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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1932
Page
6
Notice lists milk licenses due for renewal by September 1 and mentions related burglaries and a marriage ban. Fragmentary text references Emily Wight and a schedule, with garbled names and places implying a local notice page on public security and marital status requirements.
City officials approved plans for a borough sewage system and disposal plant with engineers detailing storm sewer expansion. Construction start dates are not set, but financing concerns tied to 1982 costs loom as the city faces possible deficits and salary uncertainties.
Typhoid claimed the life of Dr Challe Hustin a prominent Krox physician aged about 1% years. He contracted the illness in early July and remained ill for two weeks before being removed to Ol City hospital on July 18.
United Press reports the interstate commerce commission ordered several tour rail carriers including Reading and its Quakertown Bethlehem lines to reduce freight rates on routes serving towns such as Lou, Pretiflenen, New Hope, Taylestown and Stony Creek branches. The decision, effective September 15, followed complaints from retailers and manufacturers about high shipping costs in the Reading system region.
Harrisburg officials report four thousand seven hundred one permits for milk sales in Pennsylvania expire August 31. Of the coming year’s permits, most applicants seek pasteurized or certified milk, with a small number selling raw or processed milk. Delinquent filings are being finalized and many producers yet to renew.
Reno Aug 9 John Wanamaker a mill owner and merchant faced a district court hearing on divorce from Mrs Pauline Wanamaker. A temporary injunction by Pennsylvania officials placed guardian Lloyd Smith over Mrs Wanamaker. Wanamaker filed suit June 21 with an insanity affidavit, pursuing the case despite the restraint and arguing he as Nevaia president was not subject to eastern jurisdiction.
Corry's census by Howstrd yheen shows 1257 pupils aged five to sixteen for 1932, up from 1248 last year. First Ward gains ten to 376, Second Ward rises from 200 to 264, Third Ward stays at 402, and Fourth Ward increases 25 to 290. Ward sex split lists boys and girls per ward.
Thomas Watson and James McDonald of Vernon township and Greenville were sentenced by Judge O Clare Kent to five to ten years in the Western penitentiary on seven counts of breaking and entering. They confessed to burglaries including Brooks Brothers in October 1931 and Geneva Milling Co. in March 1922, with total goods valued under $150. The pair had pled guilty earlier and were sentenced previously.
Neil McCray, operator of Brie Seumig airport near Pallview, plans to fly in Cleveland national air races August 27 to September 5 in his Stinson for the Titwar A. Stinson Memorial cup. He also aims to enter the Charles Brandt trophy race, with event details and dates still unsettled.
Warren residents aided by twenty park rangers searched Allegany State Park for Holmes, 34, uncle of Mrs Pang, who wandered the woods for six hours before being found exhausted. The Aug 9 incident sparked anxious family concern and a coordinated response from state park personnel.
A Bay of Education meeting discussed reviving agitation against hiring married teachers in Cory Public Schools. A special board meeting next Monday is expected to consider adding a clause to contracts to terminate upon marriage, with possible exceptions for certain cases. Director Love urged prioritizing single or unwed teachers and suggested replacing married staff where feasible. President Sith urged action to terminate contracts for teachers who marry during the year.
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