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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1932
Page
3
A Corry Evening Journal comment discusses debt relief after World War I. It cites Leonard P. Ayres on absorbing or reducing war debts, urges calm, and proposes concessions from debtors in trade, disarmament, and cash while warning against emotional politics.
Havana University in Cuba has been closed for a year and a half due to clashes with government. President Machado's iron rule has curtailed academic freedom, provoking protests by professors and student revolt. The faculty now votes to resume efforts only after Machado’s term ends in 1985, expecting liberation from military rule. many professors remain jailed.
An assistant United States attorney notes a drop in mail fraud victims as economic hardship makes people tighter with money. He warns fraudsters will persist in some schemes despite the downturn, as opportunists adapt to the low mood and continue to target unwary individuals.
Thirteen Wyoming Valley school boards cut expenses and reduced their tax levy as state budgets tighten. The editor argues sweeping belt tightening is necessary as school taxes remain a major bill for taxpayers while advocating preserving essential services and trimming frills.
Hollywood film titan Harold Lloyd urges recent graduates to consider a career in cinema. He argues college education builds background and competence, notes talent gap in pictures, and says youths with the right stuff can succeed in acting, camera work, or sound engineering if they set clear goals and persevere.
A lookback from 1912 reports a attempted holdup on Center Street near midnight, a parish picnic at Weaver farm on Columbus Road next Wednesday, and a school board postponing the fall opening to September 9 due to Labor Day and the Corry Fair. Other items note Olin Bracken visiting Warren, J Desmond returning from western business, Nora Casler marrying Wilbert E. Rosamyer of Rochester, Pa, and a water shortage in Ashland prompting restrictions on lawn watering as wells dry and crops suffer.
The questions cover population densities and rankings for states and counties, dates of secession, a notable architect, a proverb on idleness, and a request for authorship of a saying.
Meadville July 19 Miss Rice obtained a temporary injunction from Judge Kent restraining Oll Creek township school board from discharging her as a township teacher. The injunction stands until final hearing, with possible settlement under discussion. Counsel: Thomas and Thomas for Miss Rice. Stuart A. Culbertson for the school district.
Parker residents recall a tale that George Washington slept in a stone house by the Allegheny near Foxburg. The Parker Phoenix reprints the memory from H L Morrison. The anecdote ties to a Pennsylvania Historical Society expedition retracing Washington's 1753 Pittsburgh to Fort LeBoeuf route carrying Dinwiddie’s warning to the French.
State police search for Jack Downey alias Steve Rogers, 19, who escaped Sunday afternoon from Smethport jail after breaking two half inch bars and steel mesh. Downey and accomplice Robert Dalton, 18, were arrested in Port Allegany for burglary and larceny. their car was stolen.
Chief George Haehn and the Warren Wholesale Company burglary probe yielded little progress. Buffalo resident Charles J. Gennuso, 529 Busti Avenue, was questioned and freed after admitting truck ownership but denying involvement. The raid targeted the Fourth Avenue warehouse early Sunday, with stolen groceries and tobacco found partly loaded.
A 27 year old man from 1520 Walnut Avenue Niagara Falls was arraigned before Justice Clarence A Patterson on a first degree assault charge. He waived examination and was held for the grand jury with bail default sending him to county jail. The shooting occurred about 3 am July 18 injuring Edward Sample 18 of Wire Pa believed linked to a hijacking plot. Sample is recovering at Hamet hospital Erie. Euie was arrested Saturday in Niagara Falls and brought back to the area.
Nassau county police officers were investigated after Hyman Stark died from a broken windpipe following brutal interrogation at Mineola police headquarters. Justice Steinbrink weighed whether a crime occurred as District Attorney Edwards pledged a grand jury probe if officers were implicated.
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