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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1935
Page
3
Public and parish meetings planned including a regular city council session in the morning and a Golden Rule Parish Hall dinner at 6:90. Local business news notes a new Brunswick refrigeration system at Wing-Will Store and plans for a May reception at the Lawrence Hotel in Erie.
The city saw diverse conditions from warm spells to frost and storms in March. Snow, rain, dust, fog, and electrical storms influenced daily life, with spring arriving amid fluctuating temperatures and shifting forecasts.
Governor George H. Earle urged Pennsylvanians to back a $203000 tax program during a statewide radio address. He accused special interests of opposing the plan to protect the tax system and called for pressure on legislators to enact graduated income and inheritance taxes, while defending levies on gasoline tobacco and amusements as semi luxury taxes. Scores of CCC workers headed home after enlistments in Kane area with replacements pending if work relief bill passes. Allegheny forests to lose 280 CCC members without immediate replacements and seven new camps planned if approved.
Republican lawmakers in Harrisburg debate ways to raise or save revenue as they oppose Governor Barletts 8 0 million price plan. They back a two for twenty two approach with income and general sales taxes. A 4 percent sales tax could yield 74 million annually, totaling about 184 million for the two year period.
Registration for seed for the gardens planned across the state will begin at the relief offices in the Municipal building Tuesday at 9. Only those on relief rolls will be allowed to register for the free seed for spring. It is expected many will seize the chance to obtain seed to plant gardens.
Erie resident Dell Darling will speak to the Golden Rule Gills at Parish Hall Beaman Church 6260 oeloes about county office duties and sheriffs life The Feb meeting marks the club’s first session under new officers Crawford Woods president and Joseph Spirsinian vice president are announced.
Awbht Shattuck of Silver Creek, 57, died at Rhinehart Hospital from injuries after a car crash on the Southwestern Boulevard Friday night during a snowstorm. He was a passenger with Charles Ehmke. Ehmke had minor injuries. Coroner George E. Blood ruled the death accidental. Shattuck is survived by wife Ault and daughter Thelma, both of Silver Creek, plus two brothers. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 2:20 at the home.
Trist of Alard J. Lindsay, 29, a former inmate at Great Meadows Pisc., stands trial in Little Valley for the double murder of Harold Farnsworth and his wife Bernice Kenyon Farnsworth. Prosecutor A Edward Kueger leads the case with a defense team from Salamanca and Olean. The district court jury is summoned. Lindsay claims self defense.
Police investigate a near derailment of train No. 913 near Oil City early Saturday. A suspected oxyacetylene tank placed on the tracks near Kramer Wagon Works prompted delays and a possible wreck attempt, with authorities leaning toward theft rather than accident. The tank rolled 200 feet after being struck, nearly empty, and had been left near the tracks Friday after work. Officials say a deliberate wreck attempt is plausible but unconfirmed.
Zelman Place a longtime Union City resident died early Sunday after lingering illness. He is survived by his mother Julia Place and sister Thelma Cottrell of West Dennis, Massachusetts. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at Davigo Funeral Parlors officiated by Rev Perry Haines of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Beaverdam interment planned.
Paul R Welch, 65, president of the Welus Graze Jule Company in Westfield, escaped a skull fracture after a sedan carrying his daughter Martha, her friend Antoinette Johnson, Mary Watson, and Margaret Blatherwick overturned near Clymer on the road to Corry. The car slid into a swampy trench, three girls escaped by breaking a door, Welch was treated locally then moved to Jamestown General Hospital. A brother and another daughter, Barhans Welch, were notified.
Parents attended Saturday afternoon recital by Keppel studio pupils. Each student memorized a set of pieces emphasizing accent and rhythm in Tarentelle Minuet Jolly Ride Norwegian Wooden Shot Fairies and Indian. Participants included Mary Rozelle Douglas Rozelle Jy Woodwell Gorion Rita Hamill Faith Messenger Barbara Arm Keppel Mari Swart.
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