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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1936
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Bre and a city, with scattered names and places. The readable bits hint at a local story involving people and places but lack complete context or clear events. Further readable material would help craft a coherent update with precise entities and actions.
Alfred Iksville appears in an item noted for August with an auction-like context. The readable fragments reference a time and location tied to a sale or event. No further concrete details or entities are identifiable from the fragment.
A weekly community program titled Bond of Education will be presented as a WIPA recreational project at the Concord Community House at 6:20 PM, followed by a radio broadcast heard on Exe station Lonigh at 7 PM. The note highlights local events and roadwork updates amid a busy fall schedule.
City playgrounds run by the National Youth Administration and Works Progress Administration will close Friday with summer activities winding down by next Monday. Hundreds of city children enjoyed daily programs at multiple centers, supervised by federal staff. the PTA supplied equipment as the season concludes with a large field meet tied to Lattor Day celebrations.
The United States joined Britain Italy and Germany in protesting Spain over an attack on an American warship off the Spanish coast. The plane dropped two bombs near the Kane as it displayed the American flag. A second pass produced another bomb before a third strike. the destroyer fired seven anti aircraft rounds but neither ship was hit.
Washington Aug 21 Pennsylvania citizens become eligible for seven of the ten benefits created by the Social Security Act. The Social Security Board chair John G Whitt said eligible aids include aid to the needy blind maternal and child health services crippled children child welfare services vocational rehabilitation public health services and federal old age benefits to start in 1937. Pennsylvania plans for aid to the aged and to dependent children would add two more benefits if approved. The board noted significant funds already reaching Pennsylvania for the blind and for mothers and children, with thousands aided in their own homes rather than institutions.
United Press reports aviator Turner, winner of a transcontinental title, escaped serious injury after his Wedell-Williams racer flipped twice during a forced landing on the Zuni Reservation. He left Union Air Terminal at dawn and, despite injuries to his head and shoulders, walked to the Indian Service Bureau before being taken by auto to Gallup and boarded a train to Los Angeles.
Kentucky star kicker Ralph Kercheval reverses plan to quit pro football and agrees to terms with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The agreement involves health service extensions under Social Security provisions and rehab programs administered by federal agencies in the Interior and Education departments.
Tyang Wonnenka 37, son of Interior official Harold L Ioltta, was found in a bedroom with a revolver and a bullet hole in the right temple. Coroner's report lists death as apparent self inflected. coroner scheduled inquest for 8 am tomorrow. Young Ickes had been living alone at his father's house while his wife was away on a variation trip at Mackinac Island.
Donald Chattes, 28, father of two, killed by strychnine at his parents’ home in North East, Pa. after failing to reconcile with his estranged wife. He had visited Union City the day before to plead for a return home.
An 18 year old quart jar, preserved for daily interview use, is proudly kept by Mrs. Mary Davis. The jar is described as in excellent condition with no chips.
A powerful storm struck Warren causing thousands in damage across streets and buildings. Widespread destruction included torn roofs two broken chimneys uprooted trees and damaged power lines with several apartments stores and a wholesale candy house sustaining major losses. The storm lasted only a few minutes but left a path of destruction along Pennsylvania Avenue and surrounding blocks.
United Press reports the missing fishing boat Almira with 38 men aboard is safe after a relative of a passenger said the craft and air aboard are fine. The boat reportedly reached the Long Island coast and put in at Point Lookout near Long Beach.
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