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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1930

Page

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Senator Borah Accuses Prohibition Enforcers of Laxity

Ex senator Borah claims a vast cache of material on Prohibition enforcement frauds is hidden in his private files. He has gathered affidavits and sensational tales from informants, includes 17 district attorneys, and may use the material on the Senate floor to push for removals. He plans to act after the tariff bill passes, likely within two weeks, with Buffalo and New York City cases among the targets.

Paul R. Mallon United Press Washington Win Borah Tolichd Bora Borh Senate Buffalo WW. Y Thas New

Italian Tenor Captivates Second Large Audience at Church

Signor Mario Cappelli, the Italian American tenor, drew a near full First Methodist Episcopal Church audience with soulful singing and a charming demeanor. Accompanist Allan Coe backed two groups of instrumental numbers, Cappelli offered a generous program including arias and spirituals, ending with The Old Rugged Cross and applause for a hoped return to the city.

Signor Mario Cappelli M. E. Church Auditoriuum Cappelli Allan Coe Gudnellin Largo A Handel Total Handel Total Felipse Signor Cappelli Burleigh Peter Ieeeee Schuibert-Litz Shubert Coe

Dairymen's League to Name Officers in Covey Local

The Covey Local of the Dairymen's League will meet Tuesday January 28 at the V F W Home on West Washington street. It will be an all day session with election of officers and other important business. Dinner at noon, tureen and pie, coffee provided. members urged to attend and bring sandwiches for their own family.

Dairymen’s League West Washington Street

Children Die In Farmhouse Fire Near Laurence Perry Farm

A fire at a Laurence Perry farm home killed four children aged 16 to 6 and injured others after an overheated stove in the frame house sparked the blaze. The parents were asleep as the fire spread with flames racing through a second story window. Ten others escaped unharmed. The victims named Ray smond 16 Hlste 10 Elmer 8 and Bessie 6.

United Press OPWAY Ld Uealk Laurence Perry Lere Sileepine Raysmond Hlste Elmer Bessie

Annual Meeting of Corry Loan and Savings Company

Notices have been received for the stockholders annual meeting to be held at the Hulel Corry at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening January 28. The agenda includes election of fifteen directors for the coming year and a proposed amend ment to reduce the directors required for a quorum from nine to five. The company has seen strong growth and will present officers' annual reports detailing last year’s results.

Corry Loan and Savings Company Hulel Corry Ffeen Chnsti Corry

Gun woman brought east in case tied to New Castle murder

Irene and Glenn Dague or Sweetheart, held for murder charges in New Castle Pa, were transported from Phoenix to Chicago then eastward. They claimed they will plead not guilty and require a lawyer. Joe Wells, captured with them, was not brought east and sent to Arizona authorities. Trené fainted briefly but recovered.

Chicago Tom Fenton Pennsylvania Tene Schroeder Glenn Dague New Castle Phoenix Ariz Arizona Trené Fenton Dague Gaille

Five Best Radio Entertainments Listed By Networks

A listing of radio programs and networks includes WIZ NBC Dixie Circus at 7:30 BST and 8:01 BST Cltes Service Hour NBC CBS True Story Hour WIZ NBC Armstrong Quakers WEAR and NBC Network 10 30 BST Mystery Hour with stations WABC and CBS Network over the broadcast day.

WIZ NBC Dixie Circus WABC CBS Armstrong Quakers’ Wear

Mexico Breaks Off Relations With Moscow

United Press report from Mexico City says Mexico severed diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union after attacks on its embassies in Washington Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. Foreign Minister said tolerance was exhausted and propaganda from Russia was behind Communist agitation.

John Is Thomas United Press Mexico Choy Moscow Russia Washington Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Hiohig Impossibe B Genajo Wstrads

School Music Groups To Give Concert At Senior High

Plans were drawn for a concert by junior and senior high glee clubs the high school orchestra and the elementary chorus at the Senior High auditorium on Wednesday January 29 Miss Lucile Murray supervises music in the public schools and is in charge. Several dance numbers will be introduced and admission is 2 cents with no advance ticket sale. The public is invited and urged to attend, expected to be one of the finest from the local schools music department.

Lucile Murray Hig Ice Whic

Ohio bank robbed of $16 000 at South Park Savings Bank

Two bandits, one armed with a shotgun, held up the South Park Savings Bank near its opening. The other robber together with a lookout covered tellers and customers as $16 000 to $2 000 reportedly escaped in a waiting automobile. Police seek suspects.

Ohio Bank United Press Payton South Park

Sherman Youth Recovers From Severe Head Gash

Howard Harvey a Sherman 15 year old son of Mr and Mrs Charles Harvey suffered a severe head gash when the horse he was driving ran away and threw him from the bobsleds. He remained dazed and bloodied but rallied by yesterday and is on the road to recovery with eyesight restored.

