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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1932
Page
7
Harrisburg reports show 80,742 measles cases in Pennsylvania for 1931 with chickenpox second at 29,107 and mumps 15,277. The data list age groups 5 to 9 years heavily affected and note diphtheria 4,528 cases and German measles 42,027, totaling seven major diseases at 170,000 cases.
Leonard, once lightweight champion, returned in a middleweight bout at St Nicholas A venue New York on March 1, facing Billy McMahon, a rugged 20 year old. Leonard, nicknamed the Bald Headed Benny, delivered a surprising ten-round victory in a brisk display despite lacking power.
Geneva College basketball team defeated Duquesne University 37 to 34 in overtime at Beaver Falls. Duquesne led early as Geneva trimmed the gap to a 32 all tie at regulation. In overtime Geneva scored two field goals and a foul while Duquesne managed only one field goal.
The Merritt Applisade Company on Main Street donates a desk lamp as the prize for the high individual score in Cory City's bowling league this week. Mr Merritt funds the top score during the loop competition.
State troopers probed a bizarre hex mystery in Intercourse Pennsylvania as crystal gazer John Sherry claimed a double bodied bust in a cellar packing case vanished in a cloud of dust. Troopers found Marya Stokas’s house offered no physical proof to support the tale of ghosts a pot of gold and a vanishing corpse.
Meadville March 1 Forty years of basketball rivalry end tonight as Allegheny College and Grove City meet on the Crimson floor. The series closes after Allegheny adopts a new amateur code, with the Alligators hoping for a second win after an 82 28 victory in January.
In Cambridge Massachusetts on March 1 the University of Pittsburgh defeated Harvard University in a tight game. Pitt led early and again late. Harvard closed the gap in the second half, but Pitt maintained a slim advantage to finish with a three point margin.
Mrs Margaret Summers, a widow, was found guilty of poisoning her 17 year old nephew Thomas Meyer. The jury deliberated under four hours and the court set sentencing at 14 years in the penitentiary. Prosecutors said she used poisoned arsenic to obtain her nephew’s daily earnings and insurance payouts. Carnera defeated Pierre Charles in Paris in a separate note.
Former featherweight champion Jet Billy Petros, known as the Jerge Express, has been matched with Battalino for a 12 round bout at Marlison Square Garden on March 11.
Mercer County officials deny advertising the county as a Gretna Green for Ohio residents seeking to bypass the five day marriage law. Clerk Marvin Loutsenhiser explains that Mercer is simply advertising the courthouse location in Mercer, not Sharon, to clarify where licenses are issued. Since the law took effect January 1, about 150 licenses have been issued to Ohio residents, with many couples driving to Sharon before learning they must go to Mercer.
The record lists details including the frame structure in 1869 with 250,874 square miles and a date of December 26 1776. It names John G Wynant LeRoy Search and references Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice as connected items.
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