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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1925
Page
1
Unions threaten a September 1 strike amid stalled talks with operators after a failed attempt to open negotiations. Wages and terms remain disputed as leaders meet in Hazleton and Scranton, with no clear path to renewed bargaining.
A ten member tour party in Pingnente Caves, near Tettafa district, suffered two drownings after an underground cascade. Rescue teams continued work to save eight remaining entombed tourists with magnesiu light signals guiding progress. Unclear whether two missing individuals were swept away during searches. An unrelated note from Uniontown reports Louis Lorenzo freed after months in county workhouse for liquor law violations and a two year sentence with a $1,000 fine.
All voters must register in person at specified ward locations as Pennsylvania election law requires. Registration opens tomorrow from 8am to 4pm at First Ward 10 East Sonistreet Second Ward Star Garage Third Ward Ford Garage Second District Third Ward corner Smith and W Wayne Streets First District Fourth Ward Dodge Garage First Avenue Second District Fourth Ward 40 West Main Street.
Betty Angus, a young daughter of Mr and Mrs James Angus, died from pneumonia contracted during the blaze that destroyed the Kibler block and damaged adjacent buildings on North Monroe Street. The family had fled to Steubenville, Ohio, with Mrs Angus and her daughter staying with relatives after the fire. Interment was arranged in a local cemetery in Steubenville.
Services held for Rev. H. Lee Ullnlayy of Erie and Rev. J. M. McIntosh of Weslesville, killed in a car crash near Westheld last Saturday. About 100 ministers from the Erie M. E. Conference attended. Mrs. Bartlett of Corry joined mourners. McIntosh service held at Weslesville church. six Erie pastors assisted. burial in Erie cemetery. Ullnlayy service at Chiseade church in Erie. pastored since 1924 after Dr. Burns death. Cascade male quartet members and Erie ministers served as bearers. interment followed.
United Press reports desertion of Connecticut by movie interests as special taxes and film regulations bite. Fifteen branch exchanges packing and ready to move out, says Lester Tobias, a major exchange manager. After Saturday, Connecticut would be as free of films as Goldsmith’s Deserted Village was of people.
Logan West Virginia Aug 2 Acting under deputy sheriffs guards escorted four United Mine Workers officials from the town after they arrived days earlier and refused to disclose their mission. Names Ward Van Bitner Thomas Townsend John O Leary Bark Nauck. The chamber accused the group of seeking to inflame mining conflicts in Boone and Mingo counties tied to the 1921 Blair County mine war and federal intervention.
Dorothy Ellingson was sentenced to state prison for infant murder in a Pittsburgh area case. An engine crew, Garnell the engineer and A. Me Kenneth the fireman, were on duty when a clamp broke causing a crane or clamp to topple, scalding a child and killing the infant.
Governor Gifford Pinchot plans an October tour of northwestern Pennsylvania state aided institutions. Corry is expected to host him on October Mth or 15th with stops in Erie Meadville and Titusville. The party will travel by motor vehicle and receive city welcomes during inspections up to Corry hospital.
France answers the last German note on the proposed allied German security pact. It reiterates the Versailles treaty cannot be superseded and warns Germany against upsetting it. France also insists on German entrance into the League of Nations without special conditions as a prelude to pact conclusions. In a separate item, Mr and Mrs Hunter Pope and children left Enfield for home after visiting in the city with relatives.
A ten to fifteen band of armed robbers attacked the State Bank, blew doors, cut wires, and escaped in a powerful automobile with about four thousand dollars and negotiable securities. They stopped at the interurban station, captured Station Agent Sands his wife and a boy, tied them, and warned residents to stay away as police and witnesses watched. The bank interior was wrecked and telephones out of service as the gang fled the city.
Harrisburg reports Governor Pinchot will not intervene between miners and operators before the anticipated anthracite strike. He began another state aid tour and will not return to Harrisburg until early September, with the walkout set for September 1 unless negotiations avert it. The governor avoids discussing the anthracite situation. Mrs. Wilsoe returns home from New York trip, still weak.
Chinese quarters in multiple cities were under tight police protection after a Tong war flare in Tong ware left four dead and many injured. Fifteen Hip Sing Tong men were expected from New York to strike against On Leong Tong, with further killings noted in New York, Minneapolis, and elsewhere. Deportation actions against nonproficient Chinese prompted in New York, Philadelphia, and Newark. federal agents chased gunfire in Maybreak area and officials in Cleveland, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Boston heightened precautions to avert further clashes.
In Tokio on August 26 thousands of dwellings were inundated and railway services halted after a seven hour downpour. Landslides blocked streets and river tracks, forcing Imperial Hotel guests to evacuate as the lower floors flooded.
Thomas Miller and two others named by the Court form a board of viewers to assess benefits and damages from the Smith street pavement project. They meet at Smith and York streets at 1 PM September 18 to hear interested parties and inspect the work from York to Hatch streets. assessments extend west to York Street, as approved by City Council.
Keystone Boosters prepare a large charity festival for the Keystone basketball team at East Washington Street and Maple Avenue. The Union City concert features Oleman’s Union and a 25 piece ensemble performing from 7 80 p m until late with a parade through the business district. Organizers expect hundreds to attend, drawn by fair weather and the social to kick off the season.
A. Joe Ward, former teller of the defunct Benwood bank, arrested in Los Angeles, is jailed until September. He faces embezzlement charges totaling $209,000 and waives a hearing and bond, offering to help unwind the bank’s tangled affairs.
London reports Washington viewing the Franco American debt talks as the key to any settlement. Caillaux and British Chancellor Winslow reportedly trimmed funding demands, with three party conference favored by Britain. Houghton’s discussions with Caillaux are seen as informing US stance, while final terms await Paris and Washington negotiations.
John A. Bell has shown marked improvement and may be discharged from Pittsburgh hospital within two days. Officials stated today that his condition has improved enough to consider release soon.
Schedule fragment lists radio feature blocks across stations like KGO WRX WCAP and WEAP with times such as 8 PM and 9 PM. Mentions Montreal Detroit Cincinnati and Philadelphia and an Army Band setting. Reading appears garbled with station abbreviations and daylight indicators.
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