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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1936
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a City League game and evening events. Mentions a first meeting, a district area, and names such as James and Pilts in vague contexts. Details are unclear, but imply rowing and wrestling mentions alongside local sports activity.
Scores of youngsters enter the second annual pet parade sponsored by the WPA and NYA. Prizes will honor best groomed pet, smallest, longest legged, shortest legged, lowest ears, most unusual, and best performer. Entries limited to one pet per person, leashed and registered, parade routes run from Center and West Pleasant to Center City Park, with groups marching to the staging point and JA officials supervising.
Mary Astor and former husband Dr Franklyn Thorpe resist settlement offers in the battle over their four year old daughter Marilyn. Astor’s lawyers seek a thorough inquiry of Thorpe’s conduct before remarriage and aim to prove a bigamous marriage. Thorpe’s side demands a public reading of Astor’s diary in the resumed trial, noting her expressions of love for a man named George and references to others in the film world.
Meadville hosted Erie Railroad officials with a formal dinner at the county seat yesterday, celebrating years of cordial contact between the city and the railroad. The event marked enduring ties and mutual cooperation in the region.
The Emergency Relief Board allocates 6.79 million dollars for August unemployment relief and administration. The plan provides 4.94 million for direct county relief, 90,200 for speech activities, and 753,000 for administration.
United Press reports from London that a new death test by Drs Salisbury and Melvin of Queens University Isingston Ont is described in the British Medical Journal. The method uses an ophthalmoscope to inspect retinal veins. if the retinal blood columns are broken after circulation stops for about ten minutes, the patient is beyond resuscitation.
Gen Jacob S. Coxey, famed leader of Coxey's Army, arrived in Franklin Brim Aug 5 to advocate Father Coughlin's money issue and the Townsend plan. He recalled local ties to Joseph C. Sibley, with swift Townsend followers arranging a public city park address to press printing 50 billion dollars in legal tender.
In Waterbury Connecticut Nicholas Bouncine seeks 22 damages for 50 guinea pigs killed by stray dogs citing a city charter provision on municipal responsibility. The notice appears amid a miscellaneous classified item about selling cars through ads.
Samuel Mershelman aged 55 a tamer and contract thresher was killed when a heavy tractor overturned in a ditch near Conneaut Lake. He was moving a thresher from one farm to another on the Meadville Conneaut Lake road near Beatty’s Corners. The tractor tipped after the thresher swung out of control, snapping the wooden tongue and shoving the tractor up a bank.
Two squirrels alerted Luman Harten, 76, asleep in a log cabin, by frantic chattering causing him to wake. He escaped through a window and fought the blaze, credited with saving his life. Bees Use Oil for Cell Wax in Panama. stingless bees collect oil with their feet to mix with wax for honey comb cells.
County Commissioner Thomas W. Flatley will be the featured speaker at the Democratic Progressive Club of Evie County meeting in Erie. The regular session is set for Friday at 7 p.m. at 2611 Maple Street, with an executive committee gathering at 6 p.m. Vice-President Carlton King will announce details for the Corry meeting planned for August 14.
Harrisburg reports forecast higher farm prices due to prolonged drought. Secretary of Agriculture J Hansell French cites Federal and State crop reports predicting elevated prices for butter, beef, and better cattle grades. Wheat and feed grains also expected to rise, with butter prices peaking this year.
The Journal explains cash basis for classifieds and requires payment with ads. It lists sale items including Whippet and Chevrolet parts and a housework helper, with contact details at 14 West Wrederile street and 108 East Smith street for calls after 1 o clock seeking a high school girl to assist with housework.
Crawford County hosts a rural electrification initiative with a projected total between 800000 and 83100000 dollars for rural electric projects. Officials stress local initiative and oppose forced cooperatives while promising year by year funding to expand service nationwide.
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