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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1938
Page
1
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The city conducted a special registration day enrolling 84 voters amid party shifts. Republicans added 14 new voters while 24 Democrats switched to Republican, 10 new Democrats joined, and 8 Republicans switched to Democrat. One Wayne Township voter moved Democratic to Republican and one Erie County resident enrolled in Concord Township. The move narrows the Democrats’ longstanding margin.
Pennsylvania Governor George H. Earle, visiting Philadelphia, was grounded for two weeks after a serious air crash near Eilig College. His four place cabin plane struck a tree in fog. he sustained minor bruises and issued a call for a special legislative session.
Pa July 23 Edward Williams 61 of Jamestown Pa barber was denied a new trial on his first degree murder conviction linked to the fatal shooting of Nick Flores at a Greenville tavern in February Judge George H Rowley denied the petition and will fix Williams electrocution date next Monday marking the fourth time in 185 years that the death penalty has been upheld in the state court context
Lt. Colonel W E R Cowell warns abandonment of federal Pennsylvania food control projects as state officials fight relinquishing claims to land and water power at dam sites. The clash centers on a new federal act transferring authority, prompting continued debate.
Washington 21. Williams of the Securities and Exchange Commission warned public utilities to voluntarily comply with the 1935 act or face enforcement. He stated the commission will not crack down but will use integration provisions against utility holding companies. The SEC moved to invoke the death sentence provision against Power & Light Corp to limit properties to those needed for an integrated public utility system.
United Press reports July 21 that 23 men from steel oil public utilities and mining industries joined the steering committee of the Emergency Council of State Anstations led by Waleur D. Puller. The council, formed in Pittsburgh to reduce state taxes and attract industry, aims to cut unemployment though the movement is set to dissolve by December 1028. In New Castle, Hugh Clements, 68, was killed when he fell under a tractor while hauling wheat on his Union township farm.
United Press reports Japan and Soviet Russia facing off again over Changkufeng hill on the Manchukuo frontier. Tokyo protests Soviet occupation while warning possible Japanese action to drive them off. Analysts cite a volatile border sequence amid Hankow and Yangtze strain, with risk of wider conflict.
Knoxville dispatch reports a congressional probe into the Tennessee Valley Authority after President Roosevelt removed Chairman A. E. Morgan. Rep Thomas Jenking accuses TVA general counsel James L. Ly of espionage and suppression of witnesses. Rep Charles Wolverton agrees with the critique as the joint committee adjourns.
Harrisburg July 21 Pennsylvania’s first Democratic administration in 44 years readies for a clash with the judiciary which struck down much of the New Deal laws. The governor and legislative leaders may push a probe into court decisions on revocation measures by the 137th legislature during a penal session. Aimed at graft probes tied to the Dauphin county grand jury, officials from the administration advocate a thorough review by a House Investigating Committee to examine alleged judicial usurpation of legislative and administrative authority. The grand jury investigation into the administration’s graft charges continues with District Attorney Carl B. Shelley pledging August 8 as the witness date, amid Republican and Democratic tensions over the scope of the special session. The plan also covers the gubernatorial proclamation outlining topics for the upcoming session: public assistance and unemployment relief funds, graft investigations, and a $75 million Public Works Administration program for school construction.
Construction of a new six inch slag and bituminous road on Concord Road, from Diarton’s to Stritiahhn’s Cornera in Genookd township, began with about fifteen men. George Stowe will direct the project as property owners along Route 25 043 expect a steadier year round route to Corry and Sparta, and a better foundation for a lasting surface.
Philadelphia July 21 The Bush legislative commission appointed by Gov. Garle to investigate Pennsylvania court practices and procedures was dissolved today. Eight commissioners refused to sign the report of the body's findings, and the report was to be made public within about two weeks.
Paris July 21 A Czech minority problem solution was indicated after Bonnet and Osusky conferred. The visit by King George and Queen Elizabeth provided a basis for a united Anglo French approach to pressure President Benes to negotiate with the Sudeten Germans.
City Council plans an inspection trip this afternoon to Hare Creek widening and concrete improvement project with estimates around 130 000 dollars. The visit will show what is needed to straighten the creek outlet and assess remaining properties affected by the work.
Douglas Goree Sorrigan, the so called wrong direction hero, booked passage home aboard a United States ship. He sails from Queenstown on July 20 and plans to visit Lorin and meet King George and Queen Elizabeth if possible.
Montreal reports the Mercury, four-engined Imperial Airways seaplane, landed at 11:39 a.m. EDT after a 2,850 mile non stop Atlantic flight from Paynes, Ireland. The aircraft, part of a summer survey program, carried newspapers and film reels for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth’s Paris visit. Pilot Bennett and Ra Mo were greeted by officials and customs on arrival at Boucherville ahead of the 880 mile leg to Port Washington.
Manuel Cervero, 15, a high school student, sustained a fatal skull fracture while diving into three feet of water at Four Mile Creek east of Erie. He died in an ambulance en route to a hospital, the third aquatic death in six days in the area.
Norbert A. Fitzgerald, Democratic candidate for Congress, will address Townsend Club members at the regular meeting in Wieense Hall at Wr ington and Center streets Friday at 8 oclock. He will discuss his stance on old age pensions and other taxpayer concerns, and a large turnout is expected. The Townsend club invites the public to attend the address by the Erie candidate.
Altoona votes unanimously in a special meeting to join Johnstown, Somerset, and Portage in requesting the resignation of married teachers within their districts.
Corry unit of the Pennsylvanian National Guard, Company A, departs Friday night for Indiantown Gap for a two week summer encampment. Capt. W. Stuart Houghton and Lieuts. Robert Brown and Hoss Wehlman lead sixty-one enlisted men in drills, field maneuvers, and sham battles with relatives expected to bid farewell Friday evening.
In a fog early morning Lawrence G Morrley 28 of 342 Washington Ave City is hospitalized at Corry with head chest and facial injuries after his car collided with a truck driven by Hugh Murti while Morrissey who works for the state highway department was returning from Route 6 near the city when the crash occurred. He is in stable condition and expected to be discharged after a few days treatment.
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