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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1930
Page
1
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The readable fragments mention a base five team, Storious, and a reference to Mrs ag and her child. No clear event, location, date, or full names to establish a coherent news item or outcome.
Jimmy Foxx hit a ninth inning home run with Mickey Cochrane on base to lift the Philadelphia Athletics to a 2 to 0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game Five. George Earnshaw and Burleigh Grimes dueled, with Earnshaw allowing only two hits through seven innings before leaving for a pinch hitter. Letty Grove finished for the win as the A’s take a 3-2 series lead amid a pitching battle that kept the game scoreless until Foxx’s climactic homer.
Philadelphia scored 2 and 0 in the final two frames to drop a 2 to 0 defeat after St Louis held firm. Foxx hit a home run for the Phils and Wilson added a two base hit while Grimes Harnshaw and Grove combined for the mound work. Attendance reached 36,344 with receipts around 165 thousand and league shares totaling about 141 thousand.
Mayor L. Alexander chairs a campaign to raise 17600 for the Corry Community Chest as committees in four wards mobilize volunteers and manufacturers and professionals join special committees. The drive aims to boost relief funds, including a 5000 emergency fund, to aid unemployed families and the poor, pro rating contributions among Chest organizations. Early reports show hopeful public support and increased donations, with one family planning to double its 1929 subscription after being away.
Federal agents and state troopers closed the alleged drinkery operated by D Hronopulos on West Main Street after seizure of a large liquor quantity. Hronopulos and George Stregies were taken into custody as padlock injunctions expanded, while a nearby Rezzelle grocery store remained open on a bond.
Harrisburg October 6 The Pennsylvania Electric Company seeks permission from the Public Service Commission to purchase charter electric companies in Erie and Crawford counties. Newly chartered entities include Albion borough Brie Public Service Co Conneaut township Erie Public Service Co Crane ville Borough Brie Public Service Co Bridle Creek Township Erie Public Service Co Conneaut Borough Crawford Public Service Company Spring Borough Crawford Public Service Co Spring Township Crawford Public Service Co and the Summerhill Townships Crawford Public Service Co
Western Pennsylvania traffic week end toll totals three killed and many injured. Walter Wennel six from Creighton Hollow died when a buggy horse ran away. Albert J. Warden fifty of Pittsburgh died from auto injuries after hospital stay. Mick Nivoletti nineteen of Pittsburgh was arrested as driver. Mike Sabo seven of Munhall died from injuries sustained near Kennywood Boulevard and Duquesne Junction Whitaker.
A pheasant struck the windshield on a Blackville to Watts Plats road injuring Mrs. Lynn Wagner and her seven year old son. Mrs. Wagner suffered severe facial and hand cuts while the boy was cut near the eye. The boy received eye treatment and his sight is not believed to be impaired. Neither expects serious long term effects.
Listings show WABC UK network Sinclair program WHAW NBC network 8:80 p.m. A and P gypsies. WIZ NBC network 8:20 p.m. Ingram shavers WASC CBS network 9:00 p.m. Symphony hour WEAF NBC network 9:30 p.m.
Hoover tells a labor convention that stabilizing employment is the nation's biggest economic problem. He works with labor leaders on a remedy and speaks before the A. F. of L. meeting.
President Hoover told the American Federation of Labor that stabilizing employment hinges on cooperation with industry and unions. He outlined plans to revive the coal sector, reduce destructive competition among 6,000 mine owners, and accelerate readjustment for roughly two million workers displaced by machines, stressing mass production benefits and independence of workers.
James Lavery of Lavery Pennsylvania was among twenty injured when a holiday bus from Hollidaysburg to New York struck a three near Elizabeth New Jersey. Lavery suffered lacerations and possible rib fractures. driver George Clark of Harrisburg had to have his leg freed after the crash. Most passengers were asleep. rescuers opened the emergency door. Eight injuries remained hospitalized.
United Press reports Brazil, the continent’s largest republic, teeters in a bitter civil war. Martial law spreads across four states including Rio, as volunteers are called and clashes grow between revolutionists and federals. The aim is to block the inauguration of President elect Julio Prestes, with communications cut and accusations of government ties to wealthy coffee barons.
Berlin Oct 6 Eight persons aboard an airliner perished when the craft crashed while attempting to land at Dresden. Six passengers and a two man crew were killed. P V Blackwell, possibly American, was among the dead though his address was not established.
Freeman R. Darrow a Corry resident aged sixty two died after a sliver wound from a knife seife and subsequent blood poisoning. He worked twenty seven years at C A Matle and Son. Darrow died at 4 07 pm Sunday after being treated at Corry hospitals. He is survived by wife son Frank two grandchildren brothers Elton Perry and two sisters Louise Brooks and Hattie Blakeslee. Funeral services Tuesday at 127 Gold Street with Reverend G B Morgan of the Christian Missionary Alliance church. Interment Pine Grove cemetery.
Pittsburgh police reported a skull found by a boy playing on a hillside in West Kensington is at least five years old. Investigators believe it is not immediately connected to any ongoing case.
The session saw stocks slide with utilities under pressure and the broader market giving back gains. Brazilian bond weakness pressured equities while commodities including coffee and sugar fluctuated. U S Steel fell to 154 1 2, and Allied Chemical, Ratio, and Montgomery Ward traded lower on the day.
Five people are held in the killing of 3 year old Garlan Bilis in New Martinsville West Virginia. Col 6 Charney Henry 54 attempted suicide in a padded jail cell slashing his throat with a pen knife and head butting the wall. Sheriff kept him from hospital due to mob violence fears. Also held: Eva Tidy Halley Ray Heery James Dunn and Clyde McBee awaiting grand jury action.
The Pennsylvania Medical Society begins its four day session in Johnstown with about 2,000 delegates expected. The sixth annual convention of the women's auxiliary will open tomorrow.
United Press report from Alsonne France attributes the R101 airship disaster to a structural failure. Air ministry officials say the wreck occurred on a hillside, 47 dead, and early inquiry findings are withheld pending investigation.
The Journal prints a page eight feature on the R101 disaster in France. It notes 47 deaths, seven survivors, and identifies Lord Thomas and other experts among the dead. Victims’ bodies were stored in coffins labeled unrecognizable while villagers pool funds for a memorial.
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