Corry Briefs Reflect Local News and World Events
Corry reports arrive from D Warren DeRosay visiting Paris and Europe as U S moves off the gold standard. Improvements noted in Erie attorney Pitt Gifford after Hamot operation. A Columbus youth seeks police aid amid threats from his stepfather. A three day Erie missionary conference planned at First M E Church May 28. Contagious disease cases limited. mumps and measles under watch. Dun and Bradstreet notes May 1 wholesale price index up about one percent from 1992. Youngsville reduces school tax rate by 214 mills. Corry Woman’s Christian Temperance Union posters showcased in Masonic Temple. Statewide farm prices show most PA crops above national averages except buckwheat. Roosevelt proclaims May 14 as Mother’s Day with Wilson’s earlier approval cited.
Rotarians to Convene in Jamestown for District Conference
Rotarians from New York, Pennsylvania, and Ontario will gather in Jamestown next Monday and Tuesday for the 27th District Conference at Hotel Jamestown. Registration opens Sunday afternoon. a Sunday service at St Luke's Episcopal Church features Rev. John C. Ward followed by a musical program.
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Rotary Chuir
Jamestown
New York
Pennsylvania
Ontario
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
John C. Ward
Erie
Tamestown
Frank J. Mulholland
Toledo
Rotary International
John Lord O'Brien
United States
Joe R. Hanley
Wiliam J. Cairns
Toronto
William Campbell
Rochester
Philis W. Mosher
Niagara Falls
Mulholand
Youth in Franklin Commits Self Destructive Act After Unemployment
John Leste Bartz, 24, formerly with the State Highway Department, Franklin, died at Greenville Hospital from self-inflicted bullet wounds. Coroner Dr. William Applegate ruled death by self action, citing unemployment despair and ill health. The youth, living with his mother and relatives, shot himself after a family incident at Montgomery Ward’s, with a second shot fired upon discovery. He had recently been dismissed from the highway office as an economy cut.
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Franklin
John Leste
Bartz
State Highway Department
Charles Arte
Hadley
Greenville
William €. Applegate
Ralph Ohle
Montgomery Ward & Company
Wasa
Wesc Deen
Pranslin
Governor Pinchot Sets Path for Constitutional Convention Bill
Governor Pinchot authorized public announcement that he would sign the McClure bill providing for a constitutional convention to act on the 21st amendment. The bill directs selection of 15 delegates at large at the November election to ratify or reject the amendment repealing federal prohibition. The chosen group would meet 93 days later to take formal action. Legislative efforts aimed to adjourn the 1983 session by Friday. A conference in Pinchot's office indicated business could be completed by Friday. The public is invited to Kelvinator cooling school at Walter H. Bilis Electric Shop on North Center street with free recipes and cooking demonstrations. The seventh annual convention of the state federation of Democratic women opened in Allentown today with tours and an evening banquet planned featuring Mary Norton and Eugene B. Crow as speakers. The Post Office appointed E. E Lundquist acting postmaster at Shepfield.
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Pinchot
McClure
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Ieaders
Kelvinator Cooling School
Walter H. Bilis
North Center Street
Estate Federation of Democratic Women
Allentown
Congress
Ign Mary Norton
New Jersey
Ugene B) Crows
Indiana
Paris Styles by Mary Knight introduces spring summer fashion
Paris fashion notes from May 3 recount Maison Molyneux fabrics colors and trimmings for the season. Wear materials include brilliant satin rough etepes dotted white cotton muslins and velvets for evening pieces. Colors favor gray beige stone dune sand and pops of red with black and navy accents and trims in fox and sable furs.
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Mary Knight
United Press
Paris
Maison Molyneux
Well known PRR agent at Sheffield noted for long service
The subject, a well known figure in Sheffield, had long been employed as an agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Stocks showed irregular movement with a sharp dip following a brisk rise after passage of the inflation bill today.
