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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1937
Page
3
A local reader notes a band concert in the city park this evening. The piece also mentions a regular Board of Education meeting next Monday and various local updates on officials, renovations, and community events amid a string of brief notices.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Michael Dean farm barn near the Blue Eye school. The hay filled structure burned late Tuesday afternoon, with flames still active last night. Investigators noted the loss would run into hundreds of dollars, and the adjacent farm dwelling would have faced risk if wind had been stronger. It was unclear if the Mead family carried insurance.
Tribune reports Perry, condemned for wife's slaying, will remain in county jail for another month as officials delay transfer to Fairview Hospital for the Criminal Insane. Attorneys say they may seek a committal order. death penalty unlikely to be carried out on Sept. 27 due to delays. Also notes a sister reunion in Breckenridge, Texas after 65 years.
United Press reports Pan American Grace Airways flight with 13 aboard vanished in a Caribbean crash near Cristobal. Navy patrols scoured the sea through the night, recovering cabin fragments and life preservers while confirming no survivors among passengers Rex Martin, G. J. Caldwell, Thomas Wakely, Oscar Miller, Sam Oliver, Tsiro Solis, Mrs Amy Levering and her children Jimmie and Jessie Levering, plus pilot Stephen Dunn and crew including Lawrence Bickford and Herman Ding.
Harrisburg August 4 Owners of theatres and retail stores must file permit applications under the 1937 chain store act tonight or face prosecution. State Revenue Secretary J Grifith Boardman warned that permits are required and unpermitted operations would be a misdemeanor with a 50 dollar daily penalty. Provisions allow a 24 hour extension for mailed applications reaching the division. The act imposes taxes from 19 to 900 dollars per establishment and extra funds may boost fourth class district school salaries from 809 to 1000 dollars annually.
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