23 Apr 1928
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1928
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment references wills and a date in April, noting attendees and a ceremony. Names and full details are unclear, but the context points to a legal or probate notice with 18 to 20 as coded limits and a discussion of Penne and Masters.
Relief planes fly to Greece as a Balkan quake devastates Corinth and Volos. Reports say seven killed in Corinth, canal damaged but ships blocked, hotels and casino collapse, prisons toppled, and widespread panic. Government races aid from Sofia and Athens. many towns report collapsed buildings and telegraph offices.
From Topeka to Washington two federal prisoners Jalve New age 14 and Owen Richards 18 escaped on the Liberty Limited near Derry Pa after wresting guns from officers Thomas Powell and Charles Baker. They stopped the train with an emergency cord, fled at Johnstown, while authorities pursued from Latrobe. Rev H A Peat returned home from Baltimore.
Clarence Chamberlin, first nonstop flyer to Germany from America, took off from Brainard Field before 11 a.m. in a Fairchild cabin monoplane to greet the German fliers crossing the Atlantic. Carl A. Dixon piloted the companion plane, sent up after last Canada Night, to accompany him toward Greenland.
A proclamation notes the death of Ell Barlow former mayor of Corry. It recalls his early efforts that advanced the city along sound business lines and urges citizens to rededicate themselves to its upbuilding, signed by Mayor Olin W. Bracken.
Police authorities continued the campaign against violators of the boulevard stop provision of the new state and city traffic code. Over the weekend upwards of a half dozen motorists were arrested and fined one dollar plus costs, bringing total arrests to about twenty five. The police urge education over prosecution and hope the ordinance can be effective with minimal arrests.
Five election officials from the Twentieth District in Pittsburgh's Firth Ward were found guilty on all counts of a five count indictment by an Allegheny County court. Jury recommended mercy and sentencing time was not set by Judge J Franke Gras.
Paris reports from United Press describe one of France’s heaviest elections as voters support Raymond Poincare’s handling of affairs. About 40 million of 2,000,000 registered voters cast ballots across 612 Chamber of Deputies seats. Early results show 175 elected, with 427 races to finalize. parties include Marin group seven, Left Republicans 41, Radical Republicans 15, Radical Socialists 16, Republican Socialists 4, Socialists 14, Conservatives 13, with no Communist winners.
Ben Newmirk, former chief investigator for State's Attorney Robert H Crowe, was murdered in his Chicago South Shore home by unknown assailants. Slayers fired through a nearby bedroom window, riddling his body with shotgun slugs as neighbors heard a motor drive away. Authorities suspect an underworld grudge tied to his time on Crowe's investigating staff.
Political observers focus on a big week in the primary campaign with 200 delegates up for grabs. The Republican contest in Ohio stands as the most important of three battles, shaping the path to the party nomination.
Washington April 23 Nearly 200 delegates will be chosen for both Republican and Democratic conventions in primaries in Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Ohio The Ohio contest tests Hoover against a Willis slate with hopes of a decisive result influencing his candidacy Massachusetts delegates look to Hoover while Pennsylvania Republicans anticipate an Mellon led delegation with uninstructed delegates Pennsylvanias At Smith leads in Massachusetts and Ohio Republican and Democratic primaries are described with party figures and anticipated outcomes
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on April 24 robbers broke into the post office vault and took about 20000 in stamps. They cut through two steel doors and left burglary tools behind. Government agents and state police say tools show no clues and all identifying marks were removed.
Corry Hospital Training School for Nurses earned full placement on the Accredited list of 1926 by the Pennsylvania State Board of Examiners for Registration of Nurses. The higher rating honors the school as a progressive institution and places it among Pennsylvania’s top training schools, alongside larger cities. The announcement, welcomed by the hospital’s directors and medical staff, follows Corry Hospital’s recent accreditation by the American College of Physicians and Surgeons.
The sub district of the Dairymen's League schedules a Business Men's Banquet in mid May with local officers reporting tentative plans for a dinner and meeting. Participants will be business men from towns within the subdistrict. Further details are expected to be released in the coming weeks.
Cambridge Ohio mine operators plan to reopen properties on a non union basis with a wage scale of about a day for eight hours. Bray of Cleveland, chair of the Cambridge Coal Operators Association, says the federal government likely will not grant industry relief for now and that operators must act fairly to both sides. He notes failed negotiations with union officials and past losses under the Jacksonville wage scale despite adhering to prior agreements.
Greensburg meeting of 26 banished lars representatives today agreed to file Quo Warranto suits to remove the Ku Klux Klan from Pennsylvania. They aim to involve Indiana in a pardon bid for D Stephenson now serving life for murder. Evidence from a Pittsburgh federal trial will be handed to Pennsylvania’s attorney general to seek action to restrain Klan operations. Descriptions note witnesses from Barrickman and other co defendants attended the Greensburg conference.
Montreal April 93. The Bremen mission awaited a possible departure to New York tomorrow after a run from Greenly Island with supplies and repairs. Crew members Bernt Balchen Ernest Koeppen and others, plus Mrs J H Martiny, were noted as part of the extended coverage amid ongoing relief efforts and multiple international correspondents.
Program schedule highlights WEAF at 8 PM with General Motors Hour and a Coolidge address opening American Forest Week. Town City WSUT presents Isabel Hamlin Garland and Hardesty Johnson at 8 PM. WOR airs 10 PM The Pioneers and the Buccaneers with Roxy and His Gang at 7:80 PM.
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