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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1937
Page
1
A heated session in the House focused on a bill banning sit down strikes as Lewis echoed Ford and urged organization of workers. The scene highlighted labor tensions while the chamber weighed restrictions amid broader economic concerns and the push to curb disruptive protests.
In Oshawa Ontario about 2700 General Motors workers formed picket lines, led by the United Automobile Workers, demanding concessions from the parent company. The plant at St Catherine and Makinnon Industries employ roughly 5000. workers there weigh actions, with decisions expected today and union officials predicting a join in the strike. In Windsor Ontario, the engine assembly plant with 500 workers faced partial shutdown due to parts shortages from the American plant hit by the strike.
John Mallick aged 18 of 310 Bast street suffered a jaw fracture and head injuries in a car collision yesterday at Farrell. Five people were injured as a hitchhiker rode in a car driven by Oscar Payne of New Castle which collided with a marine driven by Stanley Michalski of Terrell. Cornelius Wright of New Castle sustained a wrist fracture. Payne, Jess, and Revered Walter Robson of Farrell were injured or bruised.
A hitchhiker wearing a ring with the initials R. I was chased by police in Battle Creek Michigan as a possible suspect in the Gedeon murder case in New York. The hitchhiker was picked up in Pennsylvania and brought to Michigan by Milwaukee motorials, whose homes were not learned immediately.
Amit B mechanics at Munich airport refueled a craft as Charles A Lindbergh and wife amy Lindbergh, returning to England from India, stayed at a Munich hotel overnight.
United Press reports in Harrisburg that the Earle administration's labor mediation and collective bargaining bills, seen as a cornerstone of reform, gained initial Senate approval on first reading. A Rodgers labor relations bill, backed by business interests, was to receive a public hearing after lawmakers adjourned.
A drunken driving escapade from Corry to Harriburg ended with Ben H. Folch, 44, of 319 Delaware street, jailed sixty days after pleading guilty to a change of driving while intoxicated. Kinney, 89, and Clar ance Bradford, 35, faced related charges. Kinney was fined and jailed on default. Indiana State Teachers College strike concludes after four meet with president Samus Faurold.
Washington April 8 action on sit down strikes shifts from Senate to House. A Pittman resolution condemning sit downs and attacking company unions heads for a sweeping inquiry via a seven member committee proposed by Rep Martin Dies. Debate focused on alien un American activities and the scope of labor probes as Congress considers both proposals.
Northwest Pennsylvania Elks district round-up in Meadville drew nearly 1,000 people including Grand Exalted Ruler David Sholtz former Florida governor and other national figures. A banquet at Hotel Lafayette celebrated Sholtz with 284 candidates initiated in a ceremony led by Meadville lodge. Corry Lodge members attended the event.
The Hershey strike riot leads to 25 injuries as demonstrators clash with guards. George Parle opens an inquiry. Hershey officials call riot a police failure and urge state action. Ford, UA W plan, and union views dominate as authorities weigh next steps amid unrest.
Italian press denounces France and Russia amid the Spanish Civil War turmoil. Reports claim Mussolini may deploy troops to back insurgents while Britain and France face muting of Loyalists. Official spokesmen accuse Western powers of aiding the rebels and shipments of arms and materiel continue. The hoped for Trulia-Prance game is canceled as tensions mount.
Senate judiciary committee members debated a secret session next week on a motion by Hughes of Delaware to hold public hearings on President Roosevelt’s court bill. Former Justice Manning of North Carolina opposed enlarging the Supreme Court as the panel prepared for April 16.
In McNary Arizona April 8 undertakers and sheriff aides said two more persons might have been aboard a luxury transport that crashed and burned. Douglas Aircraft Company official Lee Taylor insisted eight were aboard the plane carrying from Buranks California New York to Europe. Wreckage in the White Mountains showed mangled bodies with pilots Glen Moxer and Joe Wolfelle thrown clear. Undertakers and aides began recovering more remains as rumors of additional people circulated.
Judge Lemuel F. Smith sentenced Dr. Richard C Miller a 53-year-old Charlottesville dentist to 16 years in the state penitentiary on a second degree murder charge for the death of Cleo Sprause an 18 year old high school student in Charlottesville Virginia.
Harrisburg April 8 The state authority board considered selling low interest bonds to support Pennsylvania 57 000 000 institutional building program. The measure aims to fund state projects and ease financing for public institutions.
Administration sources say a decisive move on alien capital is unlikely soon as officials worry that curbing foreign funds could unsettle markets. Treasury, SEC, and Fed considered raising taxes on dividends to foreigners, but President Roosevelt blocked the plan after a visit to the White House by a New York stock exchange official.
AR H Scott of the University of Pittsburgh spoke to the Pitt Educator Club at the Corry Riwing Cunn ie Hotel Garry. Forty members attended as Scott detailed vocational and industrial education and the partial assistance provided to obtain work to further study, with Williams presiding.
North Center street parking faces a two hour limit proposed by the council after a special meeting in Moyvell chamber. Officials aim to curb nuisance, shift from angle to near parallel curb parking, and redraw the ordinance while noting merchants and clerks as primary offenders.
A special minimum wage committee of the labor department met to discuss drafting a model state law covering wages for men as well as women. They will decide if a new law is desirable or if existing statutes should be amended, with considerations including the Washington state minimum wage decision and Roosevelt era push for national laws.
The Corny Elietal reports a pay raise for hospital staff approved at a Carry Hospital Board of Directors meeting. Directors Brown Burien TeRowity Bilston Magie Frahm and Howard with Superintendent Miss Cote were present. Cole’s March report shows 125 patients with 64 percent days of service and multiple procedures. An emergency lighting project nears completion and work on a hot water heater continues.
About 130 workers at the spare plug assembly unit of the A. C. Sparte Flag company, a General Motors subsidiary, struck in mid April. The action caused a shutdown of the site as workers protested conditions and management practices, with afternoon and evening shifts affected.
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