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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1932
Page
4
A robbers’ trio entered the store at the corner of Erie Avenue and Sixth Street in Renovo around 3 a m Sunday. They fired three shots as they escaped through the side door, taking $5 from the cash register before police and a constable chased suspects who were soon arrested.
Fragmented notice from 1941 mentions preliminary work for a tank at the Alleghany Glase plot Mt Jewell with construction to start next week and a new leak system. It also advertises fertilizer prices and delivery by H C Warfer and a Mother’s Day special at Brooks Studio with priced items.
City and Vicinity items list local commerce, services, and notices. J. Wilcox delivers groceries while coal and hardware ads appear. Police and civic updates cover a faked man sighting, a gas station interstate plan, a bridge repair, and a school bazaar. Several obituaries, hospital notes, and community events accompany clerical and legal notices.
An unexplained blast at Swartz grocery in Leechburg Pa. killed an unidentified black man and damaged surrounding buildings. The store’s walls were blown out, and a woman reported a man inside the stove attempting to escape before the explosion. Police said the cause is not yet known.
United Press reports Mrs Agnes Murr of York charged with murdering her two children Gerald age three and Robert eighteen months by strangling them with silk stockings and an iron string before she hanged herself. District Attorney Ralph Fisher pursued the case as Mrs Murr remained silent in jail.
Governor Gifford Pinchot left for his Milford home to spend the weekend as politicians speculate on drafting a call for a special session of the legislature. The general belief on Capitol Hill is that another extra session to provide relief for the unemployed will be summoned either late this month or in June. Ferry's garden seeds in bulk all kinds at J. D. Murray's. 216.
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