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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1935
Page
1
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Franklin J Sweitzer a 60 year old groom and his bride Mary King fled mob fury in Corry Pa after a home attack and threats. Police escorted them to Union City jail and they planned to seek protection from District Attorney Mortimer H Graham. The bride’s son Guy King is accused in a separate shooting case.
Sen Pat McCarran denounces Secretary Cordell Hull over the 3 million Soviet American trade agreement calling it a Santa Clause pact and urges immediate repeal of powers allowing treaty negotiations. He criticizes reciprocal trading pacts and says the Russian deal is the last straw as Russia owes the U.S. hundreds of millions.
Corryites mark Saint Swithin's Day predicting forty days of rain as clouds predominated, with major parts of the day cloudy and only light showers at times, reflecting the old weather lore on this date.
Washington July 15 Nine Congressmen asked the House rules committee to allow them to testify in the House Utilities lobbying investigation. Rep John E H Rankin D Miss cited the request as tied to testimony before the committee. The charges involved Rep Ralph O Brewster R Me and Thomas G Corcoran who allegedly threatened to halt work on the 26 million Passamaquoddy power project in Maine if Brewster voted against the utilities death sentence.
Tacoma dispatch reports Margaret Thulin Waley 19 faces a long term for conspiracy to violate the Lindbergh law in the kidnapping of George Weyerhaeuser. Federal Judge Cushman may impose about 45 years, the sentence given to her husband Harmon Waley. Waley and her co-conspirator were drawn into the plot by fugitive William Mahan. Waley will be moved to the federal women's penitentiary at Alderson, West Virginia.
Three traffic violators were arrested and fined during the weekend in Corry as authorities intensify the war on motorcycle violations. Patrolman Kenneth Sheeley led the arrests at the North Center Street and Columbus avenue intersection. Police Magistrate Glen Miller imposed fines, and the drive to curb drunken driving will continue with added aid from a regular patrolman once the one day holiday and hour limits for city police take effect on September 1.
United Press dispatch from Camden New Jersey reports another bid to end a strike at the New York Shipbuilding Company plant failed. Union leaders rejected a company suggested plan and the American Legion conduit vote to determine if employees wished to end the walkout.
Paris report cites a rift between Benito Mussolini and the Italian army general staff over the Abyssinian campaign. The unconfirmed tale suggests the general staff favors large scale action while Mussolini may be leaning toward a pacific solution amid international tensions. Italy also mobilizes forces with 30,000 more men and 10 new submarines as Ethiopian crisis escalates.
The post office department opened a large drive against the foreign lottery racket issuing fraud orders against about 450 residents of Canada Cuba Bermuda Mex France and Luxembourg The list covers 10 pages naming 296 firms and individuals in Canada about 40 Havana residents and others in various countries Officials say counterfeit tickets were routed via express to agents here then mailed to purchasers Postal inspectors cannot seize express packages but can copy addresses to target American agents responsible for sellers
Amsterdam July 15 engine trouble was blamed for the Royal Dilterines crash that killed four crew members and two passengers. Thirteen others survived. The new Fokker transport, a 22 type, failed to gain altitude after the left engine faltered a mile from Skephal airfield, then plunged into a dyke and burst into flames.
A Sunday mob attacked the Swie zer home at 37 North First Avenue sparking fears of further violence. Police announced several participants would be questioned and possible arrests followed. The episode drew national attention as residents faced a chaotic scene with property damage and threats to the married couple.
Despatches from Hankow cite over 30,000 deaths in the Tienmen Lake district of central Hupeh as the Yangtze flood expands. Reports also place 2,000 geams dead near Lihsien in Hunaty, while corpses wash ashore along the Yangtze banks near Hakkow, Hanyang, and Wuschang as the rising river nears dike tops.
Forecast calls for clear skies and fall conditions as observers in western Pennsylvania brace for a total lunar eclipse tonight. The moon enters Earth's shadow at 9:55 PM and becomes total at 11:00 PM, remaining so until 12:50 AM, with the eclipse ending around 2:48 AM.
Harrisburg report states Pennsylvania PW A projects may reimburse at union rates for labor classes. Gravell says new regulations permit disapproval of below union rates if local conditions justify, while overall rates are usually set by the applying political subdivision under the Works Progress Administration program.
A three minute cheering demonstration urged Congress to quit and go home, backing Hep Braswell Deen of Georgia who demanded an early adjournment as representatives smoulder over postponement sentiment.
Police question a white woman and a Chinese man in Rockford in a triple automobile crash linked to the murder of Roy G. Remick a 61 year old steel executive. In Chicago a torso murder and two other deaths are being investigated with Evelyn Smith and Harry Jung as persons of interest.
Edward W. Lewis reports the House Ways and Means Committee may sharply revise the President's tax the rich program despite White House pressure to act quickly. Chairman Doughton said the committee will write its own bill starting late this week or early next, delaying hearings and resisting broader Senate or executive input. The Chamber of Commerce and manufacturers oppose the plan, while business groups press for swift action on the coal bill, and President Roosevelt urged a timely push to avert a miners strike.
Chattanooga Tenn July 15 A W Camp of Appison was held by police after surrendering for the murder of his son Claude. Hamilton County officers say the father asked his daughter Pauline to attend community singing, she refused, he threatened to whip her, Claude intervened, and the father returned to the house, retrieved a shotgun, and shot Claude in the arm and side.
Three men died in a single automobile crash including J. J. Citran fifty eight? and Charles R. Davis both named, with Citran listed as from Berwin and Davis from Washington. Five others were injured, one critically, in the same incident.
Lack of a quorum forced cancellation of a Corry School District special meeting amid reports of alleged irregularities in district operations. Three directors attended. two others were nearby hoping a quorum would form. The board committee and members declined to reveal details, and the plan was said to shift inquiry to an executive session.
Washington reports Democratic leaders spent the week end with President Roosevelt and returned to Capitol Hill with the aim of adjourning by August 15 if possible. They discussed speeding up must pass legislation while noting potential delays from opposition. The president’s party, with Garner and Farley nearby, signaled continued push on key measures.
In New York on July 15 a man wounded a young dressmaker with a sharp instrument in Morningside Park after slashing her escort for a nickel. The victim Lenora Rivera, 23, had attended a dance with Albert Martinez, 35. The attacker’s tactics recall a similar case from two years prior involving the so called ape man.
Nineteen persons have been given positions in the department of agriculture while about one and a half percent were dropped from the payroll as personnel change sheets were repealed in Harrisburg on July 16.
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