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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1938
Page
2
In the 1872 election three electoral college members cast votes for a presidential candidate they knew was dead. The note links this historic irregularity to a claim about the Great Salt Lake and its reputed purity as a swimming hole, though the two ideas are not connected.
City dispatches report multiple thefts including a purse snatching near a home on Peach Street. A janitor Adolph Bromwell was burned by a backfire at Hile Concrete. Major West remains at Corry Prison while town meetings and church notices fill the schedule. Local births, retirements, and police crackdowns on speeders are noted along with circus posters and school honors.
The report notes Jones and James secure gubernatorial victories amid a split field with Pinchot as a key anti-Pinchot ticket. It records early concessions, campaign dynamics, and large majorities in the judiciary race, along with Roosevelt Democrats claiming victory for the administration. Voter totals show Republicans leading Democrats in statewide tallies at 8 am DST.
A junior service prom is set for Wednesday evening May 27 at St Edward's hall. The Commanders provide music from 9 to 1. Dorothy Mixer chairs the arrangements with assistants Patricia Rhynard, Mary Joan Donohue, Bill Hoylen, Bill Walsh and Raymond Bochofier handling decorations invitations and publicity.
ERIE May 18. John Pawlowski 44 of 1902 Brandes street a fireman at Ene incinerator plant will recover sight of one eye. Attending Dr Byward Dennis said Pawlowski was injured when he opened the furnace door and a fragment from within exploded striking his eye deep into the pupil.
James Battle, a Luzerne County figure, traces his roots in Plymouth where he worked as a breaker and mule driver while helping his father. He attended Dickinson Law School, joined the county bar in 1904, began practice in Plymouth, and launched his political path as Luzerne County district attorney in 1919. He was re elected in 1923 and resigned November 1, 1928, the day before his lieutenant governor election.
James remains allied with Gov. John Grisher after defeat of his running mate. He served as lieutenant governor from 1927 to 1981 and was elected to the Superior Court bench in 1932 with a salary of 18000 yearly. He owns a 12 room house with Dorothy, 23, his daughter.
The agriculture department notes a recovery in farm population in Pennsylvania after a long slump. Population on farms rose from 63,000 to 294,000 during 1887, signaling renewed stability in rural holdings and agricultural activity across Harrisburg and surrounding counties.
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