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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1935
Page
1
The Corry Pennsylvania ordinance sets a minimum transient photography license fee of 100.00 for each photo activity by any person, firm, or corporation operating in the city. Violations incur penalties and potential offenses if not filed within thirty days, with enforcement by the mayor and city officials.
A coast kidnaping case escalates as prosecutors seek the death penalty for captured suspects. A Beaverdam bride and two others perish in a crash linked to the incident, while nine graduates are honored at St Edward's School commencement in a church ceremony full of tradition and praise.
United Press dispatch reports MENTSIN Chin Ho Ying Chingy Chinese war minister conceded Japan’s demands and a threatened invasion of Nort China appeared to have been averted. In other items Adam-Richett faces murder trial at Union Station after being named among triggers in the massacre. Huey Long attacks public utility bill in Washington. Damien police hunt Marvin J Taylor in kidnapping case. Pan American Airways four motored clipper to begin second east west trans Pacific flight to Honolulu.
Harrisburg, June 10. The 560,000 appropriation for forest fire control was returned to the general fund as not needed. Secretary Ralph M. Basbury announced the spring season’s fires damaged less forest acreage than in prior years, marking a notable improvement against the ongoing blaze threat.
June 10 reports say evacuating Chinese soldiers set a Japanese military telephone pole in flames at Yangteun on the Tientsin Peiping railway. Japanese commander Takashi Sakai witnessed the blaze and rushed to inform Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu. Japanese armored trucks then moved through Tientsin streets, removing locals and damaging banners.
Thirteen lives perished in a string of airplane accidents nationwide over the weekend. Fires left two men burned as a pane caught fire, with four Watertown New Jersey men killed when their plane hit Lake Ontario. A 20 year old Cranbury student pilot died in New Jersey, and four Californians including a 16 year old perished in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara crashes. Wisconsin victims died in a Chippewa Falls incident, and a Glommtondem crash buried two copilots in flames.
Tacoma reports the death penalty will be demanded for all principals in the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. Herman Waley and his wife Margaret were jailed in Salt Lake City after confessions. Agents chase three more suspects across the Northwest as ransom bills link to the crime.
The 1935 Corry High School baccalaureate service filled the auditorium as Rev Edward L War nes urged graduates to build a life on upright values and noble motives. The program opened with a march by the high school orchestra and the class in caps and gowns. (Continued on Page Seven)
June 10 United States engineers await Washington approval for the 6.479 million dollar Allegheny River reservoir flood control project. With 824000 acre feet capacity it would back water toward Sala ianea and lie about 10.6 miles above Warren Pennsylvania. A concrete dam is planned 152 feet high and 1520 feet long pending borings.
United Press reports two men Wesley Hyatt and Anthony Marino, aged 71 and 48, remained missing as Candlelite Company plant in Coraopolis Pennsylvania was leveled by a Sunday explosion. Five other workers were injured as firemen searched the ruins at daybreak. Officials cited unknown pressure in the tiller room and estimated $200000 damage.
Gettysburg Pennsylvania June 10 William W McNair Pittsburgh Democrat leader says Roosevelt unlikely to win renomination next year He warns the nation isn t ready for socialism and criticizes Washington politics He adds Father Coughlin and Huey Long are fading and predicts conservatives will pick a strong rival in 1986
Washington reports administration leaders chose to shelve the public utility bill in the Senate to push the NRA continuation resolution. Republican opposition and expected amendments delayed the utility vote until absent members return. Senate Finance Chairman Pat Harrison plans to bring NRA up after the weekend recess amid debates on committee referral and antitrust relaxation provisions.
Washington hosts the 61st Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine as Shriners fill streets from the White House to the Capitol. Officials expect about 100,000 visitors over four days with grand reviewing stands and tickets from $2.20. The program features high potentates sessions, sightseeing, tiger excursions, band concerts, tours of government buildings, and a prize boxing finale between Tony Canzoneri and Frankie Klick.
Corry veterans attended the Northwest Counties Council of Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting held in Warren on Saturday after the opening of a new post at Clarendes, Marshall Larson Post No. 34. State Commander Joseph Stack delivered a feature address.
Washington June 10 A tentative agreement between miners and operators halts a threatened strike by 470 000 bituminous coal miners. The plan, backed by 17 committee members representing major coal regions, will be reviewed by a 200 member producers’ conference amid some West Virginia and southern operator opposition.
Two persons were slightly injured in an automobile accident yesterday at 11 45 at the Worth Gran streets intersection. Dan Bennett of Corry and Allen Brumley of Corry were driving. The Bennet vehicle carried Mrs James Bennett and a child who suffered more serious injuries with scalp cuts and possible rib fracture. The other occupants had minor bruises. Both cars were badly damaged and all injured were treated by a physician.
Police in Dubois Pa investigate the death of a one day old infant found in a pool. A young woman about 20 seen nearby with a package a week earlier is being questioned as officers search for clues. The infant’s cause of death remains undetermined as the inquiry continues.
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said a house at 1500 Wealth Street in Spokane was used by the coast kidnapers. He noted the gang abducted George Wayerhamn for a $200,000 ransom and that agents were closing in after a distance telephone call to the West.
Walter Tomich and Anna Pavko Tomich wed Sunday then died early today in a Brownsville crash en route to Granite City Illinois. Pauline Tomich and Mrs David Tomich were injured. funeral plans uncertain. Pavko family mourns as Beaverdam residents learn the tragedy.
June 11 battle lines form as both House and Senate rush to finish the 1935 legislative session. Social security, party raiding, and horse racing bills dominate the special orders while tax and control changes reshape beer laws, Manor management, and state store operations amid looming adjournment.
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