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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1937
Page
1
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Washington reports advocates of the wages hours bill press for a vote while southern lawmakers seek to remove cotton control features. House action faces a procedural ultimatum as debate continues on farm legation amid court challenges and a push to delay enforcement of Pennsylvania’s 44 hour week law.
United Press reports Harrisburg that President Roosevelt’s proposed federal road aid cuts would cost Pennsylvania about 9.27 million dollars in two years. Highways Secretary Warren Van Dyle says grants for grade crossing eliminations would drop from 2.9 million to 1.27 million, with 10 projects abandoned.
United Press reports Lewis and Green will meet to seek a peace between rival labor groups. It would be the first formal encounter since the formation of the CIO and the AFL split. The outcome could affect 7.3 million union members and 40 million nonmembers in the wage-earning workforce.
Britain and France began preliminary work for a broad three point program to halt the armaments race ease tension among democratic powers. Leaders aim to craft a European peace framework possibly offering colonial concessions to lure Mussolini and Hitler into a reduced arms system and avert a Mediterranean clash driven by Anglo Italian Franco Italian strains.
Erle County agriculture agent and Erle Kiwanis president P Crossman spoke to the Rotary Club at the Hotel Corry about Erle county agricultural work and the registration aiding farmers and fruit growers in eradicating pests that threaten crabs. A dinner followed with eleven members present and two guests Rogs Buller and Clifton March. A brief directors’ meeting was held after discussions.
Pittsburgh report details the dec 1 murder suicide of William Harrison For aythe 54 and his platonic partner Mrs Rosella Karr 85. Coroner findings ruled death by murder and self inflicted wounding while a hospital note to Ralph For aythe remained unsent, offering no motive.
Corry area hunters report strong success with buck hunting as fields near Heart's Content and surrounding areas yield notable finds. Names listed include Tom Hinkle, Clyde Messenger, Paul Bigelow, Beek er Fill, and Wilbur Latling among others, reflecting active trophy season in Morest county and surrounding towns.
Dan Weitinen a well known Sparen resident ended his life at his home four miles south of Spartatshige this morning. He had been in a critical cancer related condition with despondency said to have driven him insane briefly. Survived by his wife two sons and two daughters. body removed to Torrey Funeral Home with arrangements incomplete.
A fire at the Dispatch-Herald plant on 16 East 12th Street in Erie Tuesday afternoon caused about $20,000 in losses. The adjacent Erie County Electric building suffered approximately $9,000 damage, mainly from water used to fight the blaze.
Aero Supply Corporation announces a new wage and hour schedule set to take effect about two weeks after approval. The agreement with the International Union of Machinists aims to raise weekly hours from forty to forty-four and adjust base pay accordingly. Union officials report tentative ratification and expect formal approval at an early meeting.
Private John O. Simonson, 22, of Kean County, died when his motorcycle collided with a pole in Smethport Pa. He suffered a broken nose. witnesses said he was unconscious after the impact. The motor officer’s home is listed as Luzerne. An investigation by Cormer W. D. Allen Bradford began, considering a possible heat attack as a cause.
In Pittsburgh on December 1 William Gillespie aged 38 was critically wounded his best friend after a five hour drinking bout. He shot his friend and then killed himself in a Northside apartment where two small children slept nearby unaware of the tragedy 20 feet away.
Shanghai dispatch reports a U S owned tug named Peiling seized at Kin Lei Yuan wharf in the French concession was returned by Japanese authorities after protests by US and Italian officials. The incident involved the tug and other vessels and their removal to the Whangpoo river area.
Forty two adults enrolled in shop classes at the vocational school this week. Courses cover print reading math and mechanical drawing with evening sessions twice a week under Chanel Haffouaster and Jane Connirs guiding instructors assisting community readers in the industrial education program.
Milton N. Johnson, manager of the Ford Motors assembly plant in St Louis, said production would rise despite United Automobile Workers- CIO strikes. He reported 50 cars made yesterday and plans to reach 135 daily. 619 workers were on site with more recalled from layoff.
Reports from Cleveland and Boston reveal a fresh deadlock in the Greyhound Bus Lines strike as company officials and transit unions clash over terms. Spokesmen say a settlement is momentarily anticipated, while scattered violence and confrontation are noted in several cities including Pittsburgh and Boston.
A garbled report mentions a Sunday liquor sales controversy involving a mayoral candidate in Philadelphia area politics. References to Davis Wilson and Weller imply a municipal race and church groups weighing in on enforcement of Sunday law.
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