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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1937
Page
3
Weather outlook and local events document a mix of civic notices and forecasts. Topics include a city council meeting, an anniversary celebration for Mr and Mrs Bidwell in Corry, a Hershey convention, and a regional publishers conference in Sharon. Transportation data from Ward’s shows rising auto production, while Pennsylvania Central Airlines announces a new route.
John Caughey a 30 year old bank clerk in Erie was seriously injured when his Plymouth sedan was struck by a westbound car near Buffalo road. He suffered possible broken leg and fractured thigh and was taken to St. Vincent's hospital. Passenger Ray Wandering, 24, was injured with several fractured ribs and facial injuries.
Warren October 16. Hart Baus borough 18 of Warren R D 4 is in Warren General Hospital with serious injuries after his motorcycle skidded on wet pavement on a curve near Lily Pond crossing. He suffered a compound fracture of the right thigh left leg and scalp laceration.
Corry Boy with Marines in China writes from Shanghai describing life as a signal observer in a high tower, watching Sino Japanese fighting unfold around Hongchew. He details bombs, shelling near Japanese barracks and hospital, aircraft, and nightly fires while noting civilian casualties and the stark contrast of day and night bombardment.
Six Erie women of the Women's Christian Temperance Union attend the Pennsylvania state convention October 14 to 18 at the First Methodist Episcopal church in Greensburg Pa. Delegates include Mrs Blane Giord county president Mrs Sylvia R Bemis secretary of for and speakers bureau Mrs H Lee president of the Lillian Stevens Union Mrs Grant Carr president of the Iota Sigma Union, Mrs Nellie Wright state director of the Union Signal and Mrs M J Ryan Erie county delegate. Mrs Katherine Greenwalt county publicity director also will attend.
From all parts of the nation, thousands travel toward Kansas for the tenth anniversary event. Waller Rafolsier of Youngsville will join the state livestock judging team. Vocational agriculture students from numerous schools compete as county officials plan to join northern delegates in Brien on Future Farmer Special from Boston. The trial runs draw about 250 boys from New York to Massachusetts and beyond.
Fragmented OCR text notes Liberia facing modernization and political contestation with references to Monrovia and regional actors. Mentions of surveys, votes, and public works across counties, including ambiguous figures and locations, indicating a broad, unsettled process of reform and nation-building.
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