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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1939
Page
8
The Board of Education rejected bids for new toilets at the boys section of the Senior High as excessive. Prospective bidders included A. Puke and Kinney & Spiesman with bids around 490 to 504 dollars. The panel seeks savings and will study costs further.
An advertisement from Rouseville PA claims a new scientific discovery named Breatheasy remedies asthma and hay fever with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. It offers a free trial and provides a contact in Oil City.
Elton H. Blair of Union City announces re election bid in the Republican primary. He touts economy in government and two county tax rate reductions during his first term, notes 30 years of marriage to his wife and a son Arthur, and pledges faithful service as a public representative in the courthouse.
G J Engel of Pittsburgh filed suit with Attorney Byrd Baur against Harry N Lee of Tenafly N J over a Route 8 collision four and a half miles south of Union City on January 25 1939. Engel seeks 209 35 for car damages claiming his vehicle was struck while it was standing and the suit was filed before Judge J Orin Waite in motion court.
Erie coast guard station lacks a speed boat for urgent rescues prompting criticism after two boat upsets off Six Mile creek. Four boats serve the station. one lacks motor, two are slow, and the speed boat cannot handle rough seas. Another vessel nearby performed the rescues. The article notes a 36 foot life boat with 12 mph speed saved victims.
Finn Roane of Kane travels from Pittsburgh to assemble transport gear for the U S claim staking expedition to the South Pole. He joins Rear Admiral Richard Byrd on a government ordered mission to reach Byrd Land Ellsworth Land and Princess Elizabeth Sea. Roane, a Kane Ski Club member, will direct partition work and sails in October on a second Byrd voyage after a 1933 trip earning a Congressional Medal. He plans to, through Washington talks, gather 190 huskies from Labrador and Canada for sled teams across the continent.
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