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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1931
Page
3
A New York merchant advertised for a stenographer earning 12 dollars weekly. When applicants flooded the hall, security failed and the office was overwhelmed. A resourceful girl suggested raffling the job, numbers drawn from a hat. No. 42 won while others cheered. The scene highlights a stenography oversupply.
The comptroller of the Federal Reserve urges Congress to criminalize circulating false reports about banks or Fed members. He cites a whispering campaign against banks and notes that rumors, sometimes spread by loyal citizens, can topple sound banks. He urges stopping gossip and reporting to bank officials.
The Cuban government suspended nine Havana newspapers and magazines for exaggerated and distorted reports of recent disorders. It defended press freedom while condemning sensational coverage as unacceptable, as President Machado tightens control amid growing political pressure. The piece also critiques tactics used in the Norris controversy and warns against outside interference in Nebraska politics.
Typhoid cases exceed two hundred in Erie with five deaths reported amid thawing conditions. A house fire on Euclid Street was contained by the fire department. A teacher girl school banquet at Miss Jean McInnes’ home proved pleasant and profitable. High water and rising rivers disrupt town areas. Charles Barton of North Center Street is critically ill at Carrigan hospital. Prof Donnell’s Armory rink exhibition deemed very good. James and William Mulheims travel to Campbellford for their uncle Bernard Mulheiman’s funeral.
Telluric, of or pertaining to the earth, is featured in the day’s word study. Mia Wallace Knowles and her son, long patients at Corry hospital, left for home in Columbus after a several day stay.
Ridgway January 17 Judge A Baird pronounced sentences in the Fle Community Court Friday morning. George TrumbullViolation of the liquor law four months in county jail and a $500 fine plus costs Cyril Van Slander violation of liquor law $1,000 fine costs of prosecution and six months in jail A L McCarthy assault and battery placed on probation Charles Addres driving while intoxicated placed on probation Cases heard without a jury The Court directed Joseph Campbell to pay $50 per month for his wife and daughter's support.
Answers to yesterday question set include Water and St George. Guam lies in the Pacific Ocean. The Blarney Stone is kissed for eloquence. The highest navigable lake is Lake Victoria. Geese were sighted over Himalayan peaks near 35 000 feet.
A storekeeper marks up an article by 25 percent then cuts the price by 20 percent. Determine whether there is a gain or loss and by how much. The note continues with yesterday’s answer and a brief explanation about pipe flow rates, combining 1-8 and 1-24 to get the total rate, then inverting 1 by 1-6 for the final result.
Disclosive report reveals hijackers seized a cargo of high grade liquor valued at $5,000 after running it from New York into Pennsylvania. Three men guarding the cache were held up at gunpoint and the loot vanished with no resistance, while victims were warned to forget about it.
Jamestown resident TR Ream, aged 42, slipped on a Lafayette street sidewalk and stepped into broken glass from a one-gallon jug, severing tendons in his right heel. He was hospitalized at W A hospital after a passerby transported him. police found another broken jug nearby and could not determine how the jugs came to be on the walk.
Hundreds thronged the West Columbus avenue rink last night as the ice proved top for the season with four hundred skaters enjoying morning, afternoon, and evening sessions. Old Amers find the rink a strong youth restorer while medics observed on the ice yesterday morning.
Rev Ralph M. Davis praises the Pope's encyclical as a step toward stable foundations while noting mixed views on church union. The article mentions a sale at Newhoge Shoehouse, plant manager Barnes denying rumors of closure, and Gov elect Pinchot naming John A. McSparran as secretary of agriculture, a choice welcomed by farmers and the Grange.
Rev John Heslip another candidate for the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church of this city will speak at both the morning and evening services at the church Sunday.
In Philadelphia on January 17 a blaze gutted a five story building, causing about $400,000 in damage. Firemen fought the flames, using ladder towers after the first hours, and several firefighters were severely burned and admitted to hospital.
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