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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1936
Page
3
Snow and cold sweep in. Christmas seals appeal and stock exchange shutdown news mix with broadcast plans of King Edward abdication coverage by NBC and CBS. Paramount declares dividends totaling 6.86 million, hearings about railroad service abandonment in Erie. railcar loading figures rise. tax and welfare notes include bank account reporting fines and food orders relief.
Erie council huddled over a 1987 budget with expenditures rising by 104,888.88 to surpass 4 million, aiming to cut the tax rate slightly while restoring salary cuts for top city officials including Fire Chief M J Leonard and Police Chief George Christoph. Timance Director Thomas Mehaffey indicted the budgeting process as departments show increases in four of five bureaus.
In Lansing Michigan psychiatrists clash over Hope Morgan’s mental state after the murder of her friend Bessie Gittner. Dr LeMoyne M. Snyder calls the case the most pronounced dementia praecox observed, while Dr Carl W. Bradford resists that diagnosis and cites defense maneuvers and untrue statements.
Contested contract for a bridge on East Branch Road in Spring Creek Township awarded to Charles H. Fry Construction Company of Erie. Bid $29,610 with additional plans for bituminous resurfacing of 24 miles of approaches to the new bridge. Announcement by Ways Secretary Warren.
A May 11 incident in Red Lion involving a 23-year-old man ends in his death after an ice skating accident. Police and coroner investigations focus on the sequence of events leading to the fatal fall as witnesses describe the scene.
V F W Auxiliary former Corry serves dinner as residents mourn a death. Jane Taylor chaired the event with Mrs. Laird assisting. Funeral services will be held at the Patily home Monday at 8:30 PM with interment in Lin cemetery.
A violent confrontation on a roadway left one dead and thirty six injured as rioters and police clashed during a National Guard strike action. Picketers faced a line of armed escorts while workers attempted to enter a facility amid tense standoff in the morning. Meanwhile in Harrisburg discussions on forthcoming policy changes were to be led by Pennsylvania lawyers and conference attendees.
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A Westmoreland County jury convicted Stonor Wagner of first degree murder in the death of his infant daughter. The violent trial showed Wagner allegedly plotted to kill the child and faced a life sentence. The case also involved Mrs Tessie Hankey and the surrounding family, with testimony about motive and prior abuse. A second segment notes Michie Sermeskey, an injured deaf woman, killed by a railroad worker.
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