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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1938
Page
1
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Treasury officials anticipate the 1938 fiscal year will show the smallest New Deal deficit and the highest federal revenue since Roosevelt took office. Analysts caution the figures may mask a looming larger annual shortfall, with current projections suggesting a deficit near 9 billion dollars as the year closes.
Erie on June 29. The department of United Spanish War Veterans passed a resolution to enlarge the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors Home at Erie to 30 00 regular members and hospital beds for 400. Present membership to Wisge Hospitalization for 60. Introduced by Belhs Jehemi Foil No. 835. The convention closed today after installing officers and forming a new State Department of Sons of Spanish War. Leadership from Corry and other members elected for that division.
Jap landing parties were blown from the river as Chinese guns on forts near Hankow on the Yangtze River scored direct hits. Japanese warships damaged, invasion forces hit mines, and fighting ended with Chinese claims of victory.
President Roosevelt, drafting possible appointees for a civil aviation authority and a wage and hours commission, plans two New York City addresses on Thursday before a cross country swing. He will also discuss tax measures to reduce debts and study Sweden’s public works policy. He heads to Gettysburg after speaking in Hyde Park.
City street department begins preliminaries for installing rail traps at the sewer intake on Seneca Street. Work includes cutting a water course through the gulley and payments relief for delinquent taxpayers by letting them work off back taxes. Rails to form a semicircular trap will be purchased from a former supplier.
Senator Nye increased his lead in the North Dakota Republican primary for U S Senate as primary results show Nye ahead of opponent Viana Langