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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1932
Page
6
Cooperation sought in spring clean up. City council urges residents and owners in Corry to survey properties remove refuse and improve appearance during a week set aside for beautification. Collect rubbish by curb 7 a clock Thursday. trucks make one trip per street to the city dump.
County records show Third Ward properties reverting to the tax claims list. Principal and interest on AA certificates total 1 034 587 57 due May 1. Dairy men’s League Association and local banks in New York distribute coupons and interest on various securities. Ascension Day observed in Catholic churches. Chevrolet reports April sales in top ten days for 19 672 new and 35322 used cars. Three new pneumonia cases reported over the weekend. Associated Gas and Electric declares quarterly dividend of 1 on 4 cumulative preferred stock payable May 1 2931. Prohibition poll shows 16 for continuance and 95 for repeal. Corty area expected 18 hot days this summer with 103 days at Tidegress and over. Knights Templar attend First Presbyterian church service in uniform. Rotary Club lunch and music program arranged for tomorrow at the Corry Hotel.
Scattered May Day disturbances across Europe with Madrid reporting a lull in activity except for church services and bullfights. In London extremists attempting a Hyde Park march were dispersed by mounted police. Navy enlistments noted for two youths. A Niagara Falls marriage announcement read at St. Thomas church. Legislative talks addressed tax on messages and proposed changes to church burial and marriage rites at a Methodist conference in Atlantic City. Western Pennsylvania and northern Ohio irrigation project slated to begin May 15. Market and rail tax issues cited as background to stock moves.
Roosevelt testifies as a character witness in the trial of Banks Superintendent Joseph A. Broderick, accused of neglect of duty for not closing the Bank of the United States before he died. This rare gubernatorial testimony marks one of the few times a state leader has testified in a criminal case.
Across Tokyo Shanghai Paris Havana Melbourne and other places May Day actions prompted police to disperse crowds. Reports note arrests and injuries among demonstrators and police, with scattered violence in Havana and Dunned.
Erie county spent about 10000 to conduct last Tuesday's primary election. County Controller Harvey M. Willis announced the figure while approving warrants linked to the election. Costs covered include official ads salaries election officials machine demonstrators machine custodians transport of machines to and from polling places and related items. Ballot printing for districts without machines was a major expense.
A car crash at Harding and Hall avenues at 1:15 pm yesterday left Clarence J. McCarty Sr. 24 and his 1-year-old son with minor injuries. The McCartys were in a car driven by Frank McCarty of Lakewood. The other vehicle fled. police reported Gib Anderson or Gilbert Anderson of Peach Street as the possible driver.
In Midland Pa on May 2 Joseph Milgrove aged 11 drowned while fishing from a barge when he tripped and fell into the Ohio River. Firemen recovered the body about 45 minutes later as several companions watched nearby.
Ithaca May 2 Acting on a motion by Berne A Pyrie commissioner of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets a group of dairymen bankers and business leaders pledged cooperation with the Emergency Committee of the New York Milk Shed at a April 20 dinner. They endorsed the committee program and called for cooperative marketing to stabilize milk prices. Dr G B Ladd warned prices are four fifths of prewar levels and producers face low returns and rising class tensions amid a disorganized market.
Thieves forced entry at the Wheel In gasoline station on Seota Street and East Columbus Avenue, owned by Russell Ream. A large stock of candy and confectionery was stolen along with some oil and other items. The stock was worth about 130 dollars. Acting Chief Flannigan investigated. no clues left by the culprits. The burglary was discovered Sunday morning after Saturday night entry.
County Commissioner Helen M. Schluraff said in Harrisburg that state officials confirmed the 1032 road program proceeds. She denied reports of abandoned paving from Lavery Center to Crawford county and for Hast Lake road to the New York line, noting bids open next Friday and plans to extend West 19th Street to Astity Chapel Road.
Peter Goodwill of Centerville Jay died at Corry Hospital yesterday at 1 45 pm after suffering pneumonia. Born October 10, 1861, he had long resided in Centerville. He is survived by his wife seven daughters four sons two sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements were not completed this afternoon.
A fragment discusses John Adams era items including a special congressional session, relations with France, the 11th amendment adoption, alien and sedition acts, the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, the navy department establishment, the Quasi War, later Kentury resolutions, Washington’s death, and the move of the capital from Philadelphia, ending with a note on a treaty with France abrogating the Treaty of Alliance of 1778.
Youngsville May 2. Patchen driving the hospital team on the Rouse estate near the main highway was thrown from the wagon when a passing auto horn spooked the horses. Patchen sustained a sprained wrist and facial bruises. Walter Brennan, Aaron Sanford and Superintendent Ward pursued the team. Brennan and Sanford captured a horse. Brennan received a deep head wound after the whip tree startled the horse and he passed out, getting surgical care and being moved to his home on Second Street. Patchen is reported able to be about.
Navy officials at Lakehurst New Jersey say further test flights for the airship Akron are planned and a likely overnight flight may occur if weather permits. The exact flight direction remains to be decided and will depend on weather conditions.
Erie police report counterfeit ten dollar bills passed in local stores over several days. Banks returned three notes by Saturday and detectives note the bills resemble genuine currency with a misprint reading cold certificate and a Hamilton portrait with dull printing. Captain George Christoph calls the work highly clever.
A massive explosion near Bolivar destroyed a steel magazine and two frame buildings of the American Glycarina Company. Three hundred quarts of nitroglycerin and 450 rounds of dynamite exploded, leaving a gaping hole, shattered windows, and an estimated $3,000 in property loss plus additional expected damages. No injuries reported as investigators search for a cause.
Oil City secured victory in the inter-high league finals held at Mesdvill. Debaters McCullough and Norman Stone Corry performed strongly in semi finals. The team earned the large silver trophy and individual honors with longtime campus support noted.
Fragmented reading details a 1920s era school concert with performers named McCray Clarefée McCray and Horace Bryne. It mentions tenor solos and a Swedish tune in a regu luss section led by Severétte Phillip Clarefée.
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