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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1931
Page
3
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A Cory Evening Journal opinion rails at wasteful city spending, urging frugal budgets, job preservation, and focused investments. It argues taxpayers tire of lavish line items, cites Chicago as example, and calls for plain housekeeping like trimming luxury purchases and delaying nonessential furniture and office upgrades.
Twenty years ago the Journal notes Warren Merritt of Chicago was struck by train No 5 in the east end yards and severely injured. Rain delays cause the Corry races to run through Saturday with a motorcycle race planned for Labor Day as part of the big athletic meet. The heavy rain yesterday afternoon helped crops after a wet spell.
Twenty nations have set standard grades for eggs including the United States Canada Denmark Sweden Norway and Ireland. Countries differ on depth of air cell shell yolk whites and germs with France notably absent. The piece advocates a single up to date standard and warns against exporting substandard eggs and deportation worries.
A commission of the American Bankers Association reports inadequate supervision of Federal Reserve System banks. It urges the Fed to exercise broader inspection rights and to clamp down on banks engaging in objectionable marketing and rediscount practices.
Daily English notes by W L Gordon present misused words and pronunciation tips. Today's focus word is Rapture meaning extreme pleasure or delight with example usage in a brief, period voice.
Ted Patterson and Howard Mulvin were found with cases of alleged beer in Union City. Officers Magee and Smith stopped and questioned them near Parade Street and South Main. At a court hearing before Justice Robbins they pleaded guilty, each fined 25 dollars and 4.50 dollars costs.
The quiz provides Pittsburgh as the city with notable steel output. Edgar Allan Poe’s famous work is The Raven. Dynamics is the science of motion. Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement. Ing ria ally is unclear. Ganges is mentioned as a sacred river reference.
Philadelphia August 4 Motorists urged by the Keystone Automobile Club to help collect the gasoline tax by reporting unlabeled delivery trucks to the Department of Revenue in Harrisburg. Bootleg fuel is widely shipped to filling stations, depriving the highway fund of revenues used for road maintenance and expansion. The club cites losses exceeding 15 million dollars in recent years and notes efforts to supply retailers with untaxed gasoline through wholesale channels. Archie Taylor returned to Detroit after visiting relatives in Philadelphia.
United Press reports that Peter Russell, a self described American with disputed birthplace, is detained aboard the Winona County after being deported from Cork. Immigrant officials assert his claim to U.S. citizenship is invalid and ship captains and authorities continue disputes over his status. A separate fire near Lincolnville destroyed the Maurice Stafford home after a lightning strike, the T shaped farmstead burning Sunday afternoon.
A cryptic puzzle from yesterday questions age relations between A and B and uses arithmetic steps with $80 and 400 to argue banks relying on membership should face scrutiny. The piece argues supervisory oversight is needed for any work delegated, warning that partnerships lack security without a third binding element.
Aug 4 Forestville reports an undetermined fire destroyed the barn on the former Covey Bennett farm owned by G. H. Wills estate on Pope Hill. Occupant Mr Golmt lost most farm tools eight tons of hay two horses two wagons and small gear. Loss estimated at 5000 with partial insurance. house saved despite neighbor efforts.
Jamestown August fourth Gale Young a 36 year old Falconer formerly of 4 Crosa Street was convicted in City Court last week of driving an automobile while drunk. He was fined 200 and sentenced to sixty days in Monroe County Penitentiary by Judge Allen E. Barger. Unable to pay the fine he was committed for 280 days and will remain jailed until around next April unless the fine is paid.
T B testing of cattle in Erie County has been suspended for three months. A certificate from the U S Bureau of Animal Industry and the Pennsylvania State Department confirms Erie County as tuberculin free. The last test on November 1, 1930 found less than 0.5 percent infection. No testing will be required until December 1, 195.
Follett has received a certificate from the Bureau of Animal Industry approving his 28 registered Holsteins as free from Bang disease after drastic official blood tests. The Follett herd, one of the county’s finest, is in high demand for breeding, with young stock sought after. Mrs. Claud Ayers and her infant son were moved from Corry Hospital to their Corry home this afternoon.
Aug 4 Erie reports Wilbur Meister 19 of Ui Rastwith street dies after a shallow-water dive at Water Works Park on the peninsula. A second accident Sunday injured Lieut. Edmond Fallon 83 of West Find Pittsburgh diving from a pier near Waldamere Dirk Ballin, in serious condition with a fractured neck vertebra. Meister died late Monday. Fallon remains hospitalized as the Water Works tragedy draws crowds seeking relief from the heat.
14 acres Prosperity Farm features a barn for five cows and a chicken coop with two brooding sheds. Ground includes a rich maples area with fruit and shrubbery and ample space for produce. Market right at the door, walking distance to work, listed by Terma John H. Clough.
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