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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1938
Page
1
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United Press reports a string of primary contests across six states with Roosevelt intervention fueling Kentucky contests for Sen. Barkley against Gov. Chandler and a Kansas fight featuring Rev. Gerald Winrod seeking the Republican nomination. Mayors, editors, and party leaders briefed as three more primaries occur in Virginia Missouri and West Virginia with a Tennessee sketch primary slated for Thursday.
Former Corry boy Harold Frang and Erie flyer Bob Mayer lead a galaxy of aerial performers for a big air show at Lawrence Airport next Sunday. The all day program features mass flight, air races, parachute jumps, balloon bursting, and thrilling stunts. Visiting planes from Erie Meadville Jamestown Warren Titusville join the Corry fleet as Curly Williams announces events and the airplane motor provides musical accompaniment.
Three persons were arrested at Canadohia Lake on Saturday after an intensive campaign to end reckless motorboat operation. Warden Gerald Munnon and Warden W. B. Briggs made the arrests. Charles DeVae of Canadohia Lake and Charles De Vorark of Pittsburgh admitted operating motorboats over eighty miles an hour within 100 feet of an anchored fishing boat. Both paid fines and costs. The third defendant, T. J. Timmins of Pittsburgh, was arraigned for operating a motor boat without a license, pled guilty, and was fined. Weather partly cloudy with showers later.
A young woman in a red dress and her male companion were found shot dead beside a parked trailer near Lebanon Church Road by the county airport in Pittsburgh. Police say the woman Ann Bowman 28 of Homestead shot the man Henry Murray 28 then killed herself leaving a penciled note confessing the crime.
Bandits robbed a Banco DL Napeli branch on East Side New York at 12th Street and First Avenue, holding 14 customers and six employees at bay. They escaped with two bags containing about 70,000 dollars, leaving unnoticed as thousands watched from nearby pushcarts and streets. The gang fled in an automobile toward uptown Manhattan.
City Council planned a 7 30 pm meeting with engineers to discuss a sewage disposal plant and intercepting sewers. The program follows a Saturday session with engineers and a Thursday briefing by State Health District Engineer C H Young. Costs were estimated at 200 000 to 250 000, and a public vote may be required to proceed. Mayor Frank B H Hepler will convene property owners to assess feasibility amid council concerns.
Carroll, 18, on trial for murder of Dr. Tames C Littlefield in a placid town. Prosecution claims a sacrificial offense against his daughter Barbara, 18, while Paul Dwyer, 18, previously pleaded guilty and faced a state prison sentence. Evidence links a car to the crime scene on a rural road near Arlington, NJ, with two bodies found amid a trunk discovery. The case unfolds as a special jury and state officials, including Ralph M Ingalls, pursue legal action and possible pardons. The narrative notes a prior murder context and a wider investigation into a crime that shook the town.
Ervin Cady 50 of Clymer died at Corry hospital after a crash on the Taquist road near the Clymer substation. His car was rear ended by a Packard driven by Mrs Marian Zurn of Erie, causing a ditch tumble. Cady was killed by chest trauma and multiple injuries. His son Merle, 14, was bruised. several passengers in the other car suffered injuries. Coroner to investigate. funeral plans announced.
Jay Smith 91 a Civil War veteran long a Beaverdam resident died at home in Hia tome at 9 30 this morning. Born January 27 1847 in Enterprise Warren County he ran away at 17 to join the Union forces enlisting in Meadville February 6 1864. He fought in several major engagements including the Wilderness and Hatchs Run where he was wounded and left on the field. He still carries a Rebel bullet in his right leg.
In Rocky Ridge Ohio on Aug 1 a crash between the Commodore Vanderbilt and the Mercury injuries 88 passengers. The rear collision occurred five minutes after another high speed run amid rain and crowded trips. One man L M Osborn of Evanston was gravely hurt and underwent surgery at Toledo hospital with uncertain prospects.
Judge Schaeffer halts the graft inquiry into the Earle administration and bars testimony from Margiotti Shelley and others. He directs DA Shelley and AG Burgi to remove evidence from grand jury scope, cites the grand jury as a court instrument and upholds constitutional protections against compelled testimony.
Manila Aug 1 Military authorities tonight continued the search for the Haweil Clipper missing since 9:09 a m Thursday with 15 aboard. The search, in the sea 565 miles east of Manila, entered its third day with no definite clue to its fate. Captain Lev Terletaky reported the last sighting before the disappearance.
Showery weather lingered over Corry and surroundings as torrential rain and strong winds struck late last night. Tree limbs snapped, roads blocked in spots, and parts of Riceville and Britton Run saw flooding. Property damage was limited, though several basements flooded while traffic crawled. The new storm sewer system handled the deluge, with forecasts predicting possible nitrowork for Tuesday.
A minor collision occurred just this side of Bt. Thomas Cemetery on the Lovell station road near noon Sunday. G are driven by Joan Jneigen of 102 Essex Street and G A Diryee of D 2 Wallaburg, with small damage and minor injuries reported for both occupants.
Mrs Bess Heath Olmstead of Carry was re-elected president of the John Brown Memorial Association at a spill plenic in New Richmond attended by about 300. Other officers kept: T J Prather vice president J J Deamond treasurer Blanche Ray secretary. Arthur Diskin won first prize in the young men division. Shirley Walden led the young women division. Violet Johnson won elementary division with Nyla St John second. R Lew Ronga Erie gave main address praising John Brown. Directs motorists to the old tannery site amid discussion of road access.
Five people are killed when a car crashes into the side of the Broadway Limited passenger train near Hobart Indiana. The victims include Clarence Bowen and Werner Roewer of Cleveland and their spouses, among others named in the incident report.
Keystone Division of the Pennsylvania National Guard conducts final week of war schooling at Indiantown Gap. Infantry detachments from the 111th and 112th Regiments of the 28th Division practice aquatic and field maneuvers for a mythical battle planned midweek. Civilian soldiers attend church, reviews, and award ceremonies while camps and tent cities operate.
Joseph Wolf 45, a public works truck driver’s helper for Erie Streets, drowned after apparently staggering from a dock during a heavy rainstorm. Witnesses saw him topple into Lake Erie while delivering on Sunday. He is survived by a wife and three young children.
Investigation in Harrisburg yielded no confirmation of last week's capital reports that Senate opposition was forming to Arthur Colegrove Corry publisher and member of the State Quality Commission. The inquiry found no verifiable details and noted likely reappoint of Ru y Bart and Ray Brownmillar as highway secretary.
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