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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1936
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a boarding house or ad dealers and free classifieds with refusals. It references screen salad and other vague terms, not a coherent event or names. The readable content is too fragmentary to extract a concrete incident or principal entities.
Springlike temperatures and a city council meeting set for tonight. Beaver Falls native Russell Damon Koppel appointed deputy U.S. marshal for Western Pennsylvania. A special train carrying Penn State Mask and Wig Show members passes through en route to Warren for a performance at Library Theatre. Private William Nevin, longtime state police member, transferred to Harrisburg. Private B. G. Hedman to replace him. Car theft reported near post office. vehicle recovered near Main Street beer joint. Al Smith celebrates 63rd birthday. Erie County Bar Association to host reception for county judges on New Year’s play at University Club. State bank deposits hit a six year high, with 2,735,028 depositors and $2,820,467,879 as of last banking period. Pennsylvania Railroad car loadings up 28 percent for week ending Dec 26. annual total 5,403,743, up 16 percent from 1935. Industrial employment up 20 percent in PA and payrolls up similarly. State Armory roller rink to host New Year’s Eve party. Rev. Coughlin associates announce January 1 nationwide broadcast. Catholic rosary broadcast from Pittsburgh for Pope Pius XI’s recovery. Fire department responds to residence on East Pleasant. no blaze. Erie Railroad trainman Lloyd Carter to James Town yard transfer. Warmer weather forecast continues. rain expected. Golden Rule Outdoor Lighting Contest final judging tonight. winners expected within four days.
Ninety-one Mason members and guests from Union City Spartansburg Harrisburg Williamsport and Erle attended the St Johns Day banquet by Corry Lodge 365 F and A M and Columbus Royal Arch Chapter 200 in the Mason Temple. Dr Craig Hoyt Grove City College gave the keynote address on The Second Mile focusing on modern progress and Masonry. New officers were installed and honored guests from Erie Williamsport Union City and Spartansburg attended the event.
The Nast Company will entertain employees at the New Year’s party this evening at the Hotel Corry. Dinner will be served at Toolock followed by a program. Marcon predicts transatlantic television, but Americans cannot yet see Europe.
Photos from the Matanuska colony depict Jack Pippel with a cabbage grown by his father, a colony home, schoolchildren enjoying early snow near the schoolhouse and girl's dormitory, and a colony dog waiting by the right of way as trains arrive. The narrative notes a six acre plug truck garden and earnings of about $5,000 in the first year selling produce to Anchorage and Palmer merchants.
Clyde F. Brown head of the Roosevelt Highway Association reports approval of U.S. 6 route from Denver to Los Angeles. Alex Fitzhugh in Des Moines said the American Association of State Highway Officials endorsed the plan with Colorado Utah Nevada and California in agreement. Markers will be placed across the four western states. The Russian verst is equal to about 0.66289 miles.
United Press reports Judge Michael Angelo Musmanno in Pittsburgh urged drivers to stay sober on New Year’s Eve. He warned that those who drink and drive face jail time the day after and for many days afterward, treating John Barleycorn as a killer, not a comedian.
In Ridgway on Monday night a head on collision on the Johnsonburg St. Marys highway injured three men. Joseph Edward Snyder and George Curley of Johnsonburg are at Run Memorial hospital with injuries. Snyder has facial bruises likely to discharge soon. Curley has a skull fracture but is regarded as serious. Ivan R. Bulfer of Sandy Ridge suffered minor head lacerations and was not admitted. Charges of reckless driving will be preferred against Bulfer, a patrolman said.
An 18 year old Sandy Kiownahip youth pleaded to burglary and evasions after being captured in Dubois area. Judge Walter Smith ordered an indeterminate sentence with training school custody until age 25, noting the seriousness of offenses, as District Attorney Carl Bolin presented the case in the presence of the youth’s parents. The court set a church event and referenced a ship deck space fact for context.
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