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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1935
Page
3
A partial OCR capture notes an evening gathering with Miss Tear Jesmeth ager and Robest Jn. present, mentioning uncertain locations and activities. The text is garbled but preserves individuals and a social context.
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to a May date and names tied to a golf club and local figures. Dated and unclear, the text hints at an event involving a dentist and community group.
The noted author and lecturer Ada Tarbell will speak on the Federal Housing radio program Sunday at 11 15 p m eastern time. Her topic is What Home Means to Me. A Pittsburgh bureau survey reports retail gains and a 2.3 point rise, with apparel rising while wholesale lines lag.
Washington dispatch reports housewives urged a buying strike to lower meat prices. Delegations from New York Boston Chicago St Louis Cleveland and Paterson gathered at the Agriculture Department to protest pork chops at 45 cents a pound and beefsteak costs. The Chicago group carried a bundle of newspapers with 20 000 Midwest signatures demanding cheaper meat.
Mrs. Marjorie Peck hosted a dinner bridge at Green Farm Lakewood New York for 21 guests honoring sister Catherine Auer bound for Smith College School for Social Work in Northampton Mass and guest Mrs Hugene Dirksen of Antwerp Belgium. Honors went to M A C Lyons Mrs Morris Chapin Mrs Margaret Wein Miss Averall and Mrs Dirksen. Other attendees included Miss Norma Rothenburg Erie Pa and several locals from North East Warren and others.
State troopers from Erie arrested M T Patten Pred Bacon and youth David Tenning near Cambridge Springs after weeks of investigation into a series of chicken thefts across Crawford County. Authorities say one suspect sold outfits to identify stolen fowls and police are pursuing possible ties to similar robberies in nearby areas.
Harrisburg reports motorist fatalities at public grade crossings show 14 accidents in home towns and 47 near home within five miles. Average fatal crash occurs 9.3 miles from home. 89 of 90 victims were Pennsylvanians. Also brief item on Baby Anne Alden winning a bet in Woodburn.
Delaware Erie June 21 The Erie County treasurer says delinquent tax collections exceed last year's totals by 13299 dollars due to postponed property sales and new penalties. Postponements allowed refinancing and spurred payment, with CCC workers planting about 10 000 trees in Iowa under the Southern Iowa forestry unit.
Brookville June 21 The Punxsulawney boys aged 22 to 15 pleaded guilty before Judge W T Catr to robbery charges. The judge lectured them placing all but two on parole. The alleged leader was sentenced to the Huntingdon Reformatory and Clarence Gilpatrick to the George Junior Republic. Both are aged 15.
Twenty members and guests met at North Center street home of Mr and Mrs Bush. Mrs Culver directed the meeting and announced June Ways and Means will sponsor a penny supper June 27 at the Bush home. All church members and friends invited. Mrs Harley Mays, Chairman, served refreshments after business hour. Thieves target chain letters at Springfield post office stealing 80 letters while only 25 envelopes contained the chain word.
Horner, superintendent of Washington Pa public schools, was named superintendent of Erie schools by the Erie school board after a spirited contest over the successor to John Diehl who retires July 1. Diehl had held the office thirteen years and Horner’s selection surprised some board members who opposed an Erie man for the post.
Erie county and statewide tax collection will proceed as before after the Legislature shelved the centralized tax collection bill. The Senate municipal government committee voted 8 to 6 to pickle the measure, which aimed to save about 3 million dollars in taxpayer costs by consolidating agencies.
Mary Gert rude Williams 18, an 8 sophomore at state teachers' college, Springfield, died after a stabbed toe led to blood poisoning. The incident began with a minor toe injury and progressed to fatal infection.
Drie June 21 County Treasurer Lawrence A. Taylor aims to curb rowdy beer joints in Erie. He withheld a cafe license decision, summoned four club officers for hearing, and pressed renewal terms for George Neff’s cafe at 1010 Paradis Street requiring a uniformed officer each night and removal of all dance music amid ongoing complaints.
A 20 month old boy, Jackie Lester Seabaugh, was said to be cursed by his parents in Cape Girardeau. They claim he survived a tub fall and later suffered illnesses and a broken arm as part of the jinx.
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