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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1938
Page
3
Readable fragments note a forthcoming event titled the Battle of HF Oil Terans scheduled for the 28th. Details are sparse but indicate participation by local groups and possible ceremonial elements. Further specifics appear unavailable in the readable text.
A fragment from Corry area news notes reports quaran tines for diphtheria aboard Mrs Fred Peterson at 262 West Washington street. A pickpocket steals a pocketbook from Henry Thomas on carnival grounds. Secretary of Revenue discusses extending automobile licensing to March or April. Carloadings trend upward, Pennsyl vania Railroad reports May income at 3.2 million. Erie builder Charles Fry wins a 14 450 bid for rural road bridges. Meadville motor police see a new corporal after a sudden death. United Spanish War Veterans prepare for a department convention at Conneaut Lake Park. Weather outlook includes weekly showers across the north and middle Atlantic states. Lighthouse grant allocations noted for Pennsylvania.
The speaker praised the Supreme Court attitude shift on constitutional questions and forecast no autumn special session. He urged a united front of government capital and labor to resist wage cuts, kept the New Deal alive by national will, and blamed labor, capital, and government for economic mood while criticizing Hague over free speech.
United Press reports Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz Reventlow urged to flee London with her two year old son Lance after talks with Scotland Yard chiefs. Security around Regent Park eased as family considers disappearance and safeguarding the child's future from her Danish husband Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow.
District attorney Mortimer E. Graham will push for an elective attorney general at the State District Attorney's Association convention next month. He argues elective AG prevents governor superseding a grand jury probe, noting Harrisburg graft cases and a Harrisburg precedent. If failed, he offers an alternative law barring superseding a district attorney in his own county.
Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese military officials asserting a smashing victory in recapturing Hsiangkow, 35 miles above Nanking on the Yangtze, during a Chinese counter-attack against the Japanese drive on Hankow. Casualties cited ranged from 4,000 to 8,000 Japanese killed.
The first state patrol emerged in Maryland and was well developed by 1916. New York followed with a 1917 patrol, then Michigan and Vermont in 1918, and Oregon and West Virginia in 1920.
In Warren Borough Pennsylvania a spontaneous petition collected over two days calls for the reappointment of James K. Bell as Warren postmaster. Residents signers from Warren borough and rural route patrons are expected to exceed 95 percent, with plans to deliver the petition to President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Farley next week. The article notes broad local support and upcoming delegation to Washington.
In Las Vegas residents Mrs. Russell Bean and Mrs. Lisyd Dixson, sisters, each gave birth to cousins on the same day in the same town, a rare family coincidence witnessed by the community.
Ridgway residents celebrate news that Viking Metal Company will turn over its West Ridgway plant to a large cancer, creating 400 to 600 jobs. Negotiations may finalize within days, with operations starting in 90 days and a payroll of 30 000 to 40 000 dollars monthly. The Midwest plant will expand capacity by 200 feet and add a Baltimore and Ohio railroad siding for shipping.
Plans progress to rehabilitate Oakland's Chinatown district, aiming to rival San Francisco's famed Chinatown at the 1939 Golden Gate and International Exposition. The initiative signals a concerted effort to boost cultural presence and tourism in Oakland's historic community.
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