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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1933
Page
1
Crisis over railroads in the Far East prompts actions to reopen closed state banks and frame a U.S. plan for global recovery. Meanwhile, gangdom bids for beer control, a Chicago brewery bombing shocks the city, and New York brewers restrict distribution as rationing begins. Demand for beer runs high as prohibition vibes and unrest ripple through urban centers.
Moscow asserts threats of embargo will not alter Soviet policy as six British subjects face sabotage charges. Indictments expected Monday with trials possibly starting Thursday, according to UPI correspondent Eugene Lyons. Soviet press denounces embargo and defends vigorous pursuit of evidence against the defendants.
Heavy sale of the new 3.2 percent beer reported across northwestern Pennsylvania with over a hundred cases in the city sold by day’s end. Leading stores ran dry as retailers noted brisk demand and replenished stocks expected to continue for several days though national orders showed some reductions. In Titusville Humsteds Meads and Warren areas saw strong sales. Gris Erie Brewing stock was exhausted. Jamestown lacked beer as two truckloads missed arrival. Rochester district demand threatened early next week availability in Chautauqua county.
Detroit and surrounding plants including Ford General Motors and Chrysler have called back thousands of workers as schedules ramp up for spring. Industry observers see the seasonal peak as a sign of broader business improvement with rising sales reported across major factories and suppliers.
A large crowd enjoyed the Junior class play Cupid Scores a Touchdown at the Senior High auditorium last evening. The event netted about 100 to defray the cost of the graduating class reception. Daley Connors and Barton Hawley led a cast including Tsie Ruel Coletta Burkhardt Jane Raymond Alice Mount Angelica McNulty Judy Kovach Virginia Rysur Vistor Dietzel Marion Cogswell Gladys Wrigley and John Merrick in a light New York set comedy with a moral ending.
Corry Taxpayers Union pressed the Board of Education to decide on the 1833 school tax assessment at Monday’s meeting. Officials implied the retrenchment program had been studied enough to set a levy, but the levy would not be fixed until late May if followed by standard procedure, with June 1st deadline looming and state legislation still in doubt.
A 300-farmer strike disrupted a Dairy Men's League Cooperative receiving plant at Lakeville near Rochester. They toppled a silo dock, blocked access with timber, and set a barricade in protest over milk prices.
An Mali Army captain embarked from London in an attempt to beat the existing record for a flight from England to Australia. The pace and outcome of the attempt remain unclear in the available text.
In Manchuria on April 8 the Manchoukuo government cut the Chinese Mastern Railway link to the Trans Siberian Railway at Manfini, prompting a Soviet request for Moscow directives. Officials cite unresolved claims of equipment movements and a breakdown in negotiations, while a formal protest was lodged against Salinsky over failed negotiations.
United Press dispatch reports Nazi plans to seize economic power across Germany extending from top to bottom. Law orders drastic civil service shakeup targeting Jews, banning many from government roles and pensioning those dismissed. Industrial chambers are restructured with Nazi loyalists as partisan leadership tightens across the Reich.
Harrisburg reports thirty three miners killed in March set across two sectors. Six perished in the luminous mines and twenty seven in the bituminous and anthracite operations, highlighting dangerous conditions in state mining districts.
A body identified as Lieut. Gol. A. Masury of New York City was recovered near the Akron crash site aboard the tanker John D. Archibald. Navy salvage teams continue probing the seabed about 800 feet deep near Barnegat where the airship went down last week. Researchers hope more victims may be found nearby as debris and signals are studied.
Washington April 8 Treasury Secretary Woodin announced a plan to reopen various closed state banks nationwide. Details were not fixed, but relief was promised for depositors. Walter J. Cummings of Chicago would oversee emergency banking efforts as Woodin’s assistant.
South Bend April 8 Reports say Rev Charles 4 O'Donnell GSC president of Notre Dame University showed improvement today from a bronchial pneumonia infection. Doctors noted the throat infection mending and that he was moved to a hospital to preside at a memorial service for Knute Rockne, his close friend and former football coach.
Wiley Post, famed for circling the globe with Harold Gatty, demonstrated his robot pilot by handing the monoplane’s controls to a gyroscope system after an aloft test. Passengers testified to smoother operation as the aircraft completed two flights before a Sunday demonstration planned in Dayton and other locations.
The Highway Patrol curtails the schedule of automobile driver examinations in this city starting May 1. A patrol squad will conduct tests the second and fourth Tuesdays each month at the Municipal Building. Erie tests move to 26th Aid State streets on Mondays 2 to 4 p.m. Other cities follow similar hours on designated days.
Governor Pinchot urged Pennsylvania clergy to rally public support for a $20,000,000 relief consolidation plan and a beer tax program as unemployment relief funds dwindle. He warned two million dependents may starve or rot within weeks if legislature delays aid and federal help remains unavailable. He criticized the 14 weeks without major bills and urged clergy to counter political pettiness.
Secretary Hull advocates a moderate tariff and exchange policy to lift global commerce from wartime stagnation. He envisions Congress authorizing U S tariff reductions in exchange for broad concessions, with talks in Washington among Britain Italy Germany Japan and others shaping a precursor to a world economic conference in London.
Sy United Press reports from Pittsburgh that 34 year old Crafton resident Anfi Lane was ordered held for grand jury action after a coroner's jury ruled her involvement in the fatal shooting of her husband Constable George Lane, 38. Witnesses Robert and Cherie Lane, aged 14 and 9, testified they saw their mother take a revolver during a dinner quarrel and that a scuffle followed during which their father was shot.
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