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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1938
Page
2
Preliminary text from an old local notice mentions Thig Whesles elected noble amid confusion. The fragment references the Gans Wan Ob The Tunicatawa and notes ongoing work related to a lion of the sewage treatment Onl Follows at Franklin.
A flood of scattered notes covers Erie and nearby towns: heavy coal truck incidents and a fatal sled accident near Westville, bank centennial events, weather related meeting postponements, and multiple hospital updates. Police and civic notes mix with auto accidents, injuries from collisions, and a spate of Christmas season incidents across towns including Lawrence, Ridgway, Youngstown, and Kane.
United Press reports Brenda Dieana Duffragian, dubbed the richest debutante, staged a grand debut at the Rue Carlton in New York costing 75000. A thousand guests viewed orchids, ermine, and diamonds amid triple champagne bars plus a hangover cure drink. Washington notes Miss Bleanne Roosevelt, cousin of FDR, was presented at the White House, a first in 85 years.
Senator Frederick Van Nuys says he will reintroduce the anti lynching bill in the first week of the new Congress. He plans to confer with co author Senator Robert Wagner but will proceed regardless of Wagner's stance amid the prior filibuster.
Police planned to question Janvy Akowsky, 17, after she was found unharmed in an isolated mountain hut near Hagerstown. She had disappeared after Christmas. Investigators believed she may have run away voluntarily or could have been lured away by an unknown person.
Thomas J Mooney announced in San Quentin California that he will devote his remaining life to reuniting Thor's split forces and expects to live at least 25 more years.
The first mail route touching the Western Reserve ran from Pittsburgh to Warren Ohio. The route passed Beavertown Georgetown Canfield and Youngstown. The contract provider the carrier was to get 3.50 dollars per mule per year.
State motor police today began a search for two bandits who ransacked the Belmer Inn along the William Penn highway east of Blatrsville. They tied and gagged the proprietor P D Strayer his wife and two children and escaped with 8215 after forcing Strayer to reveal the location of the money. The incident ended with threats to cut the proprietor’s throat if the thieves were not satisfied.
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