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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1934
Page
6
The article outlines the civil service board’s structure and duties. It details appointment processes, examinations for police fire engineering and health roles, and the boards that govern appointments. It notes terms, vacancies, and rules for qualification of applicants and board members.
A Columbus village school lists honor and credit pupils across grades. Notable names include Florence Ross, Harry Thompson, Anna Toplovich, James Bartoo, Doris Coons, Ruth Coons, Olga Matsko, and Martha Bartoo, with teachers noted as Mrs Blanche Bunnell and others.
The Corry Woman's Club music department will stage its annual entertainment for members at the club house this Friday evening. Miss Lillian Barnes chairs the program which promises a delightful variety and invites all members to attend.
Erie county officials will present a plan to sell the county almshouse near Girard to the state for a tuberculosis hospital. Commissioner Helen M Schluraff and Poor Director Adrian Collins will lay the plan before Harrisburg officials next Tuesday, with Governor Pinchot unavailable and discussions with state health leaders planned. Unofficial reports suggest several association directors now favor the sale, while Mrs. Alice Liveright supports it and aims to influence the outcome.
January 25 report states Thos Sokoloff was beaten by his wife and another woman at 343 East Front. He lay in a bloodstained bedroom, then neighbors found him and he was taken to Hamet hospital in serious condition. Police hunted the wife and accomplice.
Six residents of OTL City escaped serious harm after a car veered off North Seneca Street and struck a telephone pole near 11 PM Wednesday. Two people were seriously injured including Mrs. Margaret Gannon with a fractured jaw and Mr. J W Walker with leg and hand fractures. The others, including Charles P Plumer and Betty Jane Rial, sustained head lacerations and shock and were taken to Joepita for observation.
Representative McFadden of Pennsylvania denounces President Roosevelt in the House calling his monetary plan unconstitutional and a fiscal fraud. He says Washington would not heed money changers and condemns the gold standard changes as an assault on Congress power and the Constitution.
An insurance agent J. Ruskewyat was killed by five of his wives in Warsaw on January 2. The women, unaware of previous marriages, formed an arranged surprise party after learning of the other wives. The case spotlights a spree killing tied to undivorced marital ties.
Bartel Bailie a Wall Street banker will resign as special assistant to Secretary Morgenthau after the billion dollar security offering. He will return to J and W Seligman Company as the Treasury tightens financing to a central role. Morgenthau will oversee remaining work until an undersecretary is appointed.
County Weights and Measures head James Sullivan launched a campaign against coal dealers giving short weight. Several violators have already been apprehended and brought to court. A triplicate sales slip must accompany each delivery and a copy given to the customer. If shortweight is suspected, notify the sealer for investigation. A ton equals 2 12 tons with mud and snow often adding weight.
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