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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1936
Page
3
A jagged local item reports Odd Fellows planning a supper and fall practice after a regular Encamiyment svasion Monday evening, with details scattered across the fragmentary page. The note references a town event in Lottaville and a host of civic activities including school meetings and department actions.
City WPA officials pledged cooperation to expand work projects for hundreds of unemployed men. Mayor Barber assured WPA Director Cochran the council would provide funds to push city sponsored jobs and avoid diversion of nearly 3 million dollars earmarked for the Erie area.
In Turuws January 4, the Employers' Liability Assurance Corp Ltd must reimburse Erie Trust Co for embezzled funds by former employee Andrew J. Ignasiak. A Erie County Court jury ordered payment of 20,717.20 plus interest from Oct 19, 1982, totaling 24,584.04. The bond insurer had refused claiming bank knew of dishonesty beforehand. The bank denied the assertion and the jury sided with the bank for the actual defalcation plus interest.
Pittsfield Mass Jan 11 Thieves steal part of a gasoline station burglar alarm devised by D F Kelly a water hose buried under the drive triggers a mercury switch and bell. Mystery within mystery Elyria High seniors stage The Haunted House coach Nina Baker keeps cast in ignorance until final line. A taxpayer misreads decimal point, avoids payment of 62 cents after three weeks without needed items and borrowing $10 to cover taxes.
Local interest centers on a legal move to compel state funding of minimum teacher and supervisor salaries under the Ziesenheim act. Oscar G. Bender, Philadelphia counsel for the Pennsylvania Real Estate Association, seeks payment to school districts totaling about 25 million dollars with possible tax relief of two to four mills for Corry. The case hinges on using the general fund if real estate taxes are reduced, with support from H Crown Erie and Sen. Joseph Ziesenheim Briew.
United Press reports Har ns burg dispatch that western Pennsylvania soft coal bound for New England may see freight rates reduced 5 to 10 dollars per ton before spring through voluntary action by railroads. Public Service Commission counsel Beamish says the cut benefits Pennsylvania coal operators facing interstate differential issues. Railroads involved include Pennsylvania, New York Central and Erie.
Mrs. Clara Kepler died after a lingering illness. Her body was brought to Corry for burial in Pine Grove cemetery. Funeral services were held at Meadville Children’s Home for the Aged with Rev H B Adams officiating. Committal in Corry followed with Rev G B Macnamara assisting. Attending were Mrs M Tillaherty and daughter Helen of Butler, Mr and Mrs Philip Towle of Greenville, Mrs Leslie Tionaldson of Spring Creek, Mrs Paul Stone of Union City, and Mr and Mrs C W Bracken of Corry.
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Lee Scott aged 98 at her Sapulpa Oklahoma home on January 2. She was a former Corry resident and grandmother of Merle Reynolds and lived with her son Merle Scott in Oklahoma. Burial plans were announced in Sapulpa.
An old advertisement promotes Lebanon Herb Tablets as gentle but firm on the liver and kidneys while supporting the stomach and bowels. It claims the product works without harsh medicines and asks readers to obtain a 35¢ box from a druggist and follow directions.
Pittsburg h, Jan 1. The second member of his family to die from burns in two years, four year old John J Kowalsiel of Hazelwood, died early today. The boy was pushed into a searing flame by his infant brother Victor, who is two. Two years ago the day after Christmas Blanche Kowalski, his sister, was fatally burned when her clothing ignited before an open hearth.
Petroleum industry leaders from Warren and Forest counties met at the Coneyango Valley Country Club to plan an educational campaign. W. F. Clinger of Clinger, Git and Gas Co. chaired the local group forming a Northwestern Pennsylvania committee to represent producers, refiners, marketers, distributors, and interests. The aim is to show the public that taxes already burden the industry and further levies could hinder regional business activity. W. P. Taylor of the Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania outlined the state plan.
Warren substation of the state highway patrol reports 150 accidents investigated during 1935. Eight killed and 109 injured in crashes. total property damage $28,725. Cause analysis highlights careless driving with 42 incidents and skidding with 21. failures to stop also noted.
Jen Paun Doane Ann Roth weighs two pounds five and a half ounces after a month at Hamel Hospital. Nurse Agnes Burke reports the infant has gained five and three quarter ounces since birth. The baby is cared for under physicians and hospital supervision.
The 1935 36 Corry school term ends Friday January 31 with the second half opening February 3. Senior High mid year exams run the week starting January 27. New exemptions cut across classes and most instructors require all students to take exams. Results affect June graduation. One large senior class is preparing for exams and up to 14 diplomas may be awarded if not all students pass. Juror High and grade schools will hold tests during regular class time.
Rochester leaders urge members of the Rochester League of Hard of Hearing to bequeath temporal bones of the ear for scientific study. Dr C Stewart Mash explained postmortem ear research could advance understanding of deafness and fill gaps after death in afflicted individuals.
Harrisburg January 11 A G E hearings will be staged in Washington before the Federal Power Commission as part of the Public Service Commission inquiry into alleged improper payments by Pennsylvania operating affiliates of Associated Gas and Electric Company. PSC counsel said cooperation will be sought from out of state affiliates, with Harrisburg hearings potentially unnecessary. The commission questions payments to nine Pennsylvania affiliates totaling about 1 million dollars, much charged to operating expenses. The Wheeler-Reyburn act allows joint hearings with federal and state bodies on rate structures costs and classifications of public utilities.
Oil City on January 12 reports burglars broke a basement window and stairway door at the Drellin restaurant on Sprite streets. Eleven quarts of whisky, cigarets, and a small amount of cash were stolen. Large hole drilled, game machines damaged, and cash taken from a vending and a marble game machine. Police investigated the burglary.
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