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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1935
Page
1
Disjointed OCR fragments mention people and places with no clear event. Stray terms include Ar, AR, civil and local names, lacking coherent action or outcome.
London April 29 Germany revealed plans for an evolutionary submarine program with ships of 6000 mile range. Hitler will send a four man delegation to meet Britain in mid May including Ribbentrop and Wassner. Submarines reportedly use hydrogen fuel for surface propulsion and for submerged operation with potential for deep, fast attacks, possibly twelve 250 ton boats built for training and later, more powerful subs.
The American Liberty League denounced the Guffey bill proposing federal control of the bituminous coal industry as unconstitutional impractical and harmful to industrial recovery. It warned the measure leads toward government ownership and greater bureau domination, risking burdens on government and calls for broader agitation among major industry groups.
The body of four year old Richard Max Perrot, who vanished from his home on April 4, was recovered from the Chicago River. Officials could not determine if he fell in or was killed by a boy, with questions about possible foul play.
In San Pedro California on April 29 a vast armada of 150 warships sailed from harbor under secret orders to test fleet problem No 16. The fleet will cover about 5 000 000 square miles of ocean between now and June 10. It will sweep the Pacific front from San Diego to Puget Sound, probing vulnerabilities and simulating war to measure naval efficiency.
Indiana State Teachers College honors Chas J Margiotti Punxsutawney attorney general by making him honorary member of two rival national fraternities. Margiotti Day celebrated with address to students and initiation into Philadelphia Zeta and Phi Sigma. He graduated from Indiana in 1912 and financed his education through work.
Buffalo, April 28. Fingerprints and a faded laundry mark were checked by federal agents to identify a body believed to be Dick Wolfe, a missing government witness in the Dutch Schultz racket case. Wolfe and George Varlas, both said to be keepers for the gang, have vanished, with officials fearing they were killed for knowing too much. Heinia Zommerman, a former Daneball star, was also tied to Schultz.
A Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt defending four New Deal bills in a fireside chat while Congress debates banking reform and NRA extensions. The piece notes public opinion mixed, with emphasis on the banking bill and social security program. It also covers a separate Boston visit by Italian ambassador Russo and a massachusetts assassination attempt on Augusto Ri so, plus a fatal car crash in Crawford County killing four, injuring several others and involving Meadville residents.
A Kisii river span collapsed while dismantling the structure near Kittanning Pennsylvania, killing Mery Wiester of Pittsburgh and Earl Stouffer of East Kittanning en route to a hospital. Howard S. Hare suffered head injuries. two other workers atop the span were injured but not seriously hurt.
Amy Mollison, famed British aviator, escaped injury when her plane crash landed in London. The undercarriage collapsed, but she was unharmed and unscathed in the incident.
April 25 report from Warwick says workers viewed bodies of at least three racketeers buried in foot-thick cement walls of an underground dungeon at the Wendel Schacter mansion, headquarters of a major crime syndicate. U S Justice Department G men rush to assist Rhode Island and Massachusetts detectives in uncovering gang’s murder, robbery, kidnapping and smuggling network. federal and local officers seized 8000 in alleged mail loot and a small arsenal in a sub-cellar on the former Schaefer estate amid raids that yielded 20 arrests and tied to January Pall River mail truck holdup.
Employees returned to work in Philadelphia after a strike that began January 8. Settlement terms included firing 700 new hires and rehiring strikers on a seniority basis, with similar settlements anticipated at plants in New York York Pa and Atlanta.
Former Congressman Glyde Kelly of Braddock Pennsylvania died in Adrian hospital from a gunshot wound suffered while cleaning a 22 calibre pistol after a frog hunting trip with his four daughters. He served 20 years in Congress and was known as the Father of the Air Mail. He previously served in the Pennsylvania Legislature and on the House Post Office and Post Roads Committee.
Beaver Falls Pennsylvania reports ten deaths from two train to auto collisions. In Beaver Falls six family members died when a crowned car hit by a passenger train. Victims include George Dunn and Ada Dunn, Theodore Caplinger and others aged one to seven. East Palestine Ohio saw four youths killed when their car blocked by gates. Names include William Renner Carl Caplinger Omer and Jesse Walker. Remaining victims and injuries listed in Providence hospital reports.
A group of 20th century settlers travels from the Dakotas and Minnesota toward a new homestead in the Matantaka valley near California. The 21 car train follows a route once used by the Argonauts, passing Donner valley and the Sierra foothills as they seek rehabilitative work under government homestead programs.
Selected for hardihood and pioneer farming knowledge, the settlers faced a more than year struggle to clear land in Alaska. Government experts estimate profits may take five years as work begins to show results, with continuation noted on page two.
In Pittsburgh on April 29 attorney Jack I Hogan and government lawyer Robe H Jackson clashed biterly. Hogan attacked Jackson for alleged contempt while Jackson sought a recess to ease his exit from the case. The dispute centered on an $8,000 income tax matter involving Andrew W Mellon. The federal tax appeals board was questioned over access to certain documents.
Harrisburg reports deposits in 670 banks rose by 187 million dollars over the year ending March 4, with demand deposits up 62.4 million and time deposits up 74.4 million. Resources increased 131 million while bank holdings gained 103 million as mortgages and other loans declined.
Paris reports police from many nations preparing for May Day demonstrations. Socialists and Communists plan events across Austria France and Spain while Austria Bulgaria and Yugoslavia ban demonstrations. Officials vow strict enforcement as crowds and troops mobilize from Russia to the Atlantic.
In Washington on April 29 the administration awaited Supreme Court rulings that could affect the New Deal. The court may hand down decisions today on the railroad retirement pension act and the Fragiers Lemke farm mortgage moratorium law as tests are prepared during a two week recess.
The Supreme Court today dismissed the government's suit to restrain Arizona from interfering with Parker Dam construction on the Colorado River, a key link in the Boulder Dam project. The ruling overturns a temporary restraining order and marks a setback for the massive dam initiative.
A special committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce reports strong condemnation of a spending banking bill and its proposed fundamental changes to the federal reserve system. Separately Senator Joseph Guffey of Pennsylvania promotes liberal support for his public utility coal bill as critics of the Liberty League are seen as aiding its passage.
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