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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1935
Page
5
Octavis Brescia a grocer used two pop bottles to fend off two armed robbers who tried to hold him up in Bellaire Ohio. The incident shows improvised violence with ordinary items as effective weapons.
Local notices list Harrison Keppel and son Martin. Mrs Ang ie Caster and daughter Lillian of Erie will visit Miss Myrtle Puller in Corry over the weekend. Helen Grade Merrick of Harrisburg returns home for an over Sunday with her parents. Several others travel or visit relatives including Mrs Marjorie Peck to Binghamton NY, Mrs J A Cassidy to Erie, and Kenneth Jackson to Dunkirk for a weekend with relatives. Families from Williamsport, Warren, Jamestown, Cleveland, and Buffalo appear among guests and travelers visiting or staying in Corry.
Five year old Beatrice Bar oleo runs into burning home to save her doll whose dress is afire. She escapes unharmed.
Paul Lines is named chairman of the 1985 Buddy Poppy Committee for the VFW Kalim Rapids Michigan home welfare drive. Auxiliary members join in as funds support deceased comrades families, emergency relief and rehabilitation, hospital care, funerals, and other veteran aid projects nationwide since 1922. Veterans out of work or on short time are urged to contact Comrade Porter or Olin Bracken for a job and to receive four tickets for the card tournament.
A funeral mass was held at St. Thomas Church for Edward Lucey, a former Corry resident who died in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rev. Francis Graves officiated with the St. Thomas choir. interment followed in St. Thomas Cemetery. Attending were relatives and guests from Erie, Jamestown, Toledo, Wesleyville, and other nearby areas.
New York April 6 United Press reports the stock market held previous gains despite minor weekend profit-taking and closed the week higher. Closing prices list numerous issues with mixed percentages and figures across American Locomotive American Smelters Anaconda Bethlehem Steel Consolidated Oi General Electric and others. Harrisburg April 5 Governor Earle asked a judge to temporarily release striking anthracite miners from jail to attend a reference in Luzerne County Monday.
Cleveland's municipal light plant reports a cash balance of 1144.99 dollars. Utilities Director W. S. Rogers notes operating expenses have risen but the balance remains the highest in the plant's history.
Inspector Montigny investigates Thurber and Thurber’s circle after a stealthy cord drop and a blocked phone line. Valcour, an artist, recounts last night’s events while Montigny tests signals from Thurber’s apartment. A simple slip knot and a bead on a window cord hint at a staged scene as detectives seek the truth.
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