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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1936
Page
5
Ridgway records note Frank Red Shafer, former Ridgway resident and 1914 football champion, killed in a Thursday accident at St Maries Idaho. telegram to Ridgway police said no details yet, Shafer served in World War I and had lived in the West for about a dozen years.
Personal mentions list residents traveling to Harrisburg Cleveland Butler Erie and other places for work visits and vacations. Mentions include Harriet L Myers Judy Bynd Thelma King Mary Elizabeth Gillette Joan Brown Lois Halfast Myrna Hasbrouck Jane Raymond France McCray and many other locals visiting relatives, attending events, or hosting guests in Warren and nearby towns.
A man identified as Sherwood Ingersoll died in an early morning blaze at an Erie County plant. Deputy Coroner R. Lawrence Davison reported the clothing burned away, with only stumps of limbs left. Ingersoll likely suffocated by smoke before flames reached him. his body was found in sleeping quarters at the rear annex. Fire caused about $2,000 in losses, destroying hay and straw stored by Frank Darrow. Ingersoll had no known surviving relatives. a possible relative named Barton from New England was mentioned. Burial is planned at the Erie County Home with a Poor Board permit.
The record lists Charles Butters returning home after a Cleveland visit, Melvin Thomas heading to Bradford, Mr and Mrs B Rafter and Alfred with Dick in northern Canada, Helen Grace Merrick returning to Harrisburg, Virginia Edson visiting before Danville, Louise Mount en route to Buffalo, Mrs George Pullasan son visiting Spring Creek, Annette Tituy returning from a weekend at home, James Burnison resuming work after a Meadville visit, Miying and Mildred Schramling visiting Cleveland, Joseph Scheefers visiting from Canton with Clarence Blacklidge and Irene Blacklidge, Mrs Thomas Messenger and Charles Ohrn visiting Waynesboro, and Joe Cohen with Merle Speer heading to Muskoka Lake for fishing.
Port LeBoeuf Chapter D A C held a picnic dinner at Mr and Mrs Rollo McCray home Waterford with thirty attendees including new and reinstated members. Treasury reports and a luncheon honoring National Regent Mrs Cale of Chautauqua were noted. Corry delegates listed. Next meeting in Evie for November.
The National Union for Social Justice movement led by Father Coughlin holds a rally at the Grand Theater on Wednesday evening August 19 at 8 o'clock. Congressional officers and executives, headed by Prof. Frank J. Spalder, will conduct the meeting fronted by AML supporters.
Eighty six of the original 190 members of Company A who fought in the World War attended the first reunion since 1922 at Union City Saturday. Lieutenant Evans of Pittsburgh was the principal speaker. Next year’s meeting will be in York, Pennsylvania. Burgess Tom R. Gardner of Union City welcomed the soldiers at the banquet.
Washington reports labor and allied groups launch pamphlet campaign to back the Roosevelt administration. Following a labor convention, unions promote the New Deal as lifting the country while a separate craft union movement under Bill Hutcheson coordinates messaging.
Two armed men robbed the District Inn in Lowville district, forcing proprietor Preston Rhoades to surrender cash and silver totaling about 40 dollars. They fled in a suspected stolen car toward North Ease, while state and local police investigate.
Carrie Wear, 37, was found with a broken jaw on a rural road near Woodville. Police detained 90 year old Charles Meadows for questioning as the investigation centers on whether she was struck by a car. Mr and Mrs Robert Pyle and daughter Cornelia have returned from a trip to Luray Caverns in Virginia. A daughter named Charlotte Lapus, born to Mr and Mrs Glenn Lapus of Palconer New York, is reported as she was formerly Miss Charlotte Brockmann of this city.
The cornerstone of three New York buildings holds sound records intended for future generations to study. Among the archive are auto horns, Newsboy shouts, and other traffic sounds captured to document urban life.
United Press reports Wall Street expects steady to resilient trading with early upside in stocks. Steel mills run at record June payrolls and rising wages boost metals outlook while copper price talks stall as major producers hesitate to raise unless all agree.
New York August 17 Stocks moved irregularly on a quiet session, with losses near the close after a swing from the lows. A list of issues rose, liquor stocks showed strength, and several names hit new highs or lows. Major gainers included McCall Corporation, Superior Steel, Hiram Walker, American Can, and Woolworth, while Continental Can and others retreated. Local notices advertise a job seeker's charity and sale of estate properties.
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