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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1938
Page
1
A fragmentary item notes March day James with references to lure and roads but details are unreadable and unclear about events or entities.
In a fractured OCR fragment, plaintiffs address water supervisors and a named party. The garbled text mentions Homer de Tun, Robert, Ronald Verge, Gilford, and Doris among others, with references to a rock or defined geometry entering a watercourse.
Rev Joseph Seyboldt of Meadville urged St Edward's High class of 1988 to be good and obedient to parents, warning against modern temptations. Diplomas were awarded by Dr Alicia Graves as graduates entered in gowns and were cheered by a large audience at St Thomas church.
Senate Leader Barkley said after a White House meeting that plans to pass railroad relief legislation would be scrapped this session and Congress would adjourn soon. He noted no new railroad bills would be offered due to impending adjournment, while a Railroad Labor Executives official disclosed a partial compromise on part of the program before Congress leaves Washington. The move comes as Wage Hour bill conference reports loom for House action and Senate consideration.
United Press reports a Miami grand jury was convened to indict Franklin Pierce Macall, charged with killing five year old Timmy Cash. Prosecutors hint a guilty plea could be offered. J Edgar Hoover plans to testify before the jury and then return north for the Levine kidnapping case unrelated in New Rochelle, New York.
Walter Bliznieski 19 and his brother John 21 were paddling a canoe when waves from a passing motorboat overturned it. Walter drowned about 3:45 pm near Smilth's Landing as rescuers and volunteers searched for six hours before recovering the body. John was saved by three local youths. deputy coroner C M Lanne considers possible inquest and notes motorboat operation may have contributed.
Harrisburg June 14 Democratic leaders expect Commonwealth Secretary David L. Lawrence to win a third term as state party chairman at the reorganizational meeting. They also anticipate U S Senator Joseph F Gulley s insurgent faction backing Lieut Gov Thomas Kennedy against Charles Alvin Jones for the gubernatorial nomination. Only 32 of the committee members elected May 17 were not Dem ruling party members.
June 18 reports a tentative pact ending a 11 day walkout by 4000 workers. About 11,600 employees at major plants including bakeries and (unreadable) will return to duty today as the strike settles.
Earle and Jones join other Democratic leaders for the biennial convention of the Young Democrats of Pennsylvania in Erie. Delegates from Corry include Victor Dempsey William Lombard George Stanford and Milton Zalmeck with alternates named. Registration opens Thursday at Hotel Lawrence with a $1 fee. about 1607 voting delegates from 467 clubs are expected over two days June 17 18.
A United Press report by Joe Alex Morris describes flooding on the Yellow River affecting Japanese military movements and threatening Chinese defenses. It notes efforts to coordinate naval action along the Yangtze while presses prepare for a thrust toward the capital, with continued coverage expected on Page Two.
A search party found the Trans continental and Western Airways plane wreckage on Buena Vista peak in the Sierra Nevada. Nine occupants were dead, with the craft embedded in snow after a flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Pilot Graves reported turning back before the crash. The rescue trek from Yosemite proceeds as trails reopen.
Children’s Day services were held across city churches with large congregations. The Baptist program opened at 10:15 AM with recitations and songs, followed by special services at Methodist and Presbyterian churches featuring vocal and instrumental numbers, baptisms, and diploma presentations for cradle roll to junior departments.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted Gov. George Farle a continuance until June 17 to file his answer to the amended petition in a Dauphin County grand jury probe of his administration. After 45 minutes of delivery, Chief Justice Kep Hart announced the court majority favored courtesy and extended time for Farle’s counsel William A. Schnader to prepare the answer.
B M Jourdet long time Corry resident dies at 70 after running furniture and grocery businesses in Corry Pa Born Brechtown Pa November 27 1864 survived by two sons Lon W Jourdet and Clifford R Jourdet a daughter in law Mary Jourdet six grandchildren two sisters Mrs Addie Henry and Mrs Walter Franklin an uncle Alfred Nageotte The body sent to Bracken Keating funeral home for arrangements
Garfield May 85 fled three miles west of Waterford when his Chevrolet stalled on the Le Boeuf Crossing between Union City and Waterford as westbound freight train W-5 on the Renova division approached. He leaped to safety but the car was struck and wrecked by the locomotive.
BELLETONTE Pa June 18 Wendell Porrest Bowers 20 spent years in jail and reformatories in six states. He was executed in the electric chair at Hockview penitentiary for the murder of Wilma V Carpenter 36 a Philadelphia beauty shop operator. Bowers shot to death the comely young woman in Dublin township Montgomery County December 12 at Amity. He walked unaided to the chair to atone for what was branded one of the most atrocious crimes in Pennsylvania history. Rev C T Lauer prison chaplain aided. he listened to the Twenty third Psalm during the death cell walk. The Lord is my shepherd. Bowers sobbed and asked to be left alone in the death room as 2000 volts of electricity struck him at 12 33 p m. The attending physician was Dr W J Schwartz.
Gov. George H. Earle names Arthur Colegrove as public utility commissioner succeeding Gay Bard, with the term extending to April 1, 1940. Colegrove takes cabinet duties immediately, and the four other commissioners are Donald Livingstone, Richard Beamish, Thomas Buchanan, and Denis Driscoll as chairman. Bard becomes attorney general after Charles Margiotti’s dismissal. the P U C term and salaries are noted.
Heavy rains drenched northwestern Pennsylvania on Sunday causing considerable damage near Franklin and Wrantlin. A miniature cloudburst near Brocton damaged dams and a Franklin rainfall of 43 inches per hour sparked severe electrical storms. A fire at C. A. Crispen’s Oak Hill shop and apartment destroyed the structure, estimated at 1500 dollars. Several automobile accidents were reported due to the storm.
J Trwin Zerbe announced an inquest into the death of Robert H. Snowden 38 who was struck and killed by an Erie Railroad train near the Franklin refinery Sunday night. Snowden, a native of Hagarsville, Cal., was employed as a riveter at the Basic State Building plant and was regarded as an expert rivet setter by workmates.
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