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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1939
Page
1
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A moonlit glacier disaster near Moon Baker summit swept down on a party of 26 including college students and teachers. By July 24 four bodies had been recovered and 20 survivors returned to Bellingham. Searchers, led by rangers and volunteers, fought 8000 feet up to 10,700 feet to recover the missing and bring the dead from the avalanche area. Names of victims and missing include Alice James of Arlington and Julien Dornblunt of Alderwood Manor. others missing are Maynard Howat Seattle Verne Fisher Coupeville Beulah Lindberg Simias and Hone Wellman Thornton.
Corry voters near 4500 eligible for fall elections as Republicans lead Democrats by about 369 in latest registration figures. Special registration days set for August 1 and 2 at Municipal Building from 10 am to 3 pm and 7 pm to 10 pm, offering address changes and party-affiliation updates.
John Maginnes of Spar tansburg suffered a fracture to the inner left arm and back injuries in a Sunday morning auto crash on Carter Hill around 5 25. He was taken to Corry hospital and reported improved later. discharge anticipated. Robert Smith of near Spartansburg was unhurt.
Rust Heinz 35 son of Howard Heinz head of H J Heinz Co food packers died from injuries after a two car crash near the George Westinghouse bridge in West Pittsburgh. He came from Pasadena, California and died at Columbia Hospital from a fractured skull and broken collar bone. Accident occurred early Sunday while returning from a drive at Greensburg. Weather fair tonight and Tuesday with showers Tuesday.
Wilkes-Barre July 24 The Liverne county court today quash the indictments against 46 members of the state highway department in the Earle administration charged with payroll padding before the election last November. The formal opinion by President Judge Benjamin B Jones upholds the defense contention that the grand jury invest...
Philadelphia July 24 Governor Arthur H James emerged as a potential Republican nominee for the 1940 presidential race. Senator James J Davis voiced strong Pennsylvania delegation support if he runs, and observers note James recent address signaling a middle of the road program could guide the party.
Nominating petitions must be filed by 5:00 p.m. today at the county commissioners office. No last minute candidates had emerged in local contests. Petitions for Prank Brooks for the Second Ward were circulated Saturday and filed in Erie. Brooks seeks the Democratic nomination. Completion of candidate slate for city and county offices expected within days.
The American Chemical Society reports a new metallic compound nearly as hard as diamonds. It could yield alloys with strengths from 200000 to 400000 psi. The material forms from tungsten, tianchin, and carbon, as reported by Philip M. McKenna of McKenna Metals, Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
United Press staff correspondents in Europe forecast a coming crisis by September or October with a high risk of conflict. Adolf Hitler’s aims point to a quick victory in the southeast if Danube obstacles fail, while broader tensions may prelude a general war.
Fragmentary report notes Britain urging Poland to be non provocative toward Germany on the Danzig issue. As in Munich, Britain’s stance appears decisive. After Parliament adjourns in August, British officials seek to ease German pressure while cables from London Berlin and Washington reflect widening interest in the matter.
Fragmentary text hints at private talks aiming to reach a deal that would please Germany while not fully upsetting Poland. It mentions hopes for a peaceful settlement despite fears of a catastrophe in September or October and a warning about Hitler’s possible actions.
Fragmentary wartime note discusses assumptions about Western Collapse and Polish forces at Uswsigne. It speculates on a strategy involving a quick Polish align ment and a withdrawal from Dundye to seek safer positions in Hungary or Jugoslavia. Mentions potential aid fromMusson and the Avia tie in the broader theater.
Britain seeks to avoid appeasement pricing by Germany as Hudson-Wohlthat talks unfold in Parliament. Chamberlain denounces any loan offer to Hitler while tracing financial steps for global recovery. Far East pressures rise as Japan pushes Britain to recognize army operations in North China amid calls to keep peace efforts intact.
Final instructions issued at Kane by Colonel Meyns for the 11th Infantry Pennsylvania National Guard ahead of the first army maneuvers at Manassas Virginia. Company A officers Capt W S Houghton Lieuts Robert E Brown and Ross Fehlman attended a Sunday meeting to finalize camp plans for August 5 through 19. The unit ships to Virginia for the first time and will travel by train with standard equipment and new webbing replacing leather gear.
Montreal July 24 108 couples were married in a single ceremony attended by about 25 000 guests. The celebration was so strenuous that several guests suffered indigestion and needed medical attention as they left the stadium area.
Three women were injured when a car collided with a Waterford auto last evening on House 19 near Waterford. Arlene Newell of Meadville lost control and struck Mike Mylinck’s vehicle. Newell had forehead cuts, Mrs. Byron Brink of Cambridge Springs suffered facial lacerations, and Helen Melnick sustained a sprained hand and body. Private J W Blythe of the local substation investigated.
Thomas Boyce 27 admitted slaying Elisa beth De Bevicker 11 whose body was found near Hillcrest Country Club in Lafayette Indiana. He claimed to have taken the girl to a ravine after an attack at a golf course and strangled her with a cloth belt then held her head under water. Police said the girl disappeared after attending a 4 H Club meeting with her sister. A searching party found her body Saturday and Boyce was arrested two hours later. He is married with five children.
Donnie Ryan, an 11 year old Union City lad stricken for two years with a fatal streptococcus infection, visited relatives in Corry with his parents Miz and Mrs. Harry Ryan. Physicians cited optimism after his 42nd blood transfusion amid ongoing uncertainty about its impact, as relief efforts from nationwide publicity unfold.
A Detroit man named A A Rickard offers to donate blood if needed for Donnie, a patient tied to a serious disease. Rickard follows a donor chain with a prior recovered patient who has given blood to six others, three cured. Donnie remains hopeful about recovery though the illness remains often fatal.
Reports from Harrisburg say Judge William Hirt of Erie and allies, facing a GOP split, influenced Speaker Elij ah Tur ner to withdraw from the Pennsylvania Superior Court race. Governor James and other stalwarts backed Hirt, while Democratic backing for Keller and others appears, with petitions filed by Anthill C. Dale and Edward Jackson Thompson among incumbents seeking the $14,000 a year posts.
Gerould R. Goldner of Akron Ohio, a preacher, reports in a letter that he is held in a dry well near Rondheelit and spends time playing cards with Arab captors. An Arab envoy delivered the letter from Bethlehem fearing patrols, and he was returned with food though Goldner tired of Arab food.
The Senate debates President Roosevelts multi billion dollar lending program with leaders hoping for approval in a few days. The bill, scaled back from the presidents original plan, would mobilize funds for federal loans to aid nations and stimulate recovery while opponents warn of hidden costs and potential grants. Senator Byrd defends the New Deal spending while critics fear debt and misused funds.
Harrisburg July 24 An act outlawing whisky sales via house certificates becomes effective today. State Liquor Control Board notes the measure targets illicit certificates and aims to end private payoffs tied to maturing whisky, with estimated drain of funds from private estates totaling about half a million dollars annually.
Charles Alvin Jones of Pittsburgh, confirmed as judge of the third district court, will be sworn in August 5 at the custody house. The nomination by President Roosevelt was confirmed recently by the Senate amid political note, with Jones seen as a potential candidate for higher office.
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