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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1938
Page
3
Erie officials backed a new diamond at Athletic Field but Attorney General guidance blocks county funding. Solicitor Held says counties must lease or jointly own the field with city and school to access funds for maintenance, likely ending the plan.
WMRSH July 22. No change in the Erie WPA employ ment quota is foreseen in the near future and the present figure of 10,700 is likely to be maintained for some time. Guy C. Cleaver, manager of the Erie area since Monday, said he sees no immediate changes in WPA setup and that projects to fill slack will not be started without quota expansion. He plans a full study of district projects with chief engineer William Gray and will conduct personal inspections to learn the work underway.
Prosecutors from all sections of Pennsylvania opened their convention in Erie at the Lawrenc e Hotel. They planned a floor fight on a resolution to make the attorney general elective and to bar the attorney general from superseding a district attorney in grand jury investigations. The measure, backed by Mortimer S. Graham and Carl B. Shelley, faces strong Democratic opposition.
Chairman appoints a dinner committee for the annual Elks picnic at Sekeraks Grove on ast Columbus Avenue with an attendance estimate near 200. The event is for Wiis only, featuring entertainment such as softball and horseshoe pitching and lunch served.
Chautauqua launches its largest music festival in history with five weeks and 24 concerts. The symphonies back a regional choral festival on August 6 as numerous orchestral and opera performances unfold. Notable soloists include Evan Bans Supanne Fisher Richard Crooks Donald Dickson and Clarence Reinert among others joining the 20 principal opera company members.
Bishop John Mark Gannon leader of the Erie Catholic Diocese sailed on the Queen Mary to Spain to collect first hand data on Catholic clergy persecution in the civil war ravaged country. He said the evidence shows over 20 000 churches and convents destroyed with priests killed and lay Catholics also slaughtered by government forces amid Loyalist reprisals.
Baptist Sunday School members and Vacation Bible School attendees will join the church picnic at Beaver Camp in Walthburg tomorrow. Ralph Carroll and church officers arranged games and a sport program. a 12:80 picnic dinner is planned. Transportation buses depart the church at 10 o'clock Saturday morning for those needing a ride.
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