Debut Burgh District Upset Stuns Local Crowd
A cryptic OCR fragment hints at an upset in a burgh district with Marys splons and a debut, as a notable athlete or team edges a rival for a right to claim a feat.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1939
Page
7
A cryptic OCR fragment hints at an upset in a burgh district with Marys splons and a debut, as a notable athlete or team edges a rival for a right to claim a feat.
Pennsylvania reports a 33.9 percent drop in motor vehicle deaths with 53 fewer fatalities as of March 1939, praising the highway safety campaign. Other states show mixed results with California and Illinois up, Minnesota and North Dakota down, while Pennsylvania aims to maintain leadership in reducing deaths and injuries.
Reported safe blowing at Botany Knitting Mills in Fitzroy Australia reveals the safe contained only bows and appears never to have been sacked. Nearby notes say aviation use replaces scarecrows as planes fly over fields to deter birds.
Amity township farmer C Bueg was found guilty of culling 120 trees on Benjamin Duryea’s property and faces up to eight years in jail. He filed a rehearing petition claiming no evidence tied him to the cuts and that trees were not on Duryea’s land while awaiting bond escalation and court action.
Melvin Averill 18, Waterford, pleaded guilty to breaking into a farm hose and removing $50 of property. Judge Miles Kilts placed him on probation with a probation officer. The local law department and officials testified he had no prior trouble. Averill remained in county jail pending future plea decisions.
Corry and nearby players will meet at Tarbell’s in Corry Union on March 25 at 8 PM to test their skills against William R. Schettler, a leading Erie chess figure and tournament director. Admission is free. spectators may send a card to Virgil Tarbell, 240 Locust Street, to witness the demonstration.
A four year old girl died after a family spaghetti dinner incident. Another child and a cousin were hospitalized in serious condition. Deputy coroners collected samples for chemical analysis as investigators probe the cause.
The Rev Dr Mick Depp of Christ Methodist Episcopal Pittsburgh warned dry supporters that repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment could provoke retaliation from temperance advocates and church leaders. He urged opposing manufacturers and advertisers to abandon alcohol promotion or risk public backlash from a resentful populace at the Federated legislative meeting.
An auction notice from the Corey Golden Rule Club lists a sale at Bete Prright Station on a Thursday. It notes merchandise from merchants and various items including machinery and ponies offered to high bidders. The sale emphasizes seller pays shipping and a core group of named locals is referenced in connection with the event.
Constance Darby, 20, plans marriage to Terry Cannon while torn by rival suitors Gordon Keith, Avis Bailey, and Rosalind in an upstate college town. Gordon, ostracized and broke, vies for Constance as Terry battles jealousy, family pressures, and a sudden family crisis involving Rosalind and Van Howard.
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