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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1935
Page
1
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Roosevelt's power program backers won a dramatic House reversal approving Tennessee Valley Authority amendments. Democrats rallied as administration leaders discarded a compromise and attached edits to align with the Senate measure. The bill now heads to Senate conference with only minor differences remaining.
Chicago police probe a grisly murder after 28 year old Ervin Leng was found garroted in a marsh near Hammond Indiana. The torso was identified by his sweetheart Jo Josephine McKinley. Four people, including two suspects, are in custody as investigators pursue gangland links and a potential gangster cemetery. Blanche Durliel, 50, awaits questioning while recovering from surgery after being guarded at hospital.
Laura Ingalls, a renowned woman aviator, attempted a nonstop east to west flight across the United States. She departed from Newark and was last reported southeast of Kansas City, likely flying high and unseen as she aimed for Los Angeles aboard a Lockheed Orion monoplan e.
Carlton Haslett of North East faces a hearing before Police Magistrate Glen Miller on a charge of driving while intoxicated after his auto rear ended a parked car on North Center street. Police say Haslett was intoxicated. his car, held as security for his return to court, collided with a Bals vehicle injuring no one but prompting questioning and release to tend farm business.
Strawberries from Carter Hill dominated Corry markets with about 5000 quarts sold in seven weeks. Daily deliveries averaged around 500 quarts at peak, and rushes to use the berries in shortcake, jam, and pies depleted supply. Late-season rains and heat aided a bumper crop amid strong cooperative marketing.
United Press reports a deadly heat wave across eight states lifting deaths to 32 with midwest temperatures hitting 109 in Philipsburg Kansas and 107 in spots along the Oklahoma Panhandle. Weather officials forecast rising heat with possible showers tonight as drought fears ease for livestock and grain compared with last year.
Hilton H Blair former garage owner and Graham automobile distributor in Corry and Union City today announced his candidacy for county commissioner subject to September Republican primaries. Blair visited Corry this afternoon confirming rumors he intended to run and will seek the party nomination. The Union City resident is well known in eastern county and in Corry with many friends there.
William Kettering aged 20 of East South Street escaped injury last evening when his car, believed to have hit a wagon and a team of horses, sustained heavy damage. The front bumper fender and headlight were damaged, and the radiator was dented. Three other Corry residents, two girls among them, were occupants and likewise uninjured.
In Washington on July 11 the Senate banking committee heard Attorney General Homer S. Cummings defend a proposal to outlaw gold clause litigation against the government. Several Democratic senators condemned the move as breaking faith with citizens, while Cummings urged it as a necessary result of Roosevelt's monetary policy aimed at dollar devaluation.
An immediate British French Italian conference to avert war in Abyssinia was proposed secretly by Joseph A Avenol secretary general of the League of Nations. Italy was reported to have accepted the proposal in principle. Plans for the meeting meet with success.
Senate Democrats recessed an investigation into Gov. Paul M Pearson's Virginia lands administration amid a feud shaking the New Deal leadership. Roosevelt aides met with party figures as chair Millard O Wydings paused hearings, signaling future action on a hotly contested issue. Allegations of obstruction against Harold Ickes fed the tension.
Albany July 11 Feder al and state relief organizations and the Red Cross merged in a multi state effort to combat disease and hunger after floods killed over 50 and caused about 3 million dollars in damage. Gov Herbert H Lehman assumes direct field leadership directing 20 000 relief workers aiding devastated New York areas. Medical teams and supplies pour into ten cities as typhoid risk grows from polluted water. National Guard trucks move food to isolated communities as rain subsides in the Finger Lakes region and floods ease along the Susquehanna.
In Tacoma Washington on July 11 George Hunt Weyerhaeuser the nine year old kidnapped heir to a local fortune prepared to testify about the abduction. He is to reveal what he knows about the role of Margaret Waley age ten in the case connected to Lincoln Grammar School. The court action centers on a band of small time criminals who reportedly orchestrated the incident.
Clement Hagerman, 21, was jailed pending a coroner's inquest into the death of his 23 year old wife Victoria Hagerman. Police say he admitted choking her. she was found strangled in the bathroom of their home. The couple had two small children.
An earthquake struck the south central Honshu region causing at least 28 deaths in Shizuoka. The center was about 40 miles southeast of Shizuoka with heavy damage feared. the tremor reached Tokyo, 100 miles northeast along the coast.
Governor Merriam reviews a 1935 bill feared to grant Standard Oil of California a near monopoly on a state tideland deposit valued at 500 million dollars. The measure would lease oil rights to tideland pool owners with 16 to 23 percent minimum royalties, sparking bitter hearings led by Ham. Opponents call it potentially as scandalous as Teapot Dome.
Unite Press reports heavy rains caused the worst eastern Pennsylvania flood since 1868. Two days of rising waters left 14 dead as property damage ran into millions. rivers such as the Schuylkill Perkiomen Skippack Creek and the Delaware eased to near normal levels as officials surveyed the devastation.
Local figures show Stanley H Nichols planning reelection to City Council with Republican nomination while nominating petitions circulate. Frank W Parsons, former councilman, enters race for City Treasurer on Republican ticket. Lloyd Ruppersburger pursues Fourth Ward constable on Republican line. Ernest A Williams joins Republican effort for two City Council seats, signaling a spirited fall election.
London July 11 Great Britain has provisionally banned shipments of arms and munitions to Abyssinia while officials decide if a formal embargo should be enacted.
London July 11 Sir Samuel Hoare announced a sudden policy shift toward the Ethiopian crisis. He admitted justification for certain Italian claims against Abyssinia while pledging every effort to avert war. The League of Nations is reportedly to meet next month, with postponement of a decisive reading to an indefinite date.
Dr. Norman McClintock of Rutgers faced a travel ordeal en route to Chautauqua New York after a Erie Railroad washout sent him off the Pennsylvania line to Williamsport. He endured a long foodless night before arriving an hour late for his illustrated lecture on Romance in the Commonplace, which he planned to present with movies later in the week.
The Golden Rule Club reports that insufficient funds prevent early completion of the Spring Creek-Garland and Beaverdam-Wattsburg road projects. The Erie County priority list includes Beaverdam, but the State Highway Department cites redirected funds to relief programs, offering no firm completion date.
Moscow officials unveiled a ten year plan to remake the capital into a modern city of six million, expanding from four million residents in 60 acres to about 150000 acres with room for five to six million. The project preserves historical buildings and extends toward Lenin Hills and the Kuntzevo Airport, including 530000000 cubic feet of new housing and 800 apartment blocks up to sixteen stories tall.
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