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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1935
Page
1
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Washington discusses a potential congressional inquiry into the New Deal W P A work relief fund. Senators Carter Glass and L J Dickinson push for accounting of federal spending and any waste, amid party lines in an election year. In Harrisburg, John C. Dight proposes a three point realty tax plan to fund state teacher salaries and road maintenance, including using a motor vehicle levy.
Chinese rumors claim Yin Ju Keng, leader of autonomy in Hopel province and part of Chahar, was assassinated. Reports say a mob threatened his life near Kangchow, he fled in disguise, and central government accuses him of being a tool of Japan. Yin once operated from Japan with a Japanese wife and a brother in law in the Japanese army.
Rome Dec 4 The government issued a communique denying any oil monopoly agreement with Standard Oil of New York or its STAP subsidiary. The UPI report claimed such an alliance existed, but officials replied perhaps a mistake was made and offered no further comment.
Corry will participate in two large statewide WPA projects under the adult education division, employing 9,000 people and costing about 5.5 million for adult education and 2.48 million for recreation. The program, approved by Washington officials and led locally by Milon L. Brown, aims to educate and provide recreation for over 4 million Pennsylvanians, with most salaries funded by federal grants.
Report says Ralph Holden and his family from this city were involved in a severe automobile accident while traveling through Texas toward California. Rumors claimed fatalities and a truck involvement, but relatives and the Journal have not received official confirmation.
In fairly active trading fractions rose on stocks and bonds while rails and grains showed varied movement. Curb markets advanced up to six points, Chicago stocks moved quietly but higher, grain prices mostly firm with wheat slipping and grain notes mixed. Foreign exchange and gold currencies held steady with the sterling unchanged.
Nine Philadelphia magistrates tied to alleged improper releases face possible charges as the August grand jury continues probe into corruption in the courts. Thirty eight people have been re-arrested, with several magistrates said to have signed releases for those discharged illegally. A Winston-Salem man admitted paying a large sum for a drunken driving charge via a Philadelphia law firm. The November grand jury also secretly indicted 13 individuals whose cases would have expired under the statute of limitations.
School children taking part in the Christmas Seal health fund campaign by purchasing buttons will gain entrance to a free Rex Theatre show on Saturday afternoon December 16. So Red the Rose a Civil War story will be shown. Seal buttons are sold in classrooms and wearers attend at no admission. Charles Wales and Frank Graft of Powell Motor Company are attending a Ford Sales school in Brien for a few days.
Corry aviation boosters push a WPA offer of 73000 for material and 50000 for labor toward an airport. The city must raise about 4500 to cover municipal expenses, with potential for a hangar funds later. Officials plan to ok a site on an improved highway and seek fast action.
Harrisburg December 4 United Press reports the Roosevelt Highway Association of Pennsylvania led by Corry president B Brown placed a request with State Secretary of Highways Warren Van Dyke for road improvements. The drive seeks widening of the Kane to Jewett stretch and a new Scranton to Carbondale segment along with improvements Hawley Milford East Honesdale, extending work Smethport to Port Allegany and other sections.
DETROIT December 4. Striking Hotor Corp workers resumed attacks on the motor parts plant injuring several and arresting two as police reserves repelled brick and stone barrages. Tear gas was claimed by protesters while the violence delayed a union leadership conference about an injunction to curb police activity. Richard T. Frankensteen, 28, led the strikers awaiting a conference to decide next steps.
A plane crashed at Bolling Field Washington killing two Army officers. Lieut Harry Geoffry of Mitchell Field New St Paul Minn was the pilot. Maj George Rice of Ther mopolis Wy was a passenger. The crash occurred during descent from a low altitude at the Army airfield.
The column lists multiple hunters and their recent buck sightings and catches near Marienville Torpedo Gleason Hermit Springs Lottsville Baker Hill Barnes and other local spots. Reported bucks range from four to nine points with weights noted for some entries.
Secretary Cordell Hull said casual exchanges on a U S Britain trade agreement are possible but no formal talks have begun. He cited World conditions as casting doubt on any deal and commented on oil supply reports involving Italy and American controlled firms without confirming details.
Erie County Health Tuberculosis association launches the annual Christmas Seal drive with Corry residents urged to support. Directors warn services were cut last two years due to lower contributions and stress the campaign’s success will determine how much work can be done this year. Offices are at 2117 Peach Street, Erie, and all county residents are eligible for services.
Joseph UaFay of Pittsfield Massachusetts and John McManus of Boston Massachusetts were sentenced to six months in Erie County prison by Judge William Hirt after pleading guilty to larceny from the W T Grant Company store on November 16. Clerks spotted them concealing merchandise in their coats and police later found items on McManus. Both men had prior police records, with McManus linked to several minor offenses.
Five prisoners fled Boston Penitentiary after breaking a yard gate with a stolen bar and were pursued by guards. In Muskogee, Oklahoma, four inmates and a cellmate remain on the run after a jailbreak, with hundreds of posse members and lawmen joining the manhunt across the Kiamichi mountains.
City Clerk Robert A. Ott was moved to Corry Hospital after a collision east of Columbus between his car and an eastbound Greyhound bus traveling between Cleveland and New York City. The bus, driven by Clarence Greene of Cleveland, left at 1:08 PM. no injuries were reported aboard the bus and the bus continued eastward. Ott was returning from an eastern business trip for Rogers Structural Steel Company. his condition was not considered serious.
Fire destroyed the Bentley Silk Mill in Pittston, laying the plant of the Alvin Silk Corporation in ruins. Firemen fought fumes for hours in frigid temperatures as the loss mounted to about $100,000.
Pennsylvania and Ohio authorities hunted two armed robbers who seized Arthur Lacamera, an employee of the Farrell Eagles Club, as he carried club receipts to the County Bank. The offenders, driving a car with Ohio plates, threatened him with a gun and escaped with about $500.
War dispatches report Standard Oil linked to supplying Italy with oil to skirt sanctions. Government and Standard Oil deny the arrangement while Washington probes Rome leaks. Britain and France plan a joint peace effort on Ethiopia. Ethiopian activity in the north signals a major battle may begin soon.
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