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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1932
Page
3
A corry Pa newspaper piece contrasts past eager shopping with current caution. It notes how buyers once chased new suits and appliances and now fear low prices and recession, urging advertising, radio talks, and direct appeal to restore confidence.
A highway accident near the city underscores dangers of continuous driving with fatigue. The Bureau of Highway Patrol and Safety urges truck owners to curb long hours after cases show drivers logging 24 to 86 hours awake. Trade declines noted with limited bright spots in Britain. Domestic consumption rises while imports and exports fall across major nations.
Jack Dempsey and Estelle Taylor’s Hollywood home at Malibu Beach goes to auction amid divorce fallout. The sale scrapped furnishings and a grand piano while Estelle settles in Malibu Beach with the bills around 1500 dollars monthly. Dempsey, now a businessman, kept his Barbara Hotel in Los Angeles.
Federal agents raided multiple places and uncovered an alcohol plant with hundreds of pints of cut liquor and 70 gallons of moonshine. One man, Umbeto Nichee, was detained on bonds. several others face U S commissioner action in Wellsville.
Three federal prisoners escaped from Lehigh county jail using a surgeon’s saw stolen from the hospital room. Lorenzo Doerstle John Bennett and Raymond Schwenk fled during the night, each with prior convictions for breaking and entering larceny and related crimes.
Police report two north and south side break ins Tuesday night in Owl City. In one home at 420 West Second Street burglars stole about $12 and a bottle of milk while residents played bridge. at 82 Yearlen Avenue they took money and milk as a burglar fled after being disturbed. The Welker family and guests were playing bridge when the first incident occurred.
The clipping asks when rafting ceased on French Creek and seeks the erection date of Fort Duquesne. It also requests the identity of Sidney Lanier, the salary of the State Secretary of Health, and the author of Conscience the voice of God within us.
Norristown dispatch reports Oscar O. Holtman of North Wales a lumber and coal dealer, charged with murdering partner Orrin G. Meyers, was sent to Norristown State Hospital for the Insane. Meyers lay dead from a gunshot on Hoffman's estate lawn. Hoffman survived a self inflicted chest wound after days at Chestnut Hill hospital.
Funeral services for Joseph Sestak 78 resident of Gorry Died at Corry hospital Saturday afternoon were held at St Elizabeths Church Rev V J Heiser celebrating requiem mass Interment was in St Elizabeths Cemetery Choir provided music Flowers described as beautiful Those serving as bearers were William Tocak Joseph Savako Steve Tinky Theodore Les Adam Hudacie Jana Sogn Kruzuvie
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