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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1938
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a person perhaps named Un or Fons, with unclear allegations and references to restoration, beams, rain, and hidden details. The readable text provides no verifiable facts, dates, or affiliations.
The piece notes Soviet Russian buildup near a border zone amid ongoing disputes. It mentions British, German, and Japanese reactions and hints at potential international tensions over Siberian frontier incidents.
Babson warns unemployment will not ease soon with labor strife, urging shifts in labor and administration attitudes. The July Babson chart hints at a small rebound in industrial activity but widespread joblessness persists, driven by labor disputes and rising automation replacing workers.
Pennsylvania National Guardsmen from Erie Corry Meadville and Warren depart for annual encampment at Indiantown Gap joining units from Warren Kate and other points. Company A 112th Infantry led by Captain William S Houghton marches to station for a 9 40 p m departure baggage car carries equipment two week stay ending August 6.
Governor George H. Earle outlines a 24 point agenda for a summer legislative session aimed at addressing graft probes and expanding state powers. He proposes investigations of charges, reforms to public assistance and coal industry measures, school construction, utility law changes, and oversight enhancements to combat alleged corruption linked to his administration.
Heavy rain and lightning caused damage as the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association debated leadership.Carl Shelley of Dauphin County drew endorsement for a grand jury probe of the Warle administration while Mor timer Grahar of Erie opposed a confidence vote.Charles W. Eavy of Lancaster was elected president to succeed J Wilson Adams of Wayne.
City officials press for a sewer disposal plant financed in part by a 45 percent Public Works Administration grant. Health Department pressure mounts over Hare Creek pollution as council weighs cost sharing and bond limits and ponders inviting District Engineer Young to advise.
Corry angler Curley Geertson on South Street caught a 41 inch mussalonge in Mindlay Lake near the island just past 11 o'clock this morning. The fight lasted over 20 minutes before the prize fish yielded. Weather outlook expects cooler temps tonight and Sunday.
A tropical air mass four miler coup in places and dripping with moisture was blamed by the weather bureau for incessant rain over much of the United States this past week. Officials said the warm moist air stagnated over large areas with no near-term change and only a brief chance of relief from cooler polar air starting Sunday.
The Young Republicans, meeting in Conneaut Lake Pa on July 23, will plan opposition to Gov George Earle and his special session over graft charges. George Barco Meadville leads the conference and coords with G O P officials as they discuss funding a controlled legislature and probe progress. Leaders also plan speeches on the November election and a 500000 member enrollment drive begun July 18.
June Pees reports Connellsville Pennsylvania soldiers from the 64th Infantry suffered illness after consuming army rations during maneuvers near Tantown Gay. Sergeant Earl C Winter Corporal Marion R Babble and Privates C J Ferris W J McGinnis and P R McGinnis were hospitalized with severe symptoms.
Funeral services planned for Mlcrense Arlene Stirling age five of New Centerville after she burned to death in a barn blaze at the J. J. Fielding estate. Her brother, six year old Bawin Stirling, was badly burned attempting to help her as the fire destroyed the dam and contents including 12 to 15 tons of hay. loss estimated at 280 dollars with no insurance. Deputy Coroner C G M Senne said the boy was injured trying to rescue his sister and investigators found fragments of the girl's body amid the ruins. The fire's origin remains a mystery and no cause was established.
Democratic candidate Norbit J. Fitzgerald spoke to Corry Townend Club No 1 at the Masonic Hall outlining his view on care for the aged and indigent. He backed a Townsend plan and a minimum pension for the elderly, pledging support if elected.
A lightning sparked blaze on the Charles Sherman farm in Erie County destroyed a chicken coop and outhouse and damaged the dwelling. Two calves and feed, farm machinery, and tools were lost with an estimated total of 10 000 dollars. Firefighters kept the flames from spreading to the Sherman home.
Police investigated two auto crashes early today and last night. Javick Collins damaged his Oldsmobile after rear ending Hollie Upperman’s Plymouth parked on North Center Street. no injuries reported. Levi Craker’s Pontiac collided with John Boland’s Ford on Main Street. Boland pulled back and both cars sustained extensive damage.
Senator Walter F. George said former state director Cocke was removed from the National Emergency Council post, probably because of his strong support for George's candidacy. The remark came amid ongoing Democratic administration discussions of a purge targeting conservative southern senators.
A heavy electrical storm lashed western Pennsylvania and southeastern New York last night, destroying several barns and damaging homes. In Titusville the storm caused power outages and heavy rain, with one house roof struck and a few residents briefly stunned. The worst damage occurred on farms along Spring Creek and North Clymer Panama road, where barns and hay were destroyed and losses estimated around two thousand dollars. Continued reports indicate widespread but varied destruction as the system moved through the region.
Santa Fe July 28 Clyde Tingley takes personal command of a search for three missing women in the Mulpal badlands of northwestern New Mexico. Gov. Tingley and 11 state policemen head toward the scene before dawn to organize posses for a limited sweep of the area. The missing include Mrs W A de Lavorest of Lexington Kentucky an instructor at the University of Kentucky Ola Tena Fiedalue 45 of Winchester Ky extension worker at Kentucky and Mrs Taven Piodalie 47 of Wittcheter New York a Catholic charities worker in New York.
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