tree near the Yardley bridge over the Delaware River. The victims were Earl Wintern, 20, Frank Ram, 99, and James McCoy, 45, all residents of New Hope.
An 11 year old, Donald Bowen of Dunkirk, was killed when struck by a car driven by Robert Will. Walter Krugler, 4, of Buffalo, died when his car veered off a highway near Fredonia. Driver Joseph Boltovs, 44, and Frank Politowski, with bruises survived. Several other injuries occurred in a sequence of weekend crashes across Warren, Jamestown, and surrounding towns.
A 35 year old short order cook, William J Earnest, confessed to luring Mrs Ethel Atkins to a rural farmhouse near Horsham Montgomery County and bludgeoning her to death in a rage. Atkins mother of twins and former relative of the Duke tobacco family of North Carolina. Earnest, a counter man from North Philadelphia, signed a statement after accompanying Atkins on a round of taprooms. Police planned to transfer him to Montgomery County authorities after a hearing on fugitive charges. In Washington, a House resolution urged states to keep ballots from extremist parties and prevent forcible overthrow of government.
Washington reports the House moves a heavy profits tax bill to the calendar. A committee refined the plan to raise the corporate income tax from 20.90 to 25 percent, applying to 1940 corporate income with lower rates for smaller earners. The measure, tied to defense needs, faces possible presidential support.
Moscow dispatch notes Pravda declares the new triple axis pact aims to widen military cooperation with the United States and Great Britain. Pravda says Russia was notified of the German Japanese alliance and emphasizes Soviet neutrality, citing intensified Anglo American military ties as the damper on the accord.
Fred G. Schultz, 26, of Erie, held for a hearing October 10 before Alderman G.C.B. Porter on burglary charges tied to the theft of two vending machines from the Italian American Club on West Main Street. He pleaded not guilty at a preliminary arraignment and the case awaits county court bail. Police pursue links to a prior VFW post break in and possible accomplices as they investigate. One machine allegedly recovered at Schultz’s East Fifth Street home.
Reports indicate Britain readies for a potential October war crisis as Gibraltar tensions rise. Officials warn invasion risk persists despite winter approaches, with naval levels on alert and defenses strengthened along the English Channel.
Harrisburg reports that this week marks the last chance for unregistered Pennsylvanians to qualify for the presidential ballot. Residents must register or switch party by October 5 or October 21 in Pittsburgh and Scranton under local rules. Party leaders push registration drives, noting higher turnout depends on registered majorities and access to the vote.
The Rev Allen Clay Bam bers a one year old father of three told his Lutheran congregation at Sinking Valley Altoona that he would refuse to register for the military draft. He said he could not participate in what he called the greatest crime against the Republic and urged peace through the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Senator Robert M. Follette announces his support for President Roosevelt for a second term. He plans to run on the Progressive ticket, signaling party alignment and campaign backing in Madison Wisconsin.
The Federal Board moved to lower gas and oil prices, indicting a broad group of major oil companies and their subsidiaries. The action targets Atlantic Refining Company and about 22 large firms including Standard Oil units, Sun Oil, and Gulf Oil, alleging the current system preserves an ineffective, wasteful marketing network and harms consumers. The complaint seeks to restore competition and reduce costs through price cuts.
Harrisburg Sept 30 News oper publishers across Wallen Ave sponsor a week of activities to educate the public about newspapers. William N Hardy of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association leads plans including plant visits talks before civic clubs and public reading about newspapers and their role in democracy.
London and Liverpool faced renewed Nazi bombing as battle planes struck the city and its outskirts. Allied night raids targeted German coastlines, Dover and Calais, with bombardment and fighter engagements reported across southern England. Berlin claimed Luftwaffe activity over the United Kingdom from Aberdeen to the Channel with fires and damage in Merseyside and surrounding ports.
A 17 year old German sailor allegedly opened fire in Jamestown during a local business meeting area street incident. Police say a group matching the description arrived at a hostelry and later fled after inquiring about rates. Investigators report the group carried seven pistols and two rifles and had been implicated in prior hold ups. The suspect denied involvement and details remain under inquiry.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration proposes a national defense airport program totaling hundreds of millions, with Corry and 40 Pennsylvania airports included. The scheme funds land preparation, buildings, radios, and facilities, while federal land purchases are not covered. Specific projects list Beaver Falls to Shenandoah with costs from under $100,000 to about $1 million, and signatures note private Lawrence Airport involvement.
Republican leaders led by Herbert Hoover Alfred Landon and Thomas Dewey prepared in the open a series of campaign speeches across the Midwest in support of the Willit McNary ticket. John D. M Hamilton executive director of the GOP national committee said schedules were being arranged and Landon would appear again to attack the New Deal tomorrow at Hastings Nebraska.
In Philadelphia in September 1945, Lt. Col. Frederick Schoenfeld led a recruiting effort that drew 1250 volunteers for peacetime duties. The event, part of the postwar manpower reorganization, aimed to bolster civilian defense and support civil services across the city.
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