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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1941
Page
3
Erie coroner cites illegal operations as cause in two young wives deaths. District Attorney Burton H. Laub orders inquiries with inquests set once witnesses are summoned. One case may lead to an arrest, while the second lacks sufficient evidence to name a suspect.
Jamestown residents voiced complaints at a public hearing prior to the board of education approving a budget for a levy of 791,968 and a tax rate around 12.871. The new budget totals 1,297,944 with anticipated revenues of 585,000.
Roy Richards 82 of Garland, a service station operator, remains jailed in Warren County after his wife Ida May 53 died Tuesday in Erie. He had previously faced aggravated assault and battery. new charges to be brought by the commonwealth are anticipated.
In Harrisburg a flood of letters to Senator John G Snowden spurred a special commuter hearing on a bill to raise truck weight limits on Pennsylvania highways from 19.5 tons to 25 tons. The bill, passed by the House 144 to 57, drew sharp debate as Rep Elmer J Holland argued it pits labor against labor and favors railroads at motorists expense. Snowden said the committee would hear both sides before deciding.
The new tax rate tops the 1940 41 level of 1305 dollars by 568 dollars, indicating a sizable increase. The change shifts budgeting expectations as residents face higher levy amid fiscal adjustments. Local officials note the adjustment aims to support essential services and infrastructure.
Police Chief G Haney Nelson reports four parking meters stolen from downtown Jamestown, two this week. Each meter valued at 62.60 dollars, city required to make full restitution. Three meters taken from East Second Street, one from Pine Street.
Measles outbreak forces nine Franklin high school bandsmen into quarantine and ends hopes the band would travel to Atlantic City for the May 2 to 4 national meet. Preparations push for City High School orchestra and boys chorus, regional contest winners, to proceed to Atlantic City May 2, with 135 students traveling by bus.
In Erie on April 2 June Shirley Landauer, 20, shot herself in the second-floor apartment as her three year-old daughter Pegey Shirley watched. State police report to the coroner say Joseph Landauer, husband, heard the shot and found his wife dead in the bedroom with the child nearby. a pistol was used.
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