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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1932
Page
6
A noisy noon brings hail and a flurry of daily items. Corry Credit Exchange hosts dinner. Dahl family in First Ward reports three starlet fever cases and city quarantines a single communicable disease. Texas Corporation cuts dividend to 1 and pays 29 cents quarterly. Erie area rail and electric data emerge with varied figures and local incidents reported.
Jury tampering charges opened in Briesewnty court as three Erie men face conspiracy to defraud insurers. A juror said he was approached by a man who hinted at threats to influence the panel. defendants include Frank Girardot, Henry Cornell, Louis Kaufman. Kaufman pleads neither guilty nor innocent while Meiser and others tied to the case deny motives.
Salamanca has become the operating point of the B and O northern division after a takeover of the former Buffalo and Susquehanna lines. The northern division now forms the Niagara division of the B&O, extending north of Falls Creek.
Sunday afternoon at 2 30 the Episcopal Church hosts the High School Forum for its nth meeting. Mrs Ralph Carroll leads the discussion on Church and the High School Student with plans for Good Friday services and a report due this Sunday. The Senior Hit Club and the Methodist Trial tied for attendance last Sunday with fourteen members each.
Miss Rosina Mussolini 17 and her cousin Maria Teresa Mancini 20, nieces and relatives of Premier Benito Mussolini, were injured when their car skidded and overturned on the Como motor highway near Milan.
Pittsburgh February 17 Motor man T E Newland of a Pittsburgh McKeesport street car halted an attempted holdup in Mifflin township by slamming the far door as the bandit tried to board with a revolver. Newland shut the door and started the car. The robber escaped into the crowd of about twenty to thirty passengers aboard.
The LaFollette Costigan relief bill failed 48 to 35 in the Senate, ending direct federal aid prospects for now. It would have created a $375 million fund for state relief and $375 million for highway construction, with Republicans predicting a Hoover veto. Democrats split 19 to 21 in support and opposition.
The Credit Exchange will hold its annual meeting at the Hotel Gorty this evening to elect new officers. Warren Hammond will not seek re election as president after leading the organization for several years. Ray Hail of New Castle and Burkhaiter of Meanyne are announced as speakers and will discuss merchant and business community interests. Plans for spring and summer activities will be presented, with a large attendance expected.
Four ringing of alarm bells at the three volunteer fire stations in Meadville strained roofs prompting the city council to authorize a purchase of sirens to save repair costs.
In Wilkes Barre on February 17 police stopped a five-man band after a holdup at the Citizens Building and Loan Association in Shenandoah. One suspect, John Williams, 19, was wounded and hospitalized. four others, John Cleary Basil Hiest John Rushouski and Albert Luminitis, were jailed. Authorities recovered about $6,000 as the group prepared to divide the loot amid a gun battle.
Fourteen civic organizations and eight churches in Sewickley Pa formed the Sewickley Valley advisory council to campaign for work programs. The central committee announced a district drive opening February 28 at a meeting last night.
Dr. W. L. Henderson Allegheny county poor director is ill at his East McKeesport home. He was given oxygen last night and is described as weaker today. Henderson, a native of Indiana county, is suffering from pneumonia and influenza according to his physicians.
New York report states Minnie Maddern Fiske, famed stage star of two generations, will have a simple funeral with no lying in state or ceremony. Following her explicit last wishes, the body was taken to an undertaker and will be cremated tomorrow. She asked to be remembered as she appeared on stage, the Countess of D Urberville Becky Sharp or Salvation Nell.
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