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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1930
Page
4
Baseyister AIL Evans of Kien announces the appointment of Chas Rauch as assistant postmaster. Rauch had been acting assistant postmaster since Major Fr. Sharp left the position. The changes come as the office returns to routine duties.
Fragmented city news, sales, meetings, social events and a fire report. Items include grocery and blanket specials, donation and dance announcements, church society meetings, a bicycle demand note, a street assault report, school observances, a barn fire near Morrison farm, and a building bombing in Weirton.
A Lutheran Ladies Aid Society meeting in church parlors named officers for the year after a large attendance. Bake sale planned for January 18 at Lanston's store with Mrs. Charles Anderson and Mrs. Henry Bales in charge. A January 41st social in church parlors was announced with committees to be appointed. Officers elected: President Mrs. John Boland, Vice President Mrs. Geo Nagel, Secretary Mrs. Donald Hall, Treasurer Mrs. Henry Keppel. Junior Circle hosts Mrs. Al Merker and Mrs. Brian Bills. A salad lunch followed the session.
Pittsburgh January report details the recovery of 1 year old Betty and Joan Parks who disappeared from their home. They were located at a rooming house on Coench and Nevis streets and are wards of County Commissioner McGovern. Patrick Orion was arrested and held for further investigation.
Police filed first degree murder charges against Lawrence Le Brady, brother-in-law of Naomi Hill Brady, in the Seat Pleasant bomb case from New Year's Day. Authorities say the blast killed three persons and injured others in Maryland.
The Public Service Commission ordered Colonial stages Atlantic-Pacific stages and Interstate Transit to stop interstate motor bus service after a Railroad complaint. Buses ran Pittsburgh to Philadelphia via Lincoln Highway with diversions via Gettysburg Emmettsburg and McConnellsburg and another route over the William Penn Highway.
An ad promotes Kruschen Salts as a safe daily dose to cleanse impurities and boost activity while reducing pounds. It claims quick weight loss and renewed vigor, urging readers to buy an 85 cent bottle at N. F. Ames & Co. and other druggists. A separate line notes Mrs. Fred May of Columbus remains critically ill at Corry hospital with slim chances of recovery.
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