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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1927
Page
3
Entry from the Corry Pa post office notes class mail matter rates and pricing. It lists annual mailing costs, carrier delivery charges, and weekly rates in a compact historic notice.
A clipping notes a Sunday closing pact by a merchant association near Sante and widespread opening afterward. It lists teachers hired for Gyncosel township for the same year and reports funerals for a youth drowned recently, plus telegrams and local accidents including Perry Storer’s arm injury from a car incident.
Secretary of the Navy Wildurs proposes an equator flight around the earth as the ultimate achievement beyond polar and transatlantic hops. The piece notes how past world flights were a collection of hops and argues a true round the world flight along the equator would showcase a full voyage with adventure across seas deserts and mountains. It also mentions an injured child and lacks clear connection to the main proposal.
A Saturday incident near North East ends with Mr Barlow crashing into a brush heap after steering failure while hosting a prohibition agent undercover as a liquor agent. He and a guest were injured, and De Hart accuses being betrayed as a guest who ate, drank, and was then turned in by the host. A lighthearted party tale contrasts with the serious breach of hospitality and legality.
In Little Valley a man named Harry Peneran was acquitted of arson after a jury found him not guilty. A woman, Hazel Snyder, was convicted of arson in the third degree and sentenced to seven months in the county jail with sixteen days already served. The case hinged on testimony from Mrs. Savtier, who pleaded guilty, and handwriting expert Ed N. Wilkes.
July 22 the Ridgway plant of Niles Tool Works Co closed, putting many workers out of work as orders lagged. The company will run core operations from a Hamilton plant while selling the Philadelphia buildings, expected to attract an industrial buyer that could employ more workers. Locals hope the sale brings renewed employment.
Bobby Jones and Joe Kirkwood defeated Cyril Tolley and R J Wethered of England 11 up in a friendly foutball match at Woodcote Park London July 22, pairing Jones as open champion with Kirkwood.
Russell McKee, 22, admitted guilt to unlawfully secreting and disposing of automobile tires and accessories in a scheme tied to Jennings tire shop on Worth Street. His sister in law and her husband, both charged on the same counts, were arraigned after a joint investigation into thousands of dollars worth GP tires and related items bought on credit from Akron manufacturers.
The Me Tint Presbyterian Church Sunday School invites members to Camp Marcresan Lake Canadohta on Wednesday July 27. Transportation is provided, tickets sold for ice cream popcorn and cold drinks. A full program of entertainment and bathing facilities are planned with committees led by Harry Spiver Ralph Jewell Hazell Knowlton Serepta Albert and Harold MacLees. All church and Sunday School members are urged to attend to promote sociability and camaraderie. Mr and Mrs J J Slattery will spend the day and depart for home later.
DUSSELDORF Germany July 22 Dillon Read and Co New York bankers have entered a contract to front two loans totaling 34 000 000 next week for Vereinigte Stahlwerke the most powerful member of the German steel trust. The loans of four and thirty million will be floated simultaneously in the United States Canada England Switzerland Holland and Sweden. Funds will be used for technical improvements in the corporation's plants.Fite Thyssen leading German industrialists is one of the heads of the Stahlwerke.
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