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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1932
Page
3
The piece surveys Hoover and Curtis’s renomination and warns of a brutal campaign using the record of the Hoover admin. It criticizes the Chicago convention’s stance on prohibition and predicts a propaganda build up. It notes the Republican platform as evasive on wet and dry issues, pleasing neither side.
Division offices announce bid opening on July s for East Main street resurfacing and concrete upgrades east to the Warren County line and from the Syar mshare road project. Proposals opening early next month could lead to awards by mid month with August completion expected on remaining street improvements. Corry’s Highway Department program now includes Mast Columbus avenue and Sciota stretch to the state line ready for traffic. The projects will improve four key travel arteries and provide employment for many local workers.
The Snikie dam on the Indus, claimed as the world’s largest irrigation project, involved a massive investment and years of desert transformation. Officials report substantial progress and early impacts on agriculture and water supply.
June 17 1912 notes from Columbus and Corry recount local goings on Chic Guy Stutard and John Chasy learn fire union truck operation in Columbus Seagrave Co gears up for city fire service. Bass season begins with a three pounder landed by Cy B Porter. Stanfard House Co held a party at Keppel Store. Mrs M B Webb injured stepping from rear porch. Net Van Dresir the Penny conductor badly hurt earlier. today leaves for Michigan. Hasbrouck grocery opens in Payne block on Main Street. Kingsley DeRosay graduates Chamberlain Military Academy. Depew improves home with Hast Irving sheet. John Ruppersburger buys 04 Euclid St. Dan Freno travels to Pittsburgh for Howard Pennsylvania Leather. Miss Sarah Breene and Mabel West attend Allegheny College commencement in Meadville. George Hoywang heads to lumber camp at Protection N. Y.
June raids by Buffalo prohibition office under Raymond Newton seized beverages and arrested seven alleged speakeasies at Tony Laska 26 Wier street Flora Keefe 611 West Seventh street and Mary Zola 95 Steele street. Laska and Keefe face charges of sale possession and nuisance with hearings set for the morning and afternoon sessions. Zola released on $1000 bond for hearing on the 22nd.
The text poses six questions about names and events: Lake Erle toemer, 2. Zurich, Mary Queen of Scots execution date, John Jaco Astor, fisheries commissioner salary, and author of a line about matching action to words.
Erie County Democratic chairman Lavery declared Roosevelt will be nominated on the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention opening Monday in Chicago. He cited 629 pledged New York votes and said 141 more are needed to reach the two thirds required, after conferring with James Farley on a Roosevelt campaign line.
The First Methodist E I church held its fourth quarterly session led by Rev. J C Clemens D D district superintendent. Reports showed a year of activity with no deaths in 14 months among 500 members and a 25 percent four year growth. Officers and committees were elected across trustees stewards and religious education among others with budget adjustments planned.
The carcass of a large black bear weighing over 40 pounds was brought to Warren by District Game Protector Charles Britton and Acting Game Protector George Kepler from the Axel Peterson farm in Scandia. Peterson said the bear had been killing goats and other small animals for some time and was about ten years old.
In Mayville on June 17 the court found $500 damages against Joseph Geser of Jamestown with a verdict of no cause of action against Walford Phillips of Randolph in a negligence suit brought by Carl Carlson, 24 Bush Street Jamestown, for injuries from a crash early August 2, 1981 caused by the defendants' vehicle driven by Wars.
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