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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1937
Page
5
Seven liquor control board agents were cleared of assault and battery charges stemming from a raid on Pee Wee's Nest in Cur veneville on April 1. Squire Shaw discharged the agents, saying the prosecution was not reasonably well founded. The court found the alleged assault not malicious, angry, or hostile.
Personal Mention lists residents and visitors across Corry and nearby towns. Horace Rounds and others travel to Corry Rotatory Chaty meetings. Mrs. Richard H.R. Merker returns from Jamestown while recovering from illness. Several residents return from Daytona Beach and Erie trips, with health updates and family visits noted.
Pennsylvania remains heavily agricultural though farm numbers fell from 224,248 in 1900 to 171,419 by 1980, with a rise to 191,284 in 1935 due to job losses elsewhere. Dairy dominates cash income, nearly half, followed by crops, poultry and eggs, and vegetables and fruits.
In Castle Kentucky on April 21, counsel for Brigadier General Henry HL Dunhardt moved for continuance of his murder trial. The delay centers on contesting the admissibility and availability of key witnesses as important writs are challenged.
Uniontown Pa April 2 three of six prisoners who escaped Fayette county jail last Thursday were believed trapped today in the Juniata Vanderbil district. Officers hunted numerous abandoned coal mines for John and Joe Duboy brothers and John Gombar who fled from a barn on the Rogden farm near Star Junction. A barn hideout was found yesterday as a possible location for the trio.
Harrisburg April 21 The administration milk control bill and the Moomaw-Moran centralized tax collector measure sit on the house calendar awaiting action amid talks to draft amendments. Leaders aim to pass both by April 30, fearing unregulated dairy markets, with the Moomaw-Moran bill postponed for a full house vote after a bitter fight and 40 absentees.
Det roit April 21 United Press reports removal of Jack Benson 26 and his wife Rhea 23 to Boston on a fugitive warrant charging kidnapping an automobile. The case was ordered by Massachusetts Commissioner J. Stanley Hurd. The couple, indicted in Lawrence for kidnapping a taxicab driver, will be taken to Boston within a day or two, U.S. Marshal John J. Bare said.
Corry Rotary Club members at the Hotel Corry heard Horace Rounds of Youngsville Pa outline Washington state’s timber industry resources and recent public improvements. Guest I J McGrath of Pittsburgh performed poems, with Beatrice Shafer providing singing accompaniment. Additional notes mention local sales of pigs near the state fish hatchery and a man’s bicycle for sale on Maple Avenue.
Harrisburg April 21 The house agriculture committee approved four major amendments to the administration's milk control bill to be inserted as it advances The amendments would allow the board to reject charter applications by agricultural cooperatives prohibit a deputy attorney general from serving before the board require compliance panels for milk marketing areas to approve price agreements and strengthen the governor's power over the milk control board
WILL RUN BLOCKADE BAYONNE Southern France Apr 21 The British freighters Mac Gregor and Hamsterley got up steam today and were reported to be preparing to jump the Spanish rebel blockade tonight into Bilbao, bearing cargoes of food for northern Spain.
New York April 21 United Press market report notes a tentative rise on short covering but weak activity. Traders are split on a genuine rally versus selling climax. Gold mining stocks wobble in foreign markets with London and Toronto downturns. Coal output may drop 25 per cent unless machines cut costs. a Cincinnati operators convention is set for mid May. Copper retreats to about 14.5 cents while others expect stabilization if munition buying stays strong. New York New Haven Hartford orders 110 streamlined locomotives. A writer recalls piloting a New Haven steamer, describing the thrill and smoke.
Harrisburg April 21 J Hamilton Lewis of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told the Pennsylvania legislature that the United States should maintain a no lending policy abroad. He argued that loans of American money to European nations complicate neutrality should a foreign conflict arise.
London April 21 Sir Samuel Hoare told questioners in the house of commons that a British merchant ship entering Spanish territorial waters does so at its own risk. He voiced annoyance at the government's policy on the Bibaa blocks and said Britain does not concede the right of the Spanish to fire on a British merchant ship, while acknowledging only a hostile ship could sway a lake possession.
In Boston a municipal court judge convict Rudy Vallee, a va il choir member, and publicity agent Harry Paul of assault. Paul fined 50 dollars, appealed, released on 100 dollar recognizance. Judge Daniel Gillen acquits photographer Benedict Fitzgerald on counter charge. Paul acquitted of destruction of property.
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