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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1926
Page
3
Corry Pennsylvania daily except Sunday publication details and postal information for Arthur Colegrove publisher. Rates by mail five dollars per year and per-copy prices. Advertising rates available on application.
A humorous piece on the National Pie Bakers Association proposing an advertising plan to push pie consumption to three meals daily. It jokes about a father and son movement, herbal fruit grower support, and mixed medical opinions while suggesting doctors could promote rugged health to digest pie thrice daily.
Several hundred Chicago residents rally to shut down 90 roadhouses in southern suburbs by prayer alone. The movement reports swift success with three resorts quitting within ten days and prayer meetings replacing revelry. Businessmen support the crusade, merging moral purpose with the belief that decency benefits commerce.
The American Association of University Professors recommends establishing Latin American fellowships at all accredited U S institutions. It argues the program would foster mutual understanding and friendship with South American republics and calls for more U S students to study in South America as reciprocal exchange grows.
Lieutenant John Thompson, West Point 1923 graduate, was hanged at Port McKinley after confessing to shooting Audrey Burleigh, stepdaughter of Captain Hamilton Calmes, who refused his marriage plea. Thompson, son of Rev Milton Thompson of Astoria, killed her to win her love, saying I love you as he admitted the crime.
Twelve members of the Ladies Auxiliary of the 1st Lieut A W Thompson Post VFW attended the Northwestern district meeting in Warren. About 150 members from Kane Oil City Titusville Erie Du Bois Bradford joined a luncheon at Hotel Carver and helped form a Northwestern Pennsylvania Auxiliaries council with talks by delegates and officers. Attendees included Mesdames Houghton Schrader Amy Rauscher Parker Kittleberger Patterson Gardner Young Spencer and Mrs Chapman, with Miss Margaret Howe headed to Erie for the day.
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