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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1936
Page
2
Mrs Abeta Tultic of Randalp New York died at 65 after a kitchen fire at her home. Firefighters reported the blaze began in the kitchen and caused fatal injuries before being controlled. The incident occurred last night and authorities are investigating the cause.
A jumble of short items reports a water heater fire in a Benton Street home reviving two women, multiple court actions including a false pretenses charge and a cafe disturbance, and council discussions on grade crossing protection. Other notes cover a Dunkirk electricity repair push, a 88th birthday for a Crawford County official, local gas outages in Chautauqua County, and assorted community events and ads.
Report notes two special prices for a bingo night at St Elizabeths. Elsewhere Mrs John Phillips and husband return to a cabin near Pithole Venango county to find a break-in. all furniture and even a thermometer stolen. An OW City water works crew prepared for possible floods by piling sandbags and moving chlorination gear to the second floor and thawing frozen lines with an electric pump.
Italian troops have fortified the Adwa hills in the Taccazze sector turning the Ethiopian plateau into front line defense. Malian troops man elevated positions with machine guns and mountain artillery while Askaris guard the approaches. Irregular Ethiopian fighters mingle below as Italian officers direct a well prepared defense with wireless and rockets for reinforcements.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Polynesians and their ancestors in Nibapithe Fa wifiitn Islands using basic astronomy. It mentions navigation by stars and a belief in planetary configurations guiding voyages along a northern coastline.
Gontraver and Mrs. Charl A Pain, longtime Corry residents, celebrate their fifty third wedding anniversary today. Married in Waterford Pennsylvania, they have spent their entire married life in Corry as many friends extend heartfelt congratulations.
United Press reports February figures show approximately 650,000 Americans lost their jobs in a seasonal industrial decline. Frances Perkins, secretary of labor, was reported to be living today amid the downturn.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd A Nelson of Manawa Wis embrace simple frontier living after their marriage. They purchased a small backwoods cabin soon after tying the knot, following ancestral patterns of self sufficiency and modest homes.
United Press report from Addis Ababa states Italy’s victory at Amba Aradam was actually a strategic Ethiopian withdrawal to avoid heavy artillery. The communique lists 17 Italian deaths and 268 wounded, with 1,500 Eritrean Italian troops surrendering on February 17.
A fragmented note hints at an event in Mayiower involving a surviving object from a white ceramic crate and a birthplace in Cape ad. The faint text mentions Pocosntito White and a hard city, with scattered references to a line and a landline.
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