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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1933
Page
6
Local items report a city council meeting delayed by Labor Day, Amici Class hay ride, Rex Theatre performances, a truck breakdown on West Smith Street, NRA talk by Olin Bracken, and health updates. Also noted are grape growth, street paving prep, railroad freight loadings, a pharmacist hire, weeds near the railroad, a small house fire, stock activity, school start, Wattsburg Fair, and a local recovery act canvass preview.
Five university and college scholarships were awarded to sons of Pennsylvania Railroad employees for the 1988 1934 academic year. Frank Thomson Scholarships honor two recipients Charles Hawin Miller and Joseph L Walton with $800 yearly for four years at any US college. William Henry Brown Memorial Scholarship goes to Paul R Brown for $600 yearly at Princeton. John Clark Sims Scholarship to Robert Fredericks Jr for full tuition at the University of Pennsylvania. Rea Newhall Scholarship to Maurice E Wiggins covers one year at Penn and may extend. Awards based on exams conducted by the College Entrance Examination Board.
The United Brethren Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. C. M. Fish's home for an all day session with eleven members and six visitors. They quilted together and arranged a supper at U B church for Thursday evening, September 1. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Elbert Bush's home on North Center Street. Twin colts born at Waitsburg, one a horse and one a mule, were reported from Henry Ziger's ranch.
Aug 31 county leaders announced the nine mill tax rate will not rise in 1934 after talks with Controller Harvey M. Willis. A tax receipts upturn suggests revenues may meet the earlier budget. Officials denied a tax payment boycott and noted potential small rate reductions next year if relief costs drop and deficits shrink.
Local Veterans of Foreign Wars asks households to save old papers and magazines for V F W collection. Proceeds fund relief work in Corry. Erie truck has already collected here. keep items until the V F W banner truck arrives to avoid loss of local funds.
In Oregon City a body of about 65,000 tons of dead eels was removed from the Willamette River below Willamette Falls this year. August Rakel, the eel remover, estimated the total as the creatures failed to pass the fish ladder and perished against rocks.
Erie health chief Dr James R Smith announced the city’s fourth poliomyelitis case this summer. A six year old girl in the southwestern section is paralyzed, with no proven link to prior cases. He warned a local carrier may be spreading the disease and urged isolation. Mrs J P Johnson of Sheffield, formerly Corry, visited the city today.
Lola Cushman of North East filed in Erie County Court to collect 22 273 58 awarded by a Chautauqua County jury on Dr Jeffrey Douville of North East. She alleges he has assets in Pennsylvania and none in New York to satisfy the judgment. Attorneys P V Gifford and Elijah Holt represent Cushman.
INDIANA AUG 1 One girl 17 Catherine Johnson Creekside died of a neck fracture after being hurled from a guard rail by an automobile that veered onto the berm 60 feet. Companion Pauline Lackey 15 Creekside refused to be moved until today with a probable skull fracture. Driver Jesse Frye 54 Indiana R F D 2 said the car veered after something happened. Patrol said brakes and steering defective. No action pending inquest.
United Press reports a statewide push by Prohibition leaders to oppose repeal of liquor laws in the November election. About 1,000 leaders gathered in Harrisburg to organize, plan meetings, speakers, and literature to educate voters on the 18th Amendment and the dangers of alcohol.
Incomplete OCR fragment references debt, a manager, and a person named Charle. The text mentions payments, inability to pay, and possible legal or personal debt concerns, but lacks clear events, dates, or entities to form a full news item.
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