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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1935
Page
2
In Venango county a direct relief body issued about 500 emergency food orders to aid unpaid workers and their families after paychecks were delayed. The effort aims to relieve hardship from project payment failures and keep families fed.
Local shopper notes Campbell's tomato soup special 3 cans for 20 cents with delivery promised by Will J. Wilcox. Various community notices follow including sewing circles, school board actions, local meetings, and hunting report updates from Meadville to Jamestown and Warren.
The Ladies Aid Society of Spring Creek hosts an annual bazaar with a thickened supper in the Community building on Thursday afternoon and evening December 5. Fancy work aprons and candy for sale, along with a sacrifice sale and Salt pond. Suppers served at 5:30 o'clock at 4 per plate.
Lena Gregoris, 23, of Pittsburgh, was found strangled in a furnished room. Police said John Weintraub fled the building with a suitcase after tenants sought rent and noted the pajama-clad body. Authorities planned prosecution as part of a broader crime report from Warren and Endeavor.
Mrs Dorothea Wendt Livermore, in seclusion, awaits a preliminary hearing next Monday on charges of shooting her 11 year old son Jesse Jr with intent to kill. She pleaded not guilty at arraignment after admitting the act. Bond was set at 6000 by friends. the boy lies in Cottage Hospital in a semi coma.
Princess Victoria eldest of two surviving sisters of King George VI died at home in Buckinghamshire after a severe stomach hemorrhage. She passed away at 3:85 a.m. at Coppins near Buckingham. Her death alters royal plans as King George declines to attend Parliament opening. Viscount Hailsham to read the king's speech.
A dramatic prison break ends with two inmates killed or captured. William P. McManus, 27, Boston, serving 20 to 34 years for armed robbery, was wounded and recaptured after being dragged back to the penitentiary. Frank Joyes, 21, Roxbury, was trapped in another shed and recaptured. the six escapees attempted a rear wall assault during a morning breakout. The driver of a potato truck was bludgeoned to death during the chaos near the Boston and Maine tracks.
United Press reports five inmates aided by an accomplice escaped Muskogee city jail where four gangsters awaited sentence for a double robbery. Chief detective Ben Botton was shot in the face. one desperado fired at him. The group took a minister’s car and fled toward the Cook County area near Pretty Boy Floyd’s hideout. Bolton, an officer, died. Nearby Ashland, Ohio, farmer Earl La Plante reveals a bald steer born in a windstorm with pink skin.
The December second meeting at Mrs. George Zoyil's home on South Center street had eleven members. They heard current events, enjoyed Miss Elizabeth Ranney's paper on Pennsylvania's Hope Diamond, and discussed plans for the annual Christmas party on December 16 in charge of Mrs. Frank Parsons, Mrs. Jessie KK. Newton and Mrs. Donald Stewart. Hostess served gingerbread with whipped cream.
Members of the Corry Local of the Dairymen's League are urged to attend the regular meeting Friday at 8 00 in the Sciota church. Bring sandwiches milk cup and spoon. A program has been arranged and it is hoped many members will be present.
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