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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1938
Page
3
19 year old Norman Smith shown after arrest at Edinburg following a three month nationwide hunt. Police say he confessed to the slaying of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baumeister and Mr. Baumeister’s aged father at their farm home near North Lima on January 4. Smith said I’m glad they caught me before I done any more. He was on a rampage of the Baumeisters.
April 18 report from the Department of Highways announces a large bridge program costing about 85,800,000 with 27 percent spent to date. The program relocates approaches, enforces load limits up to 20 tons on new bridges, and 15 tons on repairs. District allocations range from 247,470 to 826,198 across 12 districts, detailing counties and budgets.
Tonight the council will receive the poll results from last Wednesday on whether Corry should observe daylight saving time along with nearby cities. AML ballots must be placed in three ballot boxes by noon. A canvassing committee will report to the council this evening, with Mayor Frank E. Hepler to announce results in Tuesday's Journal. If a majority favors the change, Hepler may urge clocks forward on the last Sunday in May, keeping the system to September. Also on the agenda is final reading of a 12,000 bond issue to finish the storm sewer.
Norman Mountain son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Mountain of Hast Church street has been chosen for the Adrian Junior High School vacancy for the remaining school year He will depart from Corry after a weekend visit to begin teaching in Michigan Mountain is described as top of his class at Adrian College and a noted athlete His Corry friends extend congratulations and best wishes for his new position
Steve Richardson of Columbus recently completed a course at the state motor police school at Myerstown and was selected for further training in special criminal investigation at the Hershey school, where he is now assigned. He was one of the honored students in his class, winning the fight for advanced special police work.
Bishop Mark Gannon of the Erie diocese plans formal calls at St. Elizabeth's and St. Thomas' in Corry on Friday. Confirmations will be conducted at both churches with large classes including adults, open to the public, as Rev. Heide and Rev. Graves lead the ceremonies. A reordered schedule shifts St. Thomas' visit to the afternoon.
Officers from the state motor police investigate ownership of three slot machines recovered from bushes off the Corry Elgin road west of the city. Detected weather wear suggests they were exposed three to four weeks. Patrolmen Blythe and Hoffman lead the inquiry. authorities suspect theft from the Progressive Republican Club near the State Hatchery about a month earlier.
Corry may be deprived of circus entertainment this year as advance representatives have not appeared. Cole-Beattie Shows and Hing-Jing Bros Barnum Bailey spectacle have already been hooked at Briar for showing in May or June.
Students of Corry High eagerly await the annual prom with Junior class hosting a dinner at Hotel Corry followed by a dance at the Junior High gym. Richard Lindsley will preside as castmaster, with Charles Bracken and Robert Swanson delivering welcome and senior reply, as Wes Scotts band plays.
Police answered a 4 am call at Miss Florence McGraw’s former Messenger block home on West Mall street. A short stocky man in tail clothes rapped at doors, vanished when police arrived, and no suspect was found. A car nearby is suspected as his getaway.
Rebuilding work progresses on the Sciotard Bridge as new approaches are laid out. The Holme Construction Company of Wooster Ohio holds the bridge contract and Mayer Bros. of Bris handles surface work on both sides. A separate oiling and surfacing project accompanies the structure. The Navy Mothers Club and 40 civic groups from Oakland back naming one of 35 new cruisers USS Oakland.
Motorists traveling the new Spring Creek Garland road Sunday found the Garland end in Hood passable though rough and ratty in places. The section from the concrete end to the tracks is negotiable, and the link from the tracks to Garland has been dragged and is in good condition.
The text speaks of compassion as the central response of humanity to the plea of all living beings. It frames mercy as essential when beings show need, urging a humane reaction aligned with shared existence and moral obligation.
Two Titusville men George Wahlen and Ivan Knoll were hurt when a Harley Davidson motorcycle left a curve at the Gomer West Church and Union Streets intersection. Wahlen was briefly unconscious and suffered facial cuts, while Knoll sustained a cut near the eye. The crash damaged the porch and lawn of Eugene Smith's residence, after which both riders rode away and later returned to Titusville. Ambulance was canceled after treatment, and a front tire blowout is suggested as the cause.
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