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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1930
Page
10
A narrator climbs to a palm shadowed hollow on a remote island seeking clues about a possible plot involving Black and a wanted suspect. He notes a schooner offshore and a tense search through a ruined settlement as fear and resolve tighten.
Tamestown chief of police Axel Lavin warned bootleggers to close shops or face civil action. The crackdown caused unsettled liquor market conditions, with several bars dark. A man, Salvatore Gallo, 46, Harrison Street, posted $1,000 bail after a federal liquor possession charge. In BrIe, civil term opens January 4 with 110 cases, including three divorces, auto crash and property dispute suits, and expected reductions from settlements.
A formal dinner dance at the Hotel Corry last evening hosted by Mr and Mrs J J Desmond for their daughter Katherine Florence Desmond and two classmates from Miss Madrian a School Robena Harper and Esther Baldwin from Erie. Gilbert Grahams orchestra provided the musical program with novelty dances. Guests included college students home for holidays, and Erie friends Judith Kitchen and Janet Disque among others.
Corry Business and Professional Women's Club will hold its regular meeting Monday evening with Eva Capwell hosting on East Pleasant Street. After business a social hour will follow, inviting all members to attend the first meeting of the new year.
Two Oil City police officers and Sheriff William Cole recovered a stolen Chevrolet coupe within two hours after a call about a car wanted in Kane. Captain Vernon W. Nelson and Officer Ted Aites aided in taking possession of the vehicle.
President Hoover sent ten American Alaskan starskins as a wedding gift to Princess Marie Jose of Belgium. The event notes the princess is to marry Prince Humbert of Italy. Mrs Laura Dalrymple of Warren and her mother Mrs James Richards are mentioned in connection with a weekend visit.
In Clymer January 1 a candle light service at the Methodist Episcopal church drew praise for its solemnity. Mrs Edna Wood Amay led the service with twelve months represented by a group in white robes. Local residents and former Clymerites were noted in attendance and visiting relatives from Bellingham Washington Jamestown and Pittsburgh Normal School added to the community motion.
A gunny sack with three live chickens found near the destroyed building indicates a motive for the blaze that wiped out the Watson structure on Roc Jan avenue Salina. Investigators say thieves likely ransacked the farm housing 80 to 100 chicks and may have started the fire to cover theft. About a dozen birds remained after the fire and some may have been carried away or consumed.
The city swears in Cassius L. A. as mayor for a new term and unveils a reorganization plan. Mayor Alexand Williams announces appointments across departments including Ernest A. Williar as Superintendent, M. Leo Mulder as Police Chief, and Jon R. Tipton as Health Officer, with several posts confirmed amid ongoing policy readings.
A fragmentary listing references several radio identifiers and times. It mentions WHARF WHAM G WHAM and others with unclear context and no coherent schedule.
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