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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1933
Page
7
Elgin area notes a quiet week with church services paused as Rev Clark and family travel to Chicago. Residents report meetings at homes, upcoming gatherings, and a farewell for Milton McCray. Local travel includes visits to Union City and Erie, a cabbage shipment to Pittsburgh, and a spike in illnesses across the community.
Police report a theft at the Pappen residence in Erie Village where jewelry and cash totaling about $10 were stolen. The motive appeared protective of family, with intruder entering a likely residential area last evening.
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on March 9 high winds fanned a blaze that threatened an entire row of houses and left two families homeless in Hamnastown mining village near here. Firemen from Greensburg confined the fire to one couple’s dwelling occupied by the families of John Brosiak and Nick Parsons. Damage estimated at $60,000.
Practical guide to starting seeds in home seed boxes focusing on drainage preparation using pots, pebbles and soil layering. Emphasizes careful sowing thinly, early transplanting, light covers during germination, and maintaining moisture without waterlogging to avoid damping off.
Celoron village trustees discussed cutting gas rates as part of a regional approach. Mayor Fred Nelson empowered to appoint a citizens committee. Abhiy Turnquist Adolph G Stones and Charles Langson named. The move aims to ease high gas costs amid tough economic times.
The Philadelphia Bulletin reports a rumor that Waprad Van Dyke may get the collector post for Philadelphia federal internal revenue. Lingoli Acker has held the role since Harting. selection reportedly follows a recommendation from Joseph Gultey of Wilbyburg. Observers debate the salary and influence of the Philadelphia collector, with figures cited around 7000 dollars annually.
Word reached Mrs yorg isincaia that her brother Byron Wilkinson died Monday at his Bel-Vine home. Wilkinson would have turned eighty four if he had lived until April. He was well known in this vicinity and burial is set in Illinois. One daughter survives.
Erie March 9 State legislature expected to approve a bill abolishing the county poor board based on information from Senator Joseph Ziesenheim. Strong groups are lined up to back it with a final vote pending in both houses in coming weeks. If passed Governor Pine buoyed by advisers would sign, replacing directors with salaried, court appointees.
Mrs Minne Kitko, 444 North Worth Street, died at Corry Hospital at 6:80 AM after a stroke last Monday. She was 52, wife of Mark Iditko. Body moved to Crowe Undertaking Parlors, Union City. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
An excerpt on contract bridge strategy discusses slowing methods and bids to avoid overextension. It analyzes responses to various opening actions, indepthly detailing how the declarer and defense influence trick outcomes and the feasibility of making games and slams.
Taxpayers in Columbus township deferred action on extending street lighting pending a survey by a six member commission. The probe will assess property valuations within the district to be lit, as opposition grows to fund lighting through the township general fund and to higher village costs.
A misty pistol found in a mud bank at Hangman's Hollow is reported as a clue in the 1927 murder of State Police Sergeant John J. Downey. The weapon, deemed different from the one Downey was killed with, was turned over by Allegheny County Detective Samuel Whisnr who found it while seeking evidence in another case.
A disjointed report notes troopers ending a riot and tracing Salvatore Ancots after years. Authorities tracked him for months before an Allegheny court ordered action, culminating in his arrest in New York.
A Boston motorist was fined 55 dollars in municipal court after being arrested for driving his automobile into a subway station. The incident occurred when he allegedly attempted to enter the subway at Mayminrett station and was stopped by authorities.
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