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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1931
Page
6
Brookville reports two armed episodes with a purse snatching of county law librarian Miss Florence Thomas after a Legion rehearsal near Barnett street. A separate country club robbery yielded about $90. attackers fled toward Charen street, as police probe the Monday afternoon crime.
In Pittsburgh on January 1 Carpineus Shoop 26 Alfred Miller 25 and Merle Heath 25 pleaded guilty to robbery charges. Shoop received 101s to 21 years Miller 6 to 12 and Heath 2 to 10 years. William Miller 26 pleaded guilty but his sentence was postponed pending investigation.
Erie County aims to re submit the tuberculosis hospital proposal at the November election with bond financing. Joseph Rogan said the plan seeks voter approval amid ongoing litigation. County editors plan to keep the injunction petition active until voters re approve the project.
Oil City January 4. Mayor T L Blair notes no fines were collected at the police court this year as there were none imposed. He hopes reform of petty offenders will stay, but says eliminating fines pressures the police budget. He pledges no revenue shortfall if citizens avoid arrests.
Radio listings mark Sunday evening programs across networks. At 6:80 p.m. Howard Dandies airs on WABC CBS, 7:30 p.m. RCA Victor hour on WEAF NBC, 8:15 p.m. Collier’s radio hour on Ws2 NBC, 9:15 p.m. Atwater Kent hour on WEAF NBC, and 10 p.m. Jesse Crawford on WABC CBS.
Clyde Gibson a 51 year old disbarred New Castle Pennsylvania attorney is held in the county jail and to be returned to New Castle to face embezzlement charges. He is accused of misappropriating client funds ranging from eighty thousand to eighty thousand dollars and had been living under an assumed name in Youngstown Ohio, where authorities say he eluded capture for nearly two years.
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