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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1933
Page
1
Harrisburg dispatch reports powerful interests press Governor Pinchot for an extraordinary session to address pension amendments hospital subsidies and a minimum wage law. The administration weighs timing before his term ends in 1995 with a potential bid for the U.S. Senate in 1934 primaries.
United Press reports labor interests protected by Leo Wolman in Roosevelt’s industrial control program as Hugh S Johnson and Wolman push ahead with emergency measures. The goal is to restore a strong domestic market by expanding purchasing power while avoiding inflation. Also notes public works push under recovery act and U S delegates at the world economic conference proposing tariff cuts and bilateral deals to curb barriers.
Dr Alfred Hugenbergs memorandum proposing return of Germanys lost colonies was repudiated by the German delegation at the world economic conference. Hugenberg may resign as secretary of economy and return to Berlin to fight. Prime Minister Colijn of Holland urged immediate withdrawal but refused. The memo was presented without Hitler counsels and press published it before official consent.
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania on June 17 the Buckeye Coal Company announced it had cancelled overdue rent totaling 23000 dollars owed by about 400 families at Nemacolin. Company officials said the cancellations covered about half the amount owed to ease hardship as the mine continued six day operations.
Farmington Michigan June 17 Second Lieutenant Jerome P Thompson of Selfridge Field and Private Dewey Miracle were aboard a military plane that crashed near here. Thompson died at Bedford Receiving Hospital while Miracle was reported seriously injured and taken there for treatment.
William Hamm, wealthy Minneapolis brewer and prominent Twin Cities businessman, was kidnapped Thursday and held for $100,000 ransom. Police, led by a suspect connected to earlier kidnap plots, pursued the plotters as a ransom note and threat were reported. Sankey, named as a key figure, faced orders to shoot on sight by city police in a widening investigation.
Boston crowds swelled from about a thousand to more than ten thousand as President Roosevelt arrived by train and then rode to Groton to meet his sons Franklin Jr and John at Ston School. He then traveled by car to Marion and boarded the Amberjack to begin a coast cruise toward Campobello Island, New Brunswick.
Favorable weather in Apetella Italy postpones the take-off of 24 Italian hydroplanes bound for Chicago. If conditions improve they plan to fly at dawn tomorrow.
Harrisburg officials travel to Washington to press for immediate access to a national public works program. They present a list of state projects and 77 municipal water and sewer plans costing about 12 million dollars, seeking federal approval and funding under the National Industrial Recovery Act.
Washington report states that money stabilization proposals presented to the United States by world economic conference delegates were not acceptable. Under Secretary Atcheson said the plan was too crystalized for approval and President Roosevelt instructed delegates to set definite limits on currency stabilization.
June 17 reports show gasoline at service stations and tank wagons rising across a wide area due to the new federal gas tax. Standard Oil NY NJ and Indiana units announce 1 to 2.5 cent rises per gallon with New York City reaching 15.6 cents including tax. Pacific Coast gains 1 to 2 cents. White Eagle Oil leads crude price climbs, prompting others to follow.
June 17 report states screen actress Ruth Chatterton is ill with an acute bronchitis attack and nervous breakdown at her home in Hollywood. The illness follows a collapse during a prior European tour with husband George Brent.
In Kansas City Missouri a failed underworld attempt to free recaptured convict Massacre at Union Station plaza leaves eight convicts in custody and five men dead. Oklahoma outlaw Frank Nash among the slain with officers Oli Reed Raymond J. Caffrey William Grooms Pratt Hermanson and others wounded as gunfire erupts from two speeding cars. Nash had been captured in Hot Springs Arkansas and brought to Kansas City.
Thomas Coyne brother of State Senator Jamies J Coyne surrendered at the Allegheny county district attorney's office on charges of plotting jury tampering. He posted bond of 2500 supplied by contractor R P Alexander. Coyne Goslin and Dolan were on trial this week as owners of the Monaco Club a gambling and liquor resort. the trial was postponed until next Tuesday while the district attorney said he had found evidence of jury tampering.
Los Angeles June 17 An inventor who challenged his attorney to a duel over an alleged patent failure awaits sentencing that could confine him to San Quentin for a year. WP Blake 53 former beekeeper was convicted under an old California anti dueling law for inviting patent attorney Herman Miller to a field of honor claiming the attorney failed to obtain a patent for a new honeycomb design.
Three people died instantly when an automobile and a Sherman Steadman road truck collided near Bios Corners around 1:45 this morning. The dead were Waterson Pfankuch 24 Mayville New York Chester Zenni 15 Mayville New York Marilynn Miller 13 Chautauqua New York. Injured were Meryis Schaeffer 18 Ashville New York Arlene Saeger Sherman New York Eldene Smith Sherman New York. The Pfankuch sedan, carrying Miss Schaeffer and others, sideswiped a car driven by Mr Rouge of Sherman before crashing into the truck driven by Kenneth W Crane of Sherman aimed to avert the crash. The wreck left the automobile destroyed and the three youths dead at once.
General Hugh Johnson warned the coal industry to align wages with ending prices to avert an economic relapse in the current downturn. The message followed a radio-delivered address to the National Coal Association as 19 leading operators approved a working code under the industrial control bill.
Three additional breweries received permits to operate in Pennsylvania the Alcohol Permit Board announced. The Oil City Brewing Company Elk Brewing Company and Rockwood Brewery Corporation were named along with Oswald Brewing Co Oswald Jr Philadelphia treasurer and capital stock of 10000. All licenses reflect state approval for new brewery operations across several towns.
City Solicitor Blaine Kincaid has prepared an opinion on the feasibility of the city buying the Corry Water Supply Company. The Corry Taxpayers Union backs the board’s recommendation, and the municipal counsel’s view will be presented at Monday’s council meeting.
Sy Anney Frese Pittsburgh reports increases of seven and ten cents per barrel on all Pennsylvania Grade oil. Buckeye rose 7 cents while others went up 10 cents. Prices listed include Southwest Pennsylvania pipelines at 1.17 per barrel and Eureka pipelines at 1.12.
In Stowe Township, Mrs Elizabeth Swaine was found seated in a chair with a bullet wound next to her, four years after her husband Philip Davis of Mulkee Fool had died. Deputy Coroner Ray Addelaburger reported the death as self inflicted amid overwhelming grief.
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