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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1939
Page
3
OCR fragment mentions Wednesday events and spring related items with unclear names and places making full details unavailable. The readable parts point to a schedule or notice about activities in the spring season.
A flurry of small items from local life and economy appears. The Golden Rue Club holds a 6:40 pm dinner at the V E W Home. Gas and electric output rises 10.1 percent year over year for the week ended February 17. Production Credit associations cut farmer loan rates to 4 percent from 5 percent effective February 24. Columbia Gas and Electric seeks approval on a plan affecting property formerly owned by American Fuel and Power and Inland and Kentucky Gas Corporations. Mayor Hepler learns his son Rayburn was injured in a Dayton, Pa accident with a fractured ankle. WPA employee affidavits and driver privilege actions are noted. Secretary Harold Jokes will discuss conservation of human liberty in Cleveland. Norma Shearer improves after throat infection. Skating tonight may depend on clear weather. Valvoline plans 9000 investment at Butler plant and moving kettles from Warren plant. Spartansburg area heads to Crawford County Pomona Grange meeting. Meadeville youth rally records noted. local traffic accidents reported near Warner. Movie Quiz winners to be announced at Rex Theatre stage. A Pittsfield fire destroys a two family home, with the Youngeville department saving neighboring property. About 60 northwestern PA churches attend Meadville youth rally at the high school with a world student Christian crusade speaker.
Washington Feb 27 The Republican national committee proudly states that twenty one states with 221 electoral votes are now unquestionably Republican. The report notes that 65 defeated Republican House candidates exceeded 45 percent in votes, and cites 1916 and 1938 contexts. It argues Republicans need 49 more seats to retake the House.
The notice explains how to allocate auto expenses between business and personal use for federal tax deductions. It states three quarters business use yields a $600 deduction from $800 total expenses, and describes deducting gasoline taxes when used for business or keeping records for proof. It notes gasoline tax isn’t deductible by the consumer generally, but can be added to gasoline cost if used for business. It advises contacting the district collector to determine state deductibility.
Delegates from Jamestown and Chau tauqua county gathered in Syracuse to press dairy price demands after the Supreme Court ruling. Charles Baldwin, secretary of the Metropolitan Co operative Milk Producers Bargaining Agency, warned dealers must pay farmers a living price. He said farmers may take action if dealers obstruct the just share of funds, while stressing milk for New York City depends on dealers.
Erie county judge William J. Hirt is named as a potential successor to Gov. Arthur H. Jama on the superior court. A list of appointments for Senate confirmation may include Hirt and other jurists such as Marion G. Patterson and Paul Hatfield. The move follows Jama’s resignation from the superior court and nods to Hirt's local record as strong qualification.
A frail record reports a black man, accused in a sensational case, being moved to the execution chamber at noon. The blindfolded prisoner, strapped for the final act, is described as calm as observers recall a prior appeal denied. Medical staff later confirmed the condemned man's death.
Ridgway Feb 27 A Ridgway tannery worker shot two stores and killed his wife then died. police seek husband. The wife, Mrs Papa, had reportedly not lived with him for months. In City, Thomas J MeBane mourned as community gathers. Local officials described ongoing investigation and public interest in the progress of the case.
Wort has been received in the city of death of Paul Smith of Paw-Pave Mlehy formerly of Corry who died Thursday February 2. The obituary notes his years living in Corry and mentions surviving relatives including Miss Anna Smith and others. The notice continues with fragmented references to associated names and places.
Mrs Myrtle Smith age 82 dies Sunday morning at her home in Union City after long illness. Survived by daughter Mrs Myrtle Biles and several grandchildren. services to be held at Sherman with burial in Vista. former residents include Mrs Berlby Marton and others.
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