23 Jan 1924
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1924
Page
1
Three victims enter guilty pleas to possession charges in Erie court, with trial for all parties slated for February. The term of court ends as the last victim secures bail this morning. Evidence is taken at Erie.
A menacing labor unrest unfolds as Premier MacDonald faces a mass bail strike after a statewide liquor raid. Victims include Michaal Voliink and others arrested for intoxicating liquors. Police say three suspects pleaded guilty to possession and sales denials cloud the case.
Raymond announces bid for reelection to the Assembly in the Third District after defeating Mayor L Alexander five years ago. He reports strong support in his home precinct and rural areas, while an opposing slate has declared to challenge him in the April primaries.
Washington reports the oil port blockade at Tampico has been permanently ended. Confirmation from the State Department notes Consul Vera Cruz and officials moved to verify the relief and ensure the blockade is fully lifted without reservations. Richmond will be withdrawn from Tampico as announced.
Indianapolis June 28 delegates at the United Mine Workers convention accepted the report of President John L. Lewis after William Mitch of Terre Haute moved the secretary of the committee on officers presented the report. The session featured antiadministration sentiment centered on Philadelphia Murray.
In health notes D H Austin dies of pneumonia aged 07 at his home. Regional snippets report dividends declared by the Pennsylvania Railroad and various local incidents in DunKirk Meadville Jamestown Corry and surrounding districts including accidents fires and arrests with a mix of brief obituary updates and civic notices.
Three men died when a locomotive boiler exploded aboard a Pittsburgh Lake Erie passenger train near Aliquippa, Pa. The engineer George Clark of McKees Rocks, fireman Urbay Rucahlan, and road foreman Jesse R. Mead were among the fatalities. The train bound for Cleveland continued under its own momentum and stopped by automatic brakes after signaling cars remained uninjured. Passengers were panicked but unharmed.
Hearings in two workers compensation cases were held at the Municipal building today with Shot Smith of Kane serving as State Compensation Referee. One case for C. W. Lyons, seeking modified compensation due to loss of use of a hand, was continued to obtain testimony from a physician. The other case involving Warius Cooper was also discussed with further action expected.
Plans call for paving projects between Union City Waterford and Corry with bids opening in spring as weather allows. The corridor from Union City to Waterford may wait another year though the 1940 program authorized similar work. Conduits surveyed and routes laid, potential divisions into two or three sections for phased construction are discussed.
A 1924 Corry Pennsylvania letter notes the State Highway Department plans an eleven mile pavement project between Union City and Corry to start in spring. Clyde G Mill, county engineer, expresses optimism and frames the work as civil progress.
In London and across Britain during the rail strike, violence and sabotage disrupted services. Near Northampton strikers stoned a fireman on a moving train, leaving him unconscious in the cab. In Glasgow a heavy freight plowed through wood and stone obstructions, with an attempt to derail a following light passenger train suspected.
Five members of the Grow Hargilla family perished in a Pottsville house fire near Middleport. A mother and four children died from smoke before escaping, while Andrew Warvilla, 40, his wife and four daughters Eleanor Julia Anna Satin perished in the blaze. The husband escaped when the explosion occurred in the yard nearby. The cause is undetermined.
In a reply to the United Press Harry F. Sinclair billionaire oil man says he has no intention of rushing back to Washington for questioning. He notes plans to stay abroad for several weeks to meet partners and to continue business discussions in Europe, with estimated expenses around 36000 dollars.
Moscow prepares to receive the body of Nikolai Lenin as officials urge workers and Red Army to stand united. Lenin died after a cerebral hemorrhage at his villa near Gorky. his coffin to lie in state until Saturday before burial in the Kremlin wall.
In a Missouri Senate probe on propaganda the Reed plan faced a halt as Senator Caraway objected. The committee did not authorize the inquiry into whether members supported or opposed the League of Nations amid the heated discussion.
Washington reports two Democratic shifts in 1924 politics. McAdoo disavows Nebraska bid while seeking delegation support. Underwood attacks the Ku Klux Klan in Cleveland. The split in the party paves a dry Progressive versus wet Conservative dynamic, with McAdoo courting possible entrants like Reed in Missouri and California.
Police and detectives in Pittsburgh's Chinatown halt a factional clash tied to a disputed election. The confrontation centered on Tong leader Leon Tong Yat and rival Wee Gong factions, with arrests planned and ballots allegedly stuffed. Authorities search Chinatown for further suspects as tensions ease.
A poll shows widespread backing for Ford's plan to develop Muscle Shoals Alabama to boost the South's industrial base with power, fertilizer, and utilities. Support comes from a Republican group and industry officials who expect final action by week’s end.
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