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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1930
Page
6
The High School auditorium hosts the second 1930-31 Lyceum number featuring John Howard Bockewitz in a sectionomic entertainment. Promises wit and originality with "double-mindedness" feats such as writing backwards and upside down while reciting poetry.
The Baptist Sunday School junior section held a party last evening in the church basement with sixty eight attendees. Teachers led games and stunts, then supper and dessert were served in the church parlor before dismissal at 9 45. A court note reports the jury in the extortion case against Duke Harris of Brie remained out seeking further instructions.
A local gent warned a West Main street driver about prohibition agents. a federal officer answered the phone. Reports say a Franklin airport plane was stolen and pilot Jack L. Faulkner is missing, with searches underway. Police teletype and statewide notes follow.
A report notes a movie return on West South Street and a sibling outing with Reed Steber of Warren at a Tuesday meet. Crippled Children fundraiser, Glen Peebles injured in a highway crash, and Corry hospital to Greenville home transfer are mentioned. Plant No 4 remodeling progresses with Elvisto Hirey handling the contract. The forecast warns of snow and gale winds threatening northwestern Pennsylvania this Sunday as warm spell ends.
Fire officials reported engineer John E. Roy and wireman Archie Lewis were injured when a Pennsylvania passenger train struck a gasoline tank car train near Sharon. They were admitted to Buhl Hospital in fair condition. The destroyed tank car caused flames and extensive damage to the locomotive area.
A digest of radio listings features 8:15 Col lier's Radio Hour on NBC and 8:45 Quiet Harmony on CBS. At 5:15 Kent Hour airs on WEAF, 9:15 South Sea Islanders on NBC, and 11:15 Sam Herman the xylophonist on WEAF.
Albert G Brehm of 888 Rogeley St St Marys reported his 17 year old son Theodore Brehm missing after he wandered alone with a shotgun during the day. A large search with forty men scoured Wolf Lick Sawdust and Hellfire areas until 3 10 a m when the youth was found at the Fleming camp and chose to stay there overnight.
A Pittsburgh grand jury indicted ten men linked to scalping at a local football game three weeks ago on 18 counts. The charges include forging a written instrument false pretense and conspiracy to defraud.
The text argues for learning by doing to instill character and habits. It warns against rigid dictatorial methods and stresses guiding students in fair play, evidence based conclusions, and proper attitudes toward knowledge. It emphasizes teaching character across subjects and activities.
Erie officials await two hour meeting led by District Attorney Otto Herbat and state troopers Sobel and Moran as they interview a jailed girl in New Castle Pa She may determine whether Eugene Zappatelli and Frank Bartone are freed in the Anthony Roberto case whose body was found shot on Knobloch road The girl serves 30 days in a disorderly house and is currently jailed there
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