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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1934
Page
6
A crowded Erie county item list reports 42 workers on Warren County PWD projects, store layoffs across Western New York and NW Pennsylvania by July 1, and a Corry Hospital board postponement due to quorum. It notes political tours by Attorney General Sevniite, Army and veterans events, gas and vehicle office changes, and a Democratic Women picnic at Waldameer Park along with several regional meetings and school certificate changes.
July notes from Carter Hill and nearby areas describe visits by Amy Tanner and others to local families, losses of livestock, relatives from Falconer and Cottage Hill, and several Sunday gatherings at homes of Follett, Burrows, and Proctor. Several locals, including Lillian Jaskotsky, recover from illness as inquiries and social visits continue.
In Meadville early today two amateur bandits attempted a card game hold up at the Iroquois Club Conneaut Lake. Dale Kirkpatrick a Meadville garage owner was shot in the left leg as he tried to defend himself. he was taken to Meadville City hospital with non life threatening injuries. Several witnesses and local business owners were present or nearby. Police pursued no arrests at the scene.
The Public Utilities Commission ordered East Ohio Gas Co to roll back rates for 280000 customers to 715 cents per thousand cubic feet, refund excess charges since June 30 1931 amounting to 3500000, and decide on refund method. The company may appeal to the state supreme court.
The Soth Division Veterans will hold a four day national replay from August 16 at Conneaut Lake Pa. Major General Adelbert Crain will attend and Colonel E G Peyton will preside. Railroads offer reduced rates to Linesville and Meadville for the event.
James town court reports Willian Bennett a Seneca Indian of Cutturangus near Teving found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of Franklin Hare and Mrs Torah Kennedy in a collision on the Irving Gowanda road August 6 1883. He received two consecutive 2 and a half year sentences totaling about five years in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. Bennett’s wife and mother followed him to jail as Deputy U S Marshal George Fox prepared to remove him. The case arose after a two day drunken party returning Indians were involved.
Mrs O B Eaton entertained Quaero Club members at North Center street home with ice cream and wafles. She shared a trip with her brother to various places including a weeks stay in Mexico. Each member praised the gathering as a pleasant social event after long finals.
A Washington state rule bars sale of liquor to Indians with any Indian blood. The policy raises questions about detection methods and enforcement in taverns and tavernkeepers face the challenge of determining eligibility by blood percentage.
In Jamestown an Ohio River area death report describes 6 year old Carol Glyen killed by a train at the Boole Avenue crossing while crossing with her brother and a friend. Authorities cite a likely skull fracture from the impact.
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