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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1932
Page
6
Corry items span highway sign changes ordered by Secretary of Highways Sam Lewis from yellow on ground to black lettering on white. A Corry boy writes from Rome to friends in the city as delays, medical stories, and business appointments stitch together a busy local page.
Prices moved higher as traders noted cooler weather in grain regions and scattered activity in wheat and rye. Beedwart and Wade were mentioned in passing as markets balanced weather impact with thin selling, while Com showed early strength before turning lower and outs traded slowly in a feature Yeas session.
A delegation of four Pennsylvania farmers urged tax relief at Harrisburg during the regular legislative session. They presented a threefold program to lower government costs, including taxing all income for non-educational purposes, funding state high roads by motor taxes, and reducing state movement costs to 1910 levels. The petition bore 20 900 signatures as lawmakers pledged careful consideration.
Erie, July 20. Farm agent P. S. Crossman says about 50 percent of the county's sweet corn fields have been attacked by worms. The corn ear worm is more than an inch long and green, attacking ears as kernels begin to form. He prescribes dusting with equal parts calcium arsenate and hydrated lime in the earliest stage.
Ripley July 20 Ray Latons a yt years old Predonia was arrested by state police on a first degree assault charge tied to a hijacking attempt near Ripley last week. Latona is the second man held after Eugene use of Niagara Falls was taken into custody Saturday. Latona was arraigned today and held for the grand jury. He could not provide bail and remained in the county jail at Mayville. It is alleged that Latona and others blocked the highway at 3 am last Wednesday to stop a machine driven by Edward Sample 18 Erie Pa and that Sample was shot in the jax. Sample is recovering in an Erie hospital.
The Blue Ridge Ramblers sponsor an old-time square dance contest at Rex. Thursday evening features a two day engagement with open entry for four-couple sets from nearby towns. Each set chooses figures and has its own caller. Music is by the Ramblers after a nine o’clock performance.
Edwin Schneider a 25 year old Pittsburgh automobile mechanic was found unconscious in his garage five hours after being overcome by carbon monoxide gas. He died two hours after arrival at Homeopathic hospital. Police said the garage door was closed and the car engine was running when he was found.
Readable fragments describe a local item or notice with partial names and places. The text is garbled, offering no clear event date, entity roles, or concrete outcome to summarize beyond the presence of a regional reference and a suspect phrase. Further clean text needed for precise card.
United Press reports a large barn blaze at a Newton Square farm destroyed seventeen thoroughbred horses valued at about ten thousand dollars. Among the victims were King Rexall, the Easton horse show champion, and Noble, a valuable English horse.
In Chicago the four youths plot a Pearl Sea voyage inspired by Captain Whitney. Jane Whitney reveals a tie to the tale while a mysterious woman in a Henderson's book store scene hints at a deeper past. The group pursues clues as Newsroom chatter and a bank closure change their plans.
Delegates at the empire conference hold fate of a quarter of world trade as an unofficial plan to shield empire producers shapes U S makers. A likely tariff shift could protect Canadian mills and curb American steel and other exports, pushing empire self sufficiency and raising fears of reduced U S exports in steel iron beef textiles grain cotton wool oil fruit and more.
A noted scientific development proposes a four chamber revolver capable of delivering a silent shock effect. The device aims to disrupt sound without revealing the shooter, offering a novel tool for covert tality tasks.
James A. Farley heads a nationwide campaign committee to support Franklin D. Roosevelt for the presidency. The new group replaces the Democratic national committee as the campaigning force with strong regional representation, and New York is slated as the main regional base under Liberto.
The text appears to describe a fragmented reference to Chereson and navigation by the dpilae mark before the Ne ures, mentioning American money and acclimation of English colonists to the pound, with unclear figures and sources. The fragmentary lines obscure concrete events or dates.
Local report outlines plans for a July session as members of Arabic Order and Shrine and Masonic bodies converge. A large delegation will travel by train with stops including Cleveland and Philadelphia, while other delegates from Sharon and nearby towns join the journey.
A fragmented report outlines a man named Johnson tied to a liquor case in Ellery. Judge Paul W. Johns, of St Still ir Road, presides as a tentative plea and possible fines or jail time loom. The text is garbled but centers on a local liquor offense and potential sentencing.
Fragmentary text mentions a person named Mattison and an engineer in Youngsville with references to a coroner and a death. Details are garbled and names or places are uncertain, making precise factual summarization difficult.
A ragged OCR reads like a misprinted report about prank actions impacting two girls at Father St. The incident occurred early today, leaving a despondent mood and unclear details about injuries. Police or local officials were not described.
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