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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1938
Page
7
Fragmentary sports item notes a Fallon man, plus other named figures, competing in a 36 hole event at Shawnee with scores around 46-36-12 and a late finish amid steady rain and alarms. Names and places are partly garbled but reference to a golf Open and Scottish links appears.
A small plane piloted by Renama, owned by Deluxe Indiel Layier Co, failed engine shortly after takeoff from Warren Municipal Airport. Renama escaped uninjured but passenger Russell Lilllefiel, 28, of Endeavor, suffered facial cuts and was treated at Warren General Hospital. The craft, returning to the field, struck a tree and damaged a wing, prompting a forced landing in a field behind the old brewery. the pilot and passenger recovered and the plane sustained heavy damage but was expected to be repaired and returned to service after inspection.
Erie, July. Willis B. Pratt of 615 Recensvant Avenue becomes county superintendent of schools succeeding J. R. Hatlock who retired after eight years. Pratt was elected last April and took oath after being named. He has served as Hatlock's assistant until today as Hatlock retires after 47 years in education including 1 as assistant superintendent of schools in the county.
A reader urges taxpayers to recognize the strain of property taxes when job loss illness and depleted savings hit homeowners and farmers. The letter argues tax assessments reflect value not earning capacity, implies political change won’t quickly ease burdens, and calls for collective public pressure to reform taxation.
Erie County deficits loom as Controller Harvey M. Willis blasts the county board for unchecked appropriations not in the budget. He warns that remaining balances are exhausted and urges commissioners to stop approving extra grants and say no to all nonbudget requests to salvage year end funds.
Eve county relief figures for the week ending June 25 show 219 cases and 7,652 persons aided, up from 147 cases and 7,118 persons the prior week. The increase totals 172 cases and 604 persons, with 108 cases from private employment rolls and 35 from cessation of unemployment compensation. An additional 22 cases arose from WEA project closures while private employment absorbed 16 cases, WPA 42, and unemployment compensation 87. Industrial conditions were improving slightly according to the report.
The ten year old daughter of the superintendent of schools and Mrs Vaughn DeLong of 06 Wort First Street was seriously burned yesterday afternoon when her clothing caught fire while lighting a piece of punk. Neighbors aided by beating out the flames after the accident occurred as the child played with other children.
Charles Bailey executive secretary of the relief notes failure to prove private industry layoffs would ease, as many workers seek help. The week saw one of the largest unemployed claims in six months with direct relief rising steadily. WPA programs fading as cases grow.
Senator Alben W Barkley defends New Deal programs arguing they spur permanent improvements and employment while debt rose under prior administrations. He contrasts Hoover and Roosevelt debt changes and asserts overall net debt impact is manageable, noting broader declines in private and public obligations since Roosevelt’s inauguration.
Seven year old Jane Maclaud of Meadville lost a portion of her hair when she turned on an electric wringer at her parents home during the Fourth of July weekend. She sustained scalp burns and facial bruises but no lasting injuries and could not join her family at a picnic.
Executor Dorothy Waller Griffiths announces letters testamentary granted by Erie County Register. All debts owed to the estate should be paid promptly and all claims presented without delay. Address 2 High Street Cambridge Beirne Dee 5122 29.
Pittsburgh July 6 district police chased a ballist who slugged a woman cashier and escaped with 2200 from a Gravity Fill service station. Miss Bertha Hosbach, cashier at the central office, was robbed and the money box she carried to the bank vanished in Braddock Boroughs main street.
A 20 ton black granite monument in Chester Pennsylvania, a gift from Finland and Finnish Americans, honors the 300th anniversary of Finnish settlement in America. The sculpture by notable Finn artist Vainw Aaltonen features a bas relief of colonists departing Finland. The piece recalls precolonial chimney swift habitats in early American history as a secondary note.
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