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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1934
Page
6
Loudy and cool crowds from Corry and vicinity plan to travel to Canadahia Lake Saturday night to hear Vincent Lopez and his nationally famous orchestra. The article notes railroad plans for Titusville events and various local civic updates.
The General Concrete Product Company of Starprick won the contract to supply 10 000 tons of gravel and 5 000 tons of sand for the Corry to Spartansburg road improvement. The project calls for 3.01 miles of concrete pavement along routes 200 and 267 linking Spartansburg to the Erie county line and connecting Corry with Titusville and Oil City.
Frank M. Wallace former president of the Second National Bank is named defendant in a $43 000 civil suit in Erie court by the Trust Co of Pittsburgh The bank alleges Wallace borrowed 43 000 January 5 19xx and pledged 260 shares of bank stock as collateral claiming the collateral has no market value The suit seeks 43000 plus 6 percent interest and notes he has paid 50 in interest.
Distressing notice reached East Smith street residents of Mr and Mrs Henry McCray late yesterday the grandson Sidney McCray twelve died in a swimming pool in Kansas City Kansas during a visit with his grandmother Mrs Wilson The tragedy occurred while he swam with neighborhood boys details remain unknown but he was an only child and had visited Corry several times The father Vance McCray former Concord township boy recently returned home with his nephew Burton Hammond after word came of the death
Brocton and nearby areas faced a severe rain and electric storm Wednesday morning, starting at 6 20 and lasting about an hour. High winds scattered debris, damaged roofs and interiors, spoiled tomatoes, and uprooted trees along with hail reported north of Brocton near Lake Road.
Vaudeville spectacle with dancers fan and rhumba acts, plus a large tent theatre featuring Bonnie Made Cal West Marion Roberts and a top Palais Royale Orchestra. Describes a sensational variety program billed as unbeatable with affordable prices and widespread appeal.
Erie officials consider abolishing the transient bureau as friction with workers grows. Mayor James P. Rossiter plans to ask Federal Relief Admin Harry Hopking to shift work outside the city. About 100 of 600 to 700 on the rolls already worked briefly. others walked out as director N C Harrington sought groups for city tasks. A daily checkup system would allow firing those who refuse to work when full program starts. Police reports say the bureau worsens local crime concerns.
Oil City sees a Republican postmaster ousted as the Roosevelt administration appoints Democrat Michael Murphy to the Oil City office. John W. Snedden, longtime postmaster at 105 Wyllis street, is replaced effective immediately with Murphy to assume duties at Seneca street once transfers are arranged.
Mt Stromboli unleashed its fiercest explosion of the current eruption sequence near Messina Italy at about 4 PM. A towering column of gas and incandescent debris billowed upward before the eruption subsided, alarming observers and residents.
Jamestown Aug 28 Mayd Engstrom 84 of 228 Prospect St was killed last night at 8 25 when struck by a Buffalo passenger train on the Erie Railroad near Foote Avenue crossing. Police believe he may have deliberately stepped in front of the train after a recent paroled hospitalization and mental breakdown. The mangled body was found by Erie Railroad Detective H A Shannon and identified by cap shoes and a newspaper man who knew Engstrom Floyd Engstrom.
Citizens of Kanab Utah reject 3.2 beer with a petition signed by all eligible voters. The effort opposes sales of the foaming brew within the city limits.
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