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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1938
Page
1
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Postmaster James Sullivan reports 1987 receipts for the Corry post office at 44,902.97 dollars, up from 44,490.94 the previous year. Despite a recession and late-year slowdowns, early 1987 earnings stayed strong versus 1986 and the office retained first class rating with a small annual increase in staff and clerical help.
Japanese authorities announce plan to install censors in all foreign cable offices and radio stations in Shanghai. Civilians will monitor telegraphic and radio traffic with censorship extending beyond press news. Recent patrols and squadron movements accompany the shift, with Augusta and Isabel noted in fleet movements.
A giant navy patrol bomber with seven crew members disappeared during a routine security patrol off the California coast near San Diego. The VP- T squadron plane, noted for its safety record, was reported missing after failing to return. Coast Guard cutters Tolette and Aurora joined Navy aircraft in an extensive search with more than 20 naval planes assisting.
Governor Harle dismissed Howard L. Russell, deputy secretary of Public Assistance, citing loyalty and insubordination. The action, announced after a late Harrisburg meeting, follows broader political tensions and accusations of interference by the Wayle Administration.
State authorities continue a broad crackdown on illicit taprooms revoking 98 operating permits including one near Roosevelt highway and suspending 47 with fines totaling 568000. The action cites violations recorded in 1938 and notes multiple licenses were revoked or forfeited, naming several individuals and local entities affected across Johnstown and Huntington County.
The hunt for 22 year old Weederick William Burgess of Cincinnati, once of Cambridge, intensified as a Bluefield reporter and Boston police connected a restaurant sighting to the missing student who vanished November 18. Two waiters identified the visitor, and Burgess overcoat was found on a bridge with a death by self harm suspected. his father appealed to authorities for help.
New Dealers hail Associate Justice George Sutherland retirement as the opening of a liberal era. The move, seen as paving the way for broader federal powers and judicial support of New Deal policies, fuels calls for Roosevelt’s court reorganization and signals more retirements. Senator Sherman Minton predicts an extended federal role and easier democracy work.
In Brig, Pa four bullets from Detective Sergeant Louis Scalise's service pistol were sent to Washington for FBI examination as prosecutors seek whether the fatal shots came from Scalise or a second gun. Scalise's son Ralph, 27, says a note on the dining room table blamed laziness, while investigators weigh a possible third man at the scene and a rear-door exit sighting by Patrolman Bernard Wileawall.
Quaker State Oil Refining Co of Oil City wins a preliminary injunction to restrain E. Johnson & Sons and highway authorities from entering its property to relocate and construct Route 60 in Olkiatome. The decision, issued in Creennburg, Pa, marks a first step in a dispute over the highway project and land use.
Navy department officials drafted a plan for a vast expansion of the fleet spurred by President Roosevelt. A supplemental bill to Congress will authorize construction beyond the Vinson Trammell act. Officials estimate costs from 30 to 500 million dollars over several years as the United States races to build a powerful world navy.
A fragmentary, harsh statement from Herbert Goodrich of the Citizen's Revef Committee condemns Secretary Karl DeSchw enitz as a senseless blast amid the Pennsylvania relief dispute. University of Pennsylvania Law School Dean George H. Darin expresses regret over the departing cabinet member's remarks as 1920s news tone.
Harold Ickes assails a “small lawless minority” and demands enacted safeguards to strengthen American democracy. Senator Vannenberg frames a probe into direct benefits and federal relief, as political friction shapes the national debate.
Boiler failure at the future vocational school forces temporary shift of classes. The water control and Board of Education convened to arrange repairs while vocational and evening adult classes move to the Junior High building. Shutdown could last a week or longer.
A bold masked gang robbed a courier in Kentucky, fleeing with $25,000 in a dark sedan. An armed guard and a driver were injured, and two bandits escaped with the loot while police pursued the car. Assistant Postmaster Gly Askew was unharmed.
Public relief job exams set for January 8 with about 4 000 positions across the state. Centers will conduct tests at multiple sites including a hospital building used with aid from proctors. Applicants alone will view questions, while the city hall offers space for rent as retrenchment measures pass.
Edinboro School Improvement bids will be opened January 28 by the General State Authority. Other projects listed include Slippery Rock State Teachers College 479,876 dollars on January 11 and Lock Haven State Teachers College 528,563 dollars on January 28. The Bulmoto State Teachers College project features a two story training echo building with gym and auditorium, 247 by 80 feet.
Senator Tom Connally led a heated attack against the anti lynching bill calling it an unconstitutional political gesture and an insult to southern states. He warned the measure would exempt gang murders in great cities and threaten government and judicial systems of the states.
The State Board moved to speed up its institutional construction program with start dates after awarding contracts totaling 1 652 228 including a 4 270 plumbing job for the Ligonier Armory to Weldon & Kelly Inc Pittsburgh.
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