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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1930
Page
3
Miss Hose Gronin, about 18, living with her parents in a Park tenement on North Main street, was horribly burned yesterday morning in a fire that threatened death. The Union City Times reports the incident as part of its Twenty Years Ago Journal files dated August 30, 1910.
A Pittsburgh road crash near Springville on a Wednesday afternoon is linked to the deaths of Raymond Hulph, 38, broker Meedlerk of Bellevue, Pa, and Miss Katherine Hunter, 88, of Franidin. Inquests will be held in Franidin with witnesses including the bus driver and other passengers. Several injured in the other vehicle were reported improving. Authorities note pending arrangements for Saturday.
A barn near the Dex tar and Washington streets was burned last night. Lon Jourdet and Mary Earl saved the Jourdet horses from the blaze, while a nearby house on the lot was being moved by Jacob Berliner. The report mixes several unrelated notes on finance, a bank book idea, and gender endurance science from the Carnegie Institute.
An operetta in two acts titled Bride of the Regiment stages at Rex theatre. A beautiful wife must defend her honor against a hostile wedding night suitor as her husband is captured by Austrian forces. The plot unfolds in Italy during the Aus tro-Italian war of 1830 with Vivienne Segal and Allan Prior in lead roles.
Representatives from Pennsylvania’s labor unions gather in State Capitol Park for the Labor Day religious service. Principal speakers include James J. Davis Secretary of Labor William Green president of the AFL and John B. Phillips president of the Pennsylvania AFL Governor John S. Fisher and other state officers attend the services led by Rev. Dr. George Murray Klepfer pastor of St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church.
Little Minnie Hanson, once terribly bummed, is reported more comfortable and improving. Marshall Merrick returned home after a warning from the far west. Merrick has spent a year in the west visiting many Pacific coast states. Misses Katherine and Clara Smith of San Jose California, who stayed three weeks with Mr and Mrs Jacob Franz, departed on their Homeware trip. Dr W H Dunn of Pittsburgh, recently injured in an automobile accident a week ago, is able to be out on the streets.
Answers and fragments mix in this noisy set of trivia prompts including largest California city, animal types, European rivers, New York governor salary, and color clues. It lists Florence Nightingale and American Expeditionary Forces among scattered solutions and hints at a days gone by theme.
Louis Fischer’s book The Soviets In World Affairs is reviewed by Robert Welles Ritchie for Universal Service. He claims a secret 1917 agreement among France, England, and others would partition Russia, influencing Wilson and American actions in Archangel and Siberia.
Vocabulary notes and misusage guide from Daily Lessons in English. Contains pronunciation hints for several common words and a daily word study example focusing on Triough meaning to assail by words or arguments. Includes sample sentence with a misquoted phrase and a correction note.
A reader's arithmetic puzzle states a rectangular marble block is 8.25 feet long and feet thick with 75 cubic feet solid content. It asks what percent of its length equals its width. The provided yesterday’s answer references dollars and fractions in a confusing solution.
A Panama editor doubts Washington's strong drive for canals, suggesting the United States may bluff to deter rivals while pursuing multiple canal projects from New York to the Saint Lawrence. The piece hints at open covenants and a bold U S canal policy.
Aug 30 reports state the inquest into Mrs Bertha Connors of Austin was postponed as witnesses refuted. Coroner H Clay Hefner said the Port Alleghany inquest was to be held Thursday and may be rescheduled. Deputy coroner A McCutcheon performed autopsy. death attributed to fractured skull and hemorrhages. Mr and Mrs J B Young recently arrived from Allegeny New York.
In Pittsburgh on August 30 union and nonunion chauffeurs clashed as Patrick Carney 23 was beaten and robbed of his emblem. He refused to identify his attackers to police and warned of retaliation. Earlier Charles Carson 21 was wounded in a related disorder and listed as recovering today.
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