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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1934
Page
5
Gordon, a farmer near Hamburg, reported losing a pocketbook containing seven dollars while husking corn. He searched for weeks, and when found, discovered field mice had eaten nearly all the bills leaving only small fragments intact.
Three bandits halted two restaurant employees and robbed them of 1408 dollars and 0 cents as they prepared to deposit the funds at a downtown bank. Police linked the group to a prior jewelry store robbery. Accosted near the Peoples Pittsburgh Trust Company. Nearby visitors in Erie included Mrs Bruce Banks and daughter Marie and Miss Frances Sample.
Local column notes Missy Mary Olffare returned from Alton to spend the weekend with her mother Mrs H A O’Hare and family. Guests include Miss Joe Wanda and Miss Peterson from Jamestown. Several residents, students, and visitors from Edinboro State Teachers College and nearby towns are recorded as traveling, visiting, or returning home for the weekend.
Arrangements were completed today by the committee for a card party to be held in the 1.0.0 F hall Tuesday evening. The event is for Rebekahs Odd Fellows and their friends with a large crowd expected. Awards will be given for bridge five hundred and Hokum. A luncheon will be served.
The governor's office fixed February 26 as the execution date for two Philadelphia murderers, Robert Harris and Joseph Sterling, whose convictions were upheld by the state supreme court. Yesterday a February 16 date was set for Lackawanna county murderers. they may face the electric chair unless the pardon board intervenes.
Lieutenant Thomas D. White, expert in military aviation with the Army Air Corps at Bolling Field, has been assigned to the American embassy in Magton as an assistant military attache. He will train in military intelligence at the capital before departing for Moscow.
Two Black men, Leon Dibbs and John Netter, were found fatally injured in the basement of a Lake Shore Drive club home for young women. Police suspect a grudge, with robbery unlikely, as Miss Emily Azore discovered the scene and staff were questioned.
A Seipel, 37, of Hollywood Pa, died in a local hospital from injuries after his car crashed into an abutment at Frankstown. Officials cited loss of blood before arrival at the hospital as the major cause of death.
Unsteady trading pace and volatile market action marked the day as prices fluctuated and volume remained high in Philadelphia. Federal witnesses testified in a preliminary hearing about alleged strike funding and attempted extortion by unionists.
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