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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
1
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Corry area school leaders attended a regional education planning meeting in Truklin. Superintendent Ralphy S. Dewey and Principal Howard J. Sheen outlined a fuller report for future sessions. They examined Thompson bills widening state aid for new school buildings and rental schemes with state support tied to property valuation.
United Press reports from Washington indicate officials see Charley Lindbergh’s Mosco w visit as a precursor to Soviet air service to the United States. Reports claim Soviet pilots showed capability for long distance non stop flights and may have planned a trans Atlantic run last May before aborting for refueling reasons. The officials cite trans polar flights to California as proof of equipment and question refueling needs in Germany or nearby land.
Rescue crews pull nine people from treacherous windswept waves in Presque Isle Bay and Lake Erie near Brig in mid August. A rowboat carrying Edward Key and James Hep struggled as a speedy Coast Guard boat arrived to safety. Aircraft were threatened by waves but aid continued. Strong winds kept boats tethered while rescuers aided all on board.
Scranton hosts the 20th annual state convention as more than 40 000 Legionnaires and wives fill the city for a three day gathering. Candidates for state commander include I G Condon Forster Frank Gwynne and Kenneth Guest. Estimates for attendance range from 50 000 to 100 000 with hotels nearing capacity.
The Wursy Band will perform a short concert Sunday in Pine Grove Cemetery at 2 PM preceding Memorial dedication ceremonies for Civil War veterans. Mrs. Jason Smith funded the monument completed by her husband. the band will also aid in unveiling events and participate in dedicatory exercises at 2:30 PM.
Douglas Wrong Way Corrigan landed his 900 trans Atlantic plane at City Airport Detroit amid cheering crowds. The crowd surged forward as he stepped from the craft, and women and children pressed forward. He appeared exhausted but pleased, though officials warned some lines were not free of danger.
In Italy on August 18 Count Toure Haupwits-Revention arrived from London by airplane and was warmly greeted by his wife, the former Barbara Futon, in a cordial reception that marked their reunion.
Europe faces renewed fear over prospects for peace as Britain battles to advance international relations. Sudeten German rejection in Czechoslovakia and Franco's stance in Spain heighten tensions. Viscount Runciman may meet Nazi leader Henlein, but no progress is seen toward a breakthrough amid Britain’s hope for a stalemate.
Police led by Elliott Nese began a wide raid on the Cuahoga mud flats seeking the so-called mad butcher of Ingsbury Run. They rounded up 40 squatters as part of an intensified effort after four years and 13 murders. Victims 12 and 18 were found on Monday near the waterfront dump, with two paper boxes tying parts of victim No 12 to discarded packages.
John S. Madden 58, a Meadville resident and longtime Erie railroad trainman, fell from a timber flat car at Cambridge Springs. He died eight hours later at Spencer Hospital Meadville. Survived by widow Monica, son John, daughter, two brothers Jeremiah and James, and two sisters.
Aug 18 Gov George H Marley appoints may be unable to poll two-thirds in Senate during special session. Sen Bernard B McGinnis Allegheny executive nominations committee says most nominations will be passed over to allow appointees to remain for the Barle administration, with one or two exceptions.
Western Pennsylvania residents hailed cooler air after a stretch of 93 degree heat. Temperatures fell to 66 in Pittsburgh and rains Wednesday afternoon eased the heat. One death, 55 year old Michael Kadllak, a Pennsylvania Railroad truckman, marked the fifth fatality in the heat spell. Lt Col and Mrs Lyle Van Vieck, longtime Corry residents now from Wichita Falls, are visiting the city for a week with friends.
One hundred thirty-one delegates from district Baptist churches have mailed registrations for the missionary conference of Wid-missions opening tomorrow evening at the local church and running through Sunday. Many attendees will join the sessions and several missionaries will participate, with rooms provided by First Baptist members and meals served at the church.
The Corry Board of Education will share the school cleaning task among three local decorating firms as WPA funds run out. Estimates from Shambaugh Lanston Dickinson and Shannon total 451 dollars to clean Washington, Fairview, and Home Economies buildings by Sept 1, with completion before the 1988 29 term and no class delays. New bills for the High School auditorium and Library secretary’s office will be prepared for an early meeting and work to begin promptly.
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll the wealthy World War draft dodger may be in Canada preparing to return and surrender to federal authority his 79 year old mother said today If he had his mother's courage he would come back Mrs Mima Bergdoll said During the war we were all crazy Maybe now people will not feel so strongly and he would be paroled in six months But he should come back it is not right for him to be there with his family here
Harrisburg August 18 United Press reports a legal ruling is sought on paying about 3400 provisional public assistance positions after the civil service merit deadline. Treasurer Ross plans to ask Attorney General Bard if salaries for that many provisional workers could be justified, amid a push to fill permanent posts from civil service lists.
Mrs Betty Stewart, age 31, of 106 Second Avenue, was wounded by a bullet in the chest during a murderous rampage by John Holland, 75, on Brook Street Tuesday noon. She shows a fair chance of recovery as hospital officials report little change in her condition.
Indications of improvement in Pennsylvania manufacturing during July were noted in a Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia report. The improvement, though slight, came despite heavier seasonal decreases from July to July. Little change in the number of wage earners employed in July versus June was reported, while wages and working hours declined about 2 percent.
Seven empty cars derailed on a westbound Pennsylvania freight train near Huntingdon Pennsylvania. Trains were held two to three hours while officials investigated the incident. No injuries were reported. The freight train was en route from Harrisburg to Altoona.
Washington Aug 18 a fire man investigating board to inquire into the disappearance of the Hawai Clipper July 28 had been named by secretary of Commerce Daniel C Roper.
Charles Bird, known desperado and public menace, entered a guilty plea to seven counts of robbery in Baltimore on August 18. The case details indicate prior crimes and his association with criminal activities across the area.
President Roosevelt told an audience at Queens University in Invasion Ontario that the United States would not stand idly by if Canada is threatened, then urged U S Canadian cooperation on the St Lawrence waterway. He spoke of good neighborliness and warned against fascist and democratic regimentation abroad while stressing hemispheric unity and civilization. Roosevelt, traveling from Washington, received an honorary doctor of laws at the university and planned a speech at the Thousand Islands bridge area later the same day.
Taunton Mass August 18 Jane Toppan 81 a nurse who once casually said it would be safe to say that she killed at least 100 persons died in Taunton state hospital last night. Acquitted of murder on insanity grounds she was committed for life June 24 1902. She confessed wailing 31 persons with poison in 15 years as a nurse and recalled scores of other poisonings. Born Honora A Kelly in Boston she was the youngest of four daughters of an eccentric physician known as Willy the Crack. She was adopted by Captain and Mrs Abner Toppan of Lowell who reidentified her as Jane Toppan later.
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