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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1929
Page
1
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Mayor Bracken reads annual message to City Council at reorgan- ization meeting detailing budget gains and police cost explanations. He highlights economy in finance, a half mill millage cut, and planned street and drainage projects in East Columbus Avenue and Spring Street. Aims to extend the waterway culvert and widen thoroughfares while noting safety and property management efficiencies.
United Press reports the Army monoplane Question Mark remains within reach of Metropolitan airpost at Van Nuys while pursuing a world altitude duration record. After six days and 144 consecutive hours aloft, the motor condition improved, with refueling underway as a blizzard lashes Los Angeles. Strong winds and snow impede city life, damaging trees and property, as citizens brace for continuing cold and drifting highways. Two officers, Lt. Osterman and Lt. Tobinson, died in a Langley Field training crash, with tributes pouring in from Washington and local communities.
Cattle tuberculosis testing starts in seventeen townships across Erie County with Dr F Bennett to oversee Concord township and another veteran to examine Wasnt township. Dr H A Milo of Willingboro supervises for the state Board of Animal Industry, aided by fourteen veterinarians from across the state. Plans aim to complete tests within the month, pushing the program countywide to record speed.
On January 7 in Jackson a 9 year old boy, Gerl Kaufman, accidentally killed his sister Evelyn Kaufman, 42, at their home. The boy believed the gun was unloaded and the gun shot through her head.
Public cooperation eases enforcement of prohibition as police target bootleg operations in the city. Citizens report suspected moonshine suppliers and illegal stills, with one suspect, Steven Tino, pursued after a Saturday visit to his northern property. Police anticipate indictments and further arrests when he may return.
Weather permitting about twenty five local dairymen will attend a district meeting in Clymer on Wednesday. President Wred FH Sexauer will address milk producers of the region and Dairymen's League members from Chanthilgus Crawford Warren and nearby counties are expected. An all day session is planned with President Bexsler speaking in the afternoon.
Health Officer Milton Fe Feptin reports 231 cases of contagious disease in 1928 with mumps leading contagion. Quarantine affected 87 mumps cases while other diseases recorded include typhoid fever one, tuberculosis one, meningitis one, erysipelas one, diphtheria two, chickenpox nineteen, scarlet fever twelve, pneumonia eighty five, and whooping cough thirteen, totaling twenty three percent.
Milton Tipton was renamed chief of police for the ensuing year by the city’s mayor at the annual reorganization meeting. Council confirmed Tipton along with several other appointments following Mayor Bracken’s budget message. Other posts include Leon Brown as patrolman, Edward Harrington as street commissioner, Milton Tipton as health officer, Loveland as deputy finance officer, and Miss Trane Mullen as deputy commissioner of finance.
Radio listings outline Grace Moore on WOR at 9 39 p m Vitutions hour on WHAM 10 20 p m opera Shanowis on WZ and Network 7 20 p m Roxy's Gang on WY4 and Network 9 p m Mt National Automobile Hour elsewhere
United Press reports Washington observers failed to advance a compromise to end the Senate stalemate over the likeliage antiwar treaty. Senator Watson proposed Moses Read reservations to exempt traditional policies, but Reed Moses opposition balked, fearing an official report would lack force and demanded more time to weigh the plan.
Reports from Puerto Varas cite uncertain death tolls after Calbuco volcano erupts amid strong earthquakes. Observers say three craters emit smoke and flames, with ash and lava affecting Rinl hue Los Lagos and Linpingus regions. Crops destroyed by hot lava, ash blankets stretch across the area, and residents flee as the Pecado river floods cattle die.
United Press reports extreme cold across the Middle West with temperatures plunging to eight degrees below zero in the Chicago forecast area. In Minneapolis and St Paul the thermometer fell to 17 below zero as the day wore on, with conditions worsening tonight.
Boston reports a German steamer Rodethicim sank off Cape Rave with 30 crew lost and all aboard rescued by the American steamer Soxuache bound for Portland. The Rodetheile a 7300 ton vessel sailed from Hewillgh parse to Toston with a crew of wood pul Consmed Yo Chicaru. The rescue ship is a sail ag from Swedish ports.
Chief Tipton reports 343 arrests in the year ending 1928 with enforcement across multiple VilLages. Violations include cruelty to animals, drunkenness, unlawful liquor, traffic, disorderly conduct, soliciting, theft, and trespassing. Officers cooperated with Pennsylvania State Police and local authorities in apprehensions.
Official city figures show 358 flu cases today, a sharp rise from the weekend. Health offices say about 150 more cases appeared in two days, with doctors noting a milder but wider spread due to recent rain and weather conditions.
Tex Rickard's body is shipped north from Miami Beach to New York for burial. Widow and former heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey accompany the remains, to lie in state at Campbell's Funeral Parlors before services on Broadway and burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Rickard died after acute gangrenous appendicitis. His infant daughter Maxie remains unaware of the news as his mother grieves in Seattle.
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