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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1939
Page
3
Real summer weather and the 66th annual commencement of Corry High School mark an evening event. The list notes upcoming Flag Day in one week while obituary and local incidents color a busy day including a Morrison death, a prowler report at U S Radiator plant, and a car accident near Carnation Milk Company.
The six week summer term at Wimnboro State Teachers College begins Monday June 14 with about one hundred courses for teachers and college students. Highlights include Visual Education with Dr. Sigman and Radio Education with Dr. Atkinson, plus numerous arts and crafts offerings and a one room school organization course by Miss Bardwell. A three week post session starts July 31 featuring Diagnostic and Remedial Readive by Dr. Townsend.
Montgomery Ward plans a nationwide youth bike parade in Priddy on June 10 with local store participation. Harold Laris local manager invites all boys and girls to register at the Montgomery Ward store for the event. Ten prizes, including a Candid camera, will be awarded.
Harrisburg June 7 United Press reports uncertainty over the anti labor injunction amendments. Governor Arthur H James said he will sign into law a measure to strengthen protection of the anti labor injunction for both employees and employers. Labor leaders and opponents question whether the new provisions will nullify the statute and shift the heart of the law.
Geologists note lake outlines are not permanent. About 1,000 years ago water levels were roughly 20 feet higher than present, suggesting significant fluctuation in lake boundaries over time.
About 1,500,100 refugees are estimated to have left Russia during the war and turmoil of 1917 to 1920, reflecting mass displacement amid revolutionary upheaval and conflicts.
The death of Wmil C. Burgert, 60, of Titusville, occurred at a Halurat hospital in New York City after a week of senior treatment. Born in Dunkirk, he lived in Corry, served in Company A during the Spanish American War, and faced malaria as a long-term health issue. He is survived by his wife, two sons Alfred J. Burgert and Harold B. Burgert, two grandchildren, a sister Pose Smalley, and brothers John and Joseph Burgert. Funeral services will be held Friday at St. Walburgas Church in Titusville at 10 AM, with interment in the church cemetery.
A court handling farm inheritance cases ruled that drinkers cannot inherit land and are not fit to cultivate it. The decision addresses the legality and implications for ownership by individuals with alcohol issues.
A Kane resident, James Diffenbacher, age given as old, is reported to have died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His body was found near Poplar Street by his son-in-law and relatives during a dawn search after he failed to return home. Deputy Coroner George P. Laill in Bradford classified the death as suicide, noting the man had been despondent over ill health from a prior back injury six years earlier. A 12 gauge shotgun was missing prior to the discovery. The death was determined to have occurred sometime after 6 a.m. and the body was located several hundred yards west of the borough line.
William T. Houser, 92, of Ten-Mile Bottom, escaped from Sheriff Bell's custody shortly after his sentencing in Venango County Court to three years in the Allegheny County Workhouse and a $200 fine. He fled down Bik Street near South Park and was last seen near an alley after being knocked over a live wire. Sheriff deputies pursued but the suspect vanished.
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