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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1938
Page
1
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Corry High School debaters won awards from Allegheny College at the district meet in Meadville. Robert Curtin earned a gold for top Corry rating, while Mary Maloney and MacBain Sears won bronze. Thirteen awards went to Titusville Curry Meadville with Franklin and Greenville earning two each. Arthur Cla in of Meadville led with top honors. Thirty debaters competed. non-decision format produced no cup. A banquet for 150 followed the event.
The Roy H S Fields News Agency in the Barlow block on South Center street is sold to S P Miller of Meadville. Mr Miller, ex McCloskey Tool Company auditor, will run operations from May Ist. Fields will stay briefly to assist while Miller settles in before potential relocation for Mr Fields health.
Harrisburg April 25 The annual convention of the Pennsylvania Council of Churches opened with 14 Protestant denominations represented. Dr Gorin Poteat delivered the theme on Christian unity in the modern world. The gathering began with a song and prayer service.
United Press reports Railway Labor executives believe government takeover is the only solution to the nation’s railway crisis. They cite conflicting dispatches at the public fee and debts weighing on primary interests, payments, stockholders, and dividends as factors pushing toward federal control.
Washington April reports say the American Federation of Labor executive council meets to intensify their war against the Committee for Industrial Organization. The council may move to expel CIO affiliates and institute a constitutional convention to declare a permanent wartime stance, with several unions already cited as likely targets.
The report notes rising tensions as Nazi influence grows in Czechoslovakia with Hitler described as pushing for economic and political dominance in central Europe. Premier Hodza plans an emergency Czech cabinet meeting to reject demands amid broader European power moves.
Britain and Ireland sign a treaty of trade and friendship ending a six year trade war. Eamon de Valera and Neville Chamberlain attend. Details are scarce but the accord aims to remove import duties and resolve Ireland's land annuities dispute. Dawes undergoes appendectomy. doctor says he is expected to recover.
Harrisburg April 25 The Pennsylvania Association for the Blind appointed Dr Alexander J Van Beyer of New York a former League of Nations health expert to direct a campaign for eye examinations in public schools. Franke Wilbur Main of Pittsburgh was re elected president and a committee was named to aid Van Beyer in seeking funds from the next legislature for a program assisting pupils with vision defects. Mrs Bari Love returned home Tuesday evening from two weeks visit with relatives.
The Supreme Court affirms constitutionality of the new municipal bankruptcy act by a 6 to 2 vote. Chief Justice Hughes reads the opinion with Justices McReynolds and Butler dissenting. Cardozo did not participate. The ruling upholds the lower court dismissal of a Tennessee Electric case.
April 25. Two Republican senators on the Unemployment and Re- Wer Committee attack the Works Progress Administration over alleged mismanagement and the reorganization of federal relief. They condemn New Deal relief and business policies and urge repeal of the profits tax and changes to capital gains tax.
The Oil City Council Knights of Columbus conferred the first degree on twelve candidates at Corry Council in the Barlow area Sunday afternoon. District Deputy Garvey presided with a degree team from Venango county.
Stephen Wolfe a 49 year old Erie salesman remained in St Vincent hospital today after inhaling carbon monoxide fumes on Sunday. He was found unconscious in his garage after an auto collision with another car in the same building.
A Board of Tax Appeals report disallows Jackie Coogan paid his parents salaries totaling about 13 000 to 20 000 yearly from 1922 to 1927. The actor also received a personal salary near 10 000 annually in that period.
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on April 25 United States Senator Joseph F. Guffey and Philadelphia Mayor S Davis Wilson denounced Governor Warle and contractor McCloskey. Guffey warned of obscurity for Warle while opposing party figures urged investigation into state contracts tied to McCloskey totaling nearly ten million dollars amid a shifting political landscape.
Corryites participate in a spring musicale at Kane High School tonight. Mrs Carlton Chaffee and David Lammers from Corry High School faculty will perform and direct, with Lammers singing solo pieces accompanied by Mrs Chaffee.
State head of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and officials visited Bradford to urge federal action silencing Nazism Bolshevism and communism. Commander Horan led the delegation with state officers inspecting the local post home and praising its activities.
Harrisburg April 25 Most political forecasters expect a light turnout for the May 17 election amid name calling accusations and calls for investigations. The split between U S Senator Joseph F Guffey and the state Democratic committee and national interest in the 6 1 0 ticket contribute to voter indifference. Some predict little more than half of Pennsylvania's 4 000 000 registered voters will cast ballots unless new interest arises.
An elderly Warren man was robbed of about 60 dollars by a carload of two women a man and a child in northwestern Pennsylvania. The incident occurred near Pennsylvania Avenue and Russell Street around 10 am Saturday as a deception involving a family name led to his wallet being stolen. Authorities statewide were enacting a dragnet to capture the suspected thieves, described as dark dressed and young.
President Roosevelt told Congress the 16th Amendment authorizes income tax on bonds and salaries from state and federal governments for revised interpretation. He urged immediate action to end tax exemptions for government bonds and salaries, noting reciprocal immunity had misapplied the amendment and harmed state and national tax systems.
Three youths aged 21 and 20 were hanged at Rockview prison for the murder of a Black man after robbing him of a dollar and assaulting his companion in Chester. Howard Rose, Theodors Duit, and John Oreanak were described as the toughest young thugs in Delaware County by a judge. Leon Butter, a Black companion, was acquitted.
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