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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1931
Page
3
The Corry Evening Journal reports a debate within the Soviet Union over selling national art treasures to obtain foreign gold and food. Some factions argue jewels and paintings are wasted luxury, while others insist on preserving cultural heritage as priceless and irreplaceable.
Gustav Lindenthal on his 81st birthday imagines a monumental 57th street viaduct with ten rail lines and sixteen highways costing about 40 million dollars. He foresees New York becoming a white shining city of steel and architecture, ripening like an apple and fading in two centuries as coal and population move southward.
Did You Know presents questions about the ages of presidents and senators and why Quakers are called by that name. It notes origins, historical figures, and a mention of Molly Maguires and Miss Cauvol with a final reference to Jack isinkland as a writer.
Five Corry men had a narrow escape when Walter A Shuss s new Ford automobile went into the Brokenstraw Monday night. The party included J M Sheeley R W Blydenburg Louis Brown Judson Carl Fike and Walter Shuss. Decoration Day games will be held on the old Washington street grounds. A pleasant party of fourteen was at the Doane home on Park street in honor of Marlon Doane s birthday. John Riker visited Garland with the Crescents. Sev erance McGrath s team won seven straight games against Robert Manley s squad 21 to 14 yesterday afternoon. Leo Graves son of Mr and Mrs R Graves was put aboard Ward line steamer York s climatic belt while observers weigh in on engineer Lindenthal s theory. Historic perspective is lacking in America and should be studied more.
The text notes Galvin Coolidge as the first president to have his message to Congress broadcast over the radio. It also includes a garbled list of questions and mixed historical notes about pensions and ships.
A fragment from a language column by W. L. Gordon discusses mispronunciations of common terms and spelling errors. It highlights examples and urges readers to expand vocabulary by mastering one word daily with a sample: remotely meaning distantly and remotely related to real love.
A brainteaser presents 16 piles with each pile four more and four less than its neighbors. The first pile has 5 marbles. Determine the last pile’s count based on the given pattern and constraints.
Erie May 27. County solicitor Harold F Mook says no law supports an injunction to suspend 1982 taxes in the Fifth Ward. Taxes are due and payable, he adds, and the county will oppose the petition. Court will hear separate tax appeals after the June term.
Rich ard M. Bilis a well known New Orleans clubman and yachtsman drowned when he fell from the yacht Olellia three miles off Spanish Wort in Lake Pontchartrain. He was among 17 guests aboard the Penick owned vessel. The yacht had been cruising since dinner and Bilis vanished from the upper deck rail shortly after midnight as the search continued through the night.
Fire at the Pastime theatre in Lewistown Pennsylvania caused $75,000 in damage to stage effects organ and sound equipment with the blaze starting in the orchestra pit. A resident nearby discovered the fire as Lewistown fire crews from five companies battled the flames and limited damage to front office suites.
The Bemis Corners Spirit Hill road improvement in Wayne township is amended into the Senate version and sent to Governor Pitchet for signature. The route now extends north from Bemis Corners to the New York state line on Spirit Hill, replacing the Raymonds Corners segment. Local property owners and New York officials supported the plan as part of a broader township road program.
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