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PRR
Sheffield
French Premier Urges Roosevelts World Economic Drive
Aboard the Ile de France May 3 1933 former French Premier Herriot urged all Frenchmen to follow President Roosevelt in a united effort to restore world economic normality. He praised Roosevelt as a leader free of hypocrisy and full of openness and humor and said he would cooperate with Roosevelt on international matters. He said his voyage helped him forge friendship with Roosevelt and that Roosevelt is the man with whom the French governments forces must collaborate.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press
U. S. Ile DE France
Whouard Herriot
Roosevelt
France
Herriot
Indoor Fair at Washington Building Friday
Fourth annual indoor fair sponsored by the Washington School Parents Teachers Association proceeds for the association. Mrs J Roscoe Dearing leads planning with committee. Friday evening at the Washington school building features Perry orchestra guitar duet Rolland Stowe voice Harry B Smith address James Sullivan dope book Hill Billy numbers and surprise numbers. Burt Hurst LeRoy Dickinson Rolland Stowe Fred Rosas Roscoe Dearing lead the program. A free lunch will be served with booths of home baking fancy work bingo candy popcorn.
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Washington School Parents Teachers Association
J. Roscoe Dearing
Washington
Frank , Perry
Frank Perry
Dominic Falcone
Rolland Stowe
Harry B. Smith
Corry School Board
James Sullivan
Burt Hurst
LeRoy Dickinson
Fred Rosas
Roscoe Dearny
Junior Club To Sponsor Dance and Officer Elections
The Junior Woman's Club plans a dancing party soon with Mary Hazel as arrangements chair and date to be announced. Helen Grave Merrick leads the nominating committee for officer elections at the next meeting. Virginia Edson is club president. Also discussed are Juniors attending a district clubs convention in Franklin, Pa. SEIZE DYNAMITE IN WASHINGTON AREA Police report another dynamite find near Avella following a prior seizure. 90 sticks discovered in a miner's house near the Jefferson mine as indoor fair attractions are being arranged.
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Junior Woman's Club
Woman's Club
Mott Street
Mary Hazel
Helen Grave Merrick
Virginia Edson
Jet Franklin
Washington
Avella
Jefferson Mine
Hit and run driver eludes police in fatal crash
May 3 report from Brim says Fred A. Hartman 35 of 1124 Parade Street is unconscious with a fractured skull after a hit and run at 40th Street and Pine. Police are holding four occupants, including two girls, as clues are gathered. Hartman lay in a ditch eight hours before help arrived. Witness Mrs. Borman heard screams as the car struck Hartman and fled.
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Brim
Ilttie
Fred A. Hartman
Parade Street
St. Vincent's ‘Hospital
40Th Street
Pine Juvenile
W. J. Borman
Hartman
I. Tm
Japs threaten new advance in China
Shanghai May 8 The Japanese Consulate General warned that Japanese Manchukuo troops would renew their advance in North China unless Chinese forces end their attacks. Officials affirmed the drive could reach Tientsin but said leaders would halt the movement if Chinese attacks ceased.
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Ney United
Bicos
Shanghai
China
Tientsin
Action on tax cuts delayed by Kane board
Kane May 8 anticipated reduction of school millage failed to materialize at the May meeting of the board of education held in the high school building Monday night. Directors spent hours with no definite action on balancing the budget. The board will not cut millage without a clearer idea of state aid this year. State aid is expected to be cut well below last season. A special meeting will be called upon receipt of information from Harrisburg. The board may consider closing Welsh Street school or trimming high school courses to meet reduced funds.
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Kane
Uix
Board of Education
Harrissburg
Igedl
Harvey G. Berkhouse
Berkhouse
Welsh Street
Hane
Animals force plan to raise pearls in Wisconsin river
In Watertown Wisconsin Prank Moldenhauer abandoned a pearl raising scheme after minks and muskrats fed on planted clams. The animals ate the clams and covered them with bites that paralyzed the mussels, halting the project.
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Watertown
Wis
Moldenhauer
Rooke River
Fragmentary OCR Note on Tax Payment Confusion
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Zane
Ty-An
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Fragmented OCR text describes a police scene with unclear names and actions. The readable portion hints at an investigation or incident with authorities, possible witnesses, and a disrupted sequence. the rest is garbled. The piece mentions a police briefing and a documented report, but specifics are not recoverable from the damaged text.
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Grand Pepey
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