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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1932
Page
3
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette warns taxpayers to curb non essentials in schooling as inflation drives public costs higher. It argues education and municipal programs must be stripped to necessities, with the taxpayer pocketbook guiding expenditures and a push for relief from the growing school burden.
Corry residents celebrate milder December weather with memories of harsher winters from a decade ago. The piece notes historical sleighing, tall snow piles, blocked roads, and train delays, contrasting past deep snows with current increased sunshine and higher temperatures. It mentions broader regional shifts, with harsher conditions in the Far West and South, while people here enjoy a moderate climate and longer warm spells.
Pittsburgh's 1983 budget bill was reduced by about $4 million from the mayor's initial estimates by the city council. The revised measure, approved on December 30, is to be sent to Mayor Charles H. Kinney for approval.
Conductor Taylor on extra freight No 6201 spotted a fire on the long wooden bridge over Oil Creek about two miles south of Spartansburg on the Buffalo and Pittsburgh division. He reported it in time to prevent a major railroad disaster in this region. Clinigx Manufacturing shops, shut for repairs to the main power plant, expect to resume operations this afternoon.
Rev Wilbur 1 Crafts speaks at Methodist church tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. The Heath Mills on North Center street are installing three new sets of rolls in the wheel grinding equipment. The aubital N 1 T holiday party will be held at K of P hall this evening with about fifty couples expected. Water crane west of the passenger station damaged when a timber fell from a westbound freight train Sunday. First skating of the winter on Christmas Day at Lake Chautauqua Weekly. How many cities were present in Pennsylvania. Of what country Greenland is a possession. When the U.S. submarines sunk. Who founded the Soviet Republic. What is the water surface of Pennsylvania. Who wrote A good name to better than bags of gold Turn to page 7 strong Franklin Athletic Club team. Idamie New Year’s night born to Mr and Mrs Frank Goring December 0th a nine pound baby boy. Funeral of Charles Cogswell held at Emmanuel church Sunday afternoon. W T Tooke home from a western trip. The little children of Glenni Barker are ill with measles. Robert Desmond left last evening for Exeter to resume his studies. Municipal chit will meet them for Exeter.
Hollywood filmmakers struggle with extreme angles that can ruin a scene despite their potential for dramatic effect. Michael Curtiz of Warner pictures warns against overusing odd angles and stresses that a special viewpoint must serve a clear purpose to enhance the audience’s experience.
A stalled automobile at Union road crossing near Cheektowaga caused JBL westbound freight train to derail 26 cars after smashing the car to bits. The engine and crew escaped serious injury. caboose crew unharmed. Main line disrupted for hours with Lehigh Valley trains rerouted via New York Central.
Walter James son of Mrs Jack James 10 West Sixth street Oil City musician in Jack Bruces orchestra slept in a Seventh Avenue hotel when a fire began on a moving car. He and Archie Cunningham Meadville another musician found the fire escape and reached safety, surviving a serious injury or death in the blaze this week.
In New Castle a claimant to the eight thousand two hundred dollar reward for the capture of Irene Schroeder and Glenn Dague appeared, raising the first to seventeen claimants. Richard M. Giles of Maricopa County Arizona says he had not fled the claim, believing payment already made. Mrs Schroeder and Dayne were executed for the killings of Corporal Brady Paul of the state police after their arrest in Maricopa County.
The Washington P I A Study Circle met at MTs Masier neisey on Vine Street last evening with fourteen members and two guests. The regular lesson was discussed, followed by a social hour. Gifts were exchanged around a Christmas tree and a lunch of marshmallow whip and coffee was served. Holiday decorations adorned the home. assistant hostesses were Mrs Bue Tones and Mrs Edward Hopkins. The next meeting will be at Mrs G L Patterson's home.
Large funeral held Thursday for Mrs Mary Stickney, Spring Creek resident of many years. Services at Spring Greek church at 2 o clock after Tate home prayers. Rev Garnet officiated. Flowers from relatives and friends. Interment in Spring Creek cemetery with bearers Glen Donaldson Leslie Donaldson Dr Robert Donaldson Hastings H. Jones Irvin Hall William Burch.
Funeral services for Joseph P. Nelson a well known Pittsfield township resident were held yesterday at 2 o clock from his Spring Creek home. Interment followed at Wrightsville Cemetery with pallbearers Edward Wilmer Clarence McKinley Clyde Nelson and Howard Green among attendees. Corry relatives joined local friends for the services as C A Liverman and wife returned to Ripley N Y after a week in Corry.
Boston December 20 coast guardsmen hoisted the airplane from the sea where two Harvard freshmen died yesterday evening. Edward Mallinckrodt IV son of a Missouri industrialist and Donald McKay Frost Jr son of a prominent Boston lawyer were practicing spins when the plane slipped into the water. Mallinckrodt recently earned a pilot license. Frost was from a family noted in law and shipbuilding. Mallinckrodt’s brother was taking his first flying lessons nearby. The families are well known in business and philanthropy.
Erie Railroad tool box theft in Union City led to Harley Elderkin pleading guilty in Judge William J. Hirt’s court. Elderkin received a 40 month term in Allegheny Workhouse after admitting prior prison time for break ins including a box car. The judge warned him to avoid further steps outside prison or face longer imprisonment.
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