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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1939
Page
1
Two men were convicted in a conspiracy to obtain new trials as part of post conviction efforts. The court found evidence of coordinated actions to overturn previous rulings and titled the case as a significant challenge to the judicial process.
Sales representatives from across the country attend the annual sales managers convention hosted by the Gorry Jamestown Manufacturing Corp. The lower floor of the Keleher block on North Center Street hosts a full line of office furniture with new Corry Jamestown items. Meetings at factory offices and display rooms cover merchandising and related topics, with dinners at Parisms Rocks Pittsfield Inn and Hillstrom home on Chautauqua Lake. Notable visiting managers include A Edgren B Boardman C Os Wonder E Wright R Alger E Bogart P Maxwell H Wigren Bind H Clark and others from Chicago Okmulgee Los Angeles Spokane Montgomery Boston New York Philadelphia Detroit.
Mrs. Linendoll Sha West Tire Street slipped from a four legged stool while hanging clothes and suffered fractures of the right arm and left wrist. She received treatment at a local doctor's office and was later confined to her home. The accident will incapacitate her for some time.
Golden Rule Club members will meet at the Tig MB church for an August dinner on Monday August 28 with women serving. W Cox of G M Murphy Co leads the program featuring a Future Voters of America speaker to explain aims and past successes. Harvest Sale plans for September 28 29 and 30 will be outlined by Mervyn Nast and committee.
Averge Droboeck of Whilows area reports chickens stolen from his farm overnight. About forty to fifty birds weighed 4 to 5 pounds each. Police referred case to State police since theft occurred outside city limits in Warren County.
Harrisburg Aug 21 Lee Walker Bellfonts has resigned his $7000 a year post as Assistant WPA Administrator effective last week with no stated reason. State WPA Administrator Philip Mathews said the job will not be filled. Walker, named assistant administrator in 1938 by J Bankes Hudson, had earlier served as director of operations.
Pittsburgh City Treasurer James P. Kirk and Victor S. Skok, salesman for Kirk's bonding firm, were found guilty on two conspiracy indictments after a 10 day trial in Dauphin County. A motion for retrial was filed by defense counsel, with sentencing held pending the retrial request.
Governor Arthur H. James directed department heads to conduct a second personnel inventory to cut state payroll. He also announced that 2,000 vacated positions would not be filled, part of the effort to reduce state employment.
Philadelphia reports physicians prepare to place Max Harlan in a state of suspended animation for five days to treat cancer. The 42 year old will be cooled to near 89 degrees while heart and breathing continue, then revived with stimulants. This experimental method from Temple University doctors aims to save his life.
Arch ie Wright president of the Dairy Partner Union proposed direct milk delivery to consumers during New York milkshed strike halving metro area supply. Mayor LaGuardia met with union and grocers as clashes, looting, and milk hoarding disrupted city shops and caused injuries to a farmer and state troopers.
Europe braces for possible disaster as Oslo powers led by Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg plan a united appeal to Great Powers in Brussels to seek settlement and avert a broader war Obstructions at sea and troop movements heighten tensions while Britain and France press for a firmer stance and Russia shifts to a trade pact with Germany signaling complex alignments ahead of a pivotal Thursday meeting.
A Sunday fishing trip off Rye Beach New Hampshire ended in disaster as a cabin cruiser 1-G-205 sank amid a gale. Five men and a girl were confirmed dead with relatives believing the party included two girls and four men. Bodies washed ashore near the salvage scene of the Squalus wreck.
Robert Melrose, 20, of Detroit, was pulled from Lake Erie near Erie Pa after his pulse stopped for about 40 minutes. Guards performed lifesaving work for nearly three minutes, rescuing him from an undertow following a mishap while bathing too soon after a fall.
Civil service exams for Pennsylvania Department of Public Assistance positions will be taken by several applicants in Gerry and vicinity as the August 31 deadline nears. Application blanks are available at the Eric eR board of Public Assistance in the Wilson municipal building and the State Employment Service on North Center Street. Exams are scheduled for September 30 and October 7 in school buildings across Allentown, DuBois, Ille, Harrisburg, Johnstown, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Scranton, and Williamsport, with sessions in both morning and afternoon fields.
United Press reports the picnic truck overturn near Osceola killing four, with coroner W. R. Heaton planning an inquest. The latest victim is 12 year old Vincent Bogn of Osceola Mills, who died at Philipsburg State Hospital. Other victims include 15 year old Helen Sokol and two Osceola Mills residents, Walter Sokoleky and Mike Dipko.
Aug 2 London dispatch says the British cabinet schedules an emergency session and may recall Parliament within ten days to reaffirm commitments with Poland and other powers. The report outlines readiness to act on recall and govern alongside wartime duties.
Dr. John Harvey Sherman president of the University of Tampa testified before the Dies Committee that the German consul in New Orleans tried to influence faculty at Tampa and Tulane universities. He cited offers of books from Baron von Spiegel to Tampa and Tulane as alleged Nazi efforts.
Parley urged a united Democratic Party to ensure victory in next year’s elections. He warned voters will remember the 1932 conditions and pledged to stress those issues if the party stays cohesive. The remarks came as the postmaster general spoke in Paris. In Easton Pennsylvania Alexander Kerensky, 68, married Lydia Allen Tritton, 33, in Martin’s Creek, Australia.
The Rotary Club reopens a boys camp at Findley Lake for two weeks starting tomorrow to accommodate more youths unable to attend in July. Applications should be filed with Lester Logue of Western Auto Associate. Thomas Roelofs will supervise with space for about fifteen boys weekly and assist those unable to pay the nominal cost.
City officials prepared to finalize an amicable settlement over grade changes on West Columbus Avenue near the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing. The highway department insists on the established grade, while local property owners seek redress for damages. The council meeting at Knight's is expected to address these local claims amid routine business.
About 1000 delegates gather in Erie for the 23rd national convention of the Fraternal Order of Police. State President Bert Haggerty presides as sessions begin, with memorial service at St Peter's Cathedral and planned talks by Grad president Ben Perry and other officers through the week.
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