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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1932
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text notes absence or disruption on Monday with no clear details. No names, places, or outcomes are readable to identify the event or involved organizations. Further readable context is needed to craft a precise record.
Cory Relief Fund committee to meet Tuesday at the Municipal building to review canvass results and decide whether to continue the relief service for the poor. Officials warn sweeping curtailment may be necessary if contributions do not cover costs, as Mayor Starr seeks aid from Erie and county officials amid the $10,000,000 Talbot relief bill and Winds distribution.
President Hoover thanked the American Red Cross for its service during the past year aiding droughts storms floods and unemployment. He spoke in the name of the American people at the Red Cross annual convention in Washington and urged continued resolve and courage in addressing crises. The president entered the meeting after walking from the White House amid Navy band music.
Washington April reel of debate over a $2 billion cash bonus for veterans opened in the House Ways and Means Committee. Rep Wright Patman urged issuance of new paper money to fund payments, pledging reflation to aid over two million unemployed veterans. Owen of Oklahoma and Patman cited relief benefits while opponents prepared to hear Treasury and Federal Reserve officials.
New York April 11 Stocks plunged to new lows since World War I before noon and barely moved until a late rally. Major names fell including Steel Common, General Motors, American Can, Du Pont, Consolidated Gas, Atchison and Union Pacific with many records set at new lows for years.
Berlin April 11 President Paul von Hindenburg reelected over Adolf Hitler by about six million votes appealed to all Germans to let hatred die and close the ranks for the good of the fatherland. He said he would devote energy to duties and remain impartial. Telegrams of congratulations arrived from many parts of the country.
Radio schedules compile today with programs from WBAF WAIRC WHAW WABC and more. Listings show Lawrence Tibbett International Revue Guy Lombardo and others across NBC CBS networks.
Harrisburg April 11 United Press reports the start of Pennsylvania’s primary campaign with party leaders, candidates, and supporters engaging in speeches, tours and get-out-the-vote efforts. Pinchot Butler Davis Martin Rupp Cassidy Roosevelt Smith factions clash over delegates as voters show limited enthusiasm and miss usual campaign materials.
London April 11 British response to President de Valera of the Irish Free State on allegiance and land annuities reaffirms by one unmistakable language that it will stand absolutely by the treaty settlement J H Thomas undersecretary to the foreign office told the House of Commons today The announcement was made in reply to a question from Artie Lansbury Laborite.
New York Stock Exchange president Richard Whitney testified for two hours defending short selling and denying bear raiding on the exchange under scrutiny by a Senate committee. He acknowledged a report of a plan to raid U S Steel but said no other such schemes were known. He noted the public’s role in the market’s rise and denied wartime drives to boost stocks.
Miss Helen Blair state president of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Wellabaro spoke at the Corry club luncheon at the Hotel Corry noon today on International Relations. She highlighted the World Court and women’s role in world peace and disarmament, urging Corry to send a delegate to the B P W C conference in Geneva this year. Twenty members attended, with Miss Ink Austin as guest. group singing led by Miss Inez Fitch.
Two cars collided at the intersection of North Center Street and Columbus Avenue near midnight Sunday. Miss Frances Stull of Union City was hospitalized with a fracture of the left clavicle and bruises, later walking home. Other occupants, including Miss Bulh Hatch and Wilbur Jock, suffered injuries. one car was badly wrecked and eight people were inside another vehicle. The parties left after reporting to police.
Washington April. Sharp dissension between President Hoover and the House economy committee surfaced over how to cut government salaries. The committee favored a direct 11 per cent pay cut for salaries above 1 000 a year, while the President proposed a broader system of wage reductions tied to an employment plan. The fight could delay 200 million dollars in 1929 appropriations to balance the budget as the panel debated the form and timing of the rider to the legislative appropriations bill. Debate was expected late in the week with a hot fight anticipated in committee.
Washington April 11 The Senate passed a Norris resolution authorizing a complete investigation of the Federal Farm Board activities. Speaker Gromer predicted the Democratic tariff bill would be sent to President Hoover soon and cautioned a likely early veto in this session.
Peter Turer a 60 year old Pittsburgh man fought off three alleged robbers with a penknife after an attack on a street. Turer and his companion Henry Glauber were injured and taken to a Pittsburgh hospital. Suspects Edward Angel Ernest Mengine and Joseph Bracstilii, all of Pittsburgh, were reported hurt. Glauber’s purse was later found on a suspect.
A Nippon Dempo report from April 11 says Soviet patrols killed 20 Koreans attempting to cross into BURRAC territory along the Korea Siberia border. The dispatch notes ongoing Soviet activity along the frontier and cites heavy Chinese guerrilla losses elsewhere in Manchuria as Japanese forces clash with Chinese and Koreans.
Governor Gifford Pinchot defended his administration against charges of excessive state spending by citing modest payroll increases. He noted a 4.8 percent rise in most departments, 11 percent in Auditor General and State Treasurer offices, and a total state employment rise from 16,495 to 17,827 with salaries climbing from 24.9 to 26.0 million annually since January 1932. He argued most growth came from necessary work and not new duties, urging that the state has done more with little extra expense while facing opposition from farmers groups and the State Grange.
Arrangements were under way for an old-time political gathering in Hammond on Wednesday evening. The Hammond for Assembly Club planned the event at the Hotel Corry to boost a local man’s candidacy for state assembly. the general public was invited.
A bandit was shot and killed and a store employee wounded during a gun battle after an attempted holdup at Cecil Foster's Hollywood store. The robber allegedly entered with accomplices to raid the shop, but the ensuing exchange left the bandit dead and an employee injured. Local relatives received the report this afternoon.
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