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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1938
Page
1
Fragmentary text from a Nish Store item mentions Faith, Milan Malvin, and a remodelling project. Names and details are unclear, with garbled phrases about employees, costs, and a memorial order. No coherent event or outcome is identifiable from the readable fragments.
The text notes Hungary under Regent Nicholas Horthy moving toward alignment with Nazi Germany. It claims Berlin will use Hungary as a Balkan economic springboard in exchange for strong military protection. The Entente fears territorial shifts harming Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and Romania as Germany and Hungary seek gains.
Erie Annual Conference at Jamestown announces seven pastoral changes for the United Brethren in Christ. Rev. H Ray Harris returns to Corry U B Church. Rev. Arthur D. Stover named supply pastor at Grand Valley. New charges include Akeley, Alma, Bear Lake, Hartfield, Duke Pleasant, and Warsaw with assigned pastors. One church admitted, five licentiates welcomed, and Rev. Harnix returns to Corry noted with approval.
Merchanit-members of the Golden Rule Club face an old bogey tonight as the Wednesday afternoon closing movement is expected to be dropped before Business men discuss Fr G Hoover of the Social Security offices will speak at Wright's meeting in the Bigin M.E church at 690 felock.
The U S gunboat Monocacy reported two submarine mines exploded about 80 yards from its stern on the Yangtze River near Kiukiang at 1 a m Chinese time. The ship shifted anchorage three miles below Kiukiang after the incident. no damage to the vessel was sustained. Lieutenant Clarence A. Cowan of San Francisco, commander, relayed the incident to the Navy Department.
Two Corry youths were seriously injured in a collision near Page's Corners six miles south of Union City on the Titusville highway Saturday evening. Harold Aikam, 28, suffered scalp wounds and a sprained ankle, while Amy Allen, 24, had a fracture of the left forearm and other injuries. The crash occurred when Adcon allegedly drove onto the through highway from Canadohta Lake without stopping, with Fred Conner of Union City driving another vehicle. Esther Stokes of Union City rode with Conner and suffered a cut to the chin and bruises. The injured were treated by Dr. A. J. Sherwood and a Corry doctor. both cars were badly damaged.
Tomato growers in Chautauqua County ended their strike on Sunday after reaching a deal with buyers. The agreement sets a price of $124 per ton, addressing the key demand of the farmers and signaling a return to normal shipments.
A federal milk order approved overwhelmingly benefits about 19,000 Pennsylvania dairymen shipping to New York metropolitan markets. The order raises delivered prices to farmers from about 1.90 to 2.10 per hundredweight, with impacts expected across 24 Pennsylvania counties. Henry Wallace announced the approval for New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland Connecticut Massachusetts and Vermont milk regions. Harmon named administrator of the marketing area, to be coordinated with New York state agriculture officials.
European powers display a united warning front as Britain and France pledge support to Czechoslovakia. Reports say London warned Hitler of possible consequences of attacking Czechoslovakia while Paris and Moscow signal readiness to intervene. Goering reportedly told of France’s pledge to aid the Czechs if attacked, aimed at deterring a Nazi coup before the Nuremberg rally.
The Young Democrats will meet this evening at the Grad trestre to reorganize. Erie speakers will address the gathering and new officers will be elected with plans for the group’s development into an active organization.
David Spetz, 49, driver of a truck involved in a fatal collision that killed Albert Wilson, hanged himself on his Miles Run Road farm after disappearing from home. Wilson, badly injured, died at Warren General Hospital. Coroner and state police to visit site. Spetz survived by family and friends in Pittafield and surrounding townships. Weather forecast calls for fair tonight and Tuesday with intermittent sunshine.
Philadelphia coroner accuses Superintendent William B. Mills of involvement in the roasting deaths of four inmates at Holmesburg prison. Guards questioned. Mills allegedly took victim John J. Schroeder to the fatal cell. Several others exposed to superheated cells require hospitalization. Mills reportedly admitted turning off steam in the radiator block.
United Press reports Chicago longshoreman Charles Fronek, 82, told police he was drugged by a Cleveland doctor in late 1924 around the time the first of the Kingsbury Run torso murder victims washed ashore on Lake Erie. He described being fed meat and coffee, slipping into unconsciousness, and fleeing to a box car, then returning days later to find the doctor's office empty.
The Navy Department proposes to ask Congress for funds to begin construction of at least 25 warships over the next five years as part of an America program for a powerful fleet. Final decision rests with President Roosevelt who is expected to back immediate builds including two new battleships.
Emil Moby 62 is believed to have taken his life today amid unemployment distress. The incident prompting bystander concern occurred at Braver Walls with authorities noting financial hardship as a contributing factor.
Washington August 20 President Roosevelt resumes command of the drive to win conservative Democrats from Congress. Postmaster General Farley back in the capital Roosevelt plans to press Democratic political controls with a Labor Day Maryland visit to oppose Millard B. Tydings. He also targets Ellison Smith in South Carolina and weighs moves in Texas and New York amid intraparty tension. Primary day is September 20 with California and other states closing campaigns.
David Rosenthal of New York City, owner of the Brown Block, plans a multi thousand dollar remodeling including new roof, repainting, and three to five room apartments on upper floors with modern amenities. Raymond Sandburg has the contract and work starts soon as the downtown improvement push continues.
A psychiatric patient climbed to the ninth floor ledge at Bellevue Hospital and refused to return to his room as police and emergency units watched. Earlier, another patient leaped from a ledge on the seventeenth floor at a different hospital, prompting similar fears of a fall.
New York dispatch reports Charles W. Hughes testified he saw Tammany leader James J. Dines in Bridgeport in 1935 with Schultz whose $20,000,000 a year policy racket Hines is alleged to have protected. Hughes placed them in the Hotel Barnum lobby and in a Bridgeport coffee shop with Bob Rosenkranz, Semlita’s body guard, in August or September 1935 amid notes of hotel conference repurposing.
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