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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1935
Page
3
AP Bell delivered a decisive performance on the road, topping Van 91 Ede John in a competitive matchup. The event highlighted Bell’s pace and precision, shaping the outcome and drawing attention from fans and analysts alike.
A wedding took place recently at the bride's home with Rev. Blackmore officiating. The report places in context local residents and notable figures, noting community ties and regional coverage alongside multiple other local items such as gas output, voter registration concerns, vaccination efforts, employment changes, oil production, and upcoming club and school activities.
United Press reports the Public Service Commission has sent accountants to Reading to audit six companies tied to Associated Gas and Electric lobbying against federal utility controls. Details sought include bills to Metropolitan Edison and a revolving fund linked to Ithaca or utility clearing. The probe aims to determine legality of large payments totaling nearly one million dollars.
Announcement says two shows at Erie stadium on Friday September 8 with afternoon and evening performances. Act list includes horse jumping over car, roman riding, mounted marksmanship, lance drill, hoop riding, police dogs, stunt motorcycles and more. Proceeds aid the state police pension fund with tickets sold in Corry and Jamestown aid for hospital maternity building.
Miton L. Brown and the Board of Education to Harrisburg to present the district’s resolution seeking state aid. Finances requested cover construction of a new building, locker quarters, and fencing of the junior high athletic field. Superintendent Ralph Dewey provided cost estimates by Jamestown contractor Raymond Freeburg for the project. If aid is approved, the board will authorize construction and arrange for remaining funding.
A transport truck carrying sixteen Camp 11 members overturned at the foot of Bliss Hill on Route 4 near Dunkle. Eight people were injured, one seriously, including C. G. and a forester from Camp 14. Three Camp 11 recruits from Endeavor were also hurt. two treated at the camp hospital and one in a community hospital with facial injuries. Ambulances and doctors dispatched. injured moved to Kane Summit Hospital and Red Bridge Camp for aid.
The report confirms Campbell achieved 301 mph in the Bluebird during a salt flat run. Timing corrections later revealed an error. official speeds were miscalculated and the actual speed was 201.137 mph. Campbell expressed mixed feelings about future racing plans.
Three young defendants appeared before Judge Lee A. McCracken in a death related sentence court. Mike Sam, 20, of Dunkirk, was fined $200 and ordered to a year in Venango county jail for involuntary manslaughter in the April 1934 automobile death of seven year old Dorothy Tarr of Kaneville. Frederick Clune, 22, of Hast Sandy, pleaded no contest to driving while intoxicated in the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Philips of Polk, and was fined $100, with six months in the county jail. he had previous penalties including a $5 fine and indefinite term in Huntingdon Reformatory. James Lawson, 24, of Franklin, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of William Lockhart, and was fined $100, plus costs, and sentenced to not less than two nor more than four years in the Western penitentiary with solitary confinement and hard labor.
Newson Mass September A motorcycle officer detained a barber over a drunkenness charge after a son returned home with a patchwork haircut. District Judge Bentley found the barber guilty but discharged him and dismissed the complaint as a first offense. He admitted drinking two beers.
Charles J. Dutton, senior parole officer, spoke at the Golden Rule Club in Clymer on a talk about parole work. He outlined parole procedures, offender rehabilitation efforts, and the economic benefits of parole, urging public sympathy and support for former inmates.
Jamestown Sept 4 Joly Plaisher 48 Linwood Celoron was found dead on the floor of a garage at the rear of a residence yesterday afternoon around 8 o clock by his wife Mrs Eva Maisher Coroner David Lincot issued a death certificate of asphyxia due to gas poisoning Plaisher lived at Ginwrod ddhtesss and the garage faced Burlis avenue between two houses.
Residents of Remuens ve yn City seek Sunday cinema, asking county commissioners to place the question on the November ballot. Petition filed to allow moving pictures on Sundays, with a final filing date in September.
A new geophysical laboratory and headquarters for Western state by the U S Bureau of Mines has begun in Reno. Mr Dutton spoke at a dinner hosted by the Rebekah lodge of Clymer. A short business meeting followed. The club’s next events include a September 26 meeting and a dinner on September 30 with a committee led by Olin Bracken and including Morris Chapin, Hobart Hall, W W Ware, CM Woods, Wallace Nichols, Howard J Sheen, Oil Cree’s Refining Co., Wing-Willi Store Nova, and B Elston.
Engineer N R Dickson and staff prepared sewer project estimates for city council. Officials have delayed action due to the city’s poor finances but may decide on funding tonight. The session, postponed from Labor Day, will also consider routine matters.
Fannie Hurst, American novelist, argued that women can stop war by opposing it and train children against it. She said peace problems are in women's hands, noting men tolerate war unless profits are eliminated.
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