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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1937
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text from Nevada well sales advertisement references an honor, but lacks complete details on date, place, or terms. No clear person names, organizations, or concrete figures are discernible.
Partial readable fragments mention a sale action. Local officials are named in the damaged notice, but specific date, place, or buyer details are missing.
Corry teachers Contracts of five Corry teachers were renewed after the school board reversed dismissals tied to the new tenure act. Names and salaries include Mr Blandent 1350 Mrs Cora Smith 1628 Miss Lotte Bonstei 1400 Miss Du Lew sob 1800 and Miss Helen Loye 1000. A new teacher JF Connors was named during the same meeting.
United Press dispatch from Tokyo and Tientsin report a warning to southern Japanese islanders to prepare for an imperial command. Chiang Kai-shek sends six divisions north from the Yangtse Valley as Japanese reinforce into northern China. Peiping and Peiping-Hankow rail lines see heavy action with Japanese columns advancing toward Nanyuan barracks and the Yungting River crossings, signaling escalating conflict.
United Press reports a fresh clash between Congress and the White House as President Roosevelt pledges to balance the budget. June 30 deficits for the fiscal year 1987 are highlighted with an $2.7 billion gap, while farm mortgage relief and debt retirement plans face White House opposition and possible veto.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to grant a new trial for John Becker of Brookville awaiting execution for the killing of Kathryn Bracken in a Pittsburgh Shawmut Railroad incident. Becker's lawyer urged a new trial based on allegedly discovered evidence, while officials maintained the conviction and death sentence should stand.
Victoria Price testified today in the Scottsboro trials at Decatur Alabama alleging she and Rowdy Yates were assaulted by the defendants. The witness described the alleged attack as the four Negro youths faced charges of assault and related counts in the courtroom.
King Leopold refused the resignation of the Belgian cabinet headed by Paul Viet Zueland after a dispute over a political amnesty bill. The move acted as a formal tribute to Minister of Justice Victor de Lavileye, who died yesterday in a related dispute over the measure.
No inquest will be held into the death of Alfont Barton of Clarendon. The coroner ruled no inquest necessary after interviews with drivers William Schwartz and Filmer Backstrom and witnesses. Funeral services for Barton were held Monday in Corry with burial in the Clarendon cemetery.
The local Pennsylvanian Guards unit prepares for a two week encampment at Indiantown Gap starting Saturday morning. Company A, about 60 men plus around 25 rookies, will entrain Friday evening and return July 21. Captains Houghton and Brown will lead the unit at the camp.
Four Nationalist seaplanes dropped thirty hazardous devices in the Valencia area at dawn. Two fires were started and several wooden horses collapsed. One star guard was grounded.
In Monongahela Pennsylvania police joined forces to search for Maxine McCracken aged 33 daughter of Mayor W E McCracken who disappeared from her home yesterday afternoon. She had been suffering a nervous breakdown and did not return for dinner prompting authorities to assist.
National Guardsmen in Cleveland began demobilizing after Brig. Gen Frank Henderson and Sheriff Martin O'Donnell said the situation was quiet. Troop reductions were not disclosed, but a small force will remain for emergencies.
Treasury experts told the joint tax inquiry committee that William Randolph Hearst Jacob Rippert and other wealthy Americans reduced income taxes through personal holding companies. James Roosevelt denied charges and appeared before the committee amid accusations regarding the Roosevelts and related figures.
Washington reports the House overrode the president's veto to continue present for emergency interest rates on Federal Farm Land Bank loans. The measure awaits Senate confirmation before becoming law.
Swicagg, July 13 A bartender breaches Summendale Jistwet police station and shoots a youth, John Ardelean, 16, accused of rape and assault with intent to kill. Hundreiser, seeking revenge, was killed. police restrained the assailant. Ardelean was named by a grand jury yesterday in true bill charging rape and assault.
Former deputy U. S. marshal Morton Wainwright, 72, was indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of threatening the life of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He pleaded not guilty after being arraigned before Judge Blisha H. Brewater, with the case delayed for psychiatric examination.
Wallington July 18 Secretary Cordell Hull indicated the British government has suggested consultation between Great Britain and the United States on the developing Far East problem. The remark signals early diplomatic coordination as tensions rise in the region.
London July 1 The government has made complete the uptake of a plan for neutrality in the Spanish Civil War to be submitted to the London committee of 27 nations The observers report awaiting instructions French frontier authorities consider sending observers to remain on the frontier as the non intervention committee acts The moment of the non intervention committee’s near Thursday or Friday is watched as French officials prepare to carry out frontier measures amid unclear orders
Sl o successive showers bring slight relief from a deadly heat wave that gripped the city and northeast regions. Forecasters say temperatures will average around normal for the next two days while lingering humidity remains high. Thunderstorms swept the east in the past 46 hours, with the heat causing about 350 deaths. The mercury reached around 80 before dipping to 78 by midafternoon, eight to ten degrees cooler than last week, as northwestern Pennsylvania saw scattered relief from sticky conditions.
The Corry School District board reviewed excess receipts by about 4000 dollars and approved last meeting minutes. Reports from treasurer, secretary, and tax collector were discussed, and a payroll and tax issues were addressed, including delinquent taxes and budget items.
Munhall police said William Blackwell, 39, of Whitaker, Pa, confessed to killing Eleanor Edwards, 21, and Allen Carter, 40, in a heat crazed act involving his common law wife. A Sunday installment collector is at Friday. Local thunderstorms anticipated tonight and Wednesday with continued warm weather.
A Russian trio completes a dangerous non stop flight from Moscow toward San Francisco as a radio message from Anchorage, Alaska, is captured. The report notes the long, difficult polar trek with Canadian airspace and Signals Corps involvement, mentioning the U.S. Army and radio intercepts.
Annapolis voters reject a woman mayor in a historic election and vote against Sunday dancing and motion pictures. Incumbent Demeralist candidate Phipps led with 167 to 1,786 returns. Also, Ford closes plants for annual inventory across the United States until late August.
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