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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1934
Page
6
Joseph B. Widener, long seen as the authority on horse ratings, may resign as racing czar. The rumor follows a period of acclaim after a notable Bronx cheer at Tropics Park, as plans for a constitutional revision and the 1934 Pennsylvania election loom.
Melvin A. Traylor, a 15 year veteran Chicago banker and a former Democratic presidential candidate, is gravely ill with pneumonia. Doctors from heart and lung specialties are attending him under oxygen in a Chicago hospital.
Harrisburg January 24 The Public Service Commission says it eliminated duplication of in state truck service by removing the unfit operator and protecting the legitimate trucker by requiring public liability and property damage insurance. The ICC issued more than 4800 certificates in 1933 to truckers with many hearings and protests resolved. 2700 certificates issued without hearings after satisfactory applications.
The B P W Club held its social session at Miss Gertrude Wield’s home on Carbord street. The Education and Research committee led the event with a tureen gathering and games, with Miss Dorothy Hammon winning the award in a post event contest. The planning for the next business meeting and committee leadership was announced.
A truncated notice hints at a historic naming of Florin for Florence de Corker and a minted coin once tied to the city of Florence. The garbled text suggests a legacy of finance and trade shaping the name, though details remain unclear.
A string of local items reports on a retirement honor dinner for Robert Wolford, municipal job applications deadline, new officers of the Pennsylvania County Agents Association, elm disease checks near Meadville, a fire alarm wire break in Corry, a 1 dividend declaration by the Pennsylvania Railroad, hospital condition updates, a gun accident casualty, county fair attendance rise, Pennsylvania Railroad freight carload totals, educational dental film in Corry schools, a deputy fire marshal appointment, CWA pay day, stock market gains in New York, and tuberculosis society conference plans in Harrisburg.
PA reform advocates push for constitutional revision amid urgings by Attorney General Schnader and State Treasurer Waters. They cite rising government costs, new agencies, and burdens on real estate owners as justification. Proposals include easing bill presentation rules and possibly convoking a constitutional convention to modernize the 60 year old charter.
By United Press Harrisburg June 24 plans for the 1984 convention of the State Renoration of Women's Clubs were outlined as executive boards met. Mrs J M Steim of New Kensington reported 250 junior clubs in the state with about 4000 members ages 18 to 28. Mrs B O Barnes of Corey announced the Warren county June 4 meeting where the Vikings gift to the state will be presented. Mrs Steven M Byers of Washington reported scientific education projects on the alcoholic effect on the human system. State president Mrs Richard J Hamilton of Ardmore presided as sessions wrapped up this afternoon.
Harrisburg Jan 24 An announcement from the Wigner control board says Pennsylvania state liquor stores will not act as a sales experiment for unfamiliar brands. The board will deal with large manufacturers and importers, not firms with only a few cases. An order for several thousand cases of Scotch was processed last Friday and should reach shelves in about two weeks.
The Rev. William J. Turner pastor of Springdale Methodist Episcopal Church will be buried here Friday after services at the church. He died in West Penn hospital yesterday after a brief illness. A large number of bills have been passed by the legislature.
Harrisburg reports that Pennsylvania's 1933 hunting fatalities fell sharply from 1922 levels. Nine deer season deaths, down from 19 in 1922, plus small game deaths dropping from 95 to 23. Nonfatal injuries also declined, with 14 year deer injuries versus 34 the prior year. Preliminary figures suggest overall hunter danger similar to 1932, maybe slightly better.
A federal State employment office plan will send a representative to Corry every Wednesday to register unemployed residents and handle GWA inquiries. Mr Barringer from the Erie office will be at the Municipal building from 9 am to 4 pm beginning January 8 to receive registrations and answer questions, improving local contact with the Erie office. Mrs Ea Walker Mrs Schlosser and Miss Sally Holkin of Erie visited Mrs G G Barker in Corry today.
Uniontown Pa January 24 William Thornell aged 65 veteran West Penn Railways Company employee was killed today when crushed twice between two freight cars within minutes. He was caught while adjusting a headlight. as one car moved to free him the second moved forward crushing him again. Thornell had worked for the company 25 years and died in the freight yard.
The article notes a solution of potassium hypochlorite for cleaning stains from marble and fires and asserts it is used as an antiseptic though often adulterated with bicarbonate of potash and is poisonous.
A fragmented BRIE item notes a court call involving many others and an ad or notice sent by Alton, suggesting a legal or civic action with wider participation, though details are unclear from the readable text.
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