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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1925
Page
1
In a report from NORGAS TOWN April 4, the Frankish and German diplomacy push for a European security pact while miners unions in West Virginia face growing challenges. The piece notes open shop mining trends and the broader wartime wartime industrial tensions affecting labor and government aims.
A Titusville police squad led by Sergeant Thomas Mursins conducted raids on five establishments yesterday. Officers reported heavy presence and swift actions resulting in the arrest of four individuals. A large quantity of liquor was seized, with details continuing on page three.
Berlin reports that President elect Hindenburg will avoid medals and formal attire for the ceremony. He plans to preside at military reviews in a simple setting, favoring familiar comforts from his estate and staying with trusted associates.
A body of a 40 year old man was found in a gunnysack by a wandering policeman near the city hall. Uncertain if homicide or suicide, medical students are involved in the investigation and no determination has been made.
Fragmentary report from Vienna dated April describes Sofia noted for unrest as flames rise while authorities accuse conspirators and soldiers are seen as driving events. The piece hints at communists broadening discontent and police dispatches responding to escalating tensions.
April 24 hearing before the Public Service Commission examined extending the sixrail Nickel Plate system in Pennsylvania to absorb the Breckinridge? and Hocking Valley lines and to create a direct link for New York to St Louis trains. No decision yet as the case and broader merger are to be reviewed by the state Commerce Commission in May. John M. Agate, assistant general counselor for Nickel Plate, presented features of the plan.
A jury in Union City yesterday decided in favor of A. B. Foster in the case brought by A. pstet against Carl Iria Franz and Mr. Catherine Pranz. Damages assessed were about $1 for the defendant, while Mr. and Mrs. Vee Powers traveled to Titusville that afternoon for a brief visit with Mrs. Power’s sister.
The Central News reports a thwarted Communist plot to assassinate British Foreign Minister Chamberlain, with Scotland Yard notified and the case placed for prosecution. Berlin reports police guarding President Bleck Lindenburg amid rumors of an attempted attack and officials deny knowledge of any plot.
A Vienna report states Bulgaria extends formal apologies to Serbia while denying capitulation to demands. The note, delivered by Bulgarian ambassador Valluieli, promised to clarify recent incidents and quell threats ofDiplomatic rupture over tensions following events linked to Belgrade parliament actions and cross border remarks.
Capt. Jol Bentley, aged late 70s, longtime Corry resident and former mayor, died at his East Living Street home after a long illness. Born in Stephentown New York, he served in Civil War regiments and spent decades in local commerce and politics, including mayoral tenure and state legislative service. He was survived by four children, including daughter Miss Harmin J, and previously widowed since 1922.
United Press dispatch from Portland reports four people died and several injured in an early morning apartment house fire. Firemen found three horses huddled inside the building as one person plunged from the fourth story attempting to escape the flames.
Voters in Columbus approved a $400 bond issue by special election to cover debt and remodel the school and to operate the school through the end of the term. Fifty-nine votes favored the proposal while thirty-five opposed. The district will come under township supervision around July 1, with funds to maintain operations during the closing weeks and reduce indebtedness from the remodeling last fall.
Two workers at GE works Erie Wallter Agapen 39 Sherman W Payer 49 1040 Silliman Avenue were trapped when sidewalls collapsed in a sewer shaft about 15 feet deep. Coroner Hautes said three quarters of an hour passed before Bailley and others recovered the men. An inquest will be held to determine responsibility for the deaths.
Five of the Guckenheimer distillery case conspirators began sentences in Atlanta federal prison for prohibition violations. Louis Farkas receives two years plus a $1000 fine. Louis Brown two years and $10,000. Edward Little one year and $2000. William Dickerman one year and $2000. William Perris two years. George Veck started a six month sentence yesterday. Funeral details note Mrs He ntley deceased at the family home with three sons and several relatives, but arrangements incomplete. Friends are asked to omit flowers.
Trial of Willie White on charges of highway robbery and attempted murder has been postponed to May 14. Pittsburgh attorney L J Ritter, White’s counsel, says new alibi evidence places White in Homestead and McKeesport at the time of the Pittsbugh crime, seeking to bolster an innocence claim and delay. Neighbors and acquaintances are urged to submit testimony or payments to Paulson's barber shop to aid the defense as plans to attend the rescheduled trial tighten.
A major factory fire at the Bern Stein Novelty Company in Brooklyn on April 20 trapped and exposed thirteen firemen to heavy fumes. Battalion Chief Isaac Ludgate and Captain Rudolph Este led a rescue into an excessively stocked excelsior store, saving nearby tenements but leaving four firemen seriously affected and hospital bound.
Mello Ghilardi, 20, faces a first degree murder charge after confessing to shooting his father following a reprimand. The killing occurred yesterday. the youth then calmly walked to a pool room where he and friends were playing pool before police took him into custody.
Governor Pinchot signs bill authorizing traffic highway and boulevard developments in any city under state provisions. The measure, sponsored by Senator Fundimani, aims to improve road safety with new warning requirements for drivers. Continued on page eight.
Gary Sweeney, husband of the murdered girl identified as Reymond Sweeney, was rearrested near Chesterton. He was held briefly yesterday but released, then detained again for further investigation into whether the girl’s remains were undisturbed. Lucille Sweeney, his wife, is involved in the case as the investigation continues.
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