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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1935
Page
1
Fragmented OCR notes discuss oil value stock quality and government inspection in 1995. Mentions price, delivery, and state bureau actions with references to New Jersey Pennsylvania and general agricultural products like cherries and apples. Names and dates are unclear. overall tone suggests a regulatory or market update.
Labor unrest grips major industries as administration mediators avert coal miner walkouts. Goodyear Rubber workers cast a stake vote, with 3,000 members voting yesterday on recognizing the American Federation of Labor. Results due around midnight, could trigger broader strikes if not approved by AFL leader William Green. Similar ballots planned at Firestone and Goodrich plants.
In Moscow April 1 British envoy Anthony Eden hurried to Warsaw to win Poland’s participation in an eastern European treaty pledging mutual aid if attacked. Eden hopes Polish backing can shift negotiations toward a broader pact with Russia and other nations, with Berlin watching and a Prague trip planned to consult Benes before the Stress diplomatic conference.
Pope Pius XII denounces the spirit of war and urges world leaders toward peace. In a private consistory of the College of Cardinals he approves the canonization of John Fisher and Thomas More, warning that war would ruin nations and humanity.
Leroy Palmer, 23, was ordered held for grand jury action on murder charges in Grove City. The defendant is accused of fatally stabbing Howard Sidley, 25, owner of a local filling station.
Heb er Westover twenty eight shot his two year old crippled son Wendell to death last December and pleaded guilty to murder. Judge Langham called the crime first degree murder and imposed life imprisonment at hard labor in Wester penitentiary. Westover also shot his four months old son Charles in the abdomen but the infant recovered. He appeared unconcerned as the judge denounced him. his wife Olive was in court when sentence was pronounced.
Miss Ethel Cole superintendent of the Corry hospital will attend an organization meeting of hospital administrators from surrounding counties at Hamot hospital Erie. The 10 am session includes luncheon and a talk by Colonel Percy L Jones. John N Hatfield will address delegates on sectional group formation to strengthen regional hospital work. Counties represented include Erie Crawford Mercer Venango Forest Clarion McKean Potter.
Robert Allen Edwards, condemned for the killing of Freda McKechnie in Edwardville, Pa, petitions the state board of pardons for commutation from death to life imprisonment. He maintains innocence as Governor Earle fixes May 6 for execution at Rockview. the pardon board will hear the case at its April meeting.
New York reports say Gen Hugh S Jetnsen and Rev Charles E Coughlin wrapped up a heated radio exchange over the weekend with mutual claims of having spoken their last word Johnson hinted he would say no more while Coughlin signaled weariness of the controversy. The discussion touched on the United States Chamber of Commerce and policies like the NIRA and AAA as Coughlin criticized their impact on farmers and workers and Johnson was briefly named in his reply.
Mellon testifies about selling 125000 Pittsbury Coal shares in 1831 to claim tax loss while denying a buyback deal. He claims overpayment of 129000 in 1981 taxes and cites large capital gains. White House meeting yields no clear agreement as relief crisis worsens.
The April report shows 1,733,893 people on relief in Pennsylvania, about 17 percent of the population. Eleven thousand added to relief rolls, $51,226 increase in direct relief costs, and $125,526 decrease in work relief expenditures. Direct rolling expenditures totaled $8,081,227.89 for the week ending March 2, with sur- plus relief $587,874 and total relief $75,800.48. Work relief per family decreased to $15.24 and direct relief per family to $7.30. Payments in Allegheny and Philadelphia counties are made in cash.
Effective today all Erie Railroad Company employees gain a five percent wage increase. The boost restores pay to the 1929 peak level for all railroad workers, according to local system offices.
Congress may discuss the Townsend old age pension plan with Rep. McGroarty Calif introducing a new bill. The revision excludes millionaires, broadens the tax base to 2 percent on exchanges and adds inheritance and gift taxes while raising income tax rates. Eligible must have net income under 2400 dollars annually.
A 61-foot yawl named L rondequalt with a defective compass vanished during the St. Petersburg to Havana yacht race. Nine search boats remained at the Gulf of Mexico as the Azana, a 128-foot schooner owned by Hugh M. Matheson of Miami, led the fleet past Dry Tortugas on the 284 nautical mile course.
Edward H. Cribbs longtime Franklin city treasurer died at age 70 after a 10 day illness. Cribbs served two terms and had not planned to seek a third term this fall, still recovering from his wife’s death last year.
In Pittsburgh the Supreme Court will hear the appeal from a preliminary injunction aimed at restraining United Authtacite Miners of Pennsylvania from strife picketing in Luzerne county. Governor Margiotti, Attorney General Margotti, and state police officials met in Wilkes-Barre to review the strike, described as very serious, with bombings and bloodshed cited and efforts to seek a settlement ongoing.
In Harrisburg April 1 policyholders of the defunct Rural Valley Mutual Fire Insurance contested state action forcing them to cover $162,000 of creditors claims amid allegations officers falsified reports and misused assets. The case seeks to limit the state Insurance Department's power to assess policyholders for debts. Britain France and Italy warned Lithuania over the Memel area with Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon informing Parliament.
United Press survey across seven regions finds AAA popular with farmers and rural merchants benefiting from program features. Critics claim benefits go to big farmers while tenant farmers and shares croppers face cuts and reduced income. Southern cotton and rice areas show notable revival. Arkansas and Louisiana see rising acreage and new price supports. Wisconsin farmers express mixed views with some dissatisfaction.
The Supreme Court blocked immediate execution in the Scottsboro affair, preserving Clarence Norris for another round of indictment. The action suggests possible remittal of charges against all named defendants and a new prosecution process.
Amid a heated impasse over relief funding, the House voted to send the relief bill back to conference with the Senate. Leaders cited delays and a looming federal money crisis as payments from the relief fund stretched Congress and the public works program faced funding gaps.
Seven Allegheny county relief clients face hearings on charges of fraudulently drawing relief while funds remained idle in a bank. Investigators traced substantial sums to individuals across Pittsburgh Beaver and Johnstown as a legislative inquiry into the relief program expands. In Pittsburgh, the Glass Company dividend payout to stockholders totals 2,070,087 dollars.
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