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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1936

Page

8

Fire damages home on West Washington Street

Fire damaged Levi Craker’s house at 271 West Washington Street Saturday afternoon. The blaze started in the basement possibly from electric wires and forced evacuation just minutes before fire crews arrived. Damage may reach 1500 dollars with smoke and water impact. booster tank and a roof hole helped limit spread. A second alarm at Box 48 sent firefighters to Chestnut Street where a nearby home and barn were saved and quickly extinguished.

Levi Craker Washington Street Fredeverel la Crusy Partison West Washington Street Box 48 Brook South Center Streets Chestnut Street Tony Brisbie

Highway Department to curb roadside signs in annual cleanup

Warren Van Dyke announces the highways department will start its yearly sign cleanup, targeting cardboard cloth tin and wooden signs on or near right of way. Obstruction at curves will be addressed with owners and clubs while valuable signs are stored for 15 days for potential reclaim.

Harrisburg Warren van Dyke le Department

Auto overturns six times in 60-foot embankment crash

An automobile driven by Chester Tibets overturned six times after swerving to avoid another car and plunged down a 60-foot embankment. Tibets crawled out with minor outs.

Toledo Chester Tibets Tibbets

Rupture Shield Expert Demonstrates at Lawrence Hotel

H M Shevnan, Chicago rupture expert, will appear at the Lawrence Hotel Erie on July 6 and 7 from 9 am to 5 pm to demonstrate Zoetic Shield a new method claiming immediate rupture closure without straps or medicines. He cites 15 years as assistant to F H Beciey and offers free demonstrations.

H. M. Shevnan Chicago Lawrence Hotel Erie Maiday Shevnan Sheva Richmond St F. H. Beciey Ciniols Enicage Advita

Two Have Narrow Escape When Horses Run Away

Amos White and daughter Wilhelmina narrowly escaped injury when a team of runaway horses pulled the hay loader and wagon after the first road of day. White was tossed from the loader and Miss Wilhelmina under the wheels but both survived. Fred Newhouse stopped the runaway pair as neighbors assisted.

Amos White French Creek Clymer High Washington Shirley Stapleton Trench Crear George L. Goling Fame French Creel Golding Flora Meal Tather Leni Maleski Velma Seltzer Prine Mia Mildred Proestler Roberta Thompson Margaret Reed Edward Wenzel Kenneth Legters Ralph Williams Ellen Gleason Louis Proestler Washington, D. C ML. Vernon Naval Academy Annapolis Atlantic City New York City Albany Dorothy Beckerink Winifred Beckerink Arline Beckerink Pauline Beckerini Verna Wsherman Lucille Howell Marjorie Korman Constantine Markell Esther Quereveld Doris Querrvel Doris Ruslink Ethel Webster Maxine Wallace William Martin and Son Wilmington del Frank Martin Youngsville Carl Martn Harold Cady Hartfield Leas Gleason Cady Chautauqua Jorm New York Dion Greason Lucy May Storer Fredonia State Normal School Wilbur Camp Charles Camp Charles, Jr Garland George N Martin Russell Harl Edwards Lou Ella Peterson Sphonls Findley Lake Peterson Corry Hospital Fred Nehouse Dairymen’s League Sinclairville Wilhelmina Mr. White Miss White Fred Newhouse

Education Congress Program Forming in Harrisburg

Harrisburg July 6 The Education Congress program is taking shape with Dr Samuel Patsold appointed by State Superintendent Lester Sade as chairman of the program committee. The first day October 7 features four conference groups debating finance instruction and related topics with findings reported at the general session. A Wednesday evening Education Forum will be led by Dr Lester Ade and other educators. A noon luncheon is planned at the Penn Harris Hotel on Thursday.

