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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1929
Page
1
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Plans for a large Labor Day celebration in the city call for a full day of entertainment starting at 8 am and continuing through the day into the evening. An ox roast and picnic dinner, a 4200 pound meat luncheon, and a noon parade are planned with booths, concessions, and a park carnival as headliners. Prizes totaling 75 dollars will be awarded in a big amateur contest, and a parachute exhibit with air stunts is slated for around 3 pm. A Ford Tudor sedan worth 100 dollars will be given away late afternoon. Children events, a vaudeville night, a dance at the Armory with Sunset Country Club orchestra, and a complete program draft are all in the works for publication next week.
Mary Burns aged 68 from Homestead PA was found dead in her jail cell. She had been serving a 10 day disorderly conduct sentence and was committed days earlier by Burgess John Covn nilth. The body was taken to the morgue for a post mortem to determine the cause of death.
A historical radio schedule lists Today’s five best broadcasts on WDAR and NBC networks. Programs include Citlon service orchestra at 8:00 EDT on WDAR NBG, Behradoctown band at 9:30 EDT on WEAF WORGBS, Trus Storlen at 9:00 EDT on NBG, Philco Theatre tour at 9:30 MDT on WJZ NBG, and Armetrong Qualers at 10:00 HDT.
Spokane Aug 16 Fires raged across wide timbered areas of Washington and northern Idaho with authorities warning only early rains can stop them. A 12,000 acre blaze in the Chelan National forest forced every able bodied man in northern Chelan county onto fire lanes as flames moved east and west through the Methow valley after breaking control.
United Press reports conflicting accounts of fighting near Manchukuo with Chinese and Soviet forces massing along the border. Hong Kong dispatches claim a six hour battle near Manchuk ot Nordun with a Soviet gunboat firing on Chinese vessels. Chinese authorities urge restraint while seeking help from Kellogg pact signatories as talks stall over the Chinese Eastern Railway dispute.
Seventeen year old Eunice Pringle re-enacts alleged assault claim against Alexander Pantages as preliminary hearings proceed. Seventy delegates from Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen join Severn area meeting in progress with talk by Young Bob LaFollette of Wisconsin as main speaker and other national figures and railroading leaders slated. Los Angeles reports Aug 18.
Seven year old Wanda Buell of Shady Avenue was struck by Love Ice truck on East Main Street while exiting her father's car. She suffered severe leg and arm injuries, later dying at Corry Hospital. investigation notes the driver not at fault per police report.
Duluth police discounted a confessed suspect Ostar Olsen 32 a dock worker stating he was under mental treatment and not in Minneapolis when Dorothy Anne 12 was slain. Investigators described strands of hair cord and clothing evidence linking Albert Mollenauer shoe shop owner to the crime, with police questioning him overnight and noting a distinctive tire track near the body.
The Graf Zeppelin dirigible with 20 aboard shifted westward over Russia’s steppes to skirt threatening storms. Officials in Moscow sought a pass over the capital, but weather forced a northerly re routing as the airship neared Vyatka and Vologda, about 160 miles west of the Siberian border.
Fred Kinley, employment manager at Radiator Corporation, narrowly escaped a chemical tank fire at a plant roof, as two hose lines saved the building. initial damage limited to part of the roof. In New York, stock market gains broaden as oil shares surge, led by Standard Oil of New Jersey, Texas Corporation, and other major oil issues amid rising petroleum activity.
John Meade and Sylvester Carr, both Negro, died when a 122 foot trench they were digging collapsed on Henry Breon's estate near Villa Nova. Wiley Jones narrowly escaped as sides fell in yesterday.
Aug 16 Moscow reports a Soviet aircraft forced to descend in a forest 50 miles from Chu Siberia en route to New York. All four crew members uninjured. The plane will be abandoned and another airliner prepared to attempt the flight from Moscow to New York while aviation and military experts inspect the crash cave.
North Baltimore Ohio August 16 Ariington Smith sixty Harvey Toth twenty were killed and Clell Dysinger forty critically injured when a fourteen foot sewer cave in burying them under debris. Dysinger was rescued after twenty minutes. The men were excavating a new sewer for the North Baltimore street department. They were buried beneath dirt tiles and a large sidewall paving stone.
State Engineer Thomas C Frame reports on county highway work. Route 251 Waterford Pike pavement extension underway and expected this year. Corry to Crawford County line project planned. advertisement soon. West Springfield dual roadway delayed by local opposition and injunction talks. Route 272 Franklin Center to Laverys Corners under contract with grading moving well. paving to start within a week. East Lake Road surveys complete. plans waiting. North East Township project similarly challenged by county reallocation but likely under contract this year. Route 68 Waterburg Road continuation noted. page continues.
Unclear report from Uniontown dated August 16 states state police questioned Pred Crockett a look out man tied to a Fayette County murder case involving Jack Doactive and Sam Spinells of Connellsville. Crockett faced liquor charges with $25,000 bail and remained silent at New Salem barracks while police questioned him.
Fire damaged two large barns and a mill near Findley Lake road as authorities investigate incendiary origins. The GW mill owned by Ted Davis was destroyed along with machinery and timber. nearby farm buildings also burned, with suspicions of a coordinated arson pattern targeting local industry and dairy-related properties.
The Hague August 16 The four reparations experts from France Italy Belgium and Japan continue deadlock over the Young Plan terms. Britain’s Snowden is not expected to offer a better settlement than yesterday and no change in position is seen. A plenary session is planned for early next week to discuss adjournment once each delegate declares his government stance. Mrs Barry and daughter Margaret depart West Protestant Street for brief visit to Brie.
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