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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1934
Page
6
Local notices report license plates and applications reduced to one-quarter rate. Reports note auction results at the Irish Hospital sweepstakes with prizes worth about 500 each. Rex theatre hosted the Barn Dance troupe with strong audience acclaim and a new freight car design promises relief for railroads.
Carter Hill community hosts a Shadow Social at the Carter Hill schoolhouse with a Friday program. Local residents from North East Spartansburg Dunkirk and Jamestown areas visit and attend church events as fall activities continue.
A kitten born at Mort Wright's ranch near Mendota California displayed an abnormal body with one head two bodies eight legs and five tails. The creature survived for eight minutes before dying.
The Pennsylvania state chamber of commerce announced a series of legislative forums in major business centers to outline a program for the upcoming General Assembly session. Meetings aim to gather business reaction while presenting questioned topics including state revenue sources, NRA laws, pensions, education, crime prevention, and banking code reforms.
Fire confined to the rear antex of the church as oil lamp illumination sparked the blaze during preparations for a Thursday chicken supper. Church women continued cleanup while officials estimated damage at about 150 dollars and called aid.
Philip Sher of Detroit a promoter of the Erie Walkathon was killed when his car left the road four miles west of Painesville Ohio. John Davison of Toronto a hitchhiker died and Joseph Saltsburg of Toronto was injured. Sher left Erie Monday noon to return home. Max Wolff of Wolff's Department Store will arrange transporting Sher's body to Detroit.
Walter Ludlow age 28 was killed Monday night when struck by a Nickel Plate train a mile west of Brocton. His body found Tuesday morning, identity established after examination. He lived with his father Norris Ludlow and two brothers on a Lake Road farm. coroner Crandall investigated and the remains lie in the local mortuary.
Mrs. Lucy D. Winston, Democratic candidate for secretary of internal affairs in 1930, announces opposition to the Democratic ticket in the forthcoming election, per Republican state headquarters in Harrisburg.
Charley Berger aged 74 of Johnsonburg sustained severe back and head injuries when the Brandy Camp mine trestle on Hyde farm near Johnsonburg collapsed Monday afternoon. He fell eight feet while helping place a mine car on the track. Anthony McGovern escaped unharmed. Berger was taken to Elie County General Hospital. initial fear of a broken back was ruled out by X rays.
Ghost themed evening at the Woman's Club House on Mott Street featured six contract and auction tables. Winners were Mrs. R. B. Mosier and Miss By Kepler. Mary Anderson chaired the committee serving pumpkin pie with whipped cream and coffee.
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