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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1937
Page
8
General John J. Pershing visited the White House for an unusually long conference with President Roosevelt. The specifics of their discussion remain undisclosed. Pershing is noted as having turned 77 last September.
Erie report: Will Ross of Cambridge Springs intends to run for the Republican nomination in the next race if multiple Erie County residents seek the post. Sheriff Dell Darling, Attorney Franklin Bach, and R L Rodgers are considered likely candidates. a caucus plan is debated but not feasible before petitions start.
An old advertisement urges avoiding nocturnal awakening with a 26 cent test product. It recommends flushing kidneys and reducing irritation by using juniper oil and buchu leaves in green tablets. The copy notes to ask for Bakets at the druggist and mentions Keister's Drug Store locally.
D A Hillstrom spoke to the Woman's Club about his recent trip to Sweden and Europe. The gathering at the B W club rooms approved a January card party at Mrs Frank Loveland's home and welcomed six new members. The next meeting on January 10 will be a tureen supper at the club rooms. Mill ion from fur state Gansing, Michigan fur production last season totaled 1 203 000 dollars per state conservation report.
A large fire swept through the Plant 18 factory area causing extensive damage to the brick warehouse and drying rooms. Authorities report the blaze began in a storage section and threatened the adjacent facilities as crews fought back flames. Local fir crews secured the scene and investigated the cause while a wider effort to control the fire continued throughout the night.
The state campaign will test for syphilis in the week beginning January 3. Participants will be numbered to protect identity and all tests offered free at designated state facilities under Dr. Hugh A. OlHtare supervision. The Wasserman examinations will be available a few hours daily for all persons, including men and women.
Howard P Bishop, age 75, a longtime secretary for the Crane Plumbing family, reportedly confessed at a federal bankruptcy hearing in Chicago to embezzling about $460,000 from the daughter of the late magnate Richard Crane Bishop. Police quoted Bishop as saying the funds, in cash and securities, were diverted from Mrs Emily Chadbourne Crane’s safe deposit box.
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