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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1930
Page
8
Warren County authorities investigated the death of Frank Kabestaye a Ludlow resident found after a shooting last Tuesday in Suez Hem township near Limbertast station. A 22 caliber pistol caused two chest wounds one near the heart. coroner Ed Lowrey ruled death by own action with no clear motive. Wife two children survive.
Oil City November 1 A congregation meeting at the Pitsl Presbytering church will review at least three plats for a new church on the site of the present building at Spring and Mayeross streets. Plans have been submitted for trustees to consider. no action yet. A five year financial program is under way to fund the project and foundation.
Bill Speck from Kinzu area touted as a top hunting man while a Rex Theatre program promises a night of song and dance. Reports cover city finances, temperance efforts, and a slate of football broadcasts on Columbia and NBC networks. Also noted are a death of Dr David Dennis, October sales totals, wildlife sightings, and local church activities.
Brief reports a Wattsburg Road crash five miles from the city killed a woman and injured four others, including a six year old girl. Driver Russell Mattis was among the injured and coroner and highway patrol investigated the cause.
Announcement states the marriage of Miss Rush Turter and Robert Shannon of this city occurred Saturday evening in Clymer with ceremony by Roy Clark Eshelman. The Shannons reside on East Trying Street Corry area friends extend congratulations broadcaster WELBW at City today with scheduled airings Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.
The Pixs Methodist Church weekly program includes Sunday services with growing attendance and a lively choir. Ten new adult members joined the church at the Sunday morning service. Monday night features Epworth League planning and church events.Midweek gatherings include the Church School, Alatijans meeting, and Thursday prayer meeting. Girl Scouts and youth social plans are set for Friday evening under local leadership.
The origin of St Bernard dogs is debated with claims they descend from an imported German Hound crossed with a Swiss rough-coated sleeper type. Some say monastery dogs are not true St Bernards but Newfoundlands, while others argue current toes reflect added Newfoundland or German lineage.
United Press reports a spate of weekend auto crashes in the Pittsburgh district leaving multiple dead and injured. Mae Marcus, 40, of Pittsburgh, died and her husband and three children were slightly injured in a collision on William Penn Highway near Ligonier. Latrobe’s Dyard Schulz, 29, died as car plunged off a 60 foot embankment near Kittanning. Spua Buckles, 24, and Ethel Callen, 22, were seriously hurt. Franklin Stepp and Mitchell Stephenson sustained lesser injuries in Tarentum and Ford City. Miss Monjorie Coole, 19, died Saturday night in Montefiore hospital after a Pittsburgh truck collision weeks earlier.
James Town Police Chief Strodoff died at his home on East Sixth Street after a week with a blood clot in the brain. Officials believe the clot loosened and traveled to the brain causing instantaneous death following a fall while testing doors a month earlier. He was well known and had been in his usual good spirits the day before.
Mrs W. Scripps widow of publisher W. W. Scripps died in San Diego after a long illness at age 64. Her son Robert P. Scripps editorial director of the Scripps-Howard papers and Mrs Robert P. Scripps were with her, along with two daughters Mrs Thomas Mearly and Miss Della Scripps.
Ten men face conspiracy and smuggling charges in Detroit related to illegal alcohol importions during Prohibition. The group, linked to a pilot and named figures including a district attorney, are charged in a spring arraignment and await trial on the indictments.
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