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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1932
Page
8
A fragmented news roundup notes the weather service, flood repairs on Spring street, and the Street Department’s ongoing work. It cites State Vocational Conference dates, rumored Montgomery Ward expansion, reforestation progress, auto crash patterns, highway marking changes, professional licensing, and local political race notes alongside upcoming fashion for men’s straw hats.
Four Jamestown men pleaded guilty to charges of second degree rape abduction and second degree assault in Chaumont County Court. The defendants admitted improper relations with a 13 year old Ashville girl. Earlier a fifth man Raymond Allen also pleaded guilty while two others remain under not guilty pleas.
Lovenguth announces honors for the graduating class. Dittmar Cherry tops with 89.8 percent average across four years, Jack Burton close at 89.9 percent, Clyde Swezey at 88.8 percent.
County Controller Wuns began a personal audit of former Prothonotary James H Yard accounts tied to a conceded shortage from naturalization case fees. The dispute over responsibility has swung between Willis and county commissioners for weeks as a special auditor was discussed.
The Scandinavian Bell Ringers, a renowned international concert group, perform at the Corry Meth el Episcopal church Friday in a highly anticipated program. Admission is by silver offering with no reserved seats and a 7 45 start time. An expected large audience is anticipated for the event.
D Roy Bishop Canfield, 58, renowned specialist in diseases of the eye ear nose and throat, was killed in an automobile accident in Ann Arbor on May 12.
In Meadville Pennsylvania on May 12 a demented driver from New Kensington was said by police to cause a head on collision near Hartstown. Mrs. John DeLancey wife of Meadville city treasurer and Mrs. Louise Patterson mother of Mrs. DeLancey were injured. Mrs. Patterson, 68, suffered multiple broken ribs and serious internal injuries. Mrs. DeLancey escaped with minor injuries. The car carrying the demented driver was driven by his wife Mrs. Marsh en route to Warren State hospital.
William Smith editor and publisher of the Punxsutawney Spire for 47 years and former congressman died at Cleveland Clinic after pneumonia and complications. He founded the first trade publication in the United States. He was 72 and longtime Punxsutawney resident.
The Root furniture store has secured Lyle Foster, former owner and manager of Furniture Manufacturer's Outlet, which closed. Foster joins May 11 with Charles Shuss and L. W. Foster planning an extensive sales program, exciting Corry residents and local trade.
The Cooper Union Institute was founded in New York to provide free schools of arts and science, a free reading room and library for the working classes. It operates a night school of science, a day school of science, a debt art department, a women's art school and several other divisions.
The Weather Bureau reported a disturbance near Cape Hatteras moving northward, bringing strong northeast winds. Warnings were issued from Delaware breakwater to Boston with gale conditions possible at times.
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