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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1935
Page
8
Fragmented notes report a Rotary Club dinner at Hotel Corry tonight at 6:80 with Jonathan Todge to preside and officers to be cleared. Other items mention gas and electric production, building permits, liquor store site selections, and various local civic notes from Erie and Meadville, with multiple names and dates scattered.
Harrisburg Sept. 24. Secretary of Highways Warren Van Dyke urges drivers to rely on Pennsylvania’s modern road network for students traveling to more than 50 colleges and universities statewide. The notice details key routes to Philadelphia and Pittsburgh areas, highlights historic institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania and University of Pittsburgh, and notes the growing array of programs from agriculture to medicine. It emphasizes a statewide system enabling quick, safe travel for freshmen to graduates as they return to campuses this school year.
Harding Home and School Association held a Wiener roast on school grounds attended by pupils and parents. Officers named: President Mrs David Depow, Vice President Mrs Joseph Consolo, Secretary Mrs Mrof Daal, Treasurer Mrs Paul Goring. Monthly meetings will study personality and mental health, guided by White House Conference on Child Health and Protection. Regular meeting date moved to the third Monday each month. Community meetings invite all old friends.
Erie officials clash as WPA demands city funding for new projects. Supervisor Cochran blames city council for delays while Finance Director Mehaffey accuses WPA of buck-passing. Mayor Rossiter suggests city relief needs and Water Board grant as solution.
United Press reports sanctions by the League of Nations would shut off trade with Italy. U.S. exports to Italy are valued at about 5,000 per month, a figure cited by the Department of Commerce. If the embargo on munitions and war materials is imposed, American losses would be fractional provided the embargo is not undermined by lax enforcement.
Cab Calloway allegedly sang blues outside Youngstown police headquarters claiming to have placed 31,500 in a satchel and launched it in a car. The account describes the entertainer’s boisterous entrance and the mysterious money claim in a single incident.
Allentown police report that Roderick J. Miller 23 Dahle Kemmerer 20 and Michael Cioccu 20 confessed to beating and robbing Charlesid Wetzel a 6 year old executive and dumping his body in Jordan Creek near a factory area after an alleged drink in a taproom. Miller and Kemmerer claim Wetzel car trouble led to the fatal walk.
The Baptist tmlathea class met at the home of Mrs. William Haénel on West Smith street Monday evening. Mrs. George Thomas led a study on Ethiopia with letters from Miss J. Habink and Miss Hie Roge of the South Mountain Mission schools. A new box will be sent to the school this week. Gifts should be sent to president Mrs. Barton Smith by Thursday. The hostess, with Miss Helen Westley and Mrs. M. D. Bertram, served sandwiches cake and coffee.
The article details that without guaranteed rapid action and funds the federal government may not start construction. Engineering and foundation studies at the Allegheny site are complete or near completion, with winter finish for essential studies if PWA supports. Estimated total costs exceed 1.5 million for rights of way plus 6.48 million for construction, with the dam expected to be 162 feet high and capable of storing about 930,000 acre feet of water, affecting Salamanca area.
Pransum reports that on September 24 coal miners in the bituminous districts faced a wage dispute, yet Venango county mines operated as usual. Most southern area mines were non union and unaffected, while organized districts compelled to shut down elsewhere. Independent operators said call district operations would continue as usual if not impeded by unions.
A fragmented clipping reports mounting calls for wage and contract reforms. Officials and dairy marketers discuss steps to regulate prices and labor terms amid rising costs and farm market pressures.
A garbled report describes an open death trial with a jury to determine Eyed matter and a disputed statement about two weeks, with Henry Hoey’s alleged death and accusations of dissent within a magistrate’s circle. The fragment hints at contested statements and a bitter atmosphere surrounding the case.
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