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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1930
Page
5
Dolores Costello rises to new emotional heights in a grand drama of glorious love and sacrifice at the Rex Theatre. patrons are drawn by the star's renowned expressive performance and the film's sweeping romantic arc.
United Press reports that former Chief Justice William Howard Taft, in Washington, experienced a slight setback in his condition today but remained not in immediate danger. Dr Francis Stoner noted he did not sleep as well as in recent days, though signs of gradual improvement from earlier this week persisted.
Local column records numerous residents traveling, visiting friends, or on brief stays in Erie, Jamestown, Salamanca, Titusville, Brocton, and nearby towns. Notes report guests, departures, and arrivals including Miss Louise Hnsworth, Mrs. Floyd Black, Miss Beatrice Daugherty, Miss Jos Dennis, Miss Mary Sloan, Miss Anna Laird, Mrs. J. A. McCay, Miss Allene Durlin, Mrs. Cecil Blanchard, A. M. McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Mudge, Miss Dorothy Fleming, and others, with many en route to Buffalo, Spartanburg, Pittsburgh, and Meadeville.
The page lists trading activity and company names, noting near closing levels for copper and nickel related firms, and mentions executives and visitors from various cities. It includes resident visits by Mrs J M Bobsburg and W E Mathews from Chicago, plus Miss Melvyn Miller returning from New York and Philadelphia. References to rail and oil stocks appear alongside a crime note about Mrs Clothilde Marehand’s murder tied to an Indian instigation.
Two bandits who held up the Vacedrelli bank in Pittsburgh yesterday shot owner Dominick Vacedtelli in the arm and escaped empty handed. Police continued search for the getaway automobile and the suspects, still at large.
United Press reports in Pittsburgh that Senator Smith W. Brookhart Republican Iowa visits McKeesport to defend the 18th amendment and prohibition in two sermons at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Brookhart criticizes Pennsylvania tensions and hints Gifford Pinchot as potential governor candidate while naming Labor Secretary James W. Davis as a preferred option.
United Press reports Canbsier Tech student Philip Wagner injured during a strike trains and equipment incident. The case names the International organization and its chief officers along with two officers and members of a local lodge as defendants in the lawsuit seeking 265000 in damages.
Mrs Jerome B Davis died at 7 this morning at her East Smith Street home after a weeklong confinement. Survived by brother Albert Turbett, foster E Davis, grandson Holton J Davis, and great grandson Jerome Fortin Davis. Funeral from the Hite Home on Smith Street at 2 PM Monday March 1st, 1930, private. friends may call.
United Press reports from Pittsburgh on March 8 indicate Davis and Pinchot offered no comment on future political moves. Pinchot refused to discuss politics citing personal stance, while Davis remained silent amid the Pennsylvania political scene.
A Detroit patrolman was killed while attempting to stop a bandit who held about a dozen customers at a haberdashery. The bandit escaped with 32,100 in cash and checks. Police believe the officer died instantly after being struck by a bullet.
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