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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1937
Page
3
A string of local items covers anniversaries, events, and notices. Lincolns birthday born 1809 marked with a week’s Rex theatre prize, Valentine gifts boost trade, and a Pennsylvaniabased railroad stock vote set for April 18. Local officials and police urge traffic rule compliance while Erie county sees floods, fires, and civic happenings.
An inquest will be held at the Polk State School to probe the death of Albert Hawk, 62, a patient who died after injuries received following an altercation with Roland Wilson, 27, at the Woodside dormitory. Dr J Irwin Zerbe said Hawk’s skull fracture and bruises likely caused the death. Wilson, admitted in 1929 and re admitted in 1940s, was implicated as he helped remove Hawks shoes after the altercation. Hawks surviving relatives include brother Harry Hawk and sister Mrs Harry Dilemuth.
A Erie county relief report shows a 13 percent drop since the Works Progress Administration began on August 1, 1935. Relief rose to a peak of 31,795 in April 1925, then fell from 27,288 to 26,014 by January, with 6,739 on relief representing 48 percent of the population. By January 1, 1936, work relief projects totaled 13,680 or 7.8 percent of the population.
Dr John L Davis pastor of a Greenwhich Village Methodist church will be the featured entertainer at the Democratic dinner at the Hotel Lawrence on Thursday March 4 reserved for 500 guests. Known as the Witty Oratorical Wizard he is a nationwide favorite for conventions and dinners.
A south bound Southern Pacific passenger train struck a stalled automobile on a grade crossing near Shlima California. The engine tender and two baggage cars overturned, two passenger coaches derailed, track damaged over 600 feet. Fireman R H Brown Fresno died instantly. Engineer J S Milla Fresno died later from burns. Baggage man C Smith San Francisco suffered fractures. Passengers Frank Bradford San Francisco and Miss Mosley Harris Fresno injured lightly. Driver F K Ritche Porterville and wife escaped unharmed.
Corry department assisted in dousing a chimney fire at J. E. Drake's Concord Fidge farm home south of Corry shortly before 9 PM. An overheated chimney damaged an upstairs bedroom amounting to 100 to 150 dollars, with insurance covering the loss. A second alarm near 11 PM fought a second chimney fire at Richard Merker's Wright street home with minimal damage.
Louis Le Parded, a convict and robber, believed wounded in a gun fight with police, prompted a citywide search. Logino escaped a trap in the east end by shooting his way free as his car wrecked, then disappeared into an alley after discarding his weapon.
Mnemonics derive from a Greek term meaning to remember and describe devices that aid memory. Many take the form of rhymes such as Thirty days hath September, or In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, among other types.
Harrisburg Feb 12 United Press. Public Service Commission hearings consider reducing Duquesne Light domestic and small power rates by about 620000. Gov Swanger Earle seeks broader relief for small businesses and professionals including dentists physicians beauty parlors shoe repair shops tailors and other small concerns.
Harrisburg Feb 12 Publisher Vance C McCormick former wartime Democratic chair urged Democratic senators to defeat Roosevelt plans to enlarge the Supreme Court from nine to fifteen justices. He called the proposal a dangerous precedent threatening constitutional government.
Dorothy Ann Weeks, two day old daughter of Mr and Mrs B Weeks Jr, died at a hospital in Pittsburgh on Thursday and will be brought to Corry for burial Saturday at 1 pm in No Grove Cemetery. Tey H Ray Harris will officiate. Survived by parents a brother and a sister. The Weeks were formerly of Corry.
Leaders of the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen, in annual sessions at Harrisburg, urged Gov Harle to reappoint Oliver M. Deibler of Greensburg as Commissioner of Fisheries. About 1,000 members from 200,000 affiliated sportsmen prepared to approve a revised game code granting the commission more discretionary power over angling seasons and creel limits.
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