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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1939
Page
1
Gary High expects about 112 students to receive diplomas in June during graduation week led by Principal Haw J. Bheen. Commencement exercises are set for June 7 with bachelor services on June 6 and an alumni event June 8.
Rotary Club sponsors Boys' Week in Corry with Norman J. Edinger as general chairman. Daily events begin Monday with Health Day and talks on medicine and general health at local schools. Tuesday features a day in schools with classes led by senior and junior high faculty. Wednesday is Industry Day with industrial tours from Cory plants. Thursday Citizenship Day assigns club boys to public offices. Friday Scout Day includes a citywide rally. Saturday Athletic Day concludes the program with a large athletic meet and marble tournament under YMCA supervision.
Willis B. Mills Wolmer Superintendent of Philadelphia equity prison was acquitted of manslaughter charges tied to the heat death of four convicts in the punishment cell. A quarter sessions court jury deliberated over ten hours before delivering the verdict.
Two Russian pilots Brig. Gen Vladimir Ketkinaki and Major Mikhail Gordienko crash a Moscow airliner on Miscou Island while attempting a 4000 mile non stop flight from Moscow to New York. They wait beside the wreckage as rescuers approach, with Ketkinaki injured and Gordienko inside the cabin. The plane suffered smashed wings and crushed motors after being in the air 22 hours. The pair were near New York and close to the Maine coast when forced down.
Wall Street by Nugen Babsun reports a chaotic scene in New York with traders reacting to superstition fueled charts and resistance points. The piece references a memory of past market moves and a Mississippi woman who traveled to Florida, creating a burst of local color.
The fragment describes observers noting fearful superstition among crowds by a lakeside, with mentions of Honea and Gor and a belief in fear theory. It hints at a ruined situation and references Chartists in a terse, unreadable excerpt.
An unclear OCR fragment discusses market terms and a question about “Thin Market.” It mentions New York and some garbled phrases about moves, bears, and swings, with no clear events, dates, or named people. The readable pieces offer little concrete context or specifics.
Fragmented OCR text discusses market activity with garbled phrases about prices, owners, and a financial exchange. It hints at market excitement, a potential price change, and references to a ship history and statistics, but the passage is largely unreadable. It ends noting continued coverage on the next page.
The Corry Evening Journal issue information indicates volume 37, number 102, from Corry with a cent price.
Nazis hail Hitler's Reichstag address as a decisive blow to Roosevelt's peace appeal. Berlin reports note his aims on Danzig and Polish corridor while diplomatic circles see openness to a non aggression guarantee from Britain as a potential next step.
B James Blakeslee died shortly before six in Corry after a long illness. Born September 23 1875 he spent most of his life here and the last eighteen years in Corry where he was well and favourably known. Survived by wife Mary I Blakeslee a daughter J Frederick Kinley of Corry and two sisters Mrs Leonard Ages Wayne township and Mrs William Verderburg Panam NY. Funeral Monday at 2 30 pm at the home of Mrs Kinley East Wayne street with burial in Beaverdam cemetery.
Poland will send an answer next week to Hitler's denunciation of the German Polish aggression pact and will maintain full military precautions. View of Hitler's demand for Danzig was understood today.
The conference uniting the three largest Methodist branches stressed youth movement as vital to Christianity. It held a morning devotional hour and evening service in tribute to youth organizations across the three churches, including Methodist Plan Copsl and Methodist Episcopal South.
Roosevelt may reply to Hitler as democracies face his challenge. The House Ways and Means Committee approved delaying the Social Security tax rise, delaying old age pension increases to 1943. The move would cost employers and workers about 825 million dollars in taxes. The current rate is 1 percent on both sides up to a 3000 annual wage. planned increases to 2, 2.5, and 3 percent were set for 1940, 1943, 1946, and 1949 respectively.
Rome April 2 Premier Benito Mussolini reported to the cabinet a plan of military stimulus in response to Britain's conscription move. An official communiqué says Mussolini outlined new preparations following a 1,000,000,000 lira extraordinary appropriation to be spent on armaments over a two year period.
War was resumed on the Somerset county stretch of the $65,000,000 Harrisburg Pittsburgh highway as farmers ousted an A W of Lincoln that held a closed shop contract. Contractors agreed to hire workers only through the Somerset County Independent Construction Workers Association formed by the farmers and road laborers.
The Public Utility Commission ruled in Harrisburg on April 28 that it cannot compel a borough to extend water service beyond its core corporate limits.
Philadelphia April 29 authorities disclosed two more members of a violent merchants of warden syndicate confessed to taking part in killings. Herman Petrillo, convicted for his role as leader, admitted involvement in eight murders and described supplying an arsenic solution sold for 800 dollars a pint to the ring’s customers.
Paris April 29 British officials consider asking France to cooperate in offering a formal anti German security guarantee. The move reportedly could be discussed by Sir Eric Phipps and Georges Bonnet at an already scheduled meeting, with high level diplomatic channels signaling intent.
V. F. W. Bugle Corps of Lieut. Archie W. Thompson Post No. 264 plans to enter the state parade at Evie during the annual encampment June 22 23 and 24. A post meeting next Wednesday will finalize parade plans and all members are urged to attend. The post also announced a late May Poppy Day sale and extended thanks to the Bex Theatre management for playing the Star Spangled Banner before each show as part of a national Americanization effort led by Commander Floyd Pluck.
John Minchey, a veteran newspaperman who once ran a Medina paper, died at his home. A Middleport native educated at St Lawrence University, he founded the Middleport Herald and helped launch the Lockport Journal and the Corry Post. He later served as aging editor of the Medina Daily Journal. The weather was fair tonight and Sunday.
John L. Lewis president of the United Mine Workers warned Appalachian soft coal operators they must choose by next week whether to accept proposed terms or risk a strike. Talks stalled as union and operators pressed for a path to avoid a Pennsylvania anthracite disruption.
Harrisburg April 28 A revived alien registration bill stirred debate as legislators studied amendments before reconvening. The Senate previously approved a related measure prompting partylines and a prolonged dispute over the alien policy amid disputes tied to the Tar wine currence and proposed amendments by Senator James A. Felts of Allegheny.
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