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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1930
Page
4
Fragmentary local item reports Prank McDonsid of Parrot Tenn was involved in a disputed bout at War Ohio Monday when a shooting occurred. He was wounded and arrested along with others as investigations and explanations followed.
Local ad lists potatoes, beef, wieners, cookies, cabbage and delivery. Social notes honor Miss Luville Heath wedding plans, a lawn party for Miss Lindquist, bridge awards, a kitchen shower, a Bee Hive dance, church gatherings, and a Grange Day at Chautauqua with schedule details. Also reports residents visiting, a brookville centennial display, and many small community notices and sales.
Three inmates escaped the Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary by scaling a ventilator shaft. R B Ganfield, 28, from Nor Bessemer, burglar, remained at large after two others were recaptured. Teammate Ralph Minter, 29, from Johnstown, broke a leg but was caught two hours later. Breland Preston, 28, from North Bessemer, Canfield’s accomplice, was recaptured after a guard confrontation. Ganfield was believed to be heading toward Ambridge. All three were sentenced in 1924 to 1930s terms for assault and burglary, with Canfield and Proctor sentenced for breaking and entering in 1928.
A local ad notes new potatoes priced at 35 cents per peck with delivery from J D Murray's. Mrs Dan Culver of 728 West Wayne Street is recovering well at the hospital, described as not a surgical patient and progressing nicely.
United Press dispatch reports the Greater St. Louis endurance monoplans piloted by Forest O Brine and Dale Jacks continuing a sustained flight above Lambert Field despite light rain. At Roosevelt Field pilots Robert Black and Marty Relot and their crew marked 83 hours aloft during a foggy, thunder threatened day as they attempted to beat the Hunter endurance record with a refueling sortie.
Youngstown mayor Jox Helferdon warns that Capone gang expansion threatens Ohio cities. He appeals to the federal government for aid, accusing 80 percent of the police force of taking underworld money and demanding police heads get on their toes to prevent organized crime.
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