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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1922
Page
4
City and Vicinity report the death of Rev William Branfield a longtime Methodist minister at age 74. Notices include events at Maccabee hall openings, a Filipino church progress talk by James River, missing youths, Elks session, and various local ads. police searches for two girls, injuries from a fall, and community announcements. Warning: disjointed OCR fragments.
United Press reports on September 7 that prohibition policy changes show a slight tilt toward modification. A tally of 24 089 ballots through August 29 indicates For enforcement 86,10, for modification 376,404, with repeat 180,256 and lines for the bans at 160514. The female vote on prohibition trended slightly below the general average.
United Press reports Corporal Smith and Nicholas Debos of the State police along with A J Hyatt and Steve Cal, coal and iron worker, were held for court in 1000 bond after a bitter hearing. John Bella, a miner from Denbo, was treated for severe injuries at the county jail following his arrest two weeks earlier on suspected smuggling activities at Denbo.
Mrs. J. W. Garvey arrives at the jail to defend Roy Garvey who confessed to shooting his father, a wealthy lumber and insurance man. She says she will stand by her son despite his admission of killing during a dispute over his father's discharge. The elder Garvey had allegedly mistreated their family and neighbors recall tensions. Roy, 35, says his father reached out and was beaten.
New York dated Sept 7 Dorothy Bright a striking model was shot in the breast today by her rejected suitor Alfred Blass a former New York detective sergeant Blass visited her apartment and asked to marry her she refused he allegedly shot she died soon after at a hospital Police report Blass is cleared of a personal safety wound and a separate note mentions local road paving and sewing offers not connected to the incident.
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