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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1932
Page
6
The Board of Education plans a conference with tax collector Frank E. Westley to discuss methods to accelerate delinquent school tax collection. The finance committee has examined the issue for two weeks, seeking a way to collect overdue payments and close the fiscal gap.
Representative Johnsat of Mississippi and Representative Rankin of Tennessee will debate Venus over a WABC hookup this evening. Total motor vehicle registrations for the first three months show 107,038 fewer than a year ago, with receipts down 626 dollars according to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Charles Orchard manager of Mul ligan Ball in Erie will address Rotary Club members on Tuesday nineteen meeting day. He will travel to the city with Rotarian Pulakus and Mead of Erie. A nationwide program involving 10 400 American Legion posts and over 1 000 000 legionnaires will be held April 18 per Henry J Stevens commander. Schumann Heink and other artists may participate. The meeting runs 1 to 2 1 p.m. Attendance at the Pinchol-But ter rally Thursday night was the largest political gathering yet. Kenneth Hixson and Witton Brown have enlisted in the U S Navy. Unfilled tonnage of U S Steel fell 73 216 tons in March to 2 472 418 tons. May weather outlook shows possible showers early in the week, with cooler midweek and warming by week’s end.
Four Americans face a long trial in Hawaii as defense lawyers consider insanity pleas. Prosecutor John Kelley plans to call alienists to counter plans by Clarence Darrow and the defense to bolster Mrs Fortescue and Lt Massie. Accused are Granville Fortescue, Lt Massie, and two enlisted men for the murder of Joe Kahahawai Jr. A prior verdict in a related attack case on Thalia Massie is noted.
The Standard Oil of Tad i announced a 15 cent barrel rise in crude oil prices in Kansas Oklahoma and North and Central Texas effective Monday and warned gasoline prices may increase to sustain the higher crude price. Record low weekend fares are set by Pennsylvania and eastern roads starting April 29 with round trips cut 45 percent. Corry High School band to enter district scholastic contests as plans are made by food directors. Miss Maide Harmes former Sharon club president dies at Pittsburgh home. Orrie Mosner to face Strap in Erie next week. Police crack down on reckless driving while Cross chapter reports aid deliveries to the poor via Red Cross. Employment campaign gains members as volunteers work through the week.
Frank Whitebread whose alias is Frank Panebianco was found guilty of second degree assault by a Jamestown County Court jury. He was sentenced to two to four years in Auburn State Prison by County Judge Lee Ottaway for shooting Agatha Torney, common law wife of Anderson Forney, following an argument after a Valentine’s Day party on Chandler Street. Leonard prosecuted. Parker defended. The jury deliberated from 3:46 to 4:45 PM. The convict was taken to the county jail pending transport.
April 8 report says Richard Beamish secretary of the commonwealth ordered county commissioners to halt ballot printing after a Dauphin county court ruling placed Robert Gray Faylory on the Republican presidential ballot. A ballot redraw will occur in Beamish's office on Monday. Taylor's election petition was rejected on technical grounds. attorneys sought to restore the name, but the election bureau warned adding it would overload voting machines in the primary.
Corry High School was eliminated from the Inter-High School Debating League championship after a semi final loss to Franklin High. Six schools competed, with Allegheny College sponsoring a silver trophy for the winner, permanent possession after three victories.
A benefit card party hosted by the Emmanuel Guild drew a good crowd at the Parish Hall last evening. Mrs C C Loveland chaired the event with help from Mrs W B Mathews and others. Sixty guests attended with card honors awarded to Mrs J H Martin, Mrs Paul Weber, Dr J H Wright and C C Loveland. sandwiches cakes cookies and coffee were served.
Harrisburg April. Governor Gifford Pinchot weighs calling a second special session as the state faces a 10 million shortfall for unemployment relief under the Talbot act. Officials say May 9 may summon the legislature to grant revenues while critics urge larger funding and broader cost cuts.
Henry Jewell, a resident of Corry for twenty two years, died at his home at 12 80 this morning after a brief pneumonia illness. He was 44. Survived by wife, two daughters Ruth at home and Mrs Edna Powers of La Grangeville, three sons Harold Radsten meth at home Roy of OH City, two brothers Ben of Hire and U S Jewell of Riceville, and a sister Mrs Goldie Bates of Garland. Funeral services will be held from the United Brethren church in this city Monday at 2 30 with interment in the cemetery.
County officials report the 1922 property valuation at 130,107,028, up 221,698 from last year, with total taxes to be collected at 1,284,486, a jump of 278,327.02. Taxes payable from money at interest rise by 12,800, while new buildings and improved valuations drive the higher sums. Harvey M. Willis, county controller, says sufficient funds exist to operate county government for the year barring emergencies.
New York news article condemns the Willard Straight Post of the American Legion for opposing the bonus bill. Maurice Stember, New York state adjutant, says the post is out of step with state and national organizations and may face charter suspension for its statements.
ERI April 9. County commissioners notified by Samuel L. Lewis, secretary of the state highway department, that the state lacks funds to complete the three mile Kearsarge Waterford road. A two week old resolution sought adding the stretch to the 1932 road program, but insufficient funds prevent consideration now. Officials said funds may be available later, and that not being a federal route blocks use of federal funds. Commissioners McCray and Finday Abate planned to talk with Congressman Milton Shreve to place the road on the federal list of ready projects.
A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed in federal court for the Buffalo and Crystal Beach Corporation operators of Crystal Beach amusement resort on the Canadian shore of Lake Erie. Attorneys said the filing is part of a reorganization plan due to financial difficulties. the beach resort, once run by the Lake Erie Excursion Company and then taken over in 1924 by Buffalo investors, will operate this summer under a court appointed trustee.
Erie April 6. The Talbot bill providing 242000 for relief has been declared constitutional but funds may not reach Erie until 1933. Gov Pinchot says no money for working the act this year, risking a severe welfare crisis for the poor. County commissioners expect state funds to be found, though several months may pass before availability.
Lyle Wilcox, Storer and Blaine Kinney furnished music for the poverty social held Friday evening in the T. O. O. F hall and arranged by the Rebekah Helping Mand Chi. Dancing featured the social hour with about one hundred guests. Refreshments of sandwiches cake pickles and coffee were served by officers of the club.
Readable fragments show Church notices for Pentecost services at First Pentecostal and Advent Christ churches in Rotter North Carolina. Timings include 8:00 10:00 and 11:00 AM sessions with sermons, songs, and midweek prayers. Methodist events list 9:45 AM and 6:20 PM services, with Sunday school, choir, and missionary society activities.
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