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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1932
Page
3
A Corry Pa piece discusses whether banks hoard cash amid economic strain. It cites estimates of private hoarding from 1 to 1.8 billion dollars, debates bankers duty to depositors versus public good, and notes the impact of emergency banking laws on lending practices.
The text praises Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York for his pre convention campaign strength. It highlights the North Dakota primary as impressive and cites endorsements from Woodrow Wilson's aides and industry leaders like Daniel C. Roper. The remarks commend Roosevelt’s health stamina and political leadership amid economic chaos and unemployment, noting his constructive legislative actions.
A reader activity item poses five questions on public aid for Corry School District Zurich location Gettysburg battle date the new Secretary of Treasury and the Rotary Club president. Page 7 carries Thought is Silence by the same contributor.
Twenty years ago notes from the Corry Journal report the school board electing not to build a First ward school this season, a newborn found dead in a pasteboard box on Shady avenue, police investigation underway, and the Corry Metal Furniture Company extending shifts to thirteen hours daily next week while Pure Food Agent Elton and Health Officer Powell inspect local dairies.
Funeral services for Mrs Neylon were held at St Thomas Church with a solemn high mass. The organ recital by Winsor Phillips and singer Paul Kischier preceded the service attended by many relatives and friends. The body was interred at Pine Grove Cemetery in a mausoleum, with bearers named Lawrence Desmond Samuel Sweet Ralph G Bly Ernest Schuyler John Dugan and Chris Moran. Out of town attendees included Miss Deal Neylon of Buffalo and Miss Ella Haugh of Rochester.
W H Duffy and Co begin moving stock to a new store in the Barlow building on South Center street. Carmen's Lady Minstrels perform at Library Theatre tonight. Krit cars arrived and will be unloaded. three cars sold to Leach, Ricker and Sandburg. Dr L M Christie prepares for Mikado rehearsals at Library Theatre April 11 and 12. Knights of Columbus discuss new quarters formerly Elks set. Raymond Manufacturing works overtime on a 90 springs order for Cadillacs. St Patrick banquet by Historical Circle Jest. Out of town paper notes future passenger train promise on P and S. Fourteen Gladys Frew friends celebrate her eighth birthday. Charles Craker from Buffalo to join Municipal club team at the armory.
Frank Battaglia a 26 year old gangster of the ’42 gang is found dead by four bullets to the head beside a country road southwest of Chicago. Police had hunted him after two dramatic escapes in custody in the Loop as gangland violence continues. He had been active in West Side crime amid a long series of gangland slayings.
In Sherman region thefts, several youths held for the ground jury. A large amount of alleged loot from the Nuttall Garage theft on February 28 was recovered Saturday by deputies and state troopers with a search warrant. The search of a Lake Road residence near Westfield yielded many small automobile accessories. Miller and two other Westfield youths were arrested earlier in the case.
March 21 Falconer reports Dickerson Levant boy of 14 treated at W C A Hospital Jamestown after being struck by a car driven by Leonard Cooper on the highway east of the village while he and two companions pulled a bobsled in heavy snow. One other boy named Robbins escaped injury. The injured boy received medical care from Dr. G H Culver before transfer.
Louis Scaise, detective, says Sampier has a black eye he says he got from beating his wife Nimetta to death with a sash weight at their 539 W Eighteenth Street home. Assistant DA Burton Laub had earlier alleged Sampieri attacked him during questioning in Captain of Detectives Christoph’s office. Sampieri's family claims ongoing threats and prior homicide attempts. son Frank says two bullets were removed from a gun minutes before the attack.
Roberta Abersold, 89, of Railroad Avenue Dunkirk, hanged himself in a barn behind his home on Saturday after months of unemployment. Former boilermaker at the Brooks plant of the American Locomotive Co, he left a wife, four sons and one daughter. Coroner George H. Blood ruled death suicide. neighbor Frank Schuyer found the body. Born in Switzerland, he had lived in Dunkirk 22 years, formerly from Fredonia, and belonged to Grace Lutheran Church.
Noel Coward's witty comedy premieres at Hex Theatre for two days starring Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery. Supporting cast includes Reginald Denny Una Merkel Jean Hersholt and George Davis in the Manhattan favorite about a separated couple remarrying with new partners.
The report notes the burial of Mrs. Sarah Thompson-Wetmore in Oakland Cemetery and details the funeral party from New York City, Montreal, and Boston, with her husband Charles Wetmore and children among survivors. It mentions Henry McConnell’s death in Warren and a separate Erie County verdict awarding Thomas O Connor and his father damages after a waterbound accident near Moreyhurst College, with lawyers named for both sides.
Twenty four men including Madward Mitchell of 45 West Twenty fourth Street were fined two dollars and costs after a raid on 1216 State Street. The court labeled the place a disorderly house rather than a gambling house. Attorney William J. Caragy defended the group. The city netted 165 dollars from the case.
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