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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1931
Page
1
Citizens Bank reports a successful year with reserves boosted beyond capital stock. Stockholders elected the same board of directors and approved a 20 percent dividend, plus salaries bonuses for staff. Directors plan reorganization and annual officer elections next Thursday.
Voters in Carry will elect two City Council members and a Treasurer next November. Incumbents Frank T. Buglend Ben F. Stary England Stark and Westley may seek re-election. Westley is expected to run for Treasurer again. Two new school directors Charles Monroe Edward Leyis may also be chosen. County offices will be filled, heightening interest in the 1931 election.
Maryland Governor Albert C. Ritchie voices a states rights gospel in his inaugural address broadcast nationwide. He blasts centralized federal power, counters national prohibition, and urges leaving temperance decisions to states amid the economic crisis.
Zem Zem temple schedules a 2 o'clock meeting at the Public Auditorium with Illustrious Potentate John Waitt presiding. Officers for the year will be elected and installed, followed by a seven o'clock ceremonial program including a band, drills, memorial address by James Frampton, and tributes to retiring potentate J Orin Wait.
An annual safety report shows 82,500 traffic deaths worldwide, about 180 alive in India, with four percent growth from 1929. The National Safety Council notes the rate of increase is the lowest since cars became common, citing 1929 and earlier years.
Homer Sullivan of Titusville sued John Fairclough of Corry after a Hydetown collision on Water Street at the State highway. A jury returned a sealed verdict awarding Sullivan $2,000 with his passenger also injured. attorney J Perry Heldes and Mx Patrolough Wad represented the plaintiff and defendant respectively.
Dispatches from San Antonio de los Cobres reported torrential mud and stone torrents near the Chilean frontier causing numerous deaths and extensive property and livestock losses in the Andes region of northern Argentina.
A large throng gathered at the skating rink on West Columbus Avenue last night. Continued cold weather promises more good skating and the public is invited to use the rink free of charge.
Nathan Strong of Brookville argues the French Creek route would shorten the canal by 87.5 miles compared with the Beaver Shenango Mahoning river plan backed by Pittsburgh and Youngstown interests. He cites two more dams to extend slackwater drainage to Hast Brady and beyond as Congress weighs the project.
A Gerry Public Schools review notes 1681 defects among pupils from vision to skin. Only 12 percent treated. calls for a full time nurse funded jointly by Week County Health and the Tuberculosis Association to ensure follow up and earlier treatment improving outcomes for children.
Distress signals from the missing seaplane Trade Wind were misidentified by Azorean fishermen as star shells fired by two British cruisers. No confirmed sighting of Mrs. Beryll Hart and Lieut. William S. MacLaren has been reported in the Azores after the Bermuda to Azores flight.
Announcement reports the Corry branch of the Harrison Mutual Benefit Association dissolves due to new state regulations. Secretary and treasurer C Li Alexander says members will receive a $50 paid-to receipt credit via Alexander Company undertakers to apply on death claims. Sam Sterne of Pittsburgh visits for business.
United Press reports Senate Democrats abandon adding 15 million dollar food loan to the drought relief bill. Caraway says they will attempt to attach the funds to the deficiency appropriation instead, with a 49 million dollar drought appropriation remaining and a possible special session if the administration rejects it.
Pittsburgh reports note Democratic opposition to Hoover era relief, a call for action from Senate leaders, and labor influence with UMWA urging Governor elect Pinchot to appoint a state secretary of mines. Also listed are railroad leadership changes and a New York man sentenced for jewelry theft tied to a string of robberies since November.
A midwest blizzard and cold wave threaten with subzero readings as Canadian fronts push south. In Harrisburg, Gov elect Pinchot announces a wave of cabinet picks including Col David D Davis as adjutant general and Oliver M Deibler as fisheries head, with other appointments to follow.
Desperate Arkansas farmers face hunger and cold as an estimated 100,000 to 225,000 may need aid before spring. The Red Cross leads relief efforts with liaison officers in towns, while a northwest snowstorm worsens shortages of food clothing fuel and shelter for farming families near England Ark.
NBC and CBS air a mix of variety programs and orchestras. Donnie Laddigs hosts on WABC and Si Marine on CBS. Hulaey Stuart leads NBC at 6 30 p m. The Two Troupers and Lombardo's Orchestra wrap the schedule later.
Galveston Texas January 14 A search over Gulf waters for a plane carrying two Crockett monitors ended without trace after a violent storm. Officials say a third attempt will be made to find the missing crew members and aircraft despite exhaustive attempts.
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