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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1935
Page
3
Corry and Erie items cover a wide range from a tuberculosis hospital grant in Erie to Mark Twain Day proposals for state schools. Reports include Marine and sports notes on hunting, a world series broadcast plan, and local civic events.
Erie County shows a sharp split on the statewide constitutional revision with 10 822 voting yes to call a convention and 10 724 voting no, as returns from 32 counties remain. Other counties report varying tallies with Lancaster and Westmoreland among top yes counts and shifts across the state indicating a close contest.
At Gan nel near Addis Ababa, 120 Ethiopian youths aged 15 to 80 undergo a year long course to prepare as infantry officers artillerymen and engineers. Swed ish officers staff the academy while cadets from all social strata endure drill, marksmanship and bayonet work, aiming to boost Ethiopia’s potential future army officers.
City teachers are invited to a Leadership Institute at the library on Wednesday evening October 2, 1985 at 7 40 p m. R S Dewey superintendent of schools will discuss teachers succeed and fail and a new approach to Sunday school work will be shown by Mr Hengst. Local YMCA committee chaired by D A Ailstrom aims for a more concentrated program this year inviting men and women with leadership talent to join in youth betterment.
Harrisburg Oct 1 Informal ruling by state elections bureau officials says voters may nominate and elect public officers by writing in names on ballots without party labels. The anti party raiding act of 1935 does not bar one candidate from appearing on multiple party nominations if voters write in and the legal issue stays within state wide ticket controversies.
In Hyannis Massachusetts on September 30 a strange case unfolds over the death of a long lived pet frog named Oscar. Found head in a classroom aquarium, the frog reportedly lived with Bertha Weber's students since Polly's days. A town trial ended in a mistrial as jurors failed to reach a verdict.
Director Rupert Fechner of Emergency Conservation Work notes a rising trend as Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees leave forest camps for private employment. In the three months to Aug 31, 43 097 men quit camps for jobs, following 26 888 discharged in the prior three months, from 2 551 camps. Six month totals by month show March 8 088, April 8 514, May 9 774, June 12 790, July 15 977, August 14 490. Preliminary September figures are expected higher.
Associated Gas and Electric System announced it has acquired control of Ruatorn Shore Public Service Company and Virginia Public Service Company from The Chase National Bank. The two units cover Virginia, Maryland and Delaware with about 165,000 customers and substantial revenues. The move, the bank’s third major utility disposal in a year, aims to build a regional Atlantic seaboard system, while the company commits to complying with the Wheeler-Rayburn act and expanding interstate transmission.
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania CCC plans to recruit 19 034 junior men aged 15 to 18 or 18 to 25 for Civilian Conservation Corps work in October. The program will be overseen by the Department of Forestry and Water, with district foresters selecting qualified applicants. The basic quota was raised from 4 000 to 36 600, reflecting vacancies from earlier discharges and resignations.
Harrisburg Sept 0 Recent additions push Pennsylvania highway mileage to 35412 miles, about 10000 more than world’s total. Department plans to work on 48500 more miles of second class township roads. 26 860 miles improved. 18400 on rural and 27 on state aided borough roads. Unimproved roads total 8452 miles. Data lists state, rural, and local mileage by county.
The College Women's Club held its annual opening meeting last evening at Mrs. Frank Graft's East Irving Street home with about twenty five members and guests. Ruth Bennett was named secretary while members and guests gave short talks. Contract and auction bridge trophies went to Doris Doe White Elizabeth Smith. A dessert course followed prepared by the host and helpers.
Kiel University’s medical faculty experiments spur a new factory at Henkenhagen near Kolberg to bottle Baltic Sea water on a large scale. The project aims to supply treated sea water for medical and domestic use, with construction underway and local employment expected.
A truck wheel broke loose on the Boot Jack highway and barreled into the Lents residence in Ridgway, Delaware, damaging the siding and moving a plane from its center. Henry Vents of Wrocleway and Mrs. Henry Lents of Eas Malin Street were involved. the wheel weighed about 150 pounds and struck the home with force.
Corry Grange No. 66 will hold a regular session Saturday evening at 8 o clock. Several important questions are to be discussed and all members are urged to attend. An interesting program has been arranged by the lecturer. Those not solicited for the Rotary club carnival are asked to donate in Murphy's former store room Thursday afternoon.
Dispute simmers at the Pantrayl Vonks Federation of Women convention in Detroit over birth control policy and planned sterilization discussions. Presidents Mrs. Kaiser and Mrs. Philips clash over Pennsylvania delegation voting and leadership harmony as deliberations proceed this afternoon.
In a quirky local event, Tom Graham and Bull Fautenhahn faced off under an unofficial referee named Junge WH Wand. A check revealed Judge Hite often favored crabs over the contestants, leaving spectators amused by the odd outcome.
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