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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1931
Page
8
The Washington Star notes that Mona Lisa appears without eyebrows in Da Vinci's portrait. It mentions early Renaissance fashion where some women plucked or cut their eyebrows and points to multiple sculptural and painterly examples from the period.
Reverend Roger M Cressey formerly of the First Presbyterian church in this city was installed as pastor of Henry Presbyterian church Henry Illinois under the Peoria Presbytery. The ceremony featured remarks by Rev D B Williamson Rev J M Burge and Rev S J Fernandes with addresses on the churchs changing role and a call to diligence and Christ like loyalty. A choir and local couple Mr and Mrs Gordon Downey provided music as the Cresseys received a warm greeting from the congregation after the benediction.
Springfield news reports the District appellate court affirmed a $500 fine against John L. Lewis national president of the United Mine Workers of America. The sanction comes from a Sangamon County circuit court for violating an injunction restraining interference with Illinois district union affairs.
Four inmates in solitary at the state penitentiary were restrained after a failed escape attempt sparked a riot. The four, Guy Herrum Alfred Jenkins Tony Caprello and Tom Cook, were serving terms from 15 to 25 years. They overpowered a guard, used a ladder to reach the courtyard wall, and weapons were seized from Frau Webmeger, a guard captain, as authorities investigate how they obtained knives and blackjacks.
Detroit January report says Marty Seminsky an important witness in a special grand jury investigating vice and crime was shot in a drug store. He was seated when a gunman entered, wounded him in the stomach, and he lay dying as a car fled with a confederate driving. Seminsky had warned he could not appear due to illness and had aided prosecutors in several cases.
Alois Schleighler twenty one and Rien Hinz twenty, both from Wesleyville, confess to killing James Massing a gas station attendant. They will appear before Justice Goodwin with DA Herbst seeking an upcoming February grand jury hearing. Massing's body was found five months after the shooting at the Aero Gas station on Buf le road and Water street.
Western star Tom Mix spent the weekend in DuBois Pennsylvania visiting his mother Mrs Elizabeth Mix who was injured in a recent automobile accident. Crowds of local children and boyhood friends greeted him marking his first return to his hometown in 18 years. Mix had traveled from Erie where a jury awarded Zack Miller $90000 in a $245000 suit claiming breach of a verbal contract connected to a past show.
Thompson, 76, once a Uniontown millionaire known as a Goal baron, rested at Rye Aid Bar hospital today after last Tuesday’s cataract surgery on his left eye. The operation was reported a success.
A field note highlights certain cactus varieties in Arizona that despite three years of drought continue to produce edible fruit used for meals and preserved forms. The report discusses adaptation of the cacti to arid conditions and their potential as a resource.
A list of fatal accidents reports multiple deaths across West Pennsylvania. Names include Margaret Kueherlek 11 from Starburg died at Homeopathic Hospital. Floyd Frye 20 of Eldora killed near Monessen after a passing attempt on a curve. Charles W Burker Newry near Altoona died at Rosting Springs Hospital. Kenneth Detweller released after the crash. David Warden 25 Hust Met Township died in a truck crash near Mesdville. Joseph Strawhince 23 New Haven Conn died after his car hit a pole near Beaver county line. Michel Abraham 35 Calemont hospitalized after a pole impact on Freeport road Springdale.
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