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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1937
Page
3
A jumble of items notes rain expectations for the week ending October 8 and reports on electric output, court visits, Navy Day tributes, and Roosevelt radio addresses. Others cover traffic arrests, a wrist injury from a treework fall, wage statements, and a lottery-ticket raid amid Erie district activity.
Erin October 18 A temporary scare hit North Gilney borough voters as reports said registrar Mrs Maryall Girard is married to an Austrian subject and may have become ineligible. County immigration chief Scott Way warns only qualified electors can serve as registrars, potentially rendering all registrations by Mrs Fall illegal though County Solicitor Jacob Held calls it a mistake of fact and will seek a law opinion.
A Spring Creek man was killed in a railroad crossing incident as passengers on the train heard the whistle. The crossing sits about ten feet lower than the tracks with a road cut through the bank, complicating sight lines from both directions.
United Press reports 18 year old Paul Dwyer reenacts alleged killings of Dr J G Littlefield and his wife Lydia on a Maine country road. Dwyer says rage over pregnancy and jealousy drove the murders after a long trip from New Jersey in the doctor’s automobile. Police discovered the slayings when spotting Dwyer asleep in the car.
The victim, a Rag man on a WIPA road project near Hast Branch, died after a crossing obscured view delayed his drive. Preliminary findings suggest his own negligence contributed, with Coroner Lewrey doubtful of further action. Survived by wife and four children, brothers Fred and others. Funeral at Spring Creek church Tuesday at 2 PM, Rev. Garnett officiating.
District Attorney Mut mer K. Graham said he is not sure the graver scandal will be presented to the grand jury meeting in November. He would offer nothing con cerning a possible confession and stressed the investigation would be taken before the Erie grand jury to be convened.
A church benefit card party to aid St. Elizabeth's Church will be held Tuesday evening at Elizabeth's Hall. The event features a supper and a charity bridge game with a committee of Mrs. Wales, Mrs. Wall, Mrs. Shutburg, Mrs. McCormick, and others organizing. attendance expected from local residents and schedules indicate plans for refreshments and local support.
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