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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1934
Page
5
A reported prison break attempt ended in gunfire with three convicts shot as their plan was foiled. Details on locations and authorities were not specified in the fragmented OCR text. A separate line mentions high match usage in American households but lacks direct relevance to the incident.
Mrs. Bia Jerome returning home to Spattinsburg after hospital operation at Corty Hospital in Corty after visiting her son Edward Jerome. Mrs. Kinney and son Richand visit Erie relatives. Mrs. Willan Swarts returns to Titusville after guest at West Washington home. Mrs. Sarah W. Page home from Jamestown. Harold Dugan returns from Philadelphia business trip. Paul Joseph leaves for San Francisco. Levi Paterson returns to Spartansburg after visit. Mrs. C. E. Rafter en route home from Los Angeles to be in town Friday. E. L. Morrow leaves for Meatville on business. Dr. N. Troy Gillette and Mrs. Gillette motor to Warren for business. Mrs. D. J. Devink of Brocton spending week with C. B. Bennett family. Mrs. Kenneth Lines and Lorraine go to Centerville to visit former mother-in-law Mrs. Kalkhremer for a few days.
On March 7 New York stocks traded near a standstill with fractional gains tamed in the afternoon. Government bonds showed unexpected strength amid official support ahead of new financing. many traders cut back activity across markets. Also reported: former Butler judge Thomas W. Watson, 53, died after a heart attack two weeks ago, ending his tenure as a county attorney and Spanish-American War veteran.
A four alarm blaze destroyed the church of St. Magdalene de Paxzi in Philadelphia, prompting police rescue of nuns and evacuation of hundreds. Eighty Italian girls from a rear orphanage were saved by nuns shortly before the building turned into a roaring inferno. Firefighters confined the fire about three hours after it started near 3 a.m. Traffic halted in all directions while the tall steeple collapsed or threatened to.
Daring gangland reprisal in Chicago as two killers entered a West Side hotel room and fired six shots, killing the victim known as West Side Pope and dispatching him amid a mob of rival gang members. Police reported frantic pleas and a quick retreat by the assailants, with firemen watching for a possible collapse. The case recalls the era of Capone era violence and ongoing gang conflicts on Chicago’s West and North Sides.
An important meeting of the American Legion post is called for Thursday evening to plan the fifteenth annual party and public installation of Sons of the American Legion officers. The event will feature a party program, speakers, entertainment, and attendance by city officials, educators, public groups, and the general public. Johnson Dillinger lookalike rumor spreads as officers search for a Dare County jail escapee in Daytona Beach.
Ruth Potting, a 13 year old girl with ambitions to be a surgeon, successfully operated on a chick with an enlarged crop. She opened the crop, removed a piece, and the chick recovered fully after the incision.
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