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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1936
Page
1
The readable fragments suggest a local notice or notice of event titled Creek Conduct with a Sunday and Letty Lecsure reference. Details are unclear but indicate an upcoming activity or lecture to occur on a Sunday. Further specifics are not present in the text.
Readable words indicate a note about see will at post office box P03 and a request to read or note dhal of peas. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR but references to location and document type remain.
Sept 19 report discusses prophecies of the Great Pyramid and timing units guiding world events. It cites Senator James Couzens and Frank Murphy trailing in Michigan primaries, Gov Alfred Mt Lander praising Maine election. Continued on Page Five.
General Chairman D A Hillstroon and Campaign Director W B Holt announce a drive to raise 9900 for the Salvation Army. Churches, industries, Rotary, Kiwanis and veterans groups pledge cooperation. captains meet Monday at 6 at the Hotel Corry to organize teams for the home to home appeal September 28 to October 1 with follow up.
In Meadville Pennsylvania on September 19 7 year old Richard Barr nicknamed maying cow boy was struck by the rear wheels of a truck when he and his brother backed into its side. He died instantly. Truck driver Bert Munger of Sharon was released.
Police investigate theft of a $5 gold piece dated 184 from the office of Attorney W. Ed Harsh in Horn Look on North Center Attest. The coin, kept for its age, was removed from a latched safe after a forced door entry.
Kennecott Copper Company reported a dramatic profit surge from 343,097 currency units to 9,097,881 in six months of 1995, a sizable jump reflecting a shift to higher earnings per share.
Northwestern Pennsylvania to share in an enlarged road program expanding 46 000 miles of township roads and 10 000 miles in the state system. Secretaries say stabilized earth roads with rock salt or calcium chloride mix provide cheaper long service than brick tops. Cost estimates place township improvements around 50 million dollars for 46 000 miles and remaining 10 000 miles of state roads.
Lou Rogers, Erie real estate executive and secretary of the Rotary and Shrine clubs, will be principal speaker at the Rotary Teachers event at the Hotel Corry next Tuesday evening. Miss Amélia Tryon of Union City will perform numbers, with other musical numbers planned. The program will feature the Corry Rotary Club hosting teachers of the public schools, opening at 6:30 p.m.
Auditor General Frank E Baldwin reports Mercer county relief audits found state highway employees among ineligible recipients. The Sharon district disclosed 86 engi les and 1h overpaid cases, weekly payments of 791.14 and overpayments totaling 6.50. Thirteen cases held bank deposits from 20 to 1076.25 and one case showed industrial earnings on the investigation date.
A White House statement issued after President Roosevelt's Cambridge trip accuses a notorious newspaper owner of planning a staged attack to imply the president accepts support from hostile foreign and alien groups. The notice stresses malice and deliberate framing to mislead the American public.
Damaging floodwaters from the Colo rado River and its tributaries drove more than 2,000 people from their homes and caused property losses around $2 million as the waters moved toward Austin. Towns downstream faced rising danger while rivers swelled and inundated San Saba Gonzales and nearby communities.
Work progresses rapidly on the first rural electrification project in Pennsylvania. In Crangtsed county, Northwestern Rural Electric Co., led by manager C. B. Smith of Meadville, reports poles erected in Woodcock and Richwona townships near Saegertown. Over sixty men are employed. holes were dug earlier and actual pole erection began Wednesday.
Meadville police assisted by Patrolman Schruich detained Mrs. Hazel Heckman Biddle of McKeesport who is believed mentally deranged. She was arrested after harassing students at the Five Gambers school on Thursday and taken to Meadville for two charges of passing worthless checks.
In Hankow China on September 19 Teijiru Yoshioka a Japanese patrolman was shot and killed by an unidentified Chinese in the Japanese concession. Japanese officials say a Chinese man about 40 fired from a moving vehicle and the incident heightens tensions as they reject a cooperation offer from Mayor Wil for an official inquiry. The killing stirs new resentment between Chinese and Japanese authorities in Hankow.
The nominating committee reported officers to be elected next week. Members named Justin Butters B Brooks as commander and Harry Spicer Cassius Sears as first vice commander. Other posts include C L Carlson Frank Gravino adjutant Hubert Heerlein Wallace Young and more with several officers listed such as Bark R Haight Louis Decker Leon Brown and Walter Gulthersy.
Homer W. Sibley of Buffalo spoke to Corry Townsend Club No 1 praising the Townsend plan as humanitarian and doomed to succeed, pledging a two hundred dollar monthly circulation. Delegates named to Erie convention include A. W. Covell Clyde Cook John Lanst on and Mrs Flora Holly.
Geneva Sept 19 The Spanish civil war faces a fresh clash as the League of Nations council meets. Circulating rumors in the corridors say Madrid may appeal to the council or assembly about foreign aid to the insurgents. Foreign Minister Yvon Lesbos also complains Portal is allowing arms shipments to anti government forces.
New timetables take effect September 27 returning to standard time. Erie Railroad changes affect No 6 Corry departure to 6:07 PM, No 8 morning 11:95, No 5 departure 7:42 AM, No 7 11: something minutes later, and No 1 Limited at 8:88 PM. Renova division westbound No 8071 moves about three minutes later. Moonlight trains to and from Buffalo and the Avon train align thirty minutes later. Minor adjustments follow.
Harrisburg report states Revenue Secretary John B. Kelly urged enforcement officials statewide to report all speeding and drunken driving arrests. Those cited would face immediate action to revoke or suspend licenses, aiming to remove drunken, irresponsible drivers and reduce accidents.
Water town N Y Sept 19 New York dairymen today called a milk strike to begin next Tuesday The strike call was announced by a special committee representing thousands of farmers throughout central and northern New York
Hollywood reports Dick Powell and Joan Blondell plan to wed aboard the liner Santa Paula before sailing for New York on a honeymoon voyage. The couple expected to marry tonight in a private ceremony as their clan and show business colleagues looked on.
United Press reports from Lewes Delaware that 35 men from the Long Island foundered fishing boat were saved after a hurricane raged yesterday. Four crewmembers died, including Captain Bertram, as 42 aboard the Long Island struggled in mountainous seas before a lifeboat and a rescue barge saved the survivors. The operating captain, a 12 year veteran, recounted the ordeal and praised the rescuers amid the perilous Bay of Delaware dispatches.
The Rogers Structural Steel company of Corry wins contracts from Cyclops Steel of Titusville to construct two new buildings as part of Cyclops expansion. One building measures 125 by 50 feet and the other 60 by 40 feet. The project, prompted by improved steel industry conditions, will require more workers once completed.
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