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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1935
Page
1
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United Press dispatch reports H C Hopson profited about 2 855106 during 1929 1933 while controlling Associated Gas and Electric System profits routed from public utility operations to private accounts. Senate investigators detail Hopson salaries and lack of dividends since 1932 and note difficulties tracing a complex network of subsidiaries.
Rome July 29 Italians believed war with Ethiopia was near as war materials moved to ports and thousands awaited embarkation. Diplomatic talks yielded no progress after ten days of effort while Pope Pius XII urged peace. League of Nations faced a crisis as Ethiopia insisted on full League mediation despite mounting tension.
Members of the Cory Woman's Club Garden Department led by Mrs James Darling travel to Chautauqua New York Tuesday as guests of the Chautauqua Garden and Bird Club. Mrs Thomas A Edison president of the club announces a fine program with garden visits and a luncheon at noon followed by an afternoon program.
Three gunmen bound Leonard Berger at his Cleveland jewelry shop and looted between $16,000 and $20,000 in jewels. Berger and a watchman were alone when the men entered, one with a mask. A fourth man waited outside in a car as the robbers fled. Berger freed himself from bindings hours later.
Markets at a glance show American Telephone reaching a new high around 1025 amid strong bond activity and irregular stock behavior. Domestic and foreign markets mixed with dollar strength and gold and grain fluctuations. Trading reports note declines in wheat and corn, with oats irregular and metals varied.
United States House moved two administration banking and agricultural bills to conference. Henry Steagall was named first conferee on the bank measure with Alan Goldsbrough and John Hollister among others. The aim is to restore the bill to original form granting broad Federal Reserve powers and creating a central bank model.
Washington July 29 A Texas publisher Carl Estes said a Mayflower Hotel room was ransacked while he was in Great Falls. He added a $200 payment supposedly for expenses in Washington was stolen from his hotel room as part of a broader scandal touching John W. Carpenter and Texas Power and Light. Estes defended that his name was dragged into the inquiry.
Sabetha Kansas July 29 A spree of bank robberies hijackings and a Michigan murder plus two Nebraska officer abductions cleared by confessions from two or three men captured near a Sabetha tourist camp after an all night trip from Chicago They planned a raid in Kansas Major Smith said John Meade 19 and Larry Kruse 24 both of Sioux City Iowa confessed The third man Ronard Vernon 27 once from Nebraska was also linked to the case.
Two more out-of-town drivers were arrested by Motorcycle Patrolman Kenneth Sheeley for running the red light at North Center street and Columbus avenue. Police say the arrests are part of a ongoing effort to curb reckless driving, with most violations involving out-of-town motorists. The one-man trap is viewed as reducing careless driving to a minimum.
Washington July 29 The New Deal plans to defeat Senator William Borah next year drew liberal support for the GOP rival. Senators La Follette Norris Wheeler pledged help to Borah while Wheeler said he would campaign to reelect Borah if needed. The move mirrors 1934 efforts against Bronson Cutting as New Deal allies push for a unified defense.
Oklahoma date reports attorney Ben B. Laska convicted of taking part of Charles Urschel kidnapping ransom money. He received a ten year federal term after defending Albert Bates in a 1983 trial. Judge Edgar S. Vaught rejected a motion for a new trial.
Washington July 29 The state department refused to acknowledge growing demands for action against the Hitler regime over Catholics and Jews in Germany. Officials said there is no German cause before the department and declined to comment on William Green AF L calls for a boycott. Senators King and others urged severing diplomatic relations with Germany but received no response. Meantime a New York man tearful incident over a Nazi flag drew no diplomatic protest, according to officials. Separately, the body of Mrs S F Holschun 32 Clinton IA was recovered from the Ohio river at Midland Ohio almost 10 months after she vanished from her sister’s home in Clinton.
Washington July 29. The federal government will assume full control over issuing money as remaining national bank note circulation is retired. About 75 million of 2 percent Panama Canal bonds and 600 million of 2 percent consols are being redeemed, with proceeds from the gold profit moving to the treasury to back replacements in silver or Federal Reserve notes.
Victor Pancala, 49, a farmer in Conneaut, was shot while asleep on his front porch. His wife and former boarder Jobi Waltanen were questioned for 24 hours by Sheriff Jerry Benson after the buckshot hit Pancala. The shotgun was found near the body.
Washington July 29 Rad Coordinator Joseph B Hastman recommended a refill stay of the postal state railroad fire plan The plan calls for a complete revision of rail passenger fares to a flat rate like the postal service for letter mail A 3 cent stamp would mail a letter anywhere while a single trip of any distance would cost 1 with 3 for express train service The same $1 rate would apply regardless of distance within a system and $3 for an express ride The plan excludes commuting areas Senator John A Hastings of New York devised the scheme Hastman reportedly advised Sen Burton Wheeler Continued on page four
July 29 North Baltimore Ohio. Detectives Harry McCue and Harold Beingesser died along with Clarence Elderson 30 of the Cleveland Water Department and Miss Carey K Rinehart 27 a Mount Vernon teacher and Miss Rinehart’s brother William F Rinehart 20 a Ohio State student after a high speed collision while transporting the fugitive Elderson. Two others, Grant Josalyn 26 of Connecticut and Rose Ellee Reed of Findlay were seriously injured. Elderson faced charges of a $1900 water department shortage theft.
Da Brown faced seven counts in a series of hearings before Alderman George H. Gordo. Bail set at 100 dollars per count for seven charges including passing worthless checks and receiving money under false pretenses. He pleaded not guilty on all counts and remains jailed for transport to the county facility.
Corry police search for Ray Reymond a man wanted on charges of passing forged pay checks across multiple communities including Old City Franklin Warren Union City Greenville Bre Meadville and Bradford The fugitive is believed to have cashed nearly 2000 on worthless checks in the region though none were reported in this city via police teletype broadcasts.
Sneak thieves ransacked several gems at Shoemaker's Inn near Lake during a busy Sacur jay evening. A woman's coat was taken, but liquor and other valuables were not. Proprietor Lee Shoemaker said he suspects the culprits and pledged to aid police investigation.
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