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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1935
Page
1
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United Press reports state relief administrators in the wheat belt ordered able bodied recipients to work in harvest fields under the No work no eat policy. Gov Tom Berry of South Dakota advocated the plan, affecting tens of thousands and prompting closures of relief stations in parts of Iowa and Nebraska withholding rural aid until after harvest.
Funeral services for Herbert A Schlaudecker 48 postmaster since 1993 will be held Friday morning at St Marys church. He dropped dead yesterday of a heart attack and previously worked in the jewelry business. He is survived by his widow two children and a brother.
Heavy showers persisted today with a four hour downpour around 4 a.m. causing basement floods in Haast Smith street area and curb deep water at South and Center streets. Corryites report a cloudburst near Cutting, with heavy rainfall the heaviest in years. Erie measured 2.1 inches between 4 and 8 a.m. 4 inches fell in that period, more than a month’s average.
Boston July 24. While the city sweltered, Arthur Kiley a restaurant owner wore an overcoat and shivered through hours. He checked his refrigerator and found the beer release door failed. Employees found him shivering after closing the restaurant.
President Roosevelt, addressing over 100 journalists in Washington, denounced proposals to exempt corporate gifts to charity from federal income tax. He argued such contributions buy goodwill at shareholders’ expense and that dividends should let investors choose charities, not corporate officers.
Italy shows strong war spirit with nationwide demonstrations after Mussolini’s interview in Echo De Paris reaffirming pursuit of Ethiopia despite foreign intervention. Parades and celebrations were reported in Florence, Palermo, Messina, Padua, Vicenza, Naples, Foggia and other cities.
Meadville state health official Charles H. Young advised City Council on a plan for an intercepting storm sewer and potential disposal plant to relieve frequent flooding in the East Wayne Street area. He urged a complete study by a consulting engineer while noting a longer timeline for full disposal capacity and possible delays.
State Senator William H. Clark of West Chester is held on $1900 bail on bribery extortion and related charges stemming from a conversation with Attorney General Margiotti and Kalodner. Clark pleads not guilty as witnesses Margio and Kalodner are expected before the grand jury in September.
President Roosevelt aims to accelerate the tax the rich bill with Ways and Means to submit a treasury memorandum. House Democrats reportedly rejected Treasury staff call in but agreed to receive a memo as the panel prepares to push action before adjournment.
A pet parade in Corry scheduled for 3 PM Thursday forms at Concord and Pleasant streets, travels north on Center to City Park, with over three hundred children registered last week and forty prizes offered by local merchants.
Plans for promoting the new Edinboro to Albion highway as a major east west artery were outlined at the Highlands Towns Association dinner in Union City. Signs will mark the route at both ends, funded by the Roosevelt Highway Association and Highlands Towns Association.
Charles Dudiz aged 58 was held by state police in Greensburg Pa tied to the death of Tony Galladnol 50. Galladnol died from a blow to the head with an instrument after a dispute at a drinking party in the Dudla home where she boarded.
The Terre Haute general strike ends after forty three and a half hours with neither side satisfied. The walkout in sympathy with Columbian Enameling and Stamping workers over guards around the plant left both employers and labor unhappy as rioting occurred. Charles B. Gorby, company president, agrees to meet federal mediators under Wagner act terms while keeping guards in place for now.
Wives mothers and sweethearts of about 600 striking employees at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation joined a mass picketing line across the street from the plant in Camden New Jersey. The march included women carrying babies and shouting support as police kept watch. Union officials claimed larger turnout than the previous day with 3900 at the site while about 200 officers policed the area. Only 26 of the roughly 402 workers entering the plant were on strike or returning to work with the rest being clerks according to strike leaders.
Washington July 24 Chats man Hale L Black pressed a Texas Power and Light official as the Senate lobby investigation veered toward a mysterious cigar box wrapped in newspaper. Black challenged John W Carpenter about an alleged box and hotel conferences tied to lawmakers ahead of the Wheeler-Rayburn bill vote.
Harry Padoll 27 of Erie, son of Dr. D Pavotl optometrist, drowned while bathing at Peninsula Park second beach. He cramp seized him, body recovered after 10 minutes by Life Guards Joe Stano. Firemen, ambulance crew, physicians and lifeguards worked over two hours. first park drowning this year and second in Erie.
Amos R Pinchot a liberal reformer who worked for Roosevelt in 1932 announced that the New Deal prolongs the low mood. In a letter to Prof Feliz Frankfurter he says he is no longer gambler enough to support the New Deal and accuses Roosevelt of delaying recovery by wavering on capitalism socialism or fascism.
Records show downtown basements flooded six inches to two feet as hillside streets and first ward corridors overflowed after a severe storm. Water surged through Center and East streets, submerging manholes and flooding passenger areas, with property losses mounting citywide.
Jr Lester K Ade announces retirement on pension for 205 school employees none from this city. He notes a comparison to 292 retirements by end of 1984 and 277 by end of 193%. Among those listed are Thomas Blaisdell State Teachers College Slippery Roa Walter M Pierce Ridgway and others from Erie City Oi City and Dif Git.
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