09 Dec 1937
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1937
Page
1
The damaged text lists names and roles in a meeting or event but is garbled. It mentions a president and secretary, an assistant, and several individuals including Kathryn, Mary Law, Jennie, and others with references to home and children.
A long wartime item notes Japanese forces surrounding Nanking, advancing with heavy casualties reported amid a frigid nationwide crisis. The dispatch trails through blurred text, citing military positions and the ongoing toll of battle.
United Press reports multiple deadly fires in Knoxville Tennessee and Oregon. In Knoxville a three story woolen apartment fire trapped residents on the second floor, killing Mrs. McKinley Consneater aged 83 and several family members including Virginia 6 and Vallee 4. In Oregon a farm home blaze killed Mrs. Glenn Large 27 and five children while the husband suffered injuries from a fall during the attempt to rescue them.
The Golden Rule Club Christmas window display contest named Charley Stewart as first prize winner for a hat shop window on North Center Street. Powell-Kendall Service Station earned second prize and Western Auto Associate Store on Main and Center streets took third. Judges RL Walters J J Desmond and Franti G Whiteley plan to publish awards after inspecting stores. Despite bitter cold, shoppers visited decorated windows along Center and Main streets as Christmas lights brightened the mercantile district.
In Philadelphia on December [year], U. S. Senator James J. Davis calls for tougher enforcement of liquor laws and opposes farm bills in Congress. He cites too many saloons and drunk driving as urgent reform targets. In Pittsburgh on December 9, notes on federal funding under Wagner-Steagall relate to ongoing programs.
November operations show 107 patients treated over 85 days of service with 4 deaths, 19 births, 18 major operations and 8 minor ones. Daily census averaged 22. State funds received for August quarter. purchases include a sewing machine and a hot water heater repaired. Fire insurance revision postponed pending inventory. authority revised for Marg et Bower relation to tax tree alcohol use.
Kiwanis members gathered after a turkey dinner at the Hotel Corry to view four motion pictures on Schrafft chocolates showing production from raw materials to finished products. Carl Shulte of Erie and a Boston showroom rep presented the film. The group approved a ladies night for members wives and invited families, with a musical program planned and new member Larry Sandstrom welcomed.
Reports from Nanking say a Japanese force of 240000 men has surrounded the city and is ready for a final incident. Fires burn for miles while Chinese troops withdraw through gate-lined walls as preparations to defend the capital intensify.
F. Alwin Woota, an officer of the Rest Haven Memorial Park Association in Erie, was freed on $5,000 bond after arraignment on charges that he defrauded two Meadville women of $12,000 by selling non existent cemetery lots.
Mercer Pa December 9 A retired evangelist was indicted by the Mercer county grand jury on murder and manslaughter charges in the deaths of his wife Mary Thoman and her companion Frank Hodge 75 Reverend D T Thomas 65 an ordained minister not in regular pastorate is accused of fatally shooting Hodge and then his wife in a case that shocked the community
Fragmentary note outlines a Pennsylvania poor district issue challenging the constitutionality of a measure to abolish poor boards statewide. Partial date references point to arguments on a January calendar. Readable names and precise locations are obscured by OCR damage.
Paris police say German engineer George Weidmann confessed to killing five people, including Miss Jean De Koven a 20 year old dancer from Brooklyn New York. He described the murders and motive amid details of stolen money and lavish travel payments.
The labor committee led by Rep. Mary Norton meets in Washington for final changes to a wages and hours bill. The bill aims to grant a governing commission similar to NRA authorities and awaits Senate approval after this session’s discussion.
Parkhurst Jewelry, a North Center Street jeweler, launches a storewide sale before relocating. The owner declined immediate comment on a new location but aims to secure a desirable storefront in the merchant district. The ad promises deep bargains during the holiday trading season.
Two cars collided at the We Pleasant and Northwest streets intersection near Spartansburg last evening. Miss Barbara Thompson and Nayle Davis drove their vehicles toward Pleasant street. a parked car blocked the intersection causing skidding and a crash. Thompson’s car swerved into a road sign, damaging the vehicle and its fenders.
Italy may announce its intention to renounce membership in the League of Nations after a special Fascist council meeting on Saturday. The move follows continued diplomatic tensions and could reshape European alliance dynamics in the coming weeks.
Chapin C. Chapin and Chapins Gona announce the relocation to 10 North Center Street. The ready to wear shop will reopen with redecorated quarters, green and ivory interior, new fixtures, and a large stock, inviting the city and nearby residents to attend Friday’s reopening.
New York author Donal L. Robinson and his wife vanished from their National hotel suite in Moscow. An embassy inquiry is under way as authorities investigate their sudden disappearance reported today.
The Kang company case alleges the state overstepped in labor policy actions. Attorney General Lyretman says a suit asserts improper interference with business and seeks to limit state power under labor law.
Det. 9. Mimesz T. Weir of the Nation iu Sten corporation denounces federal policy as a shambling block to industry. The National Association of Manufacturers calls for open drug and elimination of undue burden. Delaware asks legislature to consider new workers' compensation laws during a social session.
The article outlines proposed appointments to standing committees of the Board of Education to be announced by John W. Lambing at the upcoming directors meeting next Monday evening. It notes past chairmen Charley Monroe, J. R. Dearing, and J. W. Lambing, with Dearing and Shoop likely to become chairmen again. It mentions possible new leaders among Mrs. B. Baenen, Carl Hanton, Cleve Morton, and Austin Johnson.
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