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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1938
Page
1
Readable parts show references to a North area event and named individuals, including a press office and editions. Details are unclear due to OCR corruption, but the fragment notes an office with Ott publication and a dated period. Further context unavailable from the fragment.
The fragment hints at a covert briefing from northern authorities involving unclear SSOrF terminology. No concrete actions, dates, or names are readable to confirm context or outcome.
United Press reports a renewed air raid surge by Loyalist and rebel factions over Valencia and surrounding areas. British merchant ships faced raids as tensions escalated, with threats to bomb rebel air bases in the Balearics and fears of widening retaliation precluding progress toward a diplomatic settlement.
Lee Newhouse 42 of 4164 West Eleventh Street Erie died by strangulation in the basement of Oil Creek Refining Co gas station on West Smith Street early Sunday. His body was found about 4 am by night attendant Charles Schuller. Despondency over unemployment and ill health is blamed. a note to his sister Margaret Lester hinted at regret and funeral instructions. He had recent disputes with a girlfriend and had been out of work for some time. Police and deputy coroner planned inquest. four sisters and one brother survive. Body removed to Wyneral Home. funeral planned Tuesday at 2 pm in Clymer.
Weewoona landslides and washouts disrupted trains on routes including Pennsylvania Railroad and Western Railroad. Train 581 ran about an hour late westbound after a slide near Warren blocking tracks. Train 6 westbound slowed roughly 45 minutes due to debris and speed restrictions.
Mr and Mrs D A Hillstrom travel to Wilmington to join events for the 200th anniversary of Swedish colonists landing in Delaware. Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Crown Princess Louise Alexandria will be welcomed by President Roosevelt and Governor McMullen. Prince Bertil stands in for his father at the monument ceremony on The Rocks.
Paris June 27 Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwite Reventlow and her Danish husband have definitively separated and a divorce is in prospect. A well informed source said disagreement has persisted for two to three months and appears final. The dispute centers on Lance, the two year old son of Count Cowt Hapgwitz-Reventiow and the $40,000,000 American heiress. Informants say the countess resents paternal authority over the child.
Greyhound lines extend service in Corry with five daily trips each way. Hotel Corry timetable shows Westbound departures at 3:50 am, 6:00 am, 8:08 am, 8:02 pm, and Eastbound runs at 12:05 pm, 1:48 pm, 1:30 pm listed.
United Press dispatch from Harrissurg reports a Sunday conference at the executive mansion where Gov George M. Warle and Public Utility Commissioner Arshne Gol grove presented harmony statements on Democratic faction tensions. The event followed concerns over appointive actions by senator Joseph M. Wallay and the handling of patronage and vice-supporter alignment in the primary.
In a statement on behalf of the governor, Beamish, spokesman for the administration, asserts that misunderstandings and any agreements from the campaign have been eliminated. He says there is no doubt that Senator Gutey's position remains clear and unaltered.
A fragment notes Democratic leaders including Ward Jones visiting Hyde Park for a week, with Roosevelt likely not taking part in New York campaigns. The piece emphasizes attention on New York political dynamics and the president's absence from active campaigning while on visiting duties and a continental trip.
Harrisburg reports Judge Schaeffer urged Attorney General Bard and District Attorney Shelley to cooperate in a grand jury probe of the Earle administration. He proposed Bard and Bax appoint standers at the bar to represent them while withdrawing from prosecution, and ordered Shelley to submit evidence in chambers.
Rainfall drenched city and nearby gardens ending a weeklong heat spike. Temperatures dropped from Friday’s highs toward 60s, bringing relief to crops though weather remained unsettled. Separate Erie tragedy reports four bowler drivers killed in a crash near Belle Valley, with one survivor and investigators detailing the wreck and injuries.
Plans call for a $55,000 post office on East High Street beside the Ritz restaurant. Ground breaking is set for fall to replace the present Odd Fellows building. Purchases of two adjacent plots, $4,800 and $5,800, are underway from Charles Hotchkiss and W Yatropulos. Architects have been retained and bidding ready by September.
Scranton, Pa June 27 Union employees of Ringling Brothers Barnum Bailey circus now being dismantled for a forced return to winter quarters will file a damage suit for 100000 against the management for alleged wage violations. The suit is to be aided by the American Federation of Actors AFL affiliate which sponsored last week’s strike by around 1600 roustabouts and performers, ending the show here. Union sources say Ringling management agreed to pay 16 dollars in wages dating from Wednesday’s draft when the strike began. John Ringling North, nephew of the founder and operator, said continuing at the current wage scale was financially impossible.
United Press reports the Works Progress Administration boosted wages for 500000 unskilled WPA workers across 18 southern states. Increases ranged from 3 to 11 dollars monthly, with Kentucky and Oklahoma seeing the largest gains. Announcement by WEA Administrator Harry T. Hopkins came after Congress passed national wage and hour provisions. Weather outlook calls for partly cloudy, then fair and warmer.
President Roosevelt signed the wage hour measure in Washington on June 27, marking a major objective of the New Deal. The signing followed protracted congressional controversy, with the act needed to take effect immediately.
Forty winners received Certificates of Citizenship at a ceremony led by Miss Bess Mirrivi and held at the Y.M.C.A. home on West Washington Street. Attorney Walter H. Scott gave the principal remarks. Speakers included W. E. Sedewan, Olin W. Bracken, and Stephen Brooks of the American Legion. Certificates were presented in the absence of prothonotary Lawrence Taylor. A program of vocal, instrumental, and literary items accompanied the event.
The Corry School District boards to review fiscal year ending and close out procedures. At 6:80 o'clock this afternoon a special meeting will discuss the financial calculation and other matters needing attention before the new fiscal year opens.
Two deputy sheriffs killed one bandit and wounded his brother amid a cross state pursuit. Clarence Baston 27 of Valley City North Dakota died in a cornfield clash after kidnapping three men and a four year old boy and holding them as hostages while attempting to breach a police blockade near the Indiana Illinois line. The surviving outlaw Grette Baston 25 was wounded and jailed in Tun-Kakee Illinois after a fierce gun battle that also left an Indiana officer wounded.
President Roosevelt accepted a monument commemorating New Sweden’s funding in the Delaware valley. The Botonietvine sculpture by Karl Milles was presented by Prince Bertil aboard the Kungsholn, with Crown Princess Louise nearby. Roosevelt praised long friendship between the United States and Sweden and Finland and thanked Sweden for the gift, hoping it will symbolize good relations.
Swedish report says actress Greta Garbo and conductor Leopold Stokowski narrowly escaped serious injury when their automobile skidded and turned over near Sosdertagl ia, 90 miles south of Stockholm. Stokowski drove. they both climbed out and continued their journey. Stella Barry returned briefly after spending weeks at home on Gast Main Street.
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