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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1928
Page
3
The article argues that rising car use and streets filled with people reduced last year’s traffic fatalities. It credits safer roads to sound engineering and public education, noting enforcement as important but secondary. It calls for continued efforts across American cities to extend safety gains.
Bert Acosta, jailed for traffic violations in Connecticut, faces a separate New Jersey grand larceny charge for allegedly stealing the Splitdorf airplane. Authorities seek extradition as Acosta defends himself, claiming a misunderstanding and planning to return to New Jersey to resolve the case.
The Senate public lands committee asks Col Robert W Stewart chairman of Standard Oil Co of Indiana to return from Havana and testify about Continental Trading Co Ltd of Canada amid Wall Sinclair deals. An aviator faces a five day jail term for low flying and possible release on bond. extradition issues involve Acosta, a suspect in larceny of an aircraft.
The Birmingham News reports the Ku Klux Klan will unmask on a soon chosen date citing opposition to masked secrecy. The piece argues masking invites abuses and that the order should be judged by merits like any open organization.
Sunday morning at about 8 o clock Mr A Mangus of the adjoining home investigated the green house and found Colonel G F Oakley the aged florist dead. He had been dead for several hours.
A Washington report surveys postmastership sales rumors and says some offices were bought through political contributions. It notes women are rising in government roles, details civil service trends, and describes prohibition era testing to select agents. The piece mentions figures like T.W. Trini and C. George Olmsted and reflects on agency practices.
1. Alexander Graham Bell. 2. Hummingbird. 3. The Old Testament was written in Hebrew the New in Greek. 4. 1621. 5. Los Angeles.
A reader questions common errors in English usage including sentence structure and pronunciation. The page lists mispellings, missing letters in synonyms, and guidance on daily use of a correct word with examples and exercises.
A steel beam weighs 0.28 pounds per cubic inch. For a beam 30 feet long 2 feet wide and 4 inches tall the volume is 30 ft × 2 ft × 4 in. Convert to inches and compute weight as 0.28 lb/in³ times volume.
Members of the Stanford Hose Co will hold their regular bi monthly meeting in their rooms tonight. The session scheduled for last night was canceled due to a basketball game. President J S Paulson expressed hope for a large turnout for tonight's gathering.
Northampton dispatch reports authorities lack clues to the disappearance of Miss John Smith a Smith College freshman since late January. A ransom note prompted a $12,000 payment attempt. a package with no money was left at a Springfield department store stairway as detectives search for leads.
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