Corry News Briefs Cover Tragic Death and Local Happenings
Leo Latchford, 40, former Renovo division railroad man, dies at Erie home. Michael Lite narrowly escapes eye injury from a car crank in front of a South Center street shop. Special session set to discuss year end bills. John Howlett sustains a fractured shoulder after a fall. recovering at Gerry hospital. Weather bureau predicts white Christmas with snow for the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes. Highway patrol reports 172 drivers carded. 90 revoked, 82 suspended. Paul Mould fractures wrist from a fall at the Senior High. Cole Bros. World Tour shows to resume next year, per Erie Lithograph Co. Leon Bloss scores 246 for high single game in Corry City Bowling League. Stocks up on dull NYSE trading. Niel Smith recovering from skull injuries after coasting accident. Steel works hit tenth straight weekly capacity gain. No Christmas Day Journal edition. Property tax dispute looms in Wayne Township hearings. Corry children Hoffman and Stufflebeam held for investigation. Local firms share generous Christmas gifts with workers. Christmas services planned at multiple churches. Merchants report strong pre holiday business.
Elks and Junior Welfare League Host Christmas Party
One hundred twenty five needy children eight years old and younger attended a Christmas party at the Corry Lodge Elks home. Toys stockings and clothing were provided by Elks and the Junior Welfare League with toy donations from city residents and repairs at the Vocational School shop.
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Corry Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
Junior Welfare League
Elks
Niddies
Welfare League
Santa Claus
Arch Lyons
Model Dairy
Hatch Building
Elks and Junior Welfare League
Victoria Carriage to Carry New Governor in Inauguration
Harrisburg reports Governor elect George H. Earle will ride in a victoria carriage on January 15 for the Pennsylvania inauguration. He will arrive, be escorted by Governor Pinchot to the Capitol, take oath at noon, then review the parade route. Floats require committee approval and reservations, no motor vehicles in the parade.
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United Press
Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Guy J. Swope
Gifford Pinchot
Earle
Pinchot
Carols Precede Emmanuel Episcopal Christmas Service Tonight
A Christmas service is planned at Emmanuel Episcopal Church tonight starting at 11 20 o clock with a brass quartet performing outside at 11. The service at midnight will include a eucharist and candlelight for all. The program lists Communion Heiat Cruici shanit by the choir directed by Milan O Wailer. There will be an anthem There Were Shepherds with soloist Mrs Corinne Dean and organist Miss Bess Merick. Congregation will sing Christmas hymns and carols including O Come All Ye Faithful Hark the Herald Angels Sing It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Hark What Mean Those Holy Voices O Little Town of Bethlehem Silent Night Holy Night and Angels From the Realms of Glory.
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Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Milan
Wailer
Shepherds
Nichols
Corinne Dean
Bess Merick
Town of
Bethlehem
Wight
Plymouth Rock Draws Tourists From 47 States and 48 Countries
Plymouth Rock drew visitors from 47 states and 48 foreign countries totaling 10 000 this year. Only New Mexico was not represented in the visitor list.
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Plymouth
Mass
Plymouth Rock
America
New Mexico
Vesper Service Delights Church Crowd In Holiday Program
The First Presbyterian Church held a vesper service Sunday at 4:30 PM with a large audience. Helen Hherle, Erie violinist, and Milan O. Waller provided solo pieces while Dorothy Waller Griffiths directed the piano and offerings. An 85 year old Missouri farmer Zena Milburn seeks divorce from his 18 year old wife Borza claiming cruelty including beating with a club.
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First Presbyterian Church
Miles Helen Hherle
Erie
Aya Maria
Milan O. Waller
King
Horace Brynolfson
Helen Rowe Palmer
Bruce Thomas
Dorothy Waller Griffiths
R. S. Dewey
Liberty, Mo
Missouri
Zena Milburn
Bzora
Governors On Program Of 3 Day Meeting
Ralph S. Dewey will attend the Pennsylvania State Education Association convention in Harrisburg with about 3000 attendees. Governors Gifford Pinchot and Paul V. McNutt lead guest speakers along with college presidents and the National Grange leader.
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Ralph S. Dewey
Corry
Louis J. Tabor
Columbus
Grange
America
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Hutchins
Wisconsin
Pinchot
Carmen Ross
Edinboro
Margiotti Wins Suit and Counter Action
In Pittsburgh a jury awarded Pennsylvania attorney general designate Charles J. Margiotti $3,018 on his counter claim while ruling against Goodbody and Co. in a $32,800 suit over losses from the July 1931 market slump. The brokerage firm was also ordered to pay Margiotti $82,600 in a separate judgment.
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Pittsburgh
Chas. J. Margiotti
Pennsylvania
New York
Sentto
Common Pleas
Goodbody and Co
Margiotti
Pittsburgh and Punxsutawney
Fear 4 Die in Crash in Nevada Flight
Postal Telegraph reported a plane missing between Ilko and Mountain City Nevada found in snow covered Owyhee Canyon. The pilot Floyd De Long and three youths June Stinton 16 Donald 13 Ruth Womack 19 believed dead after a crash in fog and rain squalls with searchers fearing exposure.
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United Press
Reno
Nev
Postal Telegraph
Ilko
Mountain City
Owyhee Canyon
LKO
Here
Seaweehrs
North Fork
Floyd de Long
June Stinton
Donald
Ruth Womack
Corry Youth Sought in Shooting Affects Local Family
Police report a Corry youth who fled after a disturbance at the Commercial hotel restaurant later died by his own hand near Utica. The body, identified by Charles Hoke, was taken to Owen Funeral Home Utica. Father plans transport for interment in Corry. the deceased left behind his mother sister and a Warren-based sister.
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Charles Hoke
Corry
Utic
Mans
Young Flaherty
Owen
Utica
Herkimer County
Flaherty
Veter
Seiota Street
Warren
City launches over hundred N RW D projects at schools
More than 125 men and women began work on miscellaneous projects at the Junior and Senior High schools under RWD programs. Twenty seven men joined redecorating painting and repairs while other crews address Bear Creek sewer work Library rebuilding and Frederick street sewer. Supervising official J A Lanst on oversees school tasks with city projects under way.
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RWD
Bear Creek
Frederick Street
J. A. Lansston
Lindbergh Sky Hook Reveals Plant Disease Microbes
Washington reports Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and a Department of Agriculture scientist disclosed details of a study on micro organisms that spread diseases to plants. The airborne organisms trapped by a sky hook during an Arctic flight include fungi spores linked to rusts and pollens causing hay fever and related illnesses.
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United Press
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Department of Agriculture
Col. Lindbergh
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Leo Latchford
Renovo Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Michael Lite
South Center Street
Glry Connes
Moray
Pias
John Howlett
Grove Street
Gerry Hospital
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
New England
Bureau of Highway Patrol and Safety
Dea
Paul Mould
Euclid Street
Cole Bros
Erie Lithograph Co
Leon Bloss
Keister
Bloss
Corry City
Steen
New York Stock Exchange
Niel Smith
West Pleasant Street
Corry ‘Hospital
American Tron & Steel Institute Weekly
Wayne Township
Indre
Charles D. Copeland
Hoffman
Stufflebeam
Sharon
Luther League of
Satutay
Dewey
Victoria
Emmanuel
Presbyterian Church Choir
Lindbergh
Qos
Dee
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