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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1937
Page
3
Erie county reports August relief load rose by 49 cases, with totals from 1,928 at month start to 1,877 at month end. Various local items include speakers at Erie County Bar Association, tax changes for corporations, Salvation Army address by Evangeline Booth, arrests for intoxication, and oil production figures.
Harrisburg reports a statewide crackdown by the state banking department and the Pennsylvania Securities Commission on investment rackets draining Pennsylvanians. Colley S. Baker outlines steps with the Attorney General and Liquor Control Board to attack whiskey warehouse receipts schemes, cemetery lot trades, and new investment trusts. The drive seeks harsher legislation and aims to clean up by January or February. Judges and officials expect wholesale arrests in several counties as investigations widen.
A blue eyed baby boy about two weeks old was abandoned today on a doorstep. A note tucked in the sleeping bag addressed the child to a guardian of the church. Reverend Shelton Schweiker, Lutherans minister and neighbor of the Ross family, notified authorities and the child was placed with the Parent Bureau.
The Corry Republican Women sponsored a card party at the American Legion home with twenty seven tables of auction and contract bridge. A Nast Company style show featured gowns and coats, modeled by local volunteers, as music and raffles accompanied refreshments and prizes.
Baker and Barden said a decade of new investments needs analysis but it is too early to predict findings. They expect a report within a few weeks from the start of the threefold investigation.
In Bradford a bootleg case ends with not guilty verdicts for multiple defendants. Judge Glyson grants directed verdicts as defense and prosecution spar over the weakened evidence and specific defendants named including Pasquaje Augimell Angelo Bac cari Susan Mack Margarite Mack William Palme John Pavel Oleaniil HIALE Johnson and others.
The article lists five Pacific salmon species: quinnat Lineback silver chu and pink. It notes the quinnat blueback and pik as the most important.
The third annual Rotary Carnival at the State Armory through October 9 hosts a hobby fair with rules set by Jr How ski Watson HG Wolfe J S Tuy ey and BD MacKenzie. Exhibits must be personal and delivered by a specified date. Judging will cover many divisions including arts crafts and school projects with adult supervision.
Announcerment by P. Crossman of the State Agricultural Department notes meetings this fall to explain grading, labeling, and regulatory changes affecting potato marketing. Pennsylvania State College expert present to outline adjustments. Meetings listed: Quinquiry at C W Billings Farm September 30 1 80 pm. Weas Library September 30 8 pm. Wattaburg Harwood Bros October 1 10 80 am. Beaver Lynn Stilfar October 1 1720 pm.
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