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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1938
Page
2
City and Vicinity column lists many items and events from Corry and nearby towns. Sales on groceries and dry goods compete with firework warnings, birthday parties, weather impacts, road closures, and local civic notices affecting residents and travelers.
Mrs Joseph Neustupa and her daughter formerly of 210 Washington Street were discharged from Corry hospital yesterday following several days as patients. A separate note mentions Pioneer Service Station near Spar tansburg along Route 77 and Jamestown with unrelated details. The Jamestown board of education raised the city tax rate from 11 to 12.84 per $1,000 assessed valuation. Montgomery Ward buys two Meadville buildings on Chestnut Street and Park Avenue totaling 15 500 square feet and plans occupancy April 1 1939 with renovations to follow.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a loss for Quéech in the 5400 block with garbled details and no clear event or date. Entities and meanings are indeterminate due to corrupt text.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 from the C B Spitzer funeral parlors in Clymer for Lee Hewhoude who was found dead early Sunday morning. Rev Garrett Timmet officiated. Interment followed in Holland Cemetery. Bearers were Victor Dempsey Howard Cole Albert Fox Neil Stahlman Charles Skinner and Clair Ganover. Relatives and friends attended from Corry Clymer Northeast, Meadville and Erie.
Work on the Mast avenue viaduct in Erie was halted indefinitely while about half completed. H W Yants, superintendent for Constructors and Engineers Inc, said he was ordered to stop work with no further instructions. project cost is listed as 260000.
A Japanese air raid damaged the American Lutheran mission school at Tsimo, 16 miles north of the port, wounding several Chinese children. Miss Elvire Strunk, an American missionary from Allentown, narrowly escaped as a bomb landed within 40 feet of her living quarters and shattered furniture. Two bombs struck the mission compound as five large American flags flew over the scene.
Roy Gardner revealed a 1934 Alcatraz plot to kidnap Interior Secretary Harold Ickes. Albert Bates and Tom Underwood allegedly planned the act to leverage Roosevelt’s order for Capone to release them, with Capone declining to participate.
Harrisburg July 29. Public hearing set for July 26 to consider minimum wage board recommendations for Pennsylvania laundry workers including 30 cents per hour for women and minors and a 10.80 weekly total for an 86 to 44 hour week in year one with a second year at 12.16 for 38 to 44 hours. Also reports a car fire in North Corry involving an Ohio motorist. fire contained with little damage.
A large crowd attended a revival at the Church of the Nazarene last evening featuring Rev and Mrs Teasdale. The service opened with music and accordion and vibra harp performances before Mrs Teasdale delivered an inspiring message on The Prodigal Son.
Edward M Glowacki 44 storekeeper of 230 East 13th Street died at home Tuesday after collapsing in bed. Nettie Glowacki found him face down in a pool of blood and medical help arrived too late, according to coroner Dr W G Strable.
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