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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1939
Page
1
Babson Park Mass August business is about 10 percent above a year ago and at a ten year high for August excluding 1086 and 1937. Profits across many industries rose sharply in the first half of 1939, with dividends up and wage pressures easing as efficiency and lower material costs push earnings higher.
Upstate New York reports violence amid a milk shipment strike by Dairy Farmers' Union aimed at New York City's metropolitan area. Mayor LaGuardia calls a meeting as city hospitals face milk shortages. officials say supply is severely reduced and vigilante activity is reported.
West Chester, Pa. Aug 19 Calvin Kelly Munich 38 surrendered at a police station admitting he shot his wife Mary Jane 87 in their home living room with a shotgun and clubbed to death his brother in law Irvin Woolfrey 29 who was upstairs upon coming to her aid Munich said she ran a life of drink and neglecting her four children FBI report notes the children were staying with their uncle Frank Minteh at the time.
The 112th Infantry's Company A completed a two week encampment at Bull Run Manassas Va with National Guardsmen and U S Regulars in the largest war maneuvers yet. Lieut Robert Brown praised the training and new maneuvers while noting heat and heavy schedules. sixty one men and four reserve officers formed the roster as they traveled home to northwestern Pennsylvania after the strenuous exercise and valuable experience.
A farmer from Stockport Indiana, Max Harlan, 42, was unable to undergo a "frozen sleep" cancer treatment developed by Temple University professors. He would have been packed in cracked ice for five days to induce suspended animation, aiming to halt bodily processes except breathing and heart action. Officials said the method has shown favorable skin cancer results, and Harlan's case will test its effect on deep seated organs.
New York August 19 leaders of the Actors Union consider pulling their 90 000 members from the American Federation of Labor to spark a jurisdictional war with the stage hands union The AFL executive council closed its Atlantic City summer session without resolution and the Associated Actors and Artists of America the parent body of 11 entertainer unions announced plans to take action
Samuel Davis Waser 58 retired as Philadelphia mayor died at 10 30 a m C T eight days after signing the 1939 city budget. His retirement followed illness and prompted Acting Mayor George Connell to assume duties. Waser, a Republican who later registered Democrat, was known for dramatic leadership and frequent clashes with city officials.
City announces two NYA job programs will begin August 23 giving employment to dozens of men and youths. Ten NYA workers will clear brush on vacant lots in First Ward and extend to other wards, while a second group handles brick pavement repairs on First Avenue. A third crew will clean gutters and downspouts. The relief effort aims to employ up to about one hundred under a staggered schedule, with coordination by Director Stanley H. Nichols and county public assistance approval.
HARRISBURG Aug 19 The Kirk Skok Temple extortion case went to the jury after Judge Fred Reese finished a lengthy charge. The seven man five woman panel, held in sheriff’s custody 12 days, retired to consider two indictments against defendants James Kirk Pittsburgh city treasurer and Allegheny county Democratic chairman Victor Skok and H H Temple former chief highway engineer.
Harrisburg reports rapid advance in WPA staffing as August 20 deadline looms for welfare institutions work relief projects. A five member Clearing House Committee forms under Budget Secretary Logan to coordinate state and federal job programs aiming to place 400,000 WPA workers in two months. WPA administrator Mathews says 90,000+ will be discharged within two weeks and that the state expects to exceed the 159,000 September quota.
About twenty five members of the Stanford Hose Company joined a regular meeting of the Erie County Volunteer Firemen’s Association in Union City to discuss participation in the North East grape carnival parade. Plans include uniting Veterans and Firemen for a prominent procession, with final arrangements to be made at the next North East meeting and county units eyeing Meadville convention.
A $50,000 payroll robbery in August 104 today was declared solved. Two of four bandits are dead, a third serving a life sentence, and the fourth in a ten year penitentiary term. Federal agents named the Gibson gang as the perpetrators, including Tra Gipson and Club Gipson of Butler County, Homer Gibson, Len Bush of Missouri. The robbery occurred on Piltow Street near the Clinton Hotel, targeting Armco and Pullman Standard payrolls. The murder tool was never recovered.
Corry’s ethereal culling will roar with aircraft motors as the annual air show attracts planes from Bilnison and other passenger carriers to Lawrence Airport. An all afternoon program organized by owner Lawrence Thomas features visiting ships, aerial maneuvers, and two parachute jumps, with passenger flights at nominal prices and prizes donated by local merchants.
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