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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1939
Page
3
The post shower spell promises warmer, sunnier weather ahead as residents anticipate Mother's Day on May 14. Reports note a US Treasury figure of 6.9 billion dollars in coin and currency in circulation as of April, while local police investigate a threatening peddler incident near the state hatchery. Regular City Council meeting planned for next Monday.
In Erie on May 10 a freak bolt struck Mrs James Hadley, wife of tax collector James Hadley, damaging the Hadley garage at 2050 Sigsbee Street. She was knocked unconscious, later recovering with only upset stomach and shock, after the bolt entered the house via radio wires during morning hours.
Allegheny College plans its 124th commencement for June 12 with Bishop Adna Wright Leonard as speaker at the exercises. About 140 seniors will receive diplomas, the largest graduating class in the college's history. Columbia University professor Irving Edman will deliver the Phi Beta Kappa address.
A newly published booklet by Le Vincent Meta of the Erle Terminal Allegheny Waterways Association presents both new and old facts supporting the French Creek route between Franklin and Lake Erie. It outlines advantages over other routes studied by Army engineers and targets all U.S. senators and congressmen.
The Upper Allegheny Improvement Association and a candidate group visited Harrivhargy yesterday. They planned to present a booklet to Gay and Arthur H. James, with Mr Metz publishing the booklet as ex Bey.
Erie May 10 After a night of drinking Jum Wagner 26 of Erie confessed to assaulting six girls in the past six months. He was held for a thorough hearing before Judge Waite. Wagner was arrested April 25 during a police roundup targeting snatchers who terrorized the city. He admitted attacking Ruth Dougan.
A county jury convicted Lymn Indian half-breed of Girard on a manslaughter charge after a short deliberation. The case ties to 4 years earlier inquiries into brutal murders of Albert and Johanna Biegert near Girard. He faces up to 20 years in prison and possible later charges for attacks on five other women who hadn’t notified police.
Two youths Franklin Showers aged 14 and Herman E. Smith 13, both of Shippensville, were arrested for leaving the scene in the death of Miss Anne Lutz 21 who was struck by a truck while walking along the highway near Bas Hickory. They waived hearing before Justice D. M. Blum and were committed to the county jail in default of bonds. The truck owner is Wayn H. Showers.
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