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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1938
Page
2
Numerous items fill this column with community notices and incidents. Meetings of the M. M. Sorority and Republican Women set for tomorrow. town residents attend a Lyons hospital transfer and public gatherings at Mason hall and Canadohia Lake. Reports include liquor-violation charges in Venango County, local accidents, club events, rummage sale announcements, and updates from Keystone area schools and civic groups.
Mrs J H Young of Mott Street remains ill at home and will miss events. A Tuesday dinner and meeting is planned for Friday August 12 with promises of music games and a men welcomed by bringing a tuvneen and own table service. Jamestown health board named Miss Dorothy Dotterweich as superintendent at 2000 annual salary. Home-coming celebration slated August 18 to 21 at Sheasleyville expected to draw visitors.
Cumberland Maryland August reports the acting auditor P D Dobson, 50, of the Cumberland mice track, was found hanged in his hotel room. The rough clipping also includes stray notes on geography and a classifieds reminder for ads at one cent per word.
Philadelphia August 10 United Press says Mayor S Davis Wilson canceled a planned two month vacation amid rumors his leave could precede resignation. He stated he fears the special grand jury may indict him and that resignation would not avoid indictment or consequences.
Franklin is credited with inventing bifocal spectacles with George Washington among the early wearers, highlighting a landmark improvement in optical design and vision aid history.
Aug 10 Harrisburg Maj John V Dallin Downe named to lieutenant colonel in command of the aeronautics Section of the Pennsylvania National Guard by Adj Gen F B Kerr. Dallin a former British Royal Air Force officer led the 103rd observation squadron P N G for six years. Garlic in Ancient Babylonia Garlic Was the most popular garden product in ancient Babylonia.
In Copenhagen on August 10 the former Barbara Huttut and Count ov it Haugwite-Revention began a legal separation likely to lead to divorce. The Danish justice ministry granted separation on the basis of an agreement signed by the Woolworth heiress and the Danish nobleman in London that month.
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