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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1937
Page
8
Noble Elzer, head football coach at Purdue University since 1840, is reported in failing health and in serious condition at a hospital in Lafayette. The item notes a nephritic ailment and ongoing health concerns over two years.
Dr. Tyler Dennett former Williams College president resigns amid clash with trustees. He cites whether he serves as an employee guiding college affairs or as a leader of both faculty and trustees. The report notes his Pulitzer history prize background and the ongoing governance dispute.
Weather cools as Nature Week unfolds with plans for wildflower and tree exhibits at multiple playgrounds. Supervisors Abe Eily and Thomas Aoelofs organize activities. youths build a doll house and stage a doll show while parents form a playground group to assist with equipment, care, and ongoing community involvement.
An old advertisement touts GOOD HEALTH from internal cleanliness with GOLDEN LAX TABLETS described as a tonic for the whole system. It claims to regulate and stimulate energy and youthful spirits, priced 25¢ and 50¢, distributed by druggists.
Police report that robbers used nitroglycerin to blast the safe at How ard McConnell billiard hall in Kane Pennsylvania. They escaped with $1200 in cash, after breaking in between midnight and 6 30 a m. The incident was found when the rollerry was discovered.
Cleveland July 20 Agents of the alcohol tax unit seized with their warrants issued by United States Commissioner B D Nicola prepare to round up 13 alleged ring members. Eight are Clevelanders and one was linked to the Diamond Rothkopt case but not caught. The ring is accused of draining the federal treasury of about 100000 in taxes from November 1 1896 to June 1 1887 with its headquarters in Steubenville Ohio where a refining plant operated and shipments went to Cleveland and Pittsburgh by car and four trucks.
Harrisburg reports 100 PWA projects in Pennsylvania with expenditures of 42 319172 under construction. Completed 31 projects valued at 63 060 473. Federal grants total 30 ars 781. Active projects include schools, highway garages, street pavings, sewer systems, waterworks, hospitals, a bridge, courthouse addition, municipal buildings, and a municipal power plant. Also notes protected woodlots in Minnesota with 16 000 acres fenced to deter cattle.
Administrators announce plans for Europe’s tallest building to rise in Berlin. The 60 story structure will reach 760 feet, ordered by Adolf Hitler as a symbol of prestige and power.
The notice lists county and township offices across multiple wards with term lengths from one to four years. It names candidates for judge of election inspector of election clerk and many local offices including tax collector auditor school director and burgess, detailing two to four year terms and ward allocations.
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