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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1936
Page
3
A garbled recap of local items mentions a Christmas sale, highway safety alerts, vehicle permit withdrawals, and upcoming lectures. It cites the Pennsylvania Railroad income for 1995, weather impacts on business, and various state department actions on welfare, labor, and school funding. It records political votes on a veto override and notes organizational conventions in Harrisburg.
United Press reports that Erie County assemblymen elected in 1934 with multiple party nominations face new limits under a party raiding ban. The piece lists legislators from Allegheny, Beaver, Blair, Cameron, Clinton, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Philadelphia, Schuylkill and Westmoreland with Republican Democrat and third-party alignments.
Severe cold grips the region with sub zero winds and heavy snow. Heat failures at St Thomas church forced Sunday services to move to a school hall, while roads remain nearly impassable in western and southern districts. Highway crews deploy a huge caterpillar plow to clear main arteries and widen passageways, though rural routes stay paralyzed. Strong winds and drifting snow continue, with forecasts predicting more cold nights ahead. Mr and Mrs C Reginald Smith of Union City spent the week in the city with Mrs Smith's parents, Mr and Mrs Brug Boks.
A Rome dispatch reports massive casualties in the Ethiopian conflict with claims of soldiers killed on both sides near the Talanh site and at Neguels. The communique also notes Allied forces advancing on the Bommalfind front and Thai forces defeating Archopians after occupation of a lowland area.
A Literary Digest supplementary poll among subscribers shows 62.94 percent voting against the New Deal, 84,869 yes and 144,279 no. Compared with a 62.66 percent negative in the general 10 million poll, most states lean against the New Deal, with twelve states supporting it in the magazine poll and several shifting to opposition. Walter W. Smith of Meadville will speak at the Mimer C Currier Post banquet, Presbyterian Church, 6:30 pm, with dinner served by the auxiliary.
Jamie DeCamp 23 and Raymond Riggle 21 were on a truck at 2 a.m. near 279 Walnut Street Kane when a car owned by T. C Donahue struck DeCamp as they removed chains from a trailer. Riggle jumped free with minor injuries. DeCamp sustained a skull fracture and was rushed to the hospital.
Police announced a confession solving the Chelina Young slaying, tied to a 1927 decay case. Robert Dreamer, 88, a railroad worker, was held after recent attacks on Washington girls matched his description. He reportedly confessed on Saturday after intense questioning following witness descriptions.
National organization seeks reliable young men with fore sight and full education. Must be willing to train in evenings to qualify as installation and service experts on electric refrigerators and air conditioning equipment. Interview by sending age present occupation and utilities engineering institute Fox 73 care Corry Journal.
A blaze wiped out a farm residence southeast of Pepe's Grove on South Street late Sunday. The house and most furnishings were lost. neighbors helped save portions of the household. Damage was estimated around $1,600. cause believed to be a pipe from a wood stove on the ground floor. Families received aid from neighbors while roads were drifted and shown difficulty for arrival.
RUARION January 27. An elderly woman Mary Jane Wills died in a fire that destroyed the Dirtroom home of Mrs. Willa Dady. Firefighters found her body in the kitchen area. her father Harris and family identified her. She was born December 27, 1856, in Riverville and had long resided in Clarion, member of the Mt. E church.
The Catholic Daughters of America post a bridge luncheon and business luncheon at 11:80 and 1:20, with Mrs Albert L Miller as chair and Miss Helen Morrell in charge of reservations. Proceeds support court conceptions with plans to entertain attendees.
Miss Trrancus A. Rowlane, a fourth year high school family studies writer, is named among 2500 authors in a national poetry volume. Avail copy details from Avon House New York. Also reported is the death of Prof. Walter J. Shepard, 64, longtime dean at Ohio State University, with funeral services scheduled Tuesday.
In a serialized tale set around Anastasia beauty salons, Walter Riley falls for Helen Schiller despite family pressures. He recalls the Riley sisters' rise, debts, and sacrifices, while their winter romance blooms in hidden meetings and danger of discovery. They fantasize a future together amid family loyalties and social obstacles.
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