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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1935
Page
3
Heavy frost for the fourth straight morning follows a regular Board of Education meeting next Monday evening. Also noted: Mrs G D Heath, widow of Mayor G D Heath, remains in critical condition after another stroke at East Frederick Street home.
Nathaniel Molson an 11 year old Kane negro was indicted by a McKean county grand jury for the murder of William Campbell Kane High School janitor. The true bill was returned as court opened with trial set to begin before Judge Hubbard. The case was expected to be called Thursday morning but defense attorney Mutzabaugh fell ill with grippe.
State officials and Erie authorities will speak at a two day Northwest District Parents and Teachers conference at Strong Vincent High School Erie. Attendees include Corry chapter members and local residents. Speakers include Dr Valeria H Parker American Social Hygiene Association B H Darrow state education H H Hall Pennsylvania Congress of P T A and M L Rein district president. The theme is The Home the Wellspring of Life with focus on linking schools and homes.
Dominic Pettinato, 62, of 420 Huron Street in Erie, closely follows Italian Ethiopian war dispatches. He recalls Abyssinia and describes Ethiopian hordes advancing and Mussolini’s forces moving deeper into familiar territory.
The PTA Council met in the Library to plan the annual health fund play titled Peter Rabbit to be staged November 21 and 22 at the Junior High School auditorium. Director Miss B Shafer promises a colorful operetta with elaborate settings and costumes. A meeting for a planned guidance clinic will occur October 14 at 4 18 pm in the Senior High study hall with Dr Israel from Warren State Hospital speaking on a vital topic.
Mandeville W. Zenge a 26 year old Missouri farm carpenter goes on trial for his life in Chicago for the murder of Dr Walter J Bauer husband of his former fiancée Louise Schaffer Bauer The state seeks the death penalty The defense may plead insanity after having Zenge examined by alienists and Mrs Bauer is expected to testify for the prosecution.
Harrisburg report from the revenue department notes 400 automobile drivers were cited for hearings this week on motor code violations. The push for highway safety followed higher enforcement and a rise in accidents, with 7,864 licenses withdrawn this year against 4,886 in the same period of 1934.
John J. Sherriff, a Pittsburgh attorney, denies reports his racing sloop Vegeance is missing on the Atlantic. He says the vessel is safe at Pugwash Nova Scotia, after a letter to Capt George B. Hamer’s wife arrived postmarked September 28.
Exiled Bolshevik leader Leon Trotzky fell seriously ill with tuberculosis at a hospital near Oslo, Denmark reported. He had been visiting Norway incognito when the illness was diagnosed.
Federal chemists in Pittsburgh disclosed ongoing work toward producing cheap motor fuel from coal. The Federal Bureau of Mines announced a 17 000 PWA grant for lab construction, with William P. Yant confirming coal can yield viable fuel, and further experiments planned.
The column lists candidates for local offices across Erie and neighboring townships. Names include William Cole and Mrs Anna Malecki for the People's Party, E Rosa Bunting and Max B Haibach in county roles, and several independents and party-affiliated contenders for positions such as constable, justice of the peace, and school director across Venango and Millcreek townships, Wesleyville, North Girard, and Greenfield.
The article notes five experts will examine the atomic structure of coal as part of a protective program. It recalls a past explosion that damaged Carnegie Tech windows and emphasizes preventing a recurrence while assessing hydro generation viability.
Testimony in the Stoll kidnapping case in Louisville revealed that telephone wires were tapped at the homes of defendants in the related Robinsons trial. A Justice Department agent testified under cross examination that his department did not tap the lines, but admitted some other agency performed the tapping.
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