Harrisburg Samuel Patsold Hageen Lester Sade Lester K. Ade Congress Penn-Harris

Fear Bloody Warfare in Steel Union Drive

Resistance to unionization sparks warnings of force against labor. Industrialists mobilize helmeted workers and deputies behind barbed wire. Spies condemned for intimidating meetings. Labor reports say about 2000 armed men near Alcon, Ohio, a rubber industry trouble center. John L. Lewis to address the nation amid mill workers’ war declaration.

Laibor Department of Labor Alcon John L. Lewis Car I. O United Mine Workers

Aerial Photos Aid Fight On Forest Fires In Utah

An Ogden survey shows aerial photography now used widely to check timber losses in the inter mountain region. The system provides a critical tool for tracking fire damage and guiding suppression efforts across the forested areas.

Ogden Utah

Hectic fiscal year forecast by state treas

Treasury chief Charles A Waters reports Pennsylvania faces a hectic fiscal year with a sinking fund to retire tax anticipation notes and a projected rise in monthly revenue needs from 9.5 million to 14.7 million. Payments exceeded receipts by 6.56 million last year, and deficits loom despite possible summer improvement.

United Press Harrisburg Commonwealth Charles ‘A. Waters Waters Treasury Motor

Golden Lax Tablets and San-Cura Ointment Ad

An advertisement promotes Golden Lax Tablets as a safe laxative without habit forming drugs and a thorough yet mild action. It advises applying San-Cura Ointment to soothe burning soreness and support natural healing, claiming a firm cure. The duo costs 25 cents for tablets and 35 cents for ointment in drug stores.

City Council Considers Motorcycle Patrol Request

Following a fatal Friday evening accident calls rise for a motorcycle officer to patrol streets. Council may vote tonight to buy the machine and launch patrols to curb speeding on Wart Main streets, with complaints from property owners and a traffic safety push gaining momentum.

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Refresher Course Opens for Pa Highway Patrol

Harrisburg July 6 the state highway patrol opened a refresher course for all personnel with 80 non‑commissioned officers and 36 patrolmen reporting to headquarters. The program runs to mid September with four week sessions for captains and lieutenants three weeks for sergeants and corporals. A reorganization plan by Capt Charles Quarles will limit on duty depletion by restricting course intake to 50 percent per troop at a time. After completion, a four month training period for new personnel will begin and new appointments will be made based on performance. The superintendent’s rank will shift to major with a captain as second in command and an adjutant and intelligence officer added to the staff.

Harrisburg Quarles United Press State Highway Patrol Charles Quarles

Youths Held for Court in Oil Region Theft Case

Six youths charged with stripping oil from John Cable near Pithole in Allegheny township pleaded guilty before Alderman Robert Fry in Franklin and were bound over to the county court. Names include William Waddingham 17 Carl Snyder 22 Jay Westfall 21 Dewey Mauritz 19 of Titaville Charles B Allen 17 Grand Valley and Harry Dickey 19 Starroute Titusville. Loot valued at 2000 and bail set at 900 each. remanded to county jail in default.

OL cIry John Cable Pithole Allegheny Township Robert Fry Franklin William Waddingham Carl Snyder Jay Westfall Dewey Mauritz Titaville Charles B. Allen Grand Valley Harry Dickey Starroute Titusville Fnictin

Girl Under Knife 28 Times Battles Osteomyelitis

Lacy Hetherington, a 15 year old girl from Gronto, Ohio, has endured 28 operations over the past eight years as she fights osteomyelitis. Doctors describe the condition as an inflammation of the bone and report her courage during a lengthy medical battle.

Gronto Lacy Hetherington

Week shows no change in relief case list

The week brought no change in Pennsylvania direct relief totals with cases on relief rolls rising by 107 and persons on aid falling by 18. Net case tolls reflect 5,91 cases closed and 6,098 opened. 172,700 cases cover 567,721 people on relief as of June 27.

Pennsylvania Chessmail

361 cot 193m. 4 Fal, 75E 1935

361 cot 193m. 4 Fal 75E 1935 appears as a fragmented OCR line. No coherent events or names are readable to form a full news item.

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