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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1925
Page
1
United Press reports a nationwide drive by the Internal Revenue Service to collect delinquent income taxes. Warnings will precede court actions, with possible garnishment and levy. A corps of investigators is deployed, and the Treasury Department aims to recover millions.
Mrs Saille Howard formerly of this city becomes proprietor of the Lake View Rose Gardens at Jamestowne. She will take possession on September 1 and plans to retain policy while adding interior improvements and a new front. Howard has run the shop for 20 years here and 11 years as owner of the Roses business with Broadhead.
Radio schedule shows WRE Washington and WIZ New York in standard time, plus Navy hand library and WIAA Dallas and KOA Danvers programs. It mentions a Ladies Chorus quartet and the Eastern Stamford continuity concert, with EDKA Pittsburgh and a Symphony event at 8:10 PM.
Casey Jon of UAE reports on the second day of fall voter registration. Officials urge heavy enrollment tomorrow as voters rush to register before the primary. Registrars anticipate crowds from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., with 1191 registrations last Thursday and hundreds more expected tomorrow.
Wattburg residents plan to visit the Wattsburg fair opening tomorrow for four days. A new large grandstand is among the improvements, drawing crowds from Corry and nearby towns who also anticipate the ongoing regional fairs in the coming weeks including Warren, Expositions, and Titusville events.
A frequent figure in police circles, Mrs. Ben Sistey was bound over to await action after being charged with operating a disorderly house. Chief Duinble detained her Saturday, arraigned before Alderman Gordon, and she was ordered to Erie this afternoon with bail set at 1500 dollars.
Philip Talfast and James Bennett will be arraigned before Police Magistrate Nagins this evening at 7 on charges by the Night Patrol. Talfast faces drunkenness. Bennett charged with disorderly conduct after becoming boisterous when approached by officers.
John B Patterson of 215 South Center Wheat suffered a painful injury to his right foot when a ladder slipped while Mrs Patterson was painting at the Wheat home. He fell to the ground injuring the heel. X rays showed no bone damage and he rests at home this afternoon.
William Woody of Depew New York was killed instantly when he fell asleep on the tracks of the Baialo and Bie Railway about four miles west of Westfield New York and was struck by an interurban car in the early hours today.
Dr B Kibler plans a modern one story office building on the debris site of the North Center street fire. He recently bought the Grull Pare and Alexander property, which housed the destroyed R Morick shoe repair shop, to erect offices for himself and his son Dr J G Kibler.
Spontaneous combustion in oily rags left on a listing table caused a small blaze at the Alexander Linpelry on Maple Avenue early Saturday evening. Several articles were burned but damage remained minor.
Pittsburgh faced a second day of heat as the city endured unseasonably high temperatures. After a month and a half of cool weather, the thermometer climbed to 92 with rain forecast as a low pressure area over the plains moves east. The year’s high of 93 was tied on June 21, marking a record for the period.
In Philadelphia at the Atlantic Refining Company a 30,000 gallon gasoline trunk exploded after a leak ignited. Three firefighters were injured while battling the blaze and efforts to prevent spreading to adjacent tanks continued.
Two Ridat navy seaplanes prepare to launch from San Francisco Bay for what is billed as the longest ocean flight by air machines. A third craft was scrubbed after a briefing with Rear Admiral Moffett. the Boeing plane will fly solo tomorrow.
President Coolidge plans to attend the American Legion national convention in Omaha, Neb., in October. National Commander James A. Drain was informed by Alton T. Roberts that Coolidge will probable speak on the convention's big day, October 1.
Charles W. Bryan former Nebraska governor told a Dlathe Kansas crowd that tonight’s anthracite miners strike is a tactic to boost coal prices. He argued the “annual show” by operators and miners masks a price rise while claiming there is abundant stock and no shortage.
The Navy acknowledged Veniero has been missing for three days after last reporting off Cape Pasero amid fibielalalar warfare. Reports from Toll of the Wailers suggest a founder event related to tumorous conditions.
Announcement from Carry Moperative Cres ery association states its North Second Avenue property has been sold to Crinn Produce company. Sale authorized at stockholders meeting after weeks of negotiations and formally closed this morning. Consideration remains undisclosed. Company plans improvements and to add a full seed line to current stock.
Tulsa hosts the 20th annual VFW encampment drawing about 6 000 visitors from 90 states. Col D J Burley of Tulsa is drafted as candidate for Commander in Chief after a late session. A staged train robbery scare and an air meet with stunt flying highlight events as troops bands and auxiliaries participate. Alfa Spencer and Mrs Green Spencer attend on behalf of the local group.
About 85,000 pupils returned to Pittsburgh public schools as the new term began. The early start promises earlier dismissal dates in spring, offering students a longer summer vacation later.
George Stuyvesant aged 35, nephew of James Drought of West Wayne Street, drowned in Lake Erie after a rowboat capsized. Stuyvesant and George Grossholtz of Erie were aboard. Grossholtz was saved when a speed launch pulled him from the water. Stuyvesant attempted to swim ashore and disappeared. Coast guards recovered the body about three hours later. relatives were notified.
Theresa Kremp of Erie, 20, injured in a Sunday early morning crash on the Findley Lake road after dancing at Findley Lake. She was hurled through the windshield. a serious rib injury feared with potential internal damage. Her companions escaped with minor injuries. she was treated at St. Vincent's Hospital.
Washington August 31 incomplete tabulation shows Senator W Brookhart leading Democratic challenger Daniel Steck by about 200 votes in the Towal Senatorial recount. Official figures to be released later by Senate recounters.
Whampoa Cadets, described as Bolshevik leaning, gain complete control of Canton after three days of combat, according to reports received today by the State Department in Washington.
Philadelphia notes mass action as 158000 coal workers await a midnight suspension order closing 82 percent of mines and ponds. Union leaders John Lewis and Philip Murray stand by in Bellevue Stratford hotel with no conferences planned. Scranton and Pottsville report reduced output and widespread tool retirement as the suspension takes hold.
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