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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1930
Page
1
Reported Sunday air crashes killed sixteen people including two nationally known pilots. Chinese bandits attacked Singsucken in Kiangsui province, killing hundreds, capturing around a thousand, and looting as the town burned.
Harrisburg dispatch reports Francis Shunk Brown attorney general of the Brumbaugh administration launches a statewide tour for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. He is expected to attack opponent Pinchot while promising to end campaign finance of officeholders. The piece notes shifting local support and broader party organization moves amid daylight saving time debates across nearby cities.
Wesley Robbing seven months old of Mr and Mrs Manley Robbing West Columbus avenue died last night after two days illness from pneumonia admitted to the hospital yesterday morning for treatment. Besides his parents he leaves one brother Junior and Stater Marcella at home and grandparents Mr and Mrs W A Robbing of Grand Valley. Prayer services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm with interment in Pine Grove cemetery.
Vincent Caline, 41, described as an insane retiree, killed his 28-year-old son and mauled five relatives with an axe ice pick and pistol. Two sons and four daughters hospitalized seriously. another daughter and Mia Calise injured at home. Calise subdued by firemen until police arrived. bank records showed over 30000 dollars on deposit. Family described him as miserly and controlling the household.
Radio listings show NBC programs on WJZ and WEAF with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at 5:00, Roxy and His Gang at 6:35, Voice of Mirestone on WEAF at 7:00, Coco Couriers on WABC at 7:30, and The Columbians on WABC at 10:00. Includes CBS network guides for Coco Couriers and The Columbians.
Gen. Cornelius Van denbit’s yacht Winchester suffered a heavy blast while at anchor in the East River about 400 feet from the New York Yacht Club pier. Eighteen crew members eating lunch escaped unharmed. In a separate note, bank bandits Claude Ray Juna Walker and Andrew Halliday were sentenced to die at Canon City prison during the week of August 7.
Milton Colvert of Columbia Tennessee is held on a homicide charge after a plane crash at a field near Fayetteville killed eight spectators and injured fourteen others. The aircraft descended toward a crowded landing area as onlookers shouted, and witnesses blamed a low pass near a phone line.
Washington reports deny supreme court reviews for Harry M. Blackmer charged with contempt of court under the Walsh act. The cases include two $30,000 fines. The article notes Blackmer as a key witness in several trials. The piece also mentions a last minute effort to defer debate on Judge Job J. Parker’s renomination. In New York, stock values plunge with industrials leading the market decline.
Senator Joseph R. Grundy, seeking another term, will use radio broadcasts daily over WCAE or WAS for the campaign. The Grundy harmonizers, a 12 piece orchestra with soloists, will be heard on KDEA tonight and on Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights.
Steve Tinko, resident north of the city, must serve time in Erie County Jail unless he pays a $5 fine and costs for two counts of possessing unlicensed dots. He refused to pay after a hearing before Alderman G. L. Gordon and was earlier jailed after his arrest.
Miss Allene Brooks of Corry has been re elected as a teacher at S Meadville High School. She will lead instruction in commercial subjects at the Meadville school where she just completed a successful term.
Charles Jaquith age one son of Glenn Jaquith died at home Saturday eleven days after his mother died of pneumonia Autopsy by Dr A A Grant and Dr G E Bennett confirmed pneumonia as the cause The father is improving six siblings and grandparents Mr and Mrs D B Bates Spring Creek Interment at Spring Creek cemetery Tuesday at 11 a m
Wednesday registration day may reveal a large shift in party affiliation after alleged Democratic party raids by Phillips Bodten and Forbes. Rumors say Democrats will register as Republicans to support the Davis Brown and Grundy ticket, swelling Republican ranks for the May primaries. Registrars will be at polling places at normal hours. residents who changed residence can enroll. Cristobal April 28 Col. Charles A Lindbergh rested after establishing a new air mail trail to the South. He completed the first leg Miami to Buenos Aires aboard a Pan American amphibian plane, with a stop at Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua.
Chicago April 26. An unnamed object nicknamed Plant shows signs of fast travel, as computations by Dr. William D. MacMillan of the University of Chicago suggest, potentially reclassifying it from a distant steady member to a moving comet.
James J. Davis secret ary of labor leads the Davis Brown ticket as candidates visit Corry before a May 20 spring primary. They arrive by 8 30 PM on a Pennsylvania Railroad train, speak briefly from the rear platform, then proceed to Erie for a rally. Other expected visitors include Francis Shunk Brown Gen Ed Susman and Philip S. Dewey.
Spectators in northwestern California Nevada and Montana watched a brief total eclipse as the moon darkened the sun. Crowds along streets and rooftops observed the event using smoked glasses while experts noted the moon's shadow silhouetting a narrow path across Nevada and California.
In Columbus on April 24, 200 inmates were restrained as Deputy Warden J Woodard and a 200 man police force moved through the state penitentiary. 800 National Guardsmen surrounded the wall while ring leaders including Murray Wolfs were isolated and confined in the prison dungeon.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports controversy over the Rantzin bill claiming a half billion dollars for veterans relief. American Legion commander Pinola and General Hines dispute the figure, saying the appropriation is far smaller and that government benefits already total fifty million. The article notes ongoing public confusion.
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