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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1937
Page
5
Readable fragments mention a person named Eugene and a description of attire and event. Limited details prevent full reconstruction of the event, but the fragment hints at a doorway or dress context and an old age reference.
After the ceremony the wedding party gathered at the groom’s aunt Mrs Announcement’s home for dinner. Miss Margaret Lind, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lind, and Leo Higley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Higley, were married at Rev J Whippo’s home in Clymer North Carolina on Sunday evening October 1th. The bride wore blue velvet with pink and red roses. The couple will reside at the groom’s home in Spartansburg.
Japanese denial of notification fuels protests as Britain likely to lodge one over the August attack on the car carrying Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, the British ambassador to China, near Nanking. He was gravely wounded and sent to Manila for recovery. The article also notes a later US Red Cross allotment of $100,000 to China.
Personal mentions list Mrs Frank Keleher returning from Cleveland and others visiting relatives in Erie and nearby cities. Names include Mrs Walter Sweet and son, Mrs Z H Smithson in Buffalo, Miss Barbara England of Warren, and Rev H R Harris in Youngsville. Several triples attend trips or conferences, with detours to Detroit, Harrisburg, and Omaha, while noting funerals and business visits.
United Press reports mass pickets by more than 1,000 AFL Teamsters in Pittsburgh aimed at nonunion trucking firms. Drivers and helpers were taken as “prisoners” for hours during the protest, with blockades on the Frankston road and delays as union demands push for company agreements and recognition.
James Shaffer of St. Marys was fined 25 dollars plus costs at a hearing before Allerman C. H. Porter for operating an automobile without the owner's consent. He was arrested yesterday near Union City by Patrolmen J. W. Blythe and B. C. Hoffman of the state motor police.
Kane Oct 12 One person died and eight people were injured in a rash of auto accidents in and near Kane over the weekend, many on slick roads. Ruchor H Himes 84 of Wilcox died en route to Summit hospital from a wreck five miles south of Kane on Route 219. Clifford Grabas 30 Wilcox is in Community hospital with brain concussion and multiple injuries. Charles Parana 26 serious at Community hospital with skull fracture and other injuries. Yak Yonkor and Graham Parag injured in related crashes as investigators examined circumstances accompanying the fatality.
Pittsburgh obituary notes Jack Brice aged 18 died from injuries sustained during practice with Avalon High School football team for a game against Edgewood High scheduled tomorrow. Brice suffered the fatal accident on the first night of the session.
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