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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1928
Page
7
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Union City loses Milton Stafford 12 after powder burns from a blank cartridge pistol near his home. The fatal tetanus follows earlier blast deaths tied to the county fireworks weekend. Health officers discuss curbing fireworks amid multiple injuries and hospitalnfections and plan a County Council meeting to consider restrictions.
Corry minister was speaker at a Salvation Army meeting last evening attended by about 180. George Ludvig presided as services opened with congregational singing and prayers for the sick. A nominating committee for new officers was appointed. Rev. Dar Ing, who toured Congo and Africa, displayed native objects including snakes, ivory, grass mats and leopard skin.
A Stockton man was seriously injured after a bull charged him while he drove cattle to a barnyard. The right side of his chest was crushed and he sustained several fractured ribs. Neighbors responding to his cries helped drive the bull away and he was taken to Memorial Hospital.
The Corry Ministerial Association asks the school board to study a plan for weekday religious classes through church cooperation. Parents would voluntary send children one hour weekly to a church school, with no impact on public school status and no use of public funds.
Rumors of a reconciliation between Ellin Mackay Berlin and her father Clarence Mackay precede a report that a second child is expected at the Berlin home soon. The telegraph magnate and wife of Irving Berlin are at the center of the chatter in social circles.
In Cleveland on July 17 81 year old Tom Bonovich of Detroit was bound over to the Federal grand jury on a charge of passing counterfeit $20 bills. Secret Service Chief William Harper and Jamestown Detective Sgt Emil Henry aided in the probe into circulation believed to originate from Buffalo.
Pittsburgh July 17 The final Mt Washington roadway in the city's 10.6 million highway program will be formally dedicated late today. The hillside boulevard runs from Grandview to the downtown area, towering 500 feet above the business district, and will open with a parade and exercises under the Washington Heights Board of Trade. A feature will be awards of silver cups to the five best decorated hosts.
The Pennsylvania Railroad renews a petition to the Public Service Commission at Harrisburg for authority to run bus lines across Pennsylvania counties. The petition, filed by the Pennsylvania General Trail Company, seeks a broad statewide network aligned with its steam railroad reach. Former governors resisted similar petitions, but Reading has since expanded bus operations after a change in administration.
Erie July 17 Theodore Klapthor 30 of Erie stopped six motorists on the Party highway south of the city and inspected their cars. He appeared intoxicated and gave vehicles a stricter examination than patrols. He was arrested by Motorcycle Patrolman Heimbaugh after complaints, released under bond pending a police court hearing, but did not appear.
An Arctic ordeal recounted by famed dog sled expert Van Dongen, detailing dire shortage of food, dog meat rationing, brutal storms, and a dramatic rescue after reaching a drifting ice floe. The narrative, transmitted from Spitsbergen, covers a trek from North Cape toward Cape Brann and Foyn Island, ending with signals from an icebreaker and aircraft.
Arctic rescue effort details the fate of Mariano one of six men saved, as snow and ice break through with Captain Malianu and Filippo Zappi aiding. The Krassin vessel struggles to reach King's Bay for urgent medical transfer before a promised mercy voyage to Advent Bay.
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