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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1931
Page
3
Publication line shows Corry Pa mailing details with A D Colegrove Fred 67 W 46th St New York. Mentions Tritone Tower Building Chicago Chamber of Commerce Building Pittsburgh and delivery via post office Corry Pa as second class mail matter. Rates listed five dollars per year three cents per copy fifteen cents per week.
Judge Emery A Walling longtime Erie County leader and Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice died suddenly, ending a celebrated career that began in Greenfield township in 1894. He served as district attorney, state senator, and chief judge before joining the Supreme Court, where he was famed for knowledge and mercy.
A weathered 1930s forecast piece surveys cautious optimism for 1932. It quotes Gerard Swope of General Electric and other executives predicting slower but hopeful recovery after a bottoming of the recession. Rail and retail leaders anticipate only gradual improvement, with optimism tempered by realism.
A collection of 1932 year greetings from executives of major firms. Alfred P Sloan Jr of General Motors Corp. and Joseph Wilshire of Stanford Brandy Inc. express cautious sentiment and optimism about repairs to economic machinery and prospects for improvement. Francis H Sisson of Guaranty Trust Co notes the old postwar era has passed. Alexander Hamilton Institute signals progress on the journey out of difficult terrain toward a new order. Thomas J Watson of IBM foresees better industrial results in 1932. Harry F Sinclair of Sinclair Consolidated Corp sees an improved outlook as the year ends. A W Robertson of Westinghouse Corp surveys broad business outlook toward early stabilization.
An all-woman jury, first in the county, convened this afternoon to conduct an inquest into the death of four year old Katherine Anderson of Plum Street. She died en route to the hospital after being struck by a motor vehicle at the Pennsylvani a Avenue Russell intersection. The jury includes Mrs. Jay Gerould and five others. The inquest is set for Thursday at 4 p.m. in the coroner’s office. The child's funeral is planned for Thursday at 9 a.m. from the home, with burial in Irvine Cemetery East Side.
Dee Bradford Sweet, a wanted figure in two states, is jailed in McKean County for alleged participation in the October burglary at the Thoms D. Mallory camp. Captured near Port Allegany, Sweet faces charges tied to burglaries of the 8. P. Kennedy and Harvey Quinn ramps and auto theft, with a complicating link to a convict named Schyver who already faces four and a half years.
Charles P. Stewart argues Hoover's debt moratorium shows how precommitment to a pledge shapes votes in Congress. He notes Senate 6 9 to 12 ratified versus House 407 to 100 and asks whether legislators should honor prior pledges or represent current constituent interests. The piece questions political ethics and the dignity of keeping promises.
A mission of Philippine legislative leaders arrives in Washington to push for greater autonomy and independence while weighing tariffs immigration limits and sugar and coconut oil imports. The Hawes-Cutting plan, favoring a plebiscite after five years and a staged tariff, gains support though the administration resists a fixed independence timeline.
United Press surveys the year’s literary output naming best novels and honors across genres. It lists Erich Maria Remarque’s The Road Back, Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth, Hatter’s Castle, and many others with first novels, biographies, travel books, humor, and art titles featured, reflecting broad reader interest and notable authors.
In Ripley Deputy Sheriff James B Houghton arrested Thomas Worter Potter on a December 18 break in at the Highway Department tool house. Potter admitted one entry but was sentenced to six months in Monroe County penitentiary and fined 59 dollars after arraignment before Justice M D Conrath. Authorities recovered a battery oil can lubricating oil and a sheepskin coat among stolen items from Potter and a highway crew member’s property. The tool house had been broken into several times before.
December 30 Sears Hill notes show neighbors visiting relatives over Christmas. Frank Howard and family spent time in Garland with Mrs. Howard’s mother Mrs. Richards. Several locals from Corry Warren Frewsburg and Cassadagua visited relatives, while others moved homes and shopped locally for the holiday.
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