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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1939
Page
3
A near completion all metal monoplane at Curliss-Wright in Lambert Field will carry 38 passengers at 227 mph and reach 22,000 feet. Powered by two Wright Cyclone engines it features automatic ground pressure control, nine radio outfits and a 2000 mile range.
London comedy Barrels of Money will be presented by the Pollard Players next Wednesday as part of the 1938 89 lyceum course. The play follows Aubrey Allington a penniless inventor who plans to fool creditors by posing as the heir to a fortune after a failed suicide attempt.
At the January 27 meeting in Warren the Pennsylvania Gas Company re elected B H McLachlan as president for 1939. C F Sloan was named first vice president E D Wetmore second vice president H C McConnell secretary and treasurer C R Smith assistant secretary and treasurer Directors elected include D O Leary H H Crary B D Wetmore H H McConnell C T Sloan J H Alexander NJ Judge and B H McLachlan.
Controller Harvey M Willis filed the annual report with the court showing total receipts 8 197 495 43 and expenditures 238 005 84 for the year. The balance 862 488 59 includes 587 080 28 in the sinking fund and 129 824 in the general fund. Real estate holdings were 1 299 132 63 including the courthouse and tuberculosis hospital. Total assets including furniture and fixtures were 3 627 492 53 and total indebtedness 3 580 000 with part due this year. A summary will be printed in the newspaper and copies obtainable.
In a wind tunnel visible demonstrations reveal how air moves around cones, discs, and spheres, illustrating geometric flow patterns and the interaction of air with different shapes.
Erie police chief George Christoph asks the public to aid in finding a man about 25, described as five feet ten inches tall, who passed a forged check at Murphy Five and Ten on State Street yesterday. The suspect, who fled with 70 cents, was seen leaving in a car and is considered dangerous.
Funeral services were held at Bricken Keating chapel at 7 00 pm Thursday for Frank V Spencer of Youngstown Ohio formerly Corry who died Sunday at his step daughter's home. Rev Percy I Haines of the Methodist Episcopal church officiated. Relatives and railroad telegraphers attended including John Slattery J B Young Patrick Crane Charles Cronin A L Cottrell and Pyanit Keefe. Out of town mourners included James Stevens Miles Riley and son Miles Jr James Billett Bert Kendall Henry Rose and Mildred of Erie Patrick Crowe Irvin Button and J Gustafson of Jamestown New York M and Mrs Paul Schmidt of Cambridge Springs. Attendents from the Order of Railroad Telegraphers were present.
Adrian Collins, former Mile County official, resigns from the Advisory Board of Evie County Institute District. Reported to tender due to other duties and perceived sympathy with changes in proposed county institutional district realignment.
Fragmentary text mentions Collins as court-appointed poor reformer and Merrett in Pasadena California. It references reforms, elderly district work, birthdays, and a hobby about demonstrating capacity for new pursuits. Details are garbled and uncertain.
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