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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1935
Page
7
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In French Creek town hall, Aug 17, educators debated a French Creek Clymer centralized school with PWA aid. Speakers included Eddy and Robert Dye detailing Budgets, taxes, and rural impacts, while local officials and residents voiced hopes and concerns about funding and enrollment.
Edward Dougherty, voting supervisor of the Federal Alcohol Tax Unit, reports intensified enforcement across federal, state, and municipal levels. Seizures and arrests tallied last year and June’s equipment value show progress. new molasses and sugar regulations hinder illicit bootlegging while the Liquor Control Board expands its investigative staff to tighten enforcement.
Labor Day will see a 100 mile National Championship Automobile Race as the fair’s grand finale in Syracuse New York. Over twenty entries are expected with a larger field than the Indianapolis 500. The entry blank follows AAA specifications and prize money has been raised attracting top drivers. Bridge tender Geo Dunn of Cambridge Massachusetts plans retirement after over 40 years on the Longfellow Bridge.
Aug 18 Aris Erie Miss Margaret Green 21, daughter of Mr and Mrs Baward W Green of Erie, drowns Saturday afternoon in the home of John A Banton where she worked as a maid. Her body was found by the grocer after repeated knocks failed to elicit a response. An emergency squad rushed to the scene and efforts at resuscitation lasted over an hour. The coroner stated the victim may have been stricken near the tub, fell in, and died possibly from heart attack or convulsions.
Two Erie county inmates sentenced in Western state penitentiary terms are slated for parole next month. John Sebastiano, convicted of second degree murder in the Joseph De Paul killing on Schaal avenue, and Anthony Palisio, guilty in a payroll robbery from County Electric Co, will be released. Bensiik hosted a party at his Spring Creek home with about fifty guests as music from The Way family accompanied the dancing.
A young Erie girl, 9 year old Betty Low, ran into the front fender of a car driven by Jacob Swartwood at Brigy HammannGourd near 19th Street. She died from a fractured skull. Swartwood released by the coroner pending an inquest. Funeral arrangements noted for the victim.
Frederick Clune of Race land Township, 42, was charged with driving under the influence after an automobile collision in Salina killed Mr. and Mrs. Leland Phillips. He pleaded not guilty before Alderman Paul Bedford. Judge Lee A. McGyaecken sentenced him to an indefinite term in the Huntington Reformatory for involuntary manslaughter.
Erie County Registration Commission announced formal action against enrollment irregularities with arrests and penalties for violators. Sheriff Darlingo vows to swear in competent deputies to patrol districts as needed. Existing actions have begun and will continue.
The 54th Brown family reunion gathered about 100 relatives from Chicago Cleveland Springfield Youngstown East Orange and nearby areas at Grange Hall West Spring Oak Pa on August 15. They shared a large dinner and heard letters from absent relatives while Mrs Ellen Tinker of East Orange Minn was the oldest present at eighty. Officers remained William Tinker president Clyde Brown vice president Glen Eldred secretary and treasurer Mrs Glen Eldred. The group planned to meet again on the third Saturday in August 1936.
Detroit customer T I Williams praises San-Gura Ointment for piles ulcers and skin irritations claiming rapid relief and a money back guarantee. The ad promotes Ban-Cuya Ointment and Soap with a money order offer and asserts treatments for burns cuts sunburn boils and minor skin injuries.
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