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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1930
Page
1
The Senior High heating system failed again this morning causing a brief three minute delay before a new schedule was tested for the new semester. By noon officials announced temperatures were restored and afternoon classes would proceed. Officials anticipate installing new devices to regulate the ventilation system.
No new developments in local psittacosis cases linked to tropical birds purchased from a Corry store. Dr. Bennett notes no immediate alarm though authorities will review Corry purchases as more cases are monitored and investigated.
King George V hosted the five power delegates at Buckingham Palace ahead of the conference opening in the Royal Gallery. Premier MacDonald met Downing Street envoys at 10 am for final talks, as Stimson and other officials arrived with Japanese and Italian delegations. A R 100 airship paid tribute over Westminster as crowds watched the arrivals.
Pittsburgh dispatch notes police seek Tom Crawford brother of Irene Schroeder in Wheeling and Clarkeburg areas West Virginia after Glenn Dague confession claims Crawford last seen December 27 the day Corporal Brady Paul was killed authorities monitor Crawford home Benwood and relatives in Wheeling Bellaire while a woman and her son travel toward Clymer.
Bruce Barton, author and head of a national advertising agency, predicts a pickup in business this spring in Pittsburgh. He says manufacturers are preparing for increased activity and that 1980 may not reach 1928 peaks but will be good. Factories shut down will reopen and workers laid off will be rehired. he cites national advertising as a key barometer.
In Macon Georgia on January 20 a 30 minute gun battle with over 200 rounds fired by 15 officers from Macon and Jacksonville led to three bandits being captured after a swamp chase. The trio Adrian Biggs Dane Biggs and Basil Childress claimed WV state penitentiary escapes and 40 year highway robbery sentences. Fingerprints did not match Jacksonville suspects and a detective warned they may not be the wanted men in the Jacksonvill te case. Childress was wounded in both arms and chest while Adrian Biss lost part of his left arm.
Arthur William son, 22, of Niles Ohio, was found early today along the Lincoln Highway near Greensburg. He reportedly was beaten robbed and thrown from a car by assailants. He was weakened from exposure and hospitalized with injuries.
A tenth anniversary observance of constitutional prohibition was held in Corry at First Presbyterian and United Brethren churches. The Corry Ministerial Association sponsored the two services with sermons on education economic benefits and sustained prohibition plus musical numbers by church choirs and duets.
A cabin trapoplane crashed into Lake Worth near West Palm Beach killing pilot William Lindley and mechanics Arthur Amps and Al Lipsky, while passengers Elior Stosswell and Edward Butler were badly hurt. The Moreda Airways plane, en route from West End Bahamas to Daytona Beach, appeared disabled during approach. cause under investigation.
Congress debates enforcement and potential amendments as President Honger pushes stricter measures. Lawmen consider moving the prohibition bureau to the Justice Department and eliminating juries in petty cases. Weekend killings of two agents at West Palm Beach draw renewed attention to enforcement.
Mrs. Mary T. Norton Democrat New Jersey introduced a resolution calling for a national referendum on prohibition. The measure would repeal the 18th Amendment automatically if a majority of the country’s voters oppose prohibition.
A tramp arrested Sunday by two patrolmen in Jacksonville, Ma, identified as Leo Landry, an escaped long term convict from Connecticut, confessed after examination. Landry linked to a fires bandit group and implicated detective Willie D. Smith in the night raid.
The protocol of The Hague reparations conference was adopted and signed by allied and central powers delegates to implement the Owen D Young plan. The signings mark the formal step toward operation of the proposed reparations framework.
Regular city council session ends, followed by health board reorganization. Milton R Tipton named health officer by mayor and council. Tonight's agenda includes plans for sewage disposal plant extension and a report from City Engineer N R Dickson on departmental work.
Three youths held since January 10 in Pittsburgh have been identified as the men who robbed a Chicago restaurant days earlier. The suspects Pete Garis 26 Albert Tarakes 19 and James Rodgers 28 listed Chicago as their home. A Wells Street Chicago restaurant employee identified the men from photographs.
Today’s primetime listings feature Roxy’s gang at 7:30 on NBC WEAF, The A P Gypsies at 8:30, Geneval Motors hour at 9:30, Voice Columbia at 10:30, and Bim fire builders on NEC.
Thirteen communities met in a municipal building at the invitation of Mayor C L Alexander to address costly sewage disposal plant projects and alleged State Sanitary Water Board demands. They formed a committee to negotiate extensions and consider a regional organization for the northwest corner.
A Transcontinental aircraft returning from a Mexico race trip exploded on impact near San Diego after hitting a squall. The crash killed 16 passengers eight women and the two pilots, with seven others seriously burned and bodies scattered amid wreckage as authorities investigated the sequence of events.
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