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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1936
Page
5
Mrs RS Dewey joins Coryites in Erie for a day out as Mr and Mrs Lyle Thomas return from several weeks in West Virginia to the home region.
Glenn Klinger and Milford Lemon of Brie visited the city last evening with friends. Miss Harriett Brakeman of Union City will arrive for a week and stay with her sisters. Kay Bell and Lloyd Meurdini and family. Mabel Larson went to Jamestown for a short stay. Edward Feldt left for Rochester on business for Raymond Manufacturing. Prof. R. C. Barth of Jamestown spent the day here. Mrs. P. S. Austin of Maple Avenue left for Harrisburg to visit her husband and later Philadelphia with her ill sister Mrs. R. A. Loreng. she plans to be away two weeks. Mrs. Edward J. Roach spent today in Erin with her sister Mrs. Bureh Gordon and family. Hay Blakesie of Brie visited en route to Spartanburg to visit relatives. Mrs. SH. Stinner came home from Cambridge Springs after visiting her mother Mrs. Miller. Mrs. Arthur Cochran and daughter Carol Mas visited Mr. and Mrs. William Cochran in Tryonville. Miss Rita Griffin, former Corry Relief worker, returned to Erie. Mrs. Beatrice Therson left for Union City after a business visit. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Nesbit, formerly in New York City, will return home. Mr. Nesbit attended a Montgomery Ward and Company managers’ meeting at the home office. Mrs. D. G. Lyons, Mrs. Margaret Sullivan and Austin J. Dempsey attended funeral services for Rev. Joan McMahon in Erie Thursday. Miss Marjoria Mailoy of the will arrive this evening to spend the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tolyry on Center Street.
A York county farm wife and mother of triplets admitted firing into the bed where her husband slept, according to a written statement released by state police. The accused woman, identified as a year old, was hospitalized in Harrisburg with a rifle wound, reportedly self-inflicted after the killing at their Pleasant home last Monday night.
Attorneys for James Walter Carter stockholder in the Carter Coal Company filed briefs arguing the Guffey coal control act invades state power. The challenge was presented to the Supreme Court on March 4, as part of the ongoing dispute over federal regulation of the bituminous coal industry and the act’s reach.
The Waterford sub-district meeting of the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association drew Corry attendees including Mr and Mrs Frank Harvey Mrs Carl Pactar and Mr and Mrs Roy Swart. Speakers included Divestor E M Grout county president H E Marsh division manager SH Stevens and Miss Ver McCrea of the Home Department who spoke on Cooperation. Delegates reports and other business were discussed and sixty members were served dinner.
United Press reports Washington Feb 48 Public Service scientists report that picric acid has a protective effect on mice and monkeys against infantile paralysis and sleeping sickness. The finding was announced by Dr Cass, Armstrong and W T Harrison. A yellow pitcher may be bought at any drug store, when dissolved and dropped into solutions demonstrates potential for treatment.
In Farmington New Jersey on February 28 Robert King of Kearney renewed a bizarre offer to take Hauptmann’s place in the Lindbergh baby case without asking reward. A second letter offered to become an execution victim in the slaying of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. The office of Lloyd Fisher said King had no intention to act. The Courier’s notes call the letter unreadable while reporting the sender claims his life is a wrestled affair.
Harrisburg reports total state income from institutions for the period June 1, 1935 to Jan 31, 1928 at 3,500,358 dollars, up 487,649 from 1934. Collections come from three classes: persons liable for care in hospitals, employers of injured workers, and county or district support for indigent inmates in mental and penal facilities.
The Peralta, one of the few government built cement hull ships afloat, remains in service at Oakland. It is used by a fishing company as a plating reduction plant, reflecting wartime construction repurposed for peacetime industry.
Haibrisburg February 28. The governor announced the appointment of De John Speer Donaldso Piltstirsh as chief surgeon at the State Hospital for Qripated Mhitdrey Dikzsiethtown. Dr. Prands Sr. Chambsers of Philadelphia resigned.
Franklin Pa February 28 Half the student body of Branllin High school and students struck for half a day this morning in protest following the attempted self injury of Joseph Burgess of Franklin. Burgess shot and seriously wounded himself in a Pittsburgh hotel after being dismissed for bringing whisky to school. A hurried meeting of school board members and teachers followed and an announcement stated the matter is settled and students may return.
Feb 28 in Brookville Pennsylvania an elderly inmate from Memorial Home fled a building and leaped into the ice filled Red Bank Creek. Joseph Heasly saw 69 year old Andalasia Smith jump in and pulled her to safety amid floating ice. She received medical attention for immersion and exposure.
Obituary note records the death of renowned baritone Scotti aged 70. He enjoyed decades as a popular singer at the Meteopoliian theater in New York and gave a farewell performance in January 1934. The Naples News obituary column mentions his final wishes.
Market gossip from United Press reports New York analysts tracking the stock market foresee a rise despite heavy snows and floods disrupting trade. Retail sales show partial thaw with gains up to 20 percent. steel and auto sectors are watched for early-year profits, while investors debate U S Steel's leverage and potential earnings as heavy industry demand strengthens.
A chaotic late trading session saw stocks slipping in the final hour. Market data shows mixed pressure across major indices as traders reassessed gains and investors remained cautious amid uncertain economic cues.
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