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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1938
Page
1
A damaged precursor item reports Southern senators opposing a proposed 40 cent standard in a bill. The piece also notes a kidnapped boy found dead with a man confessing, plus a large upcoming parade rally led by State Legion Auxiliary and Legion posts within Northwestern Pennsylvania and southwestern New York, detailing attendees, plans, and schedule.
The Corry High School seniors of the Class of 1938 celebrate a commencement marked by resolve to embrace America’s opportunities. Salutatorian MacBain Seay lauds school activities and forward plans, urging graduates to prepare for national service and economic growth as they pursue higher education and careers.
United Press reports June 9 that seventeen southern senators threaten a filibuster unless a flexible 40 cent wage standard is included in the wage hour bill. The bloc demands no more than 25 cents by statute and broader administrator discretion to reach 40 cents, arguing the conference compromise lacks southern flexibility and raises institutional questions. Senator Claude Pepper of Florida leads the revolt amid dispute over regional and industry differences.
Franklin Pierce McCall, 21, confessed to writing ransom notes and handling the $10,000 paid for five year old Jimmy Cash's kidnap. Hoarded details of how the money was delivered and led FBI agents to the mangrove swamp where the child's body was recovered after an intensive investigation across Miami area.
A limited press dispatch from Washington reports the House rejected a government labor and wage proposal. The plan sought a 15 percent wage cut as part of a broader effort to curb government operations and labor costs. The vote reflected opposition to the plan and opposition within leadership over its impact on workers and national policy.
William A. Sponsler deputy secretary told about 200 assist ance workers and staff at a Meadville meeting that funds will cover only into early winter. He urged emergency appropriations to carry the program through to May 31 and noted progress toward consolidating public assistance units under one department and unifying distribution across Pennsylvania.
National Guard officers concluded an investigation into the tavern wreck near Lebanon and found the perpetrators wore working clothes, not Army uniforms. The inquiry, linked to Guard tracks, suggested the incident did not involve the Lot cavalry brigade comprising 2,009 men from New Jersey, Mississippi and Connecticut.
June 9 report states Mayor Daniel J. Shields will present a full defense at a June 20 hearing addressing bribery extortion and malfeasance stemming from activities during the Bethlehem Steel strike. Alderman I Alvin Reese set the date after repeated postponements of the preliminary hearing for Shields and Councilman Pullin L Connor.
Pranilin Amihor of New York City spoke at the Kiwanis meeting in Wincheon about life assurance. Guests included F. J. Cook Titusville CP Straub Girard and Chaffes LeRaysville with Dr. Barry Rhodes Willig Price and Harold Rauscher Gerry joining in the orchestra. Club members plan to attend Jamestown club’s June 14 meeting at Moontrook Guntny. next week Lt Governor Monty Mechire will make an annual visit.
Harrisburg June 9 Fennay vania employers penalized for failure to pay 1936 unemployment compensation assessments before the April 1, 1897 deadline may recover the penalty by paying the relinquished contributions by July 26. Labor and Industry Secretary Ralph AL Hashore announced. Refunds and relief for penalties were authorized by the new federal Internal Revenue Tax.
Congress is unlikely to adjourn this week as leaders brief President Roosevelt. Senate Majority Leader Alvin W. Barkley told the president that there was no schedule to finish the administration program before the weekend, with plans possibly extending into Wednesday.
The Pennsylvan ia Railroad authorized an 8 815 009 dollar plan for new equipment at Altoona shops. It includes 4 000 gondola cars eight heavy freight cars and eight locomotives. all freight cars and locomotives will be rebuilt at Altoona. The program will be funded by equipment trust certificates and generate about one million man-hours of employment at Altoona shops.
In Adrian Kentucky, mid June 9, 18 year old Kyte Ward and his 17 year old sister Heloise, both living with grandparents after their parents' divorce, died in a gas filled automobile they joined hands in. Police said the youths had been missing since Sunday and were found together in the sealed car, a suicide pact amid present life pressures.
Erie officials opened an inquiry into the death of Walter Wolfe, 65, who died at Hamet hospital this morning from injuries sustained when struck by a car yesterday. Police named Treed H. Durit as the driver of the vehicle. A $1200 minimum wage for state board employees, effective after July 1, was set by Gov. George H. Part today.
United Press reports the Duke and Duchess of Windsor will visit America this autumn for a private, unannounced trip. The plan includes minimal official involvement, with personal servants and a police guard, and avoids public sponsorship by Buckingham Palace or governments.
Clarence Reichel, 26, took his life by inhaling carbon monoxide in a garage after losing his job as a mall worker. The incident occurred yesterday at a remote location and was reported today.
In Pittsburgh on June 9 police with hot clubs guarded entrances to Soldiers Memorial Hall as Duquesne University conferred honorary degrees. Fulvio Suvich Italian ambassador attended. An incident involved a handbill protest against the ceremonies. In hospital reports, Max Levinson, 68, a retired Jewish man, hanged himself in West Penn Hospital.
In Pittsburgh June, state Democratic chair Lawrence Lawrence enters the Margiotti hotel room by misdirected turn and waits as hotel records show five telephone calls. Margiotti’s aide N. L. Wymard enters, learning he is in Margiotti’s room and not McCloskey’s.
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