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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1922
Page
1
Fort Worth reports hundreds homeless as a massive storm floods parts of the city. Police and fire crews rescue adults and children from rooftops while fires erupt at a lumberyard. Many homes and stores submerged, with residents crowded into damaged areas seeking aid.
Chicago couple McCormick and Baker announce a June wedding in London with a honeymoon in Europe. Mary Landon Makers departs for Europe, plans to marry in London and reside in Chicago after a short stay in Paris. The engagement story includes a hush about public confirmation and a mysterious figure, Harry Ehrenin, in the background.
United Press report from Charleston notes the 125 West Virginia miners face charges of treason murder and assaults arising from last summer’s march. In court today lawyers expect a plea on the defense demurrer to indictments and a possible bill of particulars. The defense aims to narrow the case and seek separate trials for the twenty four indicted.
Northwestern Pennsylvania Street Railway announces a new schedule lowering interurban fares between Meadville and nearby towns. The plan cuts two cents per ticket, reducing overall travel costs and hoping to boost receipts which have sagged recently.
Victim Lillian Givney, aged 5, was found in a tenement washroom with signs of criminal assault. Police say medical evidence confirms the attack. a veteran named Wann Guroya, once in France, was questioned but later denied involvement.
New York April 24 Rotary meeting details show Mr and Mrs Axme attending with Corry Club at Phoenix Hotel. Luncheon followed a demonstration of mental telepathy. Milo L Brown served as secretary. Absence of President noted and routine preparations for upcoming duties discussed.
Fragmented text from a foreign dispatch mentions an art academy in Tokio and a vague reference to an assassination threat and a railway incident near Vladivostok. Names and specifics are garbled, but the piece hints at international figures and looming violence without clear chronology or attribution.
Secretary Weeks urged the need for a strong army before the Senate Appropriations Committee. He warned against reducing forces to 11,000 officers and 116,000 men, arguing such cuts would leave the United States weak amid global instability and shifting power balances. He cited Germany and Russia as examples of dangerous balances of power.
Reports from Genoa and London describe Lloyd George presenting a peace pact for Europe with a four decade term among nations. France negotiates terms, with jurists to study the draft as Russia may be pressured to join before Thursday. Continuous coverage notes Poineare’s Barle-Duc speech and British criticism of Voincare.
Florence G Manville, once a chorus beauty, secured an absolute divorce from Thomas S Manville Jr in common pleas court. The decree ends the Manville romance as Mrs Mooney returns home from Rimershire Pa. local officials and attorney Blaine Kincaid attended. A crowd of immigrants passed through town en route to Crown Point Ind, while federation leaders plan a Thursday parish meeting to discuss the milk question and potential federation alignment.
United Press reports the Interstate Commerce Commission will announce rate reductions within ten days after hearings on reducing railroad rates. debate split among commissioners over which goods to cut, with likely impacts on coal and steel prices, farm and manufactured products, and overall economic recovery.
Freight wreck on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad blocks traffic. Three switches and thirty lengths of track torn up after a broken flange on the 43rd car of an eastbound train caused four derailments and two refrigerator cars to pile up, with crews repairing the line.
United Press reports on the investigation into a murder case in Inglewood tied to Ku Klux Klan figures. The piece mentions deputies and officials, including Mosher and Wormer, and notes threats and a tense city mood as authorities pursue leads and possible trials.
United Press reports in Washington that veterans organizations backed a new bonus plan, likely a twenty five year provision with mortgage style financing and bank borrowing, signaling Senate support. The plan would provide a reparations-like benefit to veterans, with half a century repayment prospects and organizational optimism despite repayment concerns.
In a fragmented report from United Press, Watts 18 boxer was knocked down in a boxing bout, struggled to stand, then collapsed as the referee counted out. No arrests yet. the District Attorney will start an investigation today. Separate dispatches note fresh developments in a war contracts profiteering expose involving Watts officials and a top departmental aide.
Voters in the city are urged to register by tomorrow ahead of the Spring term. Administration favors peaceful exchange stabilization and invites residents to the polling place in the First Precinct. A conference with New York Federal Reserve leaders and financial experts is noted, and plans for a public supper tomorrow evening are highlighted.
Dr and Atty FF Spence will address the audience at Paine Marvin in Alaska tonight at ten o clock. The speakers plan to discuss recent lighting and other local matters.
A benefit concert at the high school auditorium will showcase works by Handel Mendelssohn and Gounod with performances by local singers. Tickets cost 40 cents for adults and 14 cents for children under fourteen. a limited number are available at Condra's.
Allied experts at Genoa rejected Soviet and Russian debt relief proposals as unacceptable. The talks covered war debts, moratoriums, and credits with Allies suggesting conditional aid while Russia demanded cancellation. U.S. Ambassador Child in Genoa stated Washington reserved all rights on wartime debt payments.
Washington April 25 reports say high shipping board officials warned a trade war with Britain could follow the Lamport and Holt Line cutting rates. The move slashes New York to South America freight charges, heightening tensions as US and British interests clash on the seas.
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