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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1932
Page
1
Confused OCR reads as a brief alert about Allan City residents and a band, signaling heightened alertness and tension. Despite garbled phrasing, the fragment hints at a local disturbance or emergency setting affecting the community and authorities.
A mass meeting of rural taxpayers in Erie county discussed county finances and state issues. John H. King and Worth Hammond addressed voters, detailing platform points on spending cuts, school governance, taxation, and road and utility policy.
Hopewell reports shift in Lindbergh baby case as a sailing yacht put to sea on a mission tied to the abducted child. John Hughes Curtis, contact for Southern negotiators, and Dean Dobson-Peacock were aboard the yacht Marcon. Curtis and Dobson-Peacock, who flew in from New York with George L. Richard, met Col. Lindbergh at his Sourand Mountain home, offering no explanation for the voyage.
City Council to hold a special session Monday at 1 PM in the municipal building. A conference with Division Engineer Stanton Co Pink of Franklin will discuss the East Main Street resurfacing project from Canter Street to east of Summer Street. The meeting will also consider salary revisions for City Engineer M R Dickson and City Solicitor Blaine Kincaid.
United Press reports three bandits in a stolen car fled after a chase through East Pittsburgh. Shots were exchanged, Officer Geo Stanko fell from a motorcycle sidecar but was uninjured. The suspects escaped as the car was struck and continued fleeing amid gunfire. Carnegie Tech student John Theobald identified the trio as having held up a couple near Tyrtls Creek shortly before class began.
Four men were killed at Limguesmerck when a large German shell they were removing exploded. The incident occurred during wartime salvage work near Ypres, with emergency crews responding to the blast.
A large group of eighth grade students from Wayne and Concord townships took part in the annual examinations at the Senior High School today under the direction of the county superintendent of schools. Many pupils are expected to continue their education in Corry schools next fall.
A memorial service for Leonard T. McElroy vice president and general manager of Aero Supply Company drew a large funeral gathering in the city on Friday. Fraternities Masonics and local fire and police groups joined business associates in the rites at his South Center Street home and the Fine Grove cemetery. Out of town attendees included visitors from Pittsburgh Buffalo Williamsport Akron and Dayton along with U S Navy and Army representatives.
An explosion in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, destroyed a two story brick building. It is the third such incident in as many months, with police facing an investigation into the cause. Local authorities reported the blast occurred around dawn and prompted immediate emergency response. No injuries were detailed in the report.
Chicago April 23 police across Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin arrested 19 men and women in a orchestrated raid targeting 29 bank holdups and a major kidnapping of Howard A. Woolverton 52 prominent South Bend industrialist held for 50000 ransom. The sweep at Chicago Heights Racine Lafayette and Pendleton yielded a cache of revolvers rifles and ammunition as investigators from multiple jurisdictions linked to a criminal ring.
Washington April 24 after five days of hearings opposition grows as the House Ways and Means Committee goes into recess until Monday. Veterans Administrator Hines and Treasury Secretary Mills will testify next week along with a World War veteran group and Gen. Dawes. The debate ranges from fears of new currency risks to charges veterans were misled by distorted government statements.
Beaver Pa April 23 Peter Boyd a Scotsman who arrived 62 years ago at age 21 rose to general superintendent of the National Tube Company and died at his Beaver home last night He served in the United States Navy as an engineer in the coast survey and later entered the pipe business in Chicago before moving to Pittsburgh in 1886 as designer for the Pennsylvania works of the National Tube Company and 14 years later became general superintendent He held the post until retirement and is survived by Mrs Resin and daughters June Dees Titweville
April 23 report of Jian B. Wainwright a British subject executed by Guatemalan authorities for Communist revolution. Wainwright slit his wrist and scrawled Long live Communism in blood. Six Central Americans with varied nationalities were arrested. only he was executed. The case signals rising Communist activity in Latin America amid economic distress.
In Miami Wisconsin on April 28 Dorte navigates found the body of Haden Clarke writer Aler with signs of struggle. Handwriting experts cite discrepancies in Clarke writings and notes claiming death by own action. Dr Carlton Deederer and Mrs Keith Miller figure in the testimony as investigators weigh bruises and mis-spellings like advice versus adyice. State officials attend the probe. Clarke was found dead on the sleeping porch of the Welthaviller home by Captain Lancaster after long distance liaison with Mrs Keith Miller.
Quiet ruled in Richmond Missouri as a mining dispute paused after a walkout kept about 300 union men from returning to work at Bates mine. Leaders faced contempt actions while Frank Bunch urged peace to avert violence amid ongoing wage scale controversy.
In East Providence R I April 1 0 the body of Floyd Stewart of Garden City Kansas was found in mud flats near Watchermoket. He vanished January 1. Police say it matches the missing Nathaniel Jones of Billerton Mess. Both were students in Harvard School of Business Administration and had left Cambridge with the team.
Voters are urged to study the ballot display before using the primary election machine. Separate levers control each candidate, with party sections locked to nonregistered voters. Find your party section and pull the small levers to vote for your chosen candidates.
United Press reports a final drive across Pennsylvania with Pinchot and Republican leaders mobilizing in Philadelphia Harrisburg Scranton and western counties. Democratic leaders clash over party control as Roosevelt margins and statewide canvassing plans shape the eve of election day.
Testimony before the Senate Bank and Currency committee recounts a $400,000 Anaconda Copper pool and a Lima Locomotive pool tied to John J. Raskob and Percy Rockefeller. Thomas B. Bragg described joint accounts, losses, and attempts to influence market prices during the bull run of 1929.
Stockholmas April 23. The sole will of financier Ivar Kreuger, who died in Paris, leaves 600000 Ieroner to Mr Tagehore. The document dated April 16, 1930, lists Kreuger's personal estate details and notes the will's suspension following Kreuger's death.
Five top radio programs listed across WABC CBS Mebwarie Life Stores and WEA NBC Near. Highlights include movie stunt features and entertainment showcases with prominent stations presenting varied acts and schedules for listeners.
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