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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1935
Page
1
A jumble of notes describes inspectors scoring potatoes and fruit, emphasizing graded quality and reliable markets. Officials review growers, shipments, and the season's packed produce to protect reputations and deter ungraded stock entering commerce.
Corry Board of Education approves a 17 mill property tax and a $4 per capita levy for 1935 36 with minor cuts totaling about 1300 toward repairs furniture and equipment. Despite petitions to reduce the levy, four directors vote to retain the current assessment while three oppose. Delinquency concerns and recent salary restorations complicate potential cuts as district officials project a stable year end.
More than 400,000 United Mine Workers members across Kitumi Hons coal fields were formally ordered to strike at midnight June 16. President John J Lewis issued the strike call after the breakdown of wage negotiations and a contract expires as the date for the walkout nears.
Fernand Bouisson forms a strong man cabinet in Paris to save the franc and seeks full emergency powers from the chamber and senate. He faces a budget deficit of 10 billion francs, aims to halt gold outflow, curb capital flight, and shield the currency from speculators while pursuing prosperity.
United Press report from Philadelphia details a preliminary probe by Attorney General MarGiotti and District Attorney Kelley into magistrate courts. Of 24 examined, 985 unlawfully arrested, 145% fined, no action on 7477 criminal cases, and alleged abuse of charging copies by magistrates connected to the numbers racket.
Floyd B. Olgan said he would call a special session of the legislature to enact a stated NIRA measure crafted to fit Minnesota after the U S Supreme Court declared the NRA unconstitutional. The report notes Minnesota may prefer state action to preserve NRA benefits.
Meager reports show a rising death toll as the Republican river, tornadoes, and cloudbursts devastate a southwestern Nebraska valley. More than twenty are known dead. A radio report from Fort Omaha says Parks village near the river has been wiped out by floods.
Reports from McCook Nebraska and surrounding towns indicate at least 63 dead or missing after last night storms. Red Cross telegrams note 16 families wiped out by a tornado near McCook while floods sweep from Colorado into Nebraska Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma with rising river levels and widespread damage.
Lieut. Gov. Thomas Kennedy, international secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers, says coal operators are asking through their hats for input on losses and costs of liberalized workmen's compensation. He spoke at a Senate hearing on the bill as administration witnesses testified. King George’s cold confines him to floors in London.
Survivors led by British officers battled fires after a major quake at Quetta, with about 20 000 lives lost in the disaster. British subjects among the dead numbered about 200, while Indian casualties were untold. Medical supplies sped to Quetta as trains ran near capacity along damaged rails toward Kalat and Karachi.
Commonwealth and county cooperate to crack down on relief chiseling amid arrests and investigations. State grants broader power to prosecute frauds, requires affidavits of financial dependence from aid applicants, and imposes six months in jail and a 300 dollar fine for false statements. Governor Farley signs second relief law as lawmakers target chiselers and lax enforcement.
Construction advances on a 1.3 mile Spring Creek Garland link with Devine Company of Meadville pouring concrete this morning. At Beaverdam Wattsburg, Charles Fry Construction of Erie begins concrete on the north end, aiming 500 to 800 feet daily as grading is complete. Weather friendly. both jobs target rapid completion on the 14 mile highway segment. In Baltimore, Mrs Henry Mencken, 87, wife of the noted writer, dies at Johns Hopkins hospital after a year illness.
High Point North Carolina June 1 R J Riggs 35 was found near his automobile service station with a wire about his neck and wounds in hands and feet. He was placed in critical condition and later moved to a hospital. He, conscious when found by patrolmen, said masked men abducted him after midnight and drove him to a crucifixion site where his hands and feet were nailed to a cross.
Washington June 1 almost every phase of the New Deal is or may be challenged in court with a final reach to the Supreme Court President Roosevelt said clarifying statements would be issued on all pending cases Republicans have questioned the constitutionality of reciprocal trade agreements and other measures including tax and banking provisions and gold clause abrogation and price controls.
Senator Huey P. Long declares Supreme Court attacks on the NRA save the nation from fascism. In a New Orleans issued statement Long says Roosevelt would not argue NRA constitutional if he were a consistent lawyer, urging strong challenge to the Court’s positions.
Dr J C Kibler was reappointed medical inspector for Corryville Schools at a special board meeting with salary unchanged at 600. Eva Kepler was rehired as school nurse for 1985 30 term but a proposed salary restoration to 1950 was voted down except by Mr Lambing. Florence Pond named secretary to the superintendent at 60 with Lambing dissenting.
A mysterious dynamite blast damaged the Heidelberg College president Carter E. Muller and his family home. A heavy charge exploded under the front porch, shattering windows up to a block away. The family escaped injury despite beds being showered with glass.
President Roosevelt or his party prepared to board the yacht Sequoia for a cruise in Chesapeake Bay from Annapolis. The small delegation includes Hampton Robb, Dr. Ros McIntire, Mrs. McIntire, Capt. Wilson Brown, and Miss Margaret la Hand as secretary, with return to Washington planned by Sunday evening.
George Hunt Weyerhaeuser age 9 was released by kidnappers after a ransom of $200,000 and returned to his Tacoma home in a taxicab. He appeared enharmed but shaken as he ran to his front door, Father’s early morning mission described by reporter Wilfred Brown.
June 1 report from Tacoma details the release of George Weysheuser signals a large federal manhunt. J Edgar Hoover promises full resources as investigators pursue the captors, believed to have kept the boy in hiding along the Washington coast region.
Yesterday marked the close of the fiscal year for liquor licenses in Pennsylvania. A few local dealers skipped applications and may be unable to open. Officials say shortages in required bonds and pending approvals hindered many licensees, as authorities investigate numerous cases countywide.
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