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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1938
Page
3
Special city council meeting planned for this evening. Woolworth Company reports July sales at 22,783,440 dollars, down 4.02 percent from 24,715,881 last July. Public utilities hearings set. unemployment fund interest climbs. court notices include a pike incident and a divorce libel.
Jamestown August 5 Coroner Samuel T Bowers said a verdict of accidental death by strangulation is likely in the automobile fatality that killed Kleber D Powers 39 of Patton Street. Powers was found pinned under a car near a clubhouse west of town after the vehicle veered off the highway. He died en route to City Hospital.
A 3500 foot corrugated concrete strip on the Lake to Sea Highway between Grampian and Luthersburg in Clearfield County is being tested by the Pennsylvania Department of Highways. The process imprints corrugations into the surface to reduce skidding and glare, extend life, and cut maintenance costs.
In Addison Maine on a family fishing trip Leo Wass and Fred Leighton set out to catch a few fish and returned with 276 large pollock. They salted down enough for many meals and shared part with neighbors.
Detroit mid Aug reports four suspended officers accuse Homer Martin of being controlled by Jy Lovestone the former Communist party secretary. Maurice Sugar defense says Lovestone ran the union with Martin like Charley McCarthy. Letters between Martin and Lovestone to be used as evidence.
Mrs. Bessie Bila of Hawthorne touts San-Cura Ointment for treating painful burns. The ad claims the antiseptic ointment relieves pain, prevents infection, and promotes healing for minor wounds, sores, rashes, and itching. Available at druggists for 35¢ and 60¢.
Aug 5 reports two救 incidents. Mary Alice Emmett, 7, saved at Laurel Mill Creek after sinking thrice, breathed water but recovered and was discharged in satisfactory condition. Wesleyville man Harry Law, 21, rescued from Lake Erie near Sie-Mile Oren after cramps. Charles Jacobson, 20, pulled him from 6 feet of water.
The Public Utility Commission announced a rule requiring payment of all fees with applications for certificates of public convenience to be made by certified check money order or bank cashier's check. The move aims to speed processing prevent confusion and provide accuracy and protection for applicants.
Erie's WPA workers facing long travel time received a proposed plan from Guy C. Cleaver to shift workers to closer projects. Cleaver says only state highway action can enable this, and he has asked for ready transportation or other arrangements. Workers await a Tuesday deadline on transport demands.
J J Flannigan 72 of RD 6 Corry died at Warren General Hospital after a three week stay. A retired P and R engineer he resided with sister Margaret Sullivan. Body taken to Bracken-Kexting mortuary for burial prep. Funeral services set for Saturday at 8 am at St Thomas Church with family interment at St Thomas Cemetery.
In 1958 about 33 percent of Pennsylvania’s 63 757 teachers were NEA members, with Pennsylvania dropping from first to second in state NEA membership. New York leads with 23 818 members, followed by Ohio California Illinois. A copy of the Ulster County Gazette notes George Washington’s funeral in Kingston, described in a January 41, 1800 issue.
A Chinese jade collection includes hues beyond green such as rose red white and steel blue, showing a broader spectrum of colors in carved pieces and raw stones.
An exhaustive river search from the whistling rapids to Maid of the Mist failed to find Anna Elgert of Dayton after she vanished from a tourist home on River Road Thursday morning. Her husband and locals suspect she committed suicide by leaping over the falls. the effort involved Major Hill and Willers Hill Jr with an English retriever under riverman William Red Hill.
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