Howard Harvey Charles Harvey Sherman Harvey

Dirigible Los Angeles flies over Savannah to Parris Island base

Bulletin reports the Los Angeles airship, en route from Lakehurst New Jersey to Parris Island marine base Washington, crosses Savannah at 1045. In Washington, a bill to force newspapers to reveal real ownership in their statements is favorably reported by the Senate Post Office and Post Roads Committee. In Philadelphia, the Gaston Presbyterian church is destroyed by fire with a loss of 290000, injuring two firemen.

United Press Savannah Los Angeles Corduis Lakehurst Parris Island D,.c Washington Postoffice Department Theenate Post Office Post Roads Philadelphia Gaston Presbyterisn

Second Case Of Diphtheria In City

The second diphtheria case in the city, Miss Elizabeth Dempsey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Dempsey of West Wayne Street, was diagnosed last night. Quarantine was instituted. In Harrisburg the 14th annual state farm show opened with nearly 200 visitors. Mrs. Ray Green is also ill with diphtheria at Corry hospital, improved. Health authorities report only one other contagious case, pneumonia.

Tus City Elizabeth Dempsey Laf D. Dempsey West Wayne Street Harrisburg State Farm Ray Green Corry Hospital

Youth Fatally Hurt In Crash Near Erie

A vehicle carrying Charles Mining 18 of Bartlesville Oklahoma crashed into two telegraph poles near Erie, catching fire. Mining died at Hamot Hospital while two other youths and two girls were injured, three seriously. A separate crash in Homestead injured John Bodnar 20 of Clairton Pennsylvania when a car struck a pole on Duquesne Road near Hays.

Charles Mining Bartlesville Okla Hamot Hospital Weal Take Road Erie Homestead John Bodnar Clairton Homestead Hospital Duquesne Road Hays

Two men injured in refinery explosion at Tri-State Refinery

In Krenova West Virginia Buddy Robinson aged 23 and Floyd McCracken aged 28 were seriously injured while five others were burned when a blast ripped through the Tri-State Refinery. In New York trading on the stock exchange moved faster as prices continued to rise under United States Steel influence.

Krenova W. Va Buddy Robinson Floyd McCracken G Lils Tri-State New York Stork Exchange United ‘States’ Steel

Willebrandt Asked to Testify on Prohibition Shift

Washington January 24 Former assistant attorney general Mabel Walker Willebrandt is invited to testify on proposed transfer of prohibition enforcement from the treasury to the justice department. The House expenditures committee announced this after a stormy hearing.

Unites Ress Washington Mabel Walker Willebrandt Treasury Justice Department House Expenditures Committee

Flood menace grows in wake of cold spell

Vincentes Indiana January 24 newsreel reports rising flood danger as warmer weather threatens to break ice jams on the Wabash and White rivers. A US Army engineers panel was named to study relief options after Hoover approved expert dispatches to Governor Emmerson and Senator Glenn.

Indiana Illinois United Press Vincennes Ind Palestine Walbash White Riverton United States Army Engineers Hoover Emmerson Glenn Ofllinois Paul Zartman National Guard Indianapolis Griffin

Nurses School Conference In Harrisburg Hopes to Ease Costs

Corry Hospital Board members Jewell Mount and G A Shea traveled to Harrisburg for talks with state authorities over recent directives affecting the Training School for Nurses. The hospital association faces heavy expenditures due to the state orders, mandating major changes including a dormitory. Conference aims to seek adjustments and possible relief.

G. A. Shea J. A. Mount Hospital Association Jewell I. Mount Corry Harrisburg

Baking school draws interest at Woman's Club session

Miss Blanche Tompkins of Russell Milling Company leads a club baking school at the Woman's Club home on Molt Street. The two day program runs through tomorrow afternoon beginning at 2 o clock. Mrs. John Mooney and Mrs. Wm. Houghton received awards for demonstrations. Tompkins will prepare quick breads and desserts for the audience. Public invitation extended.

Woman's Club Molt Street Blanche Tompkins Russell Milling Company Minneapolis Minn John Mooney Wm. Houghton Tompking School of Baling Instructions Mies Tomykins

Rebekah Helping Hand Club Elects Officers

The Rebekah Helping Hand Club met Thursday in the TEC to elect officers for the camping year. Elected were Mrs. Helen Miller president, Mrs. Florence Colburn vice president, Mrs. Doria Loveland secretary, Mrs. Bertha Smith treasurer. Mrs. Cora Raymond appointed chairman of the work committee. A social time followed with a fifteen supper served by outgoing officers. next meeting set for February 13.

