26 Nov 1928
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1928
Page
1
A partial OCR note mentions a flat with back entrance lights and a price or rent detail. Names Stennett and St. Pos are visible with unclear dates or numbers. The readable fragments suggest a housing or rental listing with limited specifics and no clear action.
A powerful gale off Union Gales on the European coast causes two women to die in a fatal accident. Winds of terrible force lash seas as 24 ships are wrecked or in distress. Reports from London and Paris describe telegraph and canal disruptions, wrecked planes, and multiple SOS calls as ships struggle in a roaring storm.
A week of severe winter weather brings heavy snow six to eight inches across areas. hazardous driving with numerous accidents reported as Old Man Winter extends the cold, and temperatures drop to near zero. Pittsburgh and Franklin record the season’s coldest readings, interstate reports warn of slick roads and school closings. two women die in a Titusville crash tied to the storm, others injured.
Today s featured radio programs include Harling s opera Light from St Agnes on WEAF NBC and General Motors Hour on SD. WOR offers Vitaphone Hour while WIZ airs Roxy s Gang. WPG in Atlantic City presents Handel s Judas Maccabaeus with the Atlantic City Festival Choir.
New York trading resumed on the stock exchange after a one day pause for bookkeeping. In the first half hour the Dow Jones 30 recorded 461,700 shares traded with mixed prices yet firmer overall. Big movers included Bethlehem Steel Superior Oil General Motors Associated Dry Goods Consolidated Gas and Columbia Graphophone.
London dispatch reports King George II spent a restless night with a fluctuating fever and a spread of pleurisy. A crowd of about 1,000 gathered outside Buckingham Palace while guards mounted, and medical officials Sir Stanley Hewett and Lord Dawson of Penn left the palace after more than two hours, as the bulletin noted the king was resting comfortably earlier.
Residents will witness the first total lunar eclipse since last June, lasting about an hour. The event occurs Tuesday at 2:24 a.m. EST with totality at 4:35 a.m. and ends around 4:20 a.m. as the moon brightens again, offering astronomers a rare chance to study lunar luminosity and radiation effects.
F J Sperry, recently successful at Motel Corry, will leave the city next month to take over management of the new Hotel Emery in Bradford. Mrs Sperry will assist. Emery opens in January with a planned February formal opening. Their departure ends a praised era at Hotel Corry, while their future endeavors promise continued success.
Washington the State department expects soon to move toward world court membership and a shift in attitude toward US reservations. Indications point to a broad reconsideration of Senate reservations on American participation in the court.
Five people died in Ohio air crashes during a heavy snowstorm. Victims include two airmail pilots Lawrence Jr. Garrison and Tilden Peter Johnson, along with Edwin H. Bassett his wife and photographer Glenn R. Butt. Crashes occurred near Warren West Lebanon and during approaches to Cleveland. Bassett was on his eighth wedding anniversary.
Mrs Byron Oiskey and Mrs Hivey Osgood, both of Warren, are confined at Corry hospital after a collision east of Columbus on Saturday afternoon. Their injuries, mainly cuts and bruises, are not serious, and they expect to return soon. A second incident involves 12 year old Alex Adams of Garter Hill who was treated for burns from a 22 caliber rifle accident.
In Pittsburgh on November 26, the will of Robert Davidson of Cora Opti Pa. was filed for probate. The broker left an estate valued at 270000 dollars. Domestic details show Davidson as the primary testator and executor arrangements pending probate.
Manila reports record typhoon impact on Luzon with winds near 70 miles per hour. Crops in 30 percent of areas destroyed and port facilities, government buildings, and small ships damaged. Milwaukee provided support as telegraph and radio reports arrived amid widespread destruction.
Rev Henry A Post resigns as rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church effective December 17 after delivering his final sermon. He will become rector of St Thomas Church in Barnesboro and move his family there within two weeks. Post previously served Emmanuel since May 11 1985 and was former deacon in the Northern Archdeaconry of the Harrisburg diocese.
Notice notes dissolution of partnership between Mrs. AG Hutt and Mrs. Zennix who ran a shop on West Stolth street. Future operations to be carried on by J P Mead and Mrs. Zennie Fish with the former part owner of the restaurant housing the eat shoppe.
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