18 Dec 1920
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1920
Page
1
Washington reports a developing labor fight as unions face an anticipated vote on a new strike registration law. Congress, labor leaders, and rail unions discuss provisions amid threats of penalties and possible changes to protect workers.
President Harding weighs expansive league of nations ideas as critics push for rapid plan. Officials report no fixed scheme yet and emphasize caution, with advisers James Tonde, Nicholas Murray Butler, and others weighing in. Snow disruptions hindered city transit and street work crews cleared routes for morning activity.
Dor 18 Marlon Cole was sentenced to five years in Moundaville prison for voluntary manslaughter in the killing of state policeman Ripley near Vutean on Nov 18. The jury returned the verdict after a confrontation with Emnext DL. Ripley, and the Hatfield brothers were involved in a duck hunting clash that ended with the officer's death.
A garbled December dispatch from SPRINGS reports a violent incident at a farm turning deadly for a mother and her child. The text is unreadable in places but mentions a stabbing and a later hospital transfer, with authorities and officials referenced but unclear.
The report notes Lt. Keating arrived home yesterday afternoon after merobshun years of service. He and his wife Roseh Taburflaht Charles Keating recollect two Corry boys and the family welcomes him back for holiday time. Wood is also mentioned returning this week and the piece outlines Keating’s upcoming assignment with Graves Registration Service in France and potential duties relocating remains, transporting them to the United States, and coordinating wartime work.
Paris reports King Constantine is to command Greek forces as they approach Athens. The dispatch claims a surprise naval air unit could swing the balance against the Turks with British and Italian support seen as pivotal.
A blast shattered windows in an apartment building in Otnago. Janitors in 1,000 buildings respond to the explosion by striking after a call from William Qosss, the union leader, with unclear details about the event and its immediate aftermath.
Following a Jeweler murder on Fun Avenue the city saw shopkeepers hire armed guards and reinforce windows. A jewelers committee met Police Commissioner Ensight for protection measures while gun permits rose and patrols increased in the Flatiron area amid robberies of 450000 worth of gems and watches.
New York reports show no trace of the missing naval balloonists feared lost in the Adirondacks. Updates from Rockaway and Mineola describe search efforts, with Lieuts Bout and Tolind piloting planes that carried long range fuel. Albany wires note an earlier halt when two Army aircraft damaged at Mitchel Field.
Great Britain and Prato agree on a plan to withdraw Ambanendors Tri Avhona, leaving only charge Aattwires Tholdok after their sutrodts the Feenel Torvigu. Italy plans an exhibition of girojuct noalte yn Fort for Fornoment, aiming to reduce Great Britain to a third-rate power and signal AlbinaY opposition to restoration of Ring Constantine.
About 400 seals sold in the ally area as volunteers push a last minute drive to meet the Christmas Seal quota. Waggoner and drill teams report many schools have closed their boxes and townships plan a house-to-house drive to raise funds for the campaign. Committees across the county report favorable progress with high school and rural schools aiding in the sales before Christmas.
A wartime hero of the city dies in a self inflicted act before his unit. Reports describe his prior service and his standing among veterans. The events occur amid a larger World War effort and memorials as families mourn.
Washington reports indicate the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees reached agreement on emergency farm relief. The measure seeks prohibitive tariffs or an embargo on key agricultural imports for a year to shield wheat, cattle, beans, wool, and other commodities from foreign competition. Supporters favor swift action to ease rising prices and farm burdens, while opponents warn of market distortions.
Tarme, Dec. 18. The cornerstone for Erie’s battalion armory will be laid today afternoon at Widlork. Attending dignitaries include Brigadier General Albert S. Logan who will lay the stone and Colonel C. Blaine Smathers, commander of the 16th Regiment. Captain Howe of Company A and Rev. M. H. Ashton attend the ceremony.
A trainman sustained injuries in a west city incident yesterday afternoon. He was removed from the scene and transported to a hospital where physicians say the injuries are not life threatening.
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