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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1934
Page
6
A jumble of late 1920s news items covers Roosevelt birthday expectations, civic meetings, rising auto traffic in Detroit, counterfeit five dollar notes warnings, new teachers at Columbus High, school tax reminders, a curious double egg, and a string of local business and civic updates including weather outlooks, highway improvements, factory plant reopenings, and Meadrille Production Credit discussions in Mercer and surrounding counties.
Police arrest John Sa linger Russell Clarke Harry Pierpont and Charles Malley in Tucson ending the Dillinger mob’s crime spree. The fugitives are accused of bank robberies and a jailbreak during Dillinger’s escape from Indiana and are linked to the Ohio Sheriff Larber assault during Lima jail delivery.
Three reputed members of John Dillinger's outlaw gang are hunted in Tucson as a habeas corpus hearing looms. Indiana Wisconsin and Ohio authorities vie to claim the prisoners, with police guarding the jail as a tense race develops to deliver Dillinger and associates.
The Corry Woman's Club Music Department presented a Peer Gynt program in the club house featuring Mrs David Hillstrom in the title role with incidental music by Ronard Grier. Mrs Arthur Palmer and Mrs Edward Hawkins performed Anitra's Dance and the Sunshine Song, while Grieg's Death of Ase and other pieces were rendered by club artists.
Mrs Mary Patterson installed officers of the Woman's Benefit Association at a meeting in Maccabee hall last Friday afternoon. Elected were Mary Murray president Lenni Reynolds vice president Mary Patterson treasurer Nellie Myri record keeper Lillian Coons chaplain Dorothy Scott sergeant Mayme Jackson lady of Ceremony Maude Gordon inner hostess and Charles Drake outside hostess. A 6:30 dinner served about thirty members followed by a card and bingo party with awards to Mrs Smith Mrs Fitzsimmons Mrs Scott and Mrs Drake.
Ridgway January 27 Mrs Joseph Barratt 34 of Johnson Bug in very serious condition at Wie County General Hospital from burns suffered Friday morning while starting a fire in the kitchen. Doctor says she sustained burns to left arm left thigh and abdomen as her dress sleeve ignited and the blaze spread before aid arrived.
United Press reports a schedule of hearings to be held in various parts of the state by the new milk control board. Each board member will hold separate sessions, with an examiner possibly assigned to speed the process. Dealers applied for registration with the board, with applications due by February 14 under a board ruling.
Harrisburg Pennsylvania July 27. The state old age assistance law takes effect December 1 but the welfare department reports a flood of inquiries already. About 75 letters daily arrive as citizens seek information. A stenographer has been assigned to handle the workload until the application forms are ready and the system is fully prepared, with blanks expected by early August.
Mary Pickford arrived in Falmouth with a police escort denying a threatening letter prompted the protection. In Boston officials noted the escort followed a crude letter delivered to her at the Ritz-Carlton. No threat or demand was confirmed, though reports suggested a ransom demand.
Harold Don Sweet seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Harold Sweet of Clymer died after a fall at a gravel pit near the community building. He apparently fell from the bank striking a hard object, breaking his neck. Coroner Cranslow of Westfield exonerated workers at the bank after investigation. Survived by parents sisters and two brothers. Funeral at Spitzer Funeral Home Clymer Sunday 1 30 PM with Rev M R Thomas officiating. Burial in Northside cemetery.
Harrisburg January 27 United Press Samuel L Lewis state highway secretary awarded today the contract to rebuild the Wil Ham Mynn highway from Butler to the Allegheny county line to the York Engineering Company of York. The firm’s id was 781045.
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