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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1937
Page
7
The readable text is severely garbled offering no coherent names dates places or events to summarize into a factually accurate card. No identifiable entities or actions can be established from the fragment.
A Pennsylvania Telephone Corp employee, A Wiles of 427 Washington Ave, escaped serious injury when accumulated gas exploded beneath Sycamore Street in Osprey. He was splicing a new power cable in a telephone conduit entered through a manhole near the Quaker State oil refinery building. The blast lifted a manhole cover about 15 to 20 feet high and caused a low roar that shook nearby buildings. Wiles suffered facial lacerations and was treated by a physician before returning home.
Evie county reports a sharp rise in unemployment relief, up 108 cases and 42 persons in the week ending December 18, announced at the fire district meeting. The statewide roll surpassed 500,000 with Harrisburg noting 8,504 new cases, total relief load reaching 1,897 cases and 5,086 persons, versus prior week.
Mrs Tolia Allen of Dorman Corners near Union City died Sunday in her 88th year. A lifelong resident, she was well known in the district. Her husband and family note her long residence here. She had been staying at the Ashton Home recently. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Crowe Funeral Home at 2 p m. Interment will be made in Walllisburg Cemetery.
Warren Ohio December 28 Louisse Campbell heiress to millions was exonerated in the Christmas day shooting of her mother Cordelia Campbell. Coroner J Henshaw ruled the death accidental and freed Campbell after a self imposed hunger strike. She remained in jail briefly then chose to stay until her mother’s funeral.
Harrisburg Dec 28 Edward Henry Elmer Barnes author and lecturer warned the Pennsylvania State Education Association that unless problems of consumption created by machine production are solved society stands a gambling chance of preserving civilization for fee than another generation Chief defect of our civilization Barnes said in address prepayers for the annual F B I A conference In the gulf between machines and institutions School Head Dies
A Buffalo survey reports that about three in four college graduates found worthwhile jobs. The study, conducted by the university research bureau, covers graduates who left between 1920 and 1936.
A noisy paste of classified ad copy and a formal National Bituminous Coal Commission order. The page mixes lost and wanted notices with sale items and business opportunities, plus a December 21 1937 order concerning intrastate coal transportation within Pennsylvania and publication requirements. The ad copy references cash basis pricing and home or office needs, while the coal order details hearings notices and legal directives.
The duties of an administrator include collecting and caring for the personal estate. If solvent, pay lawful claims and costs, then turn the net balance to the heirs. If insolvent, pay preferred claims first and then general creditors.
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