22 Jan 1935
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1935
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text discusses a proposed relief aid program and a $6,000,000 monthly allotment to the treasury. It notes possible governance actions by Governor Nuisance and references labor, institutional routine, and petitions to the courts. The piece is unclear but centers on state relief and fiscal matters.
Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell, famed public enemies, abandoned a car near Monroe Michigan and were believed to have held another motorist against his will as they fled west or hid in Detroit underworld. A nationwide manhunt spread from Columbus Ohio with federal agents mobilizing to capture the duo after a dramatic chain of abductions and escapes.
Shorthand reports from Shandoah Pennsylvania confirm twelve miners killed in the Gilberton colliery explosion with no other workers injured. Company officials say the cause will be discussed after a four way inquiry is completed.
John A Lanston supervisor of the RWP projects reports 115 men and women on the payroll today with additional workers sent to Fairview school program yesterday. About seventy of the 115 are employed on school projects now. relief funds expected to bring totals near two hundred workers in coming weeks. Hope for a early spring start on the Vai Honk school project noted though data is incomplete. New York Jan 22 John R Merkle coal operator and philanthropist left a gross estate of 218087 at death July 1983 with much of fortune given to charity and institutions.
The body of William "Big Nose" Wels was found in a creek near Croydon after torture. In Philadelphia the police planned murder indictments against Mais, Walter Legenza, Martin Farrell, William Zeid, "Bones" Gales, Fred Wiley, and Marie McKeever. The Mars gang confessed to the killing and said Mais and Legenza engineered the kidnapping after escaping jail in Richmond Virginia. Friends paid $8,000 of a $100,000 ransom.
Gov George H Earle opened the 19th Pennsylvania Farm Products Show in Harrisburg pledging tax relief and a stronger milk control law. He vowed to restore the law’s teeth, criticize the old or one sided dairy trust, and outline milk sector reform as the first major agricultural issue of his administration.
Paul Esterly Wirt, 87, inventor of the fountain pen, died at his Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania home. An attorney by trade, he developed an ink retaining pen after ink spills on legal papers. After patenting the design, he opened a factory that produced 500000 pens in its peak year.
City officials opened a campaign to curb Pennsylvania Electric Co rates, seeking a one year street lighting contract at the lowest price and a possible municipal system. Council read Ordinance No. 378 granting a franchise, and instructed the clerk to request bids for one year and for the city to buy the utility system if feasible. Bethlehem’s stand on utilities was read and filed, and a new dump truck for the street department was urged, with purchase hoped when finances permit.
Five children aged up to ten perished in a Montreal area fire at the Gadbols home in Longueil. Seven others were injured, four girls and a boy among the victims, found together in an upstairs bedroom. Three more children suffered serious burns and were hospitalized in critical condition.
Glasgow January 22 Third Engineer S Taylor 28 of the tanker Valverda died of injuries from a mid Atlantic fire that threatened to destroy the vessel Captain T C Thomas the ships master wireless ed Gow Harrison and Company managers that the vessel now confined refrigerator is in no immediate danger Taylor succumbed to injuries all others safe
Roosevelt asked Congress to approve 4.88 billion dollars for a work relief bill with no strings attached to restrict presidential power. Democratic insurgents push for targeted funds and pork allocations, while House leaders plan to brief the caucus after a White House conference. Insurgents seek to bar Secretary Ickes from administering the program.
A secret White House poll shows 60 senators committed to world court membership, ensuring a two thirds vote for ratification. Forty others reportedly oppose or waver with several absent. Holt is ineligible until age 30. Democratic leaders seek broader support before final action.
Allegheny County Senator Frank J. Harris introduced two measures in Harrisburg aimed at expanding workers' compensation to cover occupational diseases and broadening coverage beyond acute injuries, while also proposing election law changes to curb preemptor party manipulation and speed post election ballot handling. The package requires $500 deposits to deter frivolous preemptors and seeks voter machine and petition reforms, with penalties and refunds tied to party recognition or disenfranchisement.
Melvin Drake, 81, of Wayne County, was assaulted in his home at Milks Corners near Beaverdam, suffering head injuries. State police probe links to a robbery at his home with no new developments. another plant robbery and weather theft are under investigation. In Belgrade, ten soldiers dead in a snow storm near Podgorica, with eight bodies recovered.
Six masked men entered the county jail at Blicins West Virginia on January 22 and abducted a prisoner couple. They were stripped tarred and feathered near the town edge. The pair were identified as Peter Kimo, 59, and Sylvia Tingsler, 19, reportedly jailed for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
Administration officials near a decision on two banking reforms that would reshape the federal reserve into a central bank. Proposals include an open market committee under the Fed board in Washington and direct appointment of Fed governors or merging duties with Fed agents. The plan signals greater Treasury influence over banking and credit policy.
Millard Whited, a Sourlands lumberman, testified in Flemington that he saw Bruno Hauptmann near the Lindbergh home shortly before Charles A Lindbergh Jr. was kidnapped and killed. He recounted sightings between February 1 and March 2, saying the stranger’s face stayed with him and described the man to state troopers.
Harrisburg Pa Jan 22 Tax sales by county treasurers would be adjourned under the terms of a resolution adopted unanimously today by the house of representatives Introduced by Rep Robert Cordier Lackawanna the resolution precipitated long debate last night when its sponsor sought to have it acted immediately The Democrats opposed Rep Franke Ruth Berks Democratic floor leader asked for a unanimous vote today when the resolution was called up It would commit the legislature to pass the necessary laws to carry into effect its relief provision to burdened taxpayers who own property
Corry Rotary members and a guest heard Milon Brown, Erie County supervisor, explain the Federal Emergency Educational Relief program at the Hotel Corry luncheon. He outlined the setup of the relief classifications, supervision in the city and county, and its Washington organization.
Five hundred families in Ever son borough were left unprotected as Citizens Water Company, a Delaware Valley Utilities subsidiary, smashed all hydrants with sledge hammers after the borough failed to pay its water bill since July 1933. The community is described as entirely frame houses and most residents not on relief. Continued on page four.
January 22 Army experts warn the Saar return to Germany on March 1 could threaten French safety and frontier defense while offering potential for renewed peace talks. The region, once a League buffer, now marks a longer Franco German line and contains routes that could aid troop movements. Nearby in Sharon Pennsylvania Robit Clarke dies from injuries after a Sunday car crash into a culvert on the Shaya New Castle road. In Scranton a fire at Backusn City Junior High School destroys the building with $100,000 loss but no injuries.
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