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13 Aug 1934
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1934
Page
1
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Readable fragments mention a party on Thursday and individuals with uncertain names. The text lacks clear facts, dates, or outcomes to verify a coherent event or person.
Thunder showers across 15 states crack a brutal heat wave, lowering readings from over 100 to the 60s and 70s. Rain brings renewed hope for drought relief as forecasters predict more showers and seasonable temperatures in the central region.
Four youths aged 19 to 29 were arrested in Sharon Wilkinsburg and Mast Pittsburgh after a Manor National Bank robbery last Saturday. About $2,100 of the $4,000 stolen was recovered by state police in western Pennsylvania as the suspects offered no resistance. The arrests followed a noon Saturday heist in Manor when five employees were ordered to lie on the floor. A car driven by a fourth youth carried the group away.
Committees from the Columbus Dam Association and Elmer G Carrier Post American Legion meet at Colins to push Labor Day events tied to the dam completion. A Cottage Park building giveaway is planned as part of the celebration with a forthcoming program and publicity drive. An additional committee meeting will finalize the plan this week.
In New Bensington Pennsylvania 500 workers at Aluminum Company of America threaten wage and hour concessions. Plants in New Kensington Hast St. Louis and Massena close as pickets guard gates. Officials say ingots remain to keep fabing plants operating for years. union demands clash with NRA spirit.
Vienna Aug 18 Prince Gonzalo second heir to the former Spanish throne died at 12 45 am after injuries from a motor car accident near Jumpendorf. His sister Infante Beatrice 28 drove, attempting to avoid bicyclists on a dark road. Gonzalo 20 bled to death from stomach hemorrhage as the Hapsburg hemophilia curse reportedly visited another male heir of the Bourbon line mixed with Alfonso. Gonzalo studied at Louvain University in Belgium.
Rear Admiral Byrd, emaciated and unshaven, was rescued after four months in a hut on the Ross ice barrier. A tractor party led by Dr. Thomas C. Pontter reached Byrd after a three day, risky journey through polar darkness. A faulty gasoline stove fumes left him weak and unable to care for himself. Byrd signaled rescuers from atop his hut as they arrived.
A detective story fan identified Joe Palmer from a magazine likeness and alerted Paducah detectives. Palmer, who escaped Huntsville Texas death cell, was found asleep under a tree with 40 cents. He was briefly linked to Alvin Karpis before identification.
Government aims to mobilize a 1.3 billion dollar effort to back homeowners loans for repairs. Homeowners with good credit could secure up to 500 dollars for roof leaks with banks offering low interest, backed by government guarantees up to 20 percent. Housing Administrator James A. Moffett expects banks to issue a billion dollar loan drive to spur mortgage repair spending.
The German minister in Prague delivered three notes to the Czecho-Slovak foreign office. The first protested Czech newspapers for remarks on the death of President Hindenburg and potential political fallout. The second objected to a manifesto by the Czech Demokrat executive council about the German plebiscite on Hitler’s rise. The third complained about a pamphlet with Nazi caricatures removed from a Prague exhibit after a German protest.
Ex empress Zita of Austria Hungary pushes plans to restore the Hapsburgs to the Austrian throne for her son Archduke Otto. A Viareggio family conference and couriers in Vienna Rome Paris Prague and Belgrade report widespread opposition from Little Entente states and others, with timing deemed inopportune. Zita proceeds despite the mixed sentiment and delays in relay.
In Naples on August 19 a scientific mission at Mt Vesuvius aims to study the volcano during a period of inactivity. Appointed by the National Council of Research, experts intend to descend the crater to survey it completely and possibly gain knowledge of global significance.
Serlin Aug 13 Nazi three minute men, acting as canister of rhetoric, opened a flag speaking campaign to secure Reichsfuhrer Adolf Hitler a broad popular majority next Sunday in a referendum approving his joint presidency and chancellorship. Goebbels will speak tonight as campaign kicks off, aiming to beat last November's turnout when the nation approved withdrawal from the League of Nations.
In Revere Massachusetts on August 13 a mob armed with machine guns and pistols killed Nate Siegel a local night club owner sportsman and former New England welterweight boxing champion in his living room. The killers fled in an automobile driven by a confederate. Leo Hoyten departed on a week’s business trip for Raymond Mfg Co.
Dr William Beebe and Otie Barton, famed deep sea explorers, prepared for another descent beyond prior records in a two and a half ton steel diving bell. Co sponsor National Geographic Society reported the team aimed to verify apparatus after a Saturday dive reached 2610 feet, noting Beebe and Barton observed previously unknown fish through three inch thick windows.
President Roosevelt orders the federal emergency relief administration to buy surplus fodder and fruit crops for drought aid. Government agencies vow action against profiteers as food prices rise. Agriculture Secretary Wallace says price fairness will be pursued with the AAA coordinating production data to protect consumers. Frederic C. Howe expected to head price-stability efforts.
In Tupelo Mississippi mobs seized two Black men who had confessed to Slaying Conhis Gillespie. The victims Robert Jones and Smith Heary were taken from deputies in separate county areas. Bodies were tied to trees near Michigan City and brought to Ashland. Sheriff Hudspeth ordered an investigation and will consult the county prosecutor at the earliest opportunity.
Washington August 13 District Supreme Court heard an injunction suit filed by 137 railroad companies from multiple states challenging the railroad retirement act. Plaintiffs allege Congress overstepped the constitutional commerce powers, arguing the act imposes large pension funding, unlawfully interferes with management, and is an unconstitutional experiment at railroad expense. The case targets the act’s provisions and its enforcement by the U S Treasury and related stations.
Adgld Albert Teester a hillbilly evangelist claimed he cured a rattlesnake bite on himself and predicted recovery for his flock. Surrounded by family he said God is the best physician and pledged to return to farming after the ordeal despite a swollen arm from the two fang wounds.
Prancea Sepse, 27, convicted last March of killing Dr. Haus R. Hess, was today sentenced to life imprisonment. She shouted an exclamation about preferring the electric chair as Clive R. Shanaman delivered the sentence.
Niagara Falls Ont August 13 hundreds of tons of rock loosened by the rushing Niagara River slid from the crest of the famous Canadian horseshoe falls and crashed into the lower gorge 160 feet below. The rock fell about 190 yards offshore changing the scene. a low rumble followed the roar. This was the second major slide in recent years at Niagara Falls. Continued on page five.
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