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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1940
Page
3
In Holt NY local bureau notes a camens event near Aya and Aya Camens are cited alongside unnamed locations. The fragmented text references a ny bureau activity and possible meetings or field work in the region. Names and exact places are unclear due to OCR damage but indicate a regional reporting focus.
George P. Skouras, owner of a major U.S. theatre chain, pleaded not guilty at arraignment in a New York federal court on a bribery indictment. Judge Martin T. Manton, now in federal prison, is connected to the case. The report also notes military bugle calls and their historical origins.
The first painting to depict spectators on a person is Cardinal Agane, created in 1960 by de Moder. It now hangs in the church at Sin Nicola in Treviso, Italy.
Erie Annual Conference assigns pastors at Bunalo session with Rev H Ray Harris returning to local church for another year and Paul Weaver named district superintendent Numerous pastorings listed across towns including Jamestown Mayville Bradford Buffalo and Olean among others with supply assignments and district leaders noted.
Michael Robs, a father of nine, was last seen Friday night near 809 Mins Avenue in Erie. He left home shortly before midnight and did not return. police found him later hanging in a garage near the residence, a disturbing discovery reported by a relative the following day.
Two Erie judges set aside a $1,000 damage verdict against the city over an incident at the sewage disposal plant on August 9 1938. Parents Frank J Kyupoo and Stella Kyupoo sued after their five year old son Thomas P was harmed by a clarifier. The court ruled the city not negligent and vacated the jury award noting the accident was not unusual or reasonably foreseeable.
Josephine Rotundo twenty of Brooklyn is in Community Hospital with a fractured arm and other injuries after a motor accident on Route 6 four miles east of Kane at 3am Saturday. She was a passenger in a coupe driven by Bernard Gruber of Brooklyn en route to Chicago when a following car’s lights blinded him, causing his car to leave the road and strike a telephone pole.
The Corry church celebrates the ninth year of Rev Harris in the pulpit with praise from congregants and Mrs Harley Banks attending as the Corry church delegate at the 1941 annual conference. The event will be held at Camp Findley Findley Lake enabling more members to attend sessions.
A new 600000 foot gas well near Music Mountain shows strong rock pressure about 550 pounds per square inch. Leased by John W. Beckett of Bradford to Wright Del Moody Scherman and Tipp, the Beckett property lies about 4000 feet southwest of the area gusher. Initial sand shows promise, with several nearby pumping wells and dry holes already noted. The well drilled to 110 feet then will be pursued with a Tuesday restart.
The ann or reunion of the Hamsmond families was held yesterday at the Dome of Mr and Mrs Lynn Campbell on Seventh Street with friends in attendance from Batavia Castile and Payillon NY. Dinner was served by Marie s Team foam.
Eighty seven members and friends of the McCray Blakeslee and Crowell families gathered at the Indy Goford community house for their annual reunion. Warner McGray presided as president with officers elected for the coming year including RD Conwell as president, Warner McCray as vice president, Adalf Medray as secretary treasurer, Wave Perkins and Edith Stearns as trustees, Rollo McCray as program committee head, and Pure McCray as grounds and bench committee chair. Attendees from out of town included Mrs Laura Cook and others from Duke Center Pay, Bellflower California, Warren Michigan, Buffalo New York, Jamestown New York, and North East.
The first street lighting units were created by Chatter Brust and deployed in Cleveland's public square on April 29, 1879. The new lights marked a milestone in urban illumination for the city.
Pennsylvania’s state financed direct relief rolls sank to their lowest level since December 1937 for the week ending August 24. Total beneficiaries dropped to about 2,472,268 as the WPA and related programs shifted, reflecting rising private employment and transfers to old age and other assistance.
Steelers defeated the favored Chicago Bears 10 4 in a charity exhibition. Billy Patterson connected with George Platakis for a second period score. Steelers surged in the third quarter with a 21 yard field goal by Nikolaas, overcoming Bears defense on the way to victory. Steelers earned 11 first downs to Bears four, gaining yardage advantage in the clinching moments.
A man in Erie was attacked while attempting to stop three thieves from stealing a car from his driveway. He was struck four times but escaped with injuries and later aided by a federal caretaker and a brother of a military official. The incident occurred at his home on East Hitatzens in AGTH Oa on Saturday.
A 65 year old former Erie resident, Onal A. Kelley, was killed during a robbery at a drink establishment in Winterhaven near Philadelphia. The suspect appears connected to local crime rings and the case involves multiple associates and a lengthy prior history with law enforcement.
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