Rebekah Helping Hand Club F. Hell Helen Miller Florence Colburn Doria Loveland Bertha Smith Cora Raymond

Stock Swindler Given 14 Years in London Trial

Clarence Hatty charged with fraud in a sensational stock market scam. Collapse of Hasty companies on Liv stock exchange sent shockwaves through Europe. About 1,866,000 pounds involved with fraud, forgery and conspiracy. Sentences ranged from five to three years with penal servitude and imprisonment. Associate Albert H. Taler, 33, and John Graham Dixon, 37, also jailed.

United Press London Clarence Hatty Avith Liv Anghintt Euurope Harry Albert H. Taler Wis John Grahayy G Dixon

Control of Parrot Fever in Germ Isolation

Cinser youlyo over psittacosis believed to have claimed no residents. Dr. Ambla notes isolation of the germ by Br. Llnyd Atmold. Mrs. Veale Whitson of Westmont Illinois contracted the disease, with Dr. Arnold calling the bacterium virulent. Mrs. Fred May and her mother Martha Alien died with symptoms. tropical birds allegedly introduced the illness.

Bf Br. Llnyd Atmold Arnold Fred May West Columbus Avenue Martha J. Alien United States

Bandit Revealed as Dead Soldier Identity Exposed

United Press reports in Phoenixia that Joe Huston alias Joy Wells, Irene Schroeder, and Glenn Dague were captured. The man turned out to be Vero Ackerman, 88, of Pittsburgh, presumed killed in France in World War I. His parents' death certificate误named him.

United Press Phoeniaria Joe Huston Joy Wells Irene Schroeder Glenn Dague Veronon Ackerman Pittsburgh Pas France Tetley T. F. Ackerman Gid

Hospital offers 250000 for Hamot maternity hospital

Charles H. Strong, living Hamot Hospital incorporator, proposes 250000 to build a modern maternity hospital at the West Lake Road site for Hamot. The project aims to enhance the institution with a new, complete facility within a few years.

Fplay Charles H. Strong Hamot Hospital Hamot West Lake Road

Married at Emmanuel Church Parsonage

Orrin Long and Miss Jane Mutr, both of this city, were married last evening at 6 oclock by Rev. L. D. Utts at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church parsonage. They reside on Gould Street. Congratulations extend to the couple. Mr Long is associated with W. H. Ellis in the Faulin business.

Orrin Long Jane Mutr L. D. Utts Emmanuel Episcopal Church Yarsonage

Salvation Army Advisory Board Reorganized in City

Clyde Brown elected per donor at annual reorganization meeting held at Bluebird restaurant. New advisory board members named for coming year include D A Hillstrom Fy My Beale C F Brown 8 Benwley Lyle Thomas James H Wright Lombard W A Johns R W Brown O W Doane DL J Kelly and WH Jeppel. Bentley named secretary and treasurer for long term. Fredery H Beale to serve as secretary treasurer. Committee heard report on 1929 local Army activities. Community Chest ties discussed. next board meeting with Chest committee pending. New local officers expected soon to succeed Captain Martha Koehler and Lieut Florence Burns. Lieut Vaughn to supervise in interim.

Clyde Brown Salvation Army Bluebird Mic D. A. Hillstrom Fy My Beale C.F. Brown Benwley Lyle Thomas James H Wright Lombard W. A. Johns R. W. Brown Pittsburgh Tbcal Ulu Bentley Joun Ay Mijlstrom Community Chest Wos Andrew Paulson Community Chest Committee Tougheron Army Paulson Martha Koehler Florence Burns

Sharon Man Receives Honor For 50 Years In Mining

Sharon Pa June 24 John Stravenand Jr earns Legion of Honor and American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering recognition for fifty years of service. The 83 year old has long been a member of the institute and is tied to South Sharon Steel Works now Farrell plant Carnegie Steel and Driggs Seabury Ordinance Corp.

United Prss Sharon John Stravenand, Jr Legion of Honor American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Stevenson Institute Carmegie Steel Co Driggs-Seabury Ordinance Corporation of

Chicago Woman Cleared of Murder in Fast Trial

Blonde Genevieve O'Brien, cleared of charges she helped murder her secret lover to end a clandestine romance, returned home to her father after a jury acquitted her in three hours. She had faced life in prison and left her cell four days earlier.

United Press Chicago Genegieve O'Brien Samabel Howard Dorr

Plant Worker Burned in Electric Cable Accident

Merla Cooper of Roger Structural Steel Company suffered extensive burns to both hands after contact with charged cables at Wiel plant. He received initial treatment from Dr. John C. Kibler and remains under care.

Merla Cooper Roger Structural Steel Company Wiel Cooper Wes Frisen John C. Kibler

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