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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1938
Page
3
An OCR fragment notes entry details for a city event involving a person named Chris and a set date, with unclear sequence and partial numbers. The readable portion hints at initial steps to enter or register and mentions a possible verification step ending with a confirmation phase. Further context is missing.
In Erie PA and surrounding areas a flood of brief notices covers voting, registration, budgets, unemployment figures, court fines, weather forecasts, hospital trays, and travel routes. It notes township budgets for 1988 89 with millage around 17 mills and per capita levy of 4 dollars, registration offices open until 5 p m, unemployment counts for ages 16 to 21, weekly benefits averages, a panhandling fine, and upcoming radio addresses about Roosevelt recovery programs. It also mentions Erie designated as a stop on the Boston Buffalo Cleveland air mail route and a surge in local shopping activity amid fine spring weather.
Catholics prepare for the annual Easter Sunday offering to St. Joseph's Home for Children Erie. The Bishop Gannon Guild sponsors the drive with local reservations led by Mrs J A Cassidy. The history tribute by Jeannette Battell notes the home’s 77 years of service from Meadville to Erie, the building campaigns, and the 1924 Beverly Place facility.
Norman J L Smith iv, once living near Indiana Pa, confessed to Sheriff Elser that he murdered Mr and Mrs Henry Baumeister and Theodore Baumeister at their farm near Youngstown on January 4. He said the killings resulted from an urge and claimed a long history of crime including jailings and vagrancy. He was arrested at a farm near Edinburg and booked on a murder charge after the confession.
All men in the city are invited to attend a special Easter Sunday service organized by the Corry Men’s Bible Class at the Salvation Army Hall on Sunday at 3 o’clock. Rev J Paul Shelley of Erie will deliver the sermon on the theme of the Temple built by Solomon. A special music program begins at 2 50 with a songfest.
Dr Edward Dennis and wife reunite in Erie four months after premature birth in Italy. Two pound daughter spent first months in incubator. Family returned to await word on voyage readiness. Bishop Gannon Guild formed to aid St Josephs Home. Guild members host event April 23 inviting all to support the children.
George Black, a 49 year old bachelor farmer in Arcola, has been dyeing his hens mash to produce eggs with multicolored yolks. Neighbors say the eggs taste like ordinary eggs. He plans no commercial sale, doing it for fun.
Residents in 87 New York towns and 312 villages must set clocks forward on Saturday night April 24 to begin daylight saving time. Major population centers including New York City Buffalo and Albany will follow. A few cities Jamestown Ogdensburg and Plattsburgh will use the time change for limited periods. In Conneaut Ohio Police Chief H K Pounds owns a War of 1812 drum passed down from drummer boy Clark. his daughter Heppy Clark donated it.
Erie April 16 District Attorney Burton R. Laub warned that raids against the numbers racket would continue. He said fines of 500 dollars or a year in prison or both await those convicted and that raiders will be pressed to close headsquare operations as authorities intensify efforts to end the numbers game.
An announcement by As vania Tuberculosis Society executive Secr etary Asim M Dewees outlines the eleventh Early Dasis campaign under the Health Protection Act to fight tuberculosis. The effort emphasizes early detection at sanatoria and uses Christmas Seals sales to fund campaigns targeting urban and rural populations.
An advertisement batch in the Journal showcases leading drug values with emphasis on price, availability, and promotional offers. The listings appear to target broad consumer needs, noting generic and brand options across multiple categories.
Private Michael Benth of the U S Marines fought valiantly on the Hornet during a March 1815 engagement with the Penguin. He was severely wounded as the ship endured heavy cannon fire, yet he refused to quit the fight until his comrades carried him below.
April 16 ERSE RIN The school board adopted a 1984-29 budget totaling 2,628,492.00 in a brief session. Superintendent C Herman Grose and Carl A Sapper presented the budget which cuts 281,730.50 from department and principal requisitions totaling 2,010,538.00.
The Philadelphia Zoo has acquired a rare albino raccoon entirely white with pink eyes. The animal was captured in Georgia and presented to the zoo for exhibition.
In California the safest option remains walking over riding. State figures show 3,139 traffic fatalities last year with pedestrians accounting for 1,191 of them.
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