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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1939
Page
2
Former employees and union officials gathered near Eldred Pennsylvania to demand safer working conditions after a deadly October 18 explosion at the National Powder Company plant. Five workers died and windows were shattered as offices and the facility were shut down.
Three Warren banks issue Christmas sayings checks totaling nearly 100 000 for depositors in special accounts, a rise from last year. Bell Telephone plans a full service changeover in Ludlow this afternoon without interrupting calls. CCC Camp 13 near Sheffield asks residents to avoid Fernsworth area to prevent hunting accidents.
Community briefs report a missing man from Warren, a Meadvill e guard shot, school officials urging tougher traffic enforcement, bingo and club events, bridge bids in Oil City, and multiple local injuries and incidents. Also updates on health checks, a missionary bound for Egypt, and a monoxide gas scare in Jamestown.
Welden A. Davis of Spartansburg died early Sunday at Jamestown after a two day illness. He spent last summer on a farm west of Spartansburg and visited relatives in Jamestown. Survived by two sons Harvey of Jamestown and Arthur of Spartansburg, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services Sunday at 2 PM at the Spartansburg Methodist Church, burial in Rose Hill cemetery.
Testimony describes a patronage squabble in the district between Colegrove and unnamed politicians seeking state payroll positions. Witnesses, including former officials and Pioneer Materials Co. figures, refute that a $35 000 railroad contribution to the state Democratic organization occurred in 1936-37.
In court testimony Lawrence stated that in their presence sums were paid to Colegrove by Rossiter. The figures cited were 10000 dollars in 1936 and 25000 dollars in 1937.
Worried neighbors alerted police after several days with no one entering or leaving the Homey Folk residence in Pottsville. Officers forced an entrance and found the residents, nicknamed The Presidents, simply staying home with no place to go.
Dry forces won more than 36 percent of local option referenda on beer and liquor sales in the Sept. 12 primary, according to a state liquor control board analysis released today. The report highlights the divided voting landscape in that period.
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