22 Aug 1936
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1936
Page
1
A damaged OCR passage notes a vote tally with unclear figures and names. It mentions a figure 13 and references a man, a rout, and prints. Details are unreadable but imply election activity and uncertain outcomes.
Fragmentary notice mentions individuals Slarence Ne and Elsi Taylor alongside A Dossii Me in an 80th event. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
Carty long delayed Hatch school remodeling will start Monday with labor organization occupying most of the day. The Works Progress Administration approved the vocational school program and will fund the project costs while the Corry School District covers materials. Frank W. Parsons named general foreman for the Match building renovation. The work includes removing upper floors and reworking the tower to create space for an industrial shop and home economics course. Classes in home economics are discontinued for the 1936-27 term. A large crew of carpenters, electricians and other tradesmen will be employed. several months are expected to complete the project. The sidewalk program expansion also begins Monday, adding 25–30 workers in Third and Fourth Wards with Ray Ry Powers promoted to general foreman of the sidewalk crew.
Gov. Alf M. Landon delivered his first major campaign address from his birthplace scene at Tam O Shanter Golf Links. He urged Americans to cling to their heritage of freedom and warned against despair and alleged threats from social unrest, stressing neighborly cooperation and preservation of liberty. (Continued on Page Two)
United Press reports federal officials were asked to probe allegations that strikebreakers were brought into the Carapolis plant of Standard Steel Spring Company from outside Pennsylvania to end a union strike. Lee Pressman said investigators should examine possible Byrnes Act violations, with penalties up to $5,000 fine or two years imprisonment.
Officials say WPA workers may experience slight delays in pay checks in the coming weeks as readjustments are made at the state office. The reclassification of wage scales is being carried out on every payroll across 300 jobs in this district.
Atlantic Refining reports six months ended June 30 net profit of 3,187,381 dollars or 1.12 dollars per common share, compared with 255,278 dollars or 10 cents per share the prior year. The June quarter earned 1,154,391 dollars or 39 cents a share versus 384,378 dollars or 14 cents a share a year earlier.
Three Lewistown youths were killed when their car collided with a truck on the William Penn Highway near Theenpsontown. A fourth passenger, Lee Faust, was seriously injured and treated at a local hospital. Names identified include Paul Berney 18 James Bersinger 17 and Binney Wish 23. The truck’s identity was not known immediately, authorities said.
Johnstown Pa August 22 United Press The Pennsylvania American Legion closes its 18th annual convention with a grand parade and the installation of Walter J Kress as state department commander Kress elected by acclamation to succeed Joan McDade resolutions urged compulsory annual alien criminal registration and stronger anti sabotage measures Congress urged to fund Justice Department investigations into alien leaders threatening government Drum and bugle camp competition for the state championship at Point Stadium Houston corps from Germantown won the title Duquesne Tarentum Uniontown Greensburg and Sixth place noted in final results
Forest L. Knapp of Conneautville, secretary of Penn Furniture, was notified yesterday of his selection as presidential elector from the Crawford district. Knapp accepted the nomination, with Crawford county taking the honor due to congestion between Conneautville and Governor Landon.
Premier Benito Mussolini flew today to Elba the exile home of Napoleon and then sailed around the island to obtain first hand information on its military possibilities, according to semi official sources.
London reports Spain will stop searching ships on the high seas as a gesture amid pressure from rebels and Nazi-Fascist powers. British and Spanish talks consider vessels inside territorial waters, signaling a shift to curb cross‑border action and ease international tensions. Loyalist fronts clash across eight sectors as Spain's civil war enters sixth week, with both sides forecasting a prolonged struggle and broader devastation.
President Roosevelt studied Democratic strategy papers in Hyde Park as he outlined a six weeks campaign plan. A board led by National Chairman James A. Parley presented state prospects and campaign details to the president during a lengthy briefing. The group included Forbes Morgan, Edward J. Fly, Lawrence W. Robert Jr, Charles Michelson, and Carl Byoir.
A special train operated from Sheffield to Erie and West Middlesex for Governor Alf M. Landa’s visit to his birthplace. A small number boarded at Corry with four riders, with stops at Union City and Waterford. The train began in Sheffield and will return late tonight while others from Corry traveled by car.
The State Department formally discourages American war material sales to Spain, citing government policy of strict non intervention. Secretary William Phillips released the text of a letter to an American manufacturer in response to an inquiry, noting similar inquiries have received uniform replies.
Construction begins next week on rural electrification in Crawford and Erie counties. C H Smith of Northwest Rural Electric Co operative Association announces Monroe Electric Company will execute the contract after federal approval. Poles first, then wire and transformers, with Beaverdam project set to launch soon and bids expected for two additional 150 mile sections.
Asheville court rejects defense motion to non-suit Martin Moore as the state finishes rebuttal testimony in the murder case over Helen Clevenger. Prosecutors say Moore, who testified yesterday, faces the death penalty for the brutal slaying after witnesses disputed his account and he repudiates a prior confession.
A hearing for Corry Italian American club officers and a Warren beer distributor was postponed yesterday with the session set for Friday morning at 10 oclock, September 4. Bail is in place as authorities allege beer was sold at the big annual picnic attended by about 800 people.
York Pa chosen as the Pennsylvania American Legion convention site for 1927 after a committee deadlock. A later poll of delegates from York and Philadelphia produced 873 to 197 votes in favor.
Aug 22 Philadelphia reports Aloj Rokman Jr., son of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenues director of publicity, missing at sea since Aug 18 after a voyage from a New York ship. Deputy Raymond Byleth said a Mersey City based steamship line notified Harrisburg officials. Details were scarce and searches continued with unclear vessel identification.
Labor and Industry Secretary Ralph M. Ba shore announces adoption of a plan to protect municipal, county and state employees from occupational hazards. The move follows reports that public employees accounted for seven percent of all industrial accidents and of fatalities from occupational injuries in Pennsylvania last year.
Milk producers cheer rising prices as the former Corry Creamery plant is readied for reopening. A crew works at Page Street preparing the site for milk receiving and eventual full operation. Expectation is to resume by early September with one nearby plant handling processing and potential renaming of the Mohawk operations.
About 400000 unian workers draft plans for a staywise campaign to re elect President Roosevelt at the opening of a three day convention of the Pennsylvania branch of Labor’s Non Partisan League. delegates from unions allied with the State Federation of Labor attend and a $100000 campaign fund is set to build an organization in every voting district. Major George J. Berry national organizer was to address the gathering with May or 8. Davis Wilson of Philadelphia was invited to speak. Patrick T. Pagan of Pittsburgh is temporary chairman and John A. Phillips of Philadelphia is federation chair.
Two miners survived a 72 hour entrapment after gas and exhaustion threatened their lives, while rescuers battled rubble and fire-charred timbers to reach them. Boomer Jacke McCann, 50, and Demmer Sexton, 37, endured the ordeal as fellow veterans of the mine kept faith until the rescue.
Deputy Coroner J Lawrence Davison ruled Alfred Hand 19 died from injuries after being thrown from a truck that swerved across the highway on the Chor Hil hlack Lop road. Hand struck his head and shoulders, breaking his neck, and died en route to Bracken Keating Funeral Home. Funeral at St Thomas church Monday at 8:00 am with burial in St Thomas cemetery.
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