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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1926
Page
3
Publisher announces post office entry as second class matter for Corty Pa. Mailing rate is 500 dollars per year. Carrier rate is three cents per copy or fifteen cents per week. Advertising rates available on request.
A historical note discusses a proposed triple naval conference among the United States Great Britain and Japan. It highlights focus on cruisers submarines and sea power while noting air power interest and Italy's limited fleet funding. The piece warns agreements may leave unresolved growing arms issues and provoke debate about pacific power.
A discussion of student dances at Yale and elsewhere questions the high expense of social events. It notes $100,000 for a single dance and $1500 for orchestra, suggesting fathers would cover costs, and contrasts college budgets with private wealth while considering the value of lavish productions. The piece also mentions a birth in Cleveland and a baseball note about Kane at second base for the Interstate League.
Twenty years ago the Thistles, a well known ball team, met Aunt Erie in town at Aake Park yesterday. The visitors won the game by six to one amid lively crowds and local enthusiasm for the squad.
Mrs MT Christie and other guests joined Mrs Elly Dewey in Calumbus Thursday for a dinner in honor of her daughter Mrs Sinant of Ol City. The occasion brought together Mrs Lamb ing Mrs Seaver and Mrs FA Smith among attendees.
An old Diogenes figure is asked about a search for a family that won’t push to buy when they cannot afford it. He sighs and prepares to place a millionth new battery in a scene of old fashioned progress.
Grover C. Maxwell, an athlete and World War veteran, stands trial for allegedly murdering his wife in Greensburg Pennsylvania in January. Ten men and two women sit as jury to decide his fate after a day spent selecting the panel.
Pittsburgh May 24 The appeal by Air Beidleman on recounts in the gubernatorial race will be heard by Judge Joby Shafer in Harrisburg. Arguments will seek court action to require or reject official returns from Allegheny county and state counties. John S Fisher led with 638,754 votes to Weidleman 625,228 as counts progressed with 26 counties official and MM precincts missing.
Paris May 25 United Press reports French aviator D'Oisy left from Villa Pulihlay to pursue a long distance flight toward Tokyo. The proposed route spans about 1,900 kilometers with waypoints including Moscow and Irkutsk.
May 25 five inmates died during an attempted jailbreak at Alabama State Farm in England Ave. The guards call it one of the boldest attempts in the region as four life-term prisoners were identified as Will Bishop John Birett Fels Ben Casey and Boyd Jewell.
The article speculates that many telephone operators marry within five months of starting work, suggesting a social pattern that may be connected to their occupational circumstances. It notes a general surprise at the short interval before marriage.
Commissioner Edward K Hootey discussed federal prohibition enforcement expansion under President swridge and the effect on local arrests. He noted the need to raid places without delays and questioned authority to raid without federal agents. A woman and a second woman faced liquor violations over the weekend, with hearings set and bonds posted.
In Dunkirk on May 25 a man named Blake aged 22 was struck by a New York Central train while walking along Leopard Street. He suffered severe head injuries and broken limbs, was rushed to hospital in a coma, with examinations pending and police treating it as a possible attempted suicide.
Paul O Daniel aged 83 of Smithfield avenue Browne died Saturday afternoon in Brooks town New Jersey after a barge upsetting threw him into the water and he drowned before aid could reach him. His parents left after receiving the telegram. three hurt at Ridgway traffic incident involving a suffamobile.
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