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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1936
Page
7
August opening practice details hint at Beaver football team activities. Notes mention August sessions, training gear, and potential lineup considerations as players prepare for the upcoming season with tentative dates and locations referenced.
City council approves up to 150 for a complete property index system mapping all parcels. Works Progress Administration to co supervise with Harrisburg and Washington backing. a dozen to twenty staff will compile data, likely in six weeks, aiding assessors and city records.
Two Girard residents were injured Sunday at noon when their car left the road and was demolished. Perry Northrop, occupant of the first Chevrolet coach, was admitted to Ridgway hospital unconscious with shock and head lacerations but regained consciousness. his recovery is expected. George Struessen, driver, had minor head and nose injuries and was discharged.
Frequent meetings with Hollywood producer B P Shulberg on air trips led to a seven year movie contract for Laverne W Browne at eighteen thousand dollars yearly Shulberg proposed the Screen trial after meeting Browne on air journeys Browne is married and cited as an excellent pilot by fellow workers at the Central Press.
United Press reports Pittsburgh August 18 Jonn H O'Donnell the lone dissenting delegate at the National Union for Social Justice convention accused the Cleveland gathering of being a mob and cited a hymn of hate as justification He returned to his seat after police escorted him out while voicing opposition to William Lemke's presidential bid.
The Erie Crawford county area SHRE board reports direct cash relief will begin September 24, with 3000 families set to receive funds under a state plan to cut administrative costs. L White and A J Gollins note landlords and milk dealers may be affected as families go on their own payments, with 301% Erie and 18 Crawford county cases on relief. Total weekly relief around $23,000.
Harrisburg noted four former Pennsylvania governors J Tener Edwin S Stewart John Fisher and Gifford Pinchot invited as special guests of the Republican state committee to hear Governor Landon speak next Saturday at West Middlesex his birthplace. They will sit on the platform with state leaders. Police found 440 belonging to Mrs Rose Buller under a patrol car seat cushion in Tem p r ance Michigan for 17 days, within reach of prisoners.
Democrats of the city will meet at the municipal building Friday evening to plan the Fall campaign for Corry and nearby townships. The 7:30 pm business meeting will last no more than forty five minutes and invites all members of the Democratic city committee and Democratic Booster Club.
About 500 people gathered in Meadville on August 13 to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Me thodist Episcopal Church Brie Annual Conference. Ceremonies on Allegheny College campus included dedicatory and commemorative addresses, pageantry and picnicking as attendees traveled from Jamestown New York Erie, Oil City and Grove City.
Kane Aug 18 cool breezes tempered late summer heat but temperatures rose above 90 Sunday. Elmer O Youngquist letter carrier Kane office collapsed on route yesterday morning and was taken home by Assistant Postmaster Charles Rauch. Inquirers believe heat played a role in his illness.
Ridgway Aug 18 84 years service ends with life membership in the Pennsylvania House for John M Flynn of Ridgway honored by unanimous consent resolution. Former dean of the lower chamber, Flynn retires as lawmakers applaud his years of constructive work.
Aug 18 report from Wairren states exploration resumes at the discovery well in Kinzu town ship. Hanley and Bird of Brai ford drill for H C Drilling Company of Olean. Work began cleaning out and expected to resume drilling today. Large turnout of oil and gas men attended the site.
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