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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1939
Page
1
Major William H. Supplee and county engineers join City Council and MacDonald family in a conference about pavement damage on South Comer street and water diversion affecting the MacDonald farm. Officials anticipate an early settlement and proceed toward a formal disposition at Monday's meeting.
United Press reports Harrisburg survey shows 492 Pennsylvania cities boroughs and townships with over one million population will vote September 12 on wet or dry status. Board records note 60 percent of 1223 local option tests favored dry, with 470 communities currently banning liquor or beer.
Butler County district attorney Lee C McCandles demanded an immediate report on the state motor police inquiry into alleged financial irregularities at Slippery Rock State Teachers College. He urged explanations from Governor James the auditor general the attorney general and Major Lynn Adams of state police. The investigation had been reported two months earlier.
Velma West 32, who killed her husband with a claw hammer in 1927, was recaptured in Dallas after escaping from the Ohio women's reformatory at Marysville on June 19. She told police she enjoyed the escape and flinging life, and said she married her husband at 14, living together briefly before constant fighting. She was jailed with Mary Eien Richards 23 after being found with a man in a boardinghouse on Market Street.
In Uniontown Pennsylvania authorities probe the report of a 14 year old McClelland town girl who says she and two companions were kidnapped by three men. She claims she was held prisoner all Monday night after the others escaped. she identified one assailant and police withheld the other two names.
House Democrats faced a caucus challenge to force action on housing spending lending and 1939 relief measures to avert adjournment. Senate leaders warned they would not allow holiday until the spending bill passes. Party members were pressed to cast votes or accept responsibility for potential failure.
The Golden Rule Cia and On the Avenue merchants sponsor an auction on the vacant lot at First avenue and West South street Thursday at 1 pm. committee members Richard Rosthneller Joseph Sples man and Clarence Wallace organize prizes for oldest participant youngest traveler greatest distance and more with free soft drinks. Residents of the city and vicinity are invited to attend following past successful sales at the B. R. Ry freight house.
Hollywood star Betty Grable denies reports she planned to divorce Jackie Coogan. She tells reporters during a July appearance that the story is untrue and she does not understand how the rumor started.
In Jerusalem on July 26 the Rev. Dr. Goldner who was held by Arab captors has been advised by his physician to rest for several days before returning to the United States. He and the Rev. Jacob H. Goldner were kidnapped. the latter was released to arrange for a ransom. Plans call for sailing from Germany aboard the Bremen on August 1. The companions in travel, the Rev. Gaston Moore and the rest of the party, are to arrive in New York on August 22.
Washington July 26 The Congress of Industrial Organizations seems unlikely to settle its quarrel with the American Federation of Labor by absorbing all construction workers into a single industrial union. President John L Lewis is seen as aiming to destabilize AFL by rallying builders under CIO leadership, a move long resisted by the AFL's building trades stronghold.
Robert Van derpoel Clark, 21, a society glamour figure with $4,000,000 in wealth, married Mire vanne de la Sally Miterman, a twice divorced French wife, in Marble Collegiate Church New York. The couple departed immediately for Middleburg, Virginia after the ceremony.
Merchants organize a large quarterly sale to be staged August first and September first and second. The plan was outlined at a Golden Rule Club dinner at Spar tan Grange Hall with Uber members, to be followed by a promotion campaign and a special Monday program led by Miss Helen Jones.
In Pittsburgh on July 26 police said they were not ordered to intervene as a Carapolis woman shot the ground during a gasoline price dispute. Verlan Juliana, owner of three stations on Narrows Run Road Route 61 west of Carapolis, wounded Frank E Kline of Pittsburgh when a shotgun blast was fired into the ground in front of a county vigilante committee protesting 16 cent gas.
Roger Smiley a 14 year old Union City WPA worker posted 3000 bond for arraignment on aggravated assault and battery charges linked to a dance hall fight that left 28 year old Mrs. Hdwine Moore critically injured. Witnesses say Moore was struck during a dispute on a running board and Moore remains unconscious with severe head injuries as Smiley pleads not guilty and awaits further hearings.
About 1000 Pennsylvania youths departed Indiana Gap on July 21 after a day of activities focusing on patriotism and civic duty. The event, sponsored by the Pennsylvania American Legion, featured a model state with a general assembly and constabulary. youths from various ranks participated.
A 9 year old Boy Scout survived nine days naked and alone in Baxter State Park near Mount Katahdin. He wandered after losing his group during a hike with Donn Fender Jr. He ate wild berries, drank no water, and was found by a guide near a river. he described days of hunger and fatigue before rescue.
Heat wave tightens across Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware as sizzling temperatures push toward records. Officials report drought damaged crops and stressed water supplies while scattered showers offer only brief relief. Authorities warn of continuing heat and demand conservation measures.
Two teams from the Stanford Hose company raced pumper equipment at Bowen's Bridge West Washington Street in minutes to place and reload. After the contests a special meeting approved a Labor Day celebration and a committeeman pair was named to finalize arrangements as Madge Evans wed Sidney Kingsley in a surprise elopement at a local justice of the peace.
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