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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1938
Page
1
Reports say a barn fire ripped through Centerville causing a girl to be believed to have been lapped and collapse, followed by her brother who was severely burned. The fire origin remains unknown but may be spontaneous combustion. Deputy Coroner Dantas to conduct inquiry. parents and one brother survive.
Work on the Daniel Brennan Memorial Chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help at St Thomas Church is in final weeks with a multi thousand dollar program funded by a Bernard Brennan bequest. The chapel will include nine crypts for temp burials, a surgical alley, and new decorative work by Rambusch of New York, finishing around September 1.
United Press reports a sharpened dispute on the Manchukuo border as Soviet troops occupy territory Japan claims. Moscow rejects Japanese frontier claims with blunt rhetoric while Tokyo weighs diplomatic steps before any military move. In Spain, loyalists defend Valencia amid Franco forces. Italian legionnaires noted. Paris notes improved central European peace prospects as King George VI visits France and Britain negotiates with Hitler over Czechoslovakia.
United Press reports at Port Washington New York the German four engine catapult plane Norimeer landed on Manhasset Bay after a 17 hours 42 minute flight from the mother ship off the coast. Capt Joachim Hy Blantinburg piloted the craft and faced head winds and rough seas in the Atlantic crossing.
Authorities resumed search for Robert Schoch 28 of Rockland missing after a Swift current overturned a boat while he fished near Franklin. Two men, A Snyder and Ropsell Car, were rescued by grappling hooks. Schoch is survived by wife and daughter Roberta.
Delegates at the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association session hear Charles H. English urge that security of person and property rests on independent courts. He calls for detachment from legislative and executive branches and warns that judicial independence protects citizens from executive and legislative power. He notes no direct link to Harrisburg grand jury probes but says delegates may discuss it.
July 22 1939 Republican leaders flag a Roosevelt third term bid as WPA head Hopkins backs relief voters toward Roosevelt. John D. M. Hamilton blasts administration while saying Americans may vote in 1940 but Hopkins denies a stealth move. Roosevelt third term question provokes laughter and denial from Hopkins.
Louise Carnegie Miller aged 18, heiress to a vast steel fortune, will wed Edinburgh lawyer James Frederick Gordon Thomson next Wednesday at the Carnegie ancestral home in Scotland. The engagement follows a dramatic past including a rumored elopement attempt by the American heiress and family opposition.
Dr A P Haake managing director of the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers spoke to about twenty five Corry manufacturers and business men urging them to forget politics and Washington and focus on local action to revive prosperity. He stressed three keys: boost consumer buying, stimulate business investment, and improve labor relations, with emphasis on practical experience over theory.
Paris July 22 King George VI affirmed close Britain France ties during a ceremony unveiling a monument at Villers-Betonneux. He praised Australian and Allied dead, noting the unity of two peoples forged on battlefields near Amiens. The king and French President Le Blond laid wreaths as they honored the gallant army.
Rotarians plan an indoor exhibit for October at the State Armory on Washington Street as part of the annual Rotary Fair set for October 5, 6, and 7. The event, closely modeled on prior years, aims for a highly successful fair with officers J. Donald Watson president Harold G. Wola secretary Dr. R. B. Mosier treasurer H. J. Davis general chairman James Cartig Frank T. Babbitt tickets J. Edinger publicity Lester R. Lopus door prizes H. L. Morrow bingo plus the committee lineup.
Governor George H. Earle made a personal appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission in Harrisburg urging rejection of the Public Utility Commission’s plan to add 11 cents per gross ton on intrastate anthracite freight. He warned the proposed rate hike would cripple industry and burden Pennsylvania consumers.
Arimus funds totaling $30,000 will support an improvement program on Route 26 054 from Corry to New York state line along Clymer road. Work includes resurfacing, bridge replacements, and substantial realignment to ease curvature, with additional upgrades on Route 25 044 from Casey's to Darrow's Corners.
Mexico City reports that Cordell Hulls proposal for international arbitration to determine monetary payments for expropriated American owned farm lands is viewed as unacceptable by Mexico. Hull’s note protesting nonpayment has shocked the Mexican public and is seen as an affront to national sovereignty.
Knoxville July 22. Charles Hoffmann assistant secretary to the TVA board admits altering the records of the TVA minutes under instructions from director David Lilienthal. He says the minutes were changed 10 to 20 times mostly at Lilienthal's direction. He will testify further today before the congressional investigation committee.
State and city police this morning conducted a search for the body of Almon Foster after a note and an empty car bolic bottle were found on the bank of French Creek at Lovell's Station. Investigators learned Foster had spent the night with his brother near the city, and that the incident occurred Thursday afternoon after a quarrel with his girlfriend. The automobile he used was later chopped with an ax. State Patrolmen Blythe and Irving, Chief John Flanigan, Game Warden Don Miller, Deputy Coroner R. Lawrence Davison, and Journal reporter Hurriedo Towell’s Station gathered clues including the note, empty bottle, and a man's hat near the Wilson farm bridge. The note read Almon Foster if you want me come and get me. The area was combed with no results. The body remains missing as the investigation continues on page eight.
Colorado Springs officials and union members plan funeral services for C P Howard head of the International Typographers Union and longtime leader who steered the printers group through challenging times. Howard who passed away after a long career in the trade will be honored by colleagues and friends.
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