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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1939
Page
7
The Association of American Railroads reports 560,609 cars of revenue freight loaded for the week ending Saturday, down 3.4 percent from the prior week and 19 percent from 1937. Local items note large hams, a fire hydrant mishap, club meetings, and civic lighting plans in Warren Columbus Corry and surrounding areas.
Andrew Gula alias John Kurtz, an escaped convict from Sykesville Pa, was sentenced by Judge William E Hirt to five to ten years in the Western Penitentiary after pleading guilty to one burglary count. Police tie him to about 20 Erie home thefts. his criminal history dates to 1920 with prior stints in Ohio, Florida and a North Hampton county jail.
Oscar Swanson, 78, of 229 Farenger Street, died at Jamestown General Hospital at 8 50 p m after being struck two hours earlier by an automobile driven by Tracy M Herrick of Frewsburg on Lakewood Road near Beechwood The crash marks Jamestown area s first traffic fatality of the year with no prior motor vehicle deaths in 1939 within a twenty mile radius.
The young G. A. B. of Corry met at their Cameron building headquarters with many members present. Chairman K Murray led a report on Erie County Executive Board officer elections and pledged cooperation as regional director of eastern Erie county. The rest of the evening featured general club discussion.
About twenty five Sparta High School students from the part time agricultural class and senior and junior classes toured Terrace Farm James Kelly and the Mrs A K Hummer farms Titusville and the David Burrows farm at Pleasantville to study dairy cattle. The visit included high grade cows and a post tour meeting with sixteen members present.
ERI March 3. Police Chief Christoph denounces taint on saloons. He cites poorly run establishments that attract criminal elements and hinder cooperation with police while praising respectable cafes within state control rules. He urges housecleaning of the sector.
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