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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1932
Page
6
A scrambled Paragram item notes heavy lake gale and drifted streets in Erie, with storm conditions worsening. It mentions street and sewer funding being dropped for a year, water meter costs, a Scarlet fever outbreak in Ludlow, school closures in West Virginia, corporate earnings, opera on air, car production losses, a high school debate, and local personnel changes including a store transfer and an accident at a drug store.
Erie police report two more arrests in railroad car robberies linked to a Thursday incident on a siding at 15th and Parade streets. Lawrence Woodard 43 and George Heisch 45 ex convicts from the Western state penitentiary are in custody with others named as receivers of stolen goods. Woodward and Silas Boyle 43 and Georgia Helsch 45 face charges. Woodward and Helsch await hearings before Alderman Charles Barber.
Fry George B Morgen extends public invitation as the Christian and Missionary Alliance church hosts a missionary convention. Miss H W Crocker of India will address the service, sharing years of work and a message of real interest for Corry. Roy H D Stoddard and Rev G B Travis from French Indo China arrive to speak, with stereopticon views and displays from foreign lands accompanying their talks. Curios and other articles will be shown, and the pastor hopes for large attendance from members and friends.
United Press report from Pittsburgh notes four suicides and one poisoning death in a span of weeks. Mrs. Mary Sklenarik 43 died at Mercy hospital after leaping from a fourth story window. Frank Fickinger 47 hanged himself, suspected robbery motive. Mrs. Ora Kenny 90 died from poison at home. Harriet Tiemann 45 shot herself, husband Hugh Tiemann Pittsburgh engineer was burned last November.
Richard C. English 21, of Erie Pa a University of Pennsylvania law student, was held after arraignment on a charge of driving while intoxicated. The car he drove struck a vehicle owned by Hal Skelly vaudeville star whose chauffeur Earl Short was the only other occupant. English was accompanied by Gordon W Crowell of Philadelphia.
After a severe winter storm, Corry faced the coldest weather yet with four degrees below zero at the J W A P Howard plant east of town and subzero readings downtown. The blizzard left drifted streets, impassable highways west to Erie, and freight and passenger schedules delayed. Simmering sunshine offered little relief, as forecasts warned of another drop tonight and ongoing frigid conditions caused widespread hardship.
Pittsburgh March 9 police reported a raid on a large alcohol plant at Wildwood Road Ross township seizing 30000 gallons mash and 5000 gallons moonshine plus eight drums and a 1000 gallon still. One man arrested another escaped through a skylight as officers fired three shots. The raid was led by Constable J R Bennett Allison Park.
Franklin, Man 9. The Franklin school board discussed lowering the annual per capita tax for 1932 from 5 to 3 dollars. Finance chair Ambrose T. Shensley said the budget could drop about 12,000 dollars versus the current year, reflecting economic conditions. No formal action was taken as the budget must be prepared and presented before a levy can be set in April or May. sentiment favored reducing the per capita tax to 3 dollars.
Uniontown Pa March 9 three men face murder indictments in the Donohoe death near here on July 20 1929. R C Bledsoe Cosmo Stengone and Carmello Sturiale named by Fayette County grand jury with Sturiale unapprehended. Anthony W Bell Sr acquitted after testifying he confessed involvement while held on impersonation charges. Henro is held as material witness in the case.
Paris observers lined streets in cold rain to honor Aristide Briand. The famous French statesman lay in a coffin at his modest home while mourners gathered, including relatives, Foreign Office colleagues, and Briand’s chauffeur Emile and cook Marie from the Briand farm.
Fire in Point Marion Pennsylvania gutted the Seigel Department Store and threatened a neighboring business block. Damage estimated at 65000 dollars. The blaze started in the basement and was spotted by 82 year old Pauline Brassure who saw the light reflection from her window. Origin remains undetermined.
Members of Company A of the Pennsylvania National Guard will pass in review before high officers of the P N G and the U S Regular Army at the State Armory tonight for the annual federal inspection. Lt Col Willian Wish and Major E G McCormick will lead the inspection with other visiting officers present. Preparations have been under way for weeks and a large crowd is expected as public attendance is invited at 8 o clock after a 6 o clock dinner for inspecting officers and unit personnel.
Duquesne University has purchased the Fitzsimmons building, a seven story downtown structure assessed at more than $500000. The university plans to use the three upper floors for school purposes and will rent the remainder.
A report notes about 20 000 bird species exist globally with roughly 800 species observed in the United States. The data underscores global diversity and U S avifauna distribution across habitats and regions.
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