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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1936
Page
9
A fragmented list of local events, accidents, social visits, and community notices from French Creek and nearby areas. The item names several households, drivers, and gatherings including Garden Club meetings, family visits, and a car collision near French Creek Holley Lake. Names such as Martin, Sulitzer, Vander Schaath, Williams, and Stillwell recur alongside places like Corry and Clymer.
Governor Alfred M Landon will spend about three days campaigning in the district late in August as the Republican candidate for President. He will begin with a formal address in Wes Middlesex August 22 at 7:00 PM, then stay overnight in New Castle and return Sunday to visit friends and the Methodist Church, where his grandfather Rev WH Mossman once preached. On August 24 he leaves New Castle by train, stops in Conneautville and Erie, then arrives in Ripley for a Chautauqua appearance and a Ripley gathering with Rep. Ranland Hornell of New York and Kansas ally. He will speak in Ripley and then go to Buffalo Tuesday morning August 25.
Four youths were hurt in a car crash on the Lakerto Sea highway near Victory Gill at Wheat, Saturday at 4:10 AM. Dorothy Stein 19 Tyrone brain concussion and facial injuries. Hazel Law 28 Clearfield county bruises. Leonard Walker 20 Princeton treated. Mary Ruth a Clearfield resident leg injury. All were passengers in Blake Brown's car en route to the Cleveland Exposition.
Erie investigators announce charges against 25 or more violators of the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act. The crackdown targets firms and individuals suspected of failing to provide required benefits, with prosecutors ready to pursue cases in district court.
A special investigation led by Reverend Ire Tang and B E Civid of New Castle reports a citywide drive against violations. Ten townships in Erie are involved with aldermen scheduling preliminary hearings and possible court action for repeat offenders.
Taylor Chapin awakens on a strange yacht with no memory and a suitcase of his clothes bearing his initials. Sidney Hart dies, and rivals from Hart’s circle including Grace Devin and Archie Montgomery surface amid locked rooms and a torn will. Chapin suspects motives, while Dupont the lawyer and Mrs. Montgomery Glass loom with hidden aims as the voyage ends in peril.
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