07 Feb 1931
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1931
Page
1
Plans for a Civic Athletic Carnival are nearing completion with proceeds to the Community Chest emergency fund. Main event features Company A mountain team and local high school players, Kiwanis versus Rotary rivalry, plus star lineups from Kiwanis and Rotary clubs.
Secretary Stimson declared a non interference stance for the United States in South America, signaling abandonment of Wilson era policy and a return to Jeffersonian principles. He highlighted the Monroe Doctrine as protecting Latin American independence and noted arms embargoes to rebels to reduce bloodshed in Central America.
Snow sleet and rain cloaked roads as warmer days gave way to icy surfaces. Mrs Earl Brown of West Frederick Street fractured her right hip after a fall near home and was taken to Corry Hospital. Other injuries were noted citywide though most avoided serious harm as travel grew perilous. State warns dangerous conditions across Armstrong Butler Crawford Erie Lawrence Mercer Venango Allegheny Beaver Fayette Washington and Westmoreland counties with snow reported in Crawford Erie Venango and Warren.
New York markets posted late gains with many closing near highs as traders priced in higher levels. In Washington treasury officials issued permits authorizing 2,000,000 gallons of bourbon and rye whiskies for medicinal use. In Paris Mussolini signaled willingness to confer on Franco Italian relations. In Marion North Carolina volunteers tackled a Blue Ridge forest fire. In Michigan a fire destroyed the summer home of Durant, a noted sports figure. In Allahabad sixty thousand Indians witnessed the cremation of Motila Nehru, veteran independence leader.
United Press reports the Soviet steamer Sergiev carrying 100 passengers struck rocks near Sebastopol and began sinking. Soviet warships rushed to assist as rescue efforts continued and aid was being received.
Coast Guardsmen battled heavy ice and a blizzard as they rescued five of fifteen fishermen drifting on a two mile ice floe off Buffalo. Earlier reports claim twenty fishermen were adrift. snow and ice hindered visibility while guardsmen searched a widening crack in the ice two miles from shore.
Roland S Morris ambassador to Japan is added to General Butler’s defense counsel. Other officers and club members may testify. Source notes potential defense strategy involving the Contemporary Club and questions of duty. Also reports a robbery at a Pittsburgh barbecue, with $5 400 taken from John Kumble and his wife.
Michel Settri, an anarchist held in Rome, reiterates under police questioning that he came from Argentina to kill Premier Mussolini. He wounded three policemen, denies aiming at the King, and awaits trial before high tribunals with a likely death sentence.
Report from Wall Street Journal indicates United States Radiator Corporation plans a partial restart of the Corsy plant, with a reduced staff, under a limited scale operation in the city. Officials confirm resumption steps as management and plant leadership assess production plans amid uncertain timelines.
A underground explosion in front of the Orpheum Theatre injures 31 spectators as a premiere for a Richard Dix film ends. Police restore order while fire crews extinguish underground flames and rescue victims. Several celebrities are stunned, with minor injuries reported and nearby buildings sustaining window damage.
The naval dirigible Los Angeles was moored in Balboa harbor after arriving from Lakehurst New Jersey with an overnight stop at Guantanamo Cuba. The airship arrived at about 1025 p m and drifted over Balboa and Panama City before mooring to the aircraft tender Patolea.
An airplane and Coast Guard renewed search today for George Tense, a 42-year-old fisherman believed missing while drifting on a Tal Michigan lake ice floe. Weather and water conditions hindered ground crews as air units scanned the area.
Washington McKean and File Creek townships filed protests with county commissioners over reductions in antidal road appropriations in the 1980 budget. James A. Borland calls the move a grave injustice cast by the county. Concord Township officials push to restore funds, warning road work in their district would suffer without aid.
President Hoover wrote to Senator Thomas Schall in Minnesota amid a heated debate over the eight to ten additional nominees for a federal judgeship. Schall supports Ernest Michel while Mitchell and Hoover’s allies resist. The clash signals potential delays and a strategic struggle ahead of the Republican national convention.
Ten criminally insane men escaped from Central State Hospital in Nashville after a fire last night. Authorities said at least three were killers. Police and guards searched the city while hospital staff led 669 inmates to safety as firefighters doused a blaze blamed on a short circuit. Damage was estimated at $2.00, with local business disrupted.
Snow and rain spread across the Midwest providing relief from drought. Chicago saw light snowfall while heavy rains hit southern Illinois, easing water famine concerns. Precipitation covered the region with showers, drizzle, and some snow flurries, and forecasts called for more rain in the Midwest and varied weather across the nation.
The plan, voiced by officials and lawmakers, calls for 20 million in new agricultural loans and advances. It aims to form or support rural credit bodies, using stock in such firms and loaning to individuals with liens on crops or other security. Secretary Hyde would set regulations to govern disbursement.
Unount town February 7. Line ford F Ruth a Carnellsville hawker was committed to jail after failing to post a 20000 bond to gain release. He stands accused of embezzling sixty thousand and one dollars from the Title and Trust Company of Western Pennsylvania.
Radio listings show NBC and CBS programs across networks. At 6:00 p.m. in the Black and Gold room the Hewtxp organization presents Weap. WABG airs Morton Downey at 7:00 p.m. Weber and Fields on NBC at 100 p.m. and WJZ NBC at 8:00 p.m. The Campus on WABC CBS at 7:00 p.m. features Show Boat.
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