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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1929
Page
1
In a custody dispute, Ingah Brarey indicates involvement as the court prepares a voir dire. Details remain scarce as the case moves toward a preliminary hearing with Ardence County officials overseeing proceedings.
In St Louis a record breaking flight passed the 318th hour with a blaze narrowly averted. A mother and her daughter, Peterson, were rescued from Findley Bindley Lake after plunging into a deep hole while swimming. Nearby youths saved them. both were revived and later recovered from their harrowing experience.
Lt Harold Bromley faces 4700 mile nonstop flight to Tokyo hampered by thick weather and headwinds over the Aleutians and British Columbia. Weather data and fuel load tests delay takeoff while Bromley and Lockheed officials assess flight readiness amid cautious optimism.
Peruvi an plot against the government is reported thwarted by police in Limas. A senator a deputy and four other principals were arrested with incriminating documents. The article says the police possess proof and will name perpetrators and methods as the investigation continues. Mildred Showers returns to Bradford from visiting her daughter.
Cadre from Company A and units of the 62nd Cavalry Brigade complete a 15 day training period at Mt Gretna Camp Thompson. After final meals the 5000 men pack tents and begin entailing homeward tonight and tomorrow with the special train carrying the Corry guard to reach the city Saturday morning.
Two telegraph linemen Lloyd Johnson and Lamborn were electrocuted and badly burned while on a pole in Clearfield Pennsylvania. Authorities say no live wires were exposed below but a nearby pole carried 220 volts. Hospital officials report Lamborn unable to answer how the accident occurred.
Listings show WERF and NBC Network segments including Bourdon's Orchestra and dramatized stories. WOR GBS Network and WIZ NBC schedule a light opera concert and an hour of theatre. The Quakers program is listed at NBC Network at 0:00 Eastern.
Paris dispatch reports French naval and political experts warning against an Anglo American parity deal. They fear U S Britain accord could shift naval power, leaving France with weaker holdings while Italy gains leverage. observers cite Hoover Ram say MacDonald talks and next autumn conference as potential catalysts.
President Hoover moves to trim military spending with an army budget survey. He and Secretary of War Good plus top War Department officials will camp at Shenandoah National Park for a weekend business outing to review figures, charts, and budgets guiding the policy. The party includes Assistant Secretaries Hurley and Davison and senior military aides.
A fire damaged the Wing-Will Stores and Alexander & Company building on North Center Street, causing extensive loss of grocery stock and storage goods. The blaze, believed started by rubbish behind the block, was discovered by residents and contained by Chief Paulson with a water attack. Damages are estimated at 1,000 to 1,200 for Wing-Will and 800 to 400 for Alexander & Company, with insurance covering the rest. There were no reported injuries or fatalities.
Wairbault Minnesota July 26 nervous but willing to dare anything to see their son Dale Pliers and Forrest O Brine who shattered all sustained flight records in the Spirit of Pairhault. Henry and Mrs Jackson departed with cheers from 500 townsfolk as they flew to St Louis to join the record breakers.
Official dispatches from Khabarovsk allege hundreds of Soviet citizens are arrested, beaten, and insulted by Chinese authorities in Manchuria. Russian railway workers flee toward Soviet lines as arrests spread, including forty Russians seized at Pogranitchnaya on July 23 and chained.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Allegheny authorities pressed efforts to extradite Salvatore Accorsi in a case connected to the shooting of State Trooper John Downey. Accorsi’s attorney secured a writ of supersedes until October 1 in New York. Judge Lazansky granted the supersedes after delaying ruling on an appeal to return Accorsi. A prior hearing on the appeal had been denied by a Richmond County judge.
Washington Pa July 29 In a rural accident farmer Harry Sims age 36 at the Lt Morgan farm near here was instantly killed yesterday when struck by lightning as he hauled bay in the wagon. The bolt set fire to the hay and killed two horses Obie braton is mentioned in the fragment but unclear.
Mrs Frank T Babbitt of Park Place dies at Corry hospital after a Wednesday automobile accident near Ashville. She suffered injuries and shock from a collision that also injured her husband and Miss Edith Turner, with her death marking a sudden end after initial reports suggested recovery. Funeral set for Monday at First Presbyterian Church with burial in Pine Grove cemetery.
Williamsport authorities report a postmaster, W. Stans Hill, fatally shot himself during a shooting incident at the local post office. Hill was awaiting an alderman’s hearing on a charge of fraudulent conversion of property, and colleagues described the scene as chaotic before the fatal self-inflicted wound.
Model Milk Company reports rapid growth and announces a major expansion at its Pennsylvania plant. A new pasteurizing machine and an added cooler section will increase capacity and improve milking handling and delivery. Company officers express strong satisfaction with the bustling business and pace of growth.
London reported an explosion aboard the 10,000 ton British cruiser Devon killing three and injuring eighteen. The dead included a captain, a sergeant, two corporals and six marines from the Ropat engines, according to an official Admiralty statement.
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