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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1929
Page
8
At a Warren County Welfare Association meeting the need for a local tuberculosis hospital was discussed. The move aims to spare patients long travel and enable timely care, with advocates urging support from service clubs and public officials.
Three workers were injured when a portion of the Sears Roebuck building under construction in Pittsburgh collapsed. Injured are J. Johnston 29 James Gore 22 and John Fennan 45 all injured by debris while the site employed 275 workers. Police controlled crowds at the scene. The third floor concrete collapse caused minor property damage. Someday pause note.
Mr and Mrs Phil Miller awoke to their police dog barking as fire engulfed their Waterford residence. The dog alerted them, enabling a swift escape with only a few possessions, while the home was destroyed by defective wiring cited as the blaze cause. The Budd y Players group, associated with the Millers, had opened their season at Union City.
In Erie on June 5 attorney S Y Rossiter filed a petition seeking delay in the trial of three slayers of Russell T Swanson a patrolman. The deputy court scheduled to hear the request Monday with judges Rossiter and Behr presiding reserved decision.
In a form letter to Cardinal Gasparri, Pope Pius XIII criticizes Mussolini speeches as disappointing and even heretical, referencing May 13 and May 25 debates. In Cleveland a bomb explodes near a supposed speakeasy, shattering windows and sending patrons fleeing, with Harry Rice arrested as alleged proprietor.
In Johnson City New York a mother writes that her 20 year old daughter suffered misery for two years with nerve pain and poor appetite. After using Lydia B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound the daughter improved after two bottles and became more cheerful and able to work, described as a friend in need.
Dr Hubert Work resigns as chairman after a 45 minute White House conference with President Hoover. Hoover lauds Work for leading the 1928 campaign. Work's resignation is effective immediately.
A muddled report describes Haberdasher and Army Major sharing wealth amid racing stakes. Prominent bookmaker cited a roughly $50,000 figure with references to London and India events and wagers near $800,000.
BoroughCouncil approves 80 000 for street improvements to widen paving on Poplar Street from Priley Trent to Madonedin Avenue and Chestnut Street from South Fridley to Push Avenue. A 212 mill tax rate is set for 1929, up from 18 8 and 17 8 in prior years.
Grand Union Company acquires the Royal Importing Company, a major coffee and tea distributor in the Midwest. The Royal Importing Company reported about 1 million dollars in business for 1928 and operated routes through Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee and St Louis.
Ford City in Pittsburgh district saw raids by prohibition agents who seized moonshine liquor at Shelir Avenue. Three men Harry McCollister Michael Barnes and an unnamed guest were arrested and brought to Pittsburgh for hearings and bond in a court trial under the local prohibition administration.
The nomination of Joseph P. Catton of New York to be under secretary of state was confirmed by the Senate within minutes after favorable reporting by the foreign relations committee.
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