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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1941
Page
3
A brief brief item notes that Alice suffers from illness and deteriorating condition, with concerns rising about her health. The report mentions a healer and community prayers, reflecting local worry and the social response to illness during the period.
Charles N Ney, 55, of Boston, initially confessed to killing Elizabeth Lene in New Orleans before recanting. Investigators say the body of the 60-year-old woman was found packed in a trunk. Ney claimed ties to Napoleon's Marquis Ney, and said he met Kiagwifa in Florida last June.
President Judge Miles B. Kitts ordered abandonment of the current detention home at 915 West 1th Street and the establishment of a new facility. After three grand juries found conditions deplorable, he directed the search for a more spacious site and sought to retain matron Ruth Barnett. The exact location is unsettled, with a county-owned house near the jail considered as a possibility.
A will filed for probate in Erie lists an estate of 29000 with $300 bequests to Dorothy Cowen Lattle Daye and several Swift and Cowen relatives. The remainder is divided as voiced among Ceylon L Swift Sera H Vaughn Adeline Cowen Nora Swift and children of Swift and Voss families. The deceased, Erin Wesleyville resident, died Sept 12 leaving the estate.
Cullen Bedell, 22, son of Mr and Mrs George Bedell of DuBois, broke a leg again when he tripped on a sidewalk near his home. The leg had been previously fractured in a 1939 accident during a Clearfield football game, with bone plates seen through the flesh. The story also notes the US importing 13 pounds of spinach seed for every pound grown domestically.
Representatives from Districts One, Seven and Eight of the Mine Workers of America in Hazleton Pa act to unite in the dispute. A general committee voted against accepting an international commission settlement urged by President Lewis. The movement aims to mobilize all 100000 Pennsylvania diggers and continue the walkout until all demands are met.
Erie over the weekend authorities issued warrants for several offenses. Hugh McKinney was arrested after allegedly striking two cars at 18th and Poplar and 18th and Cherry and driving away. Peter Zenewicz faced drunken driving after a crash near Ath Street. Siev Eyunoff was charged with making threats following a domestic dispute.
The article reports Senator Henry Hull advocating scrapping the Neutrality Act and supporting stronger presidential power to respond at sea. He says the president must act to meet the situation and maintain the nation's security, while opponents Senator Van Nuys and Senator Brooks warn arming merchant ships could provoke conflict and cost American lives. It notes Alaska air service expanding to remote points, reducing supply costs.
General Alois Hlias, premier of Bohemia Moravia, is arrested by German forces for preparation for high treason as Nazis declare a civil emergency in six districts amid hostile actions against the Reich.
Sept. 10 DuBois. The death toll from a Friday automobile crash near Smuth that killed Albert Riddle has risen with the death of Edward J. Kite, a DuBois native. William Thomas, also injured, was improving. Riddle's car left the highway, jumped a culvert and rolled over as fans returned from the Clearfield DuBois game.
A Port Allegany man was questioned by police about a fatal hit and run involving a teenage girl walking at Madison Street and Madison Avenue. The victim, identified as Miss Jaye Ostautdle, 21, of Niagara Falls, suffered severe abdominal injuries and possible internal damage. she was found dragged about 100 feet near the scene.
Churchill declared Britain would bomb Rome if needed to hasten victory at sea as air raids increased. He noted a rise in enemy shipping losses while Allied and neutral losses fell, forecast a tougher U-boat campaign and called for stronger countermeasures with growing aid from the United States. He warned the war could extend to 1942.
About 1 200 runners from 16 states are slated for a Defense Relay from Independence Hall to Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Harrisburg parochial and private schools and the Pennsylvanie Tateren Athletic Association will supply the runners. The relay begins at noon October 31 with individual pi tests and district committee rulings guiding the event to promote physical fitness for national defense.
Mrs. Felon Straus Scolari of St Marys was seriously injured in a car crash Saturday night near Emporium. She suffered a fractured skull and jaw and internal injuries. sister Edith Marie Schraub of St Marys had facial injuries. driver Mike Kamaly of Emporium escaped unhurt. The trio rode on a secondary road when the vehicle left the road and struck a tree two miles north of Emporium.
Union City Sept 30 Hirur Dates a Wattsburg man is badly hurt after a 14 foot ladder gave way at a Wattsburg residence. He struck his head and shoulder, was taken to Kimihen Hospital by hospital staff. Pred Estes R Dr Thion City reported the man’s condition as serious but stable awaiting further treatment.
Richard Modis an 18 year old escapee from McKean county jail was captured in Erie on Saturday by Motor Patrolman Dr J Hamaker. He had been in a stolen car at arrest and had been serving time for another auto theft. He was sent back to McKean county to face further charges of car theft and jail breaking.
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