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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1926
Page
5
Grace Maight and Alberta Jersonne aim to lead the Corry girls team in a Sting meet today in Erie. The event centers on local high school competition with teams from nearby districts.
Sexton, who was an overnight visitor in the city, left this morning for Meadville.
A flurry of travel and social visits marks a Christmas period in the city. Mrs G A Swanson returns to Columbus after a week with the Watraven family. Mr and Mrs Williams Toner and Miss Jannie Mexanier of Erie visit for funeral services and relatives.
The Ruth, a fast rumrunner with a large whiskey cargo, was seized by Customs Inspector H W Mores and Coast Guard Captain N U Seymour. The diver, reputed owner, appeared with bail set at 5000 for a preliminary hearing and the cargo was dumped into the lake after seizure.
A barn fire on William Austen’s New Jersey farm killed Steven Brown and Toseah Hart, both 63 and 30, while Joseph Gentin, 49, was burned rescuing them. David Hammer, who kept a workroom in the barn, allowed the men to sleep there. Gentin found the blaze, carried Hammer out, and tried to save the others but was blocked by burning hay.
United Press reports Marian Talley walked out during a performance in New York. The star blamed business concerns not temperament, saying plans and finances thwarted by a failed fundraising effort led to the abrupt exit.
Suington December 15 Seip Willis representative from Ohio today prepared to resume opposition to the Rivers and Harbor bills. The measures likely will occupy Senate attention until the Christmas recess.
A list of prominent companies from across sectors including automakers Chrysler General Motors and Willys Overland, refiners like Atlantic Refining and Shell, steel producers Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel US Steel, railways New York Central and Reading, and utilities US Westinghouse Columbia Gas & Electric United Light & Power. Also noted are locomotive makers American Locomotive and Republic Steel, along with various oil, chemical, and independent groups filling the industrial landscape.
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