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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1935
Page
8
United Press reports a colorful preview of the incoming Congress with a diverse slate of members. Notable figures include Hiram Johnson, Rush Holt, Mat tie Caraway, and Norris, along with Broadway personalities like Huey Long and Theodore Bilbo. The piece highlights youthful optimism, reformers, gamblers, and veterans as the 68th Congress readies to convene.
Fragmentary OCR describes Rhode Island and Providence Plantations with notes on size population and geography claiming dense urban area. references to state name origin and historic names though many words are garbled. It highlights Rhode Island’s small area yet high population density and compares to other New England cities.
Beaverdam residents share New Year visits and family gatherings across Corry Erie Wattsburg and Union City. Names include Hanley Proctor Bagley Smith Higley Maynard Proctor Bowen McCray Swen Marsh Tarbell and Wilkinson with multiple illnesses and a New Year’s pork dinner at the U B church.
Corry Grange No 1p holds an all member meeting Saturday in their hall with a 10:20 am business session, noon dinner, and 1935 officer installations followed by a lecturer’s program. Members are urged to attend and bring sandwiches pie and sundries for those not solicited.
The League of Third Class Cities endorses public ownership of utilities and plans to push the measure in the next general assembly. Mayor James Rossiter reported unanimous support from the league committees after returning from Harrisburg, noting no opposition from eastern counties and confidence in the bill’s passage.
Frank Snyder, 46, cattle dealer, and Teresa McCrackin, 28, both of Dunkirk, are recovering at Brooks Memorial Hospital after taking poison Wednesday morning. Snyder used a mercury tablet to cope with debts. McCrackin, temporarily separated from her husband and jobless, took a small antiseptic poison. Doctors used a stomach pump to save both. Funeral services for Michael Tazukiezas were held in Norwood, Massachusetts, with the deceased and participants all deaf and services conducted in sign language.
EMPORTUM Jan 3 A physician attending his mother moments before birth watched Edward Narby a 212 year old drown after breaking through ice on Hicks Run's game reserve about twelve miles southwest. His father Paul Nurby was named keeper last October. Edward's brother Paul played with him at the time. The body was recovered 15 minutes later and Dr R C Simpson treated him for two hours. Mrs Narby was kept unaware of the death as the boy was taken to an Emporium hospital through heavy snow.
Captains named for membership drive of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion Mrs Estella Reynolds and Mrs Eva Rich were chosen. A drive for the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary will occur in the coming weeks with dinners planned as future benefits. Northwestern Council of VP 47 auxiliaries meets at Warren on January 1 with reservations requested by January 14 through Mrs Grate Rauscher.
Washington January 3 Comptroller J T O Connor issued a call for the condition of national banks as of December 31 1934 for the customary year end statement. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve System also issued calls for the condition of their member banks as of December 31 1934.
Corry Club members discuss tax relief for property owners and a statewide momentum while President Blatt plans to appoint a committee to contact legislators. The meeting approves a dues cut from 3.50 to 1.00 monthly for merchants and raises outside ad rates to seven dollars, aiming to boost revenue and attract new members. A membership drive is planned to regain lapsed members and recruit others, with a club sale set for January 24 followed by a dinner meeting the next Monday.
Oscar J. Anderson head of the detective division of the Retail Merchants' Association left a Shakespearean epitaph on a note in his car before shooting himself in the head. The incident occurred in Cleveland as investigators seek motive and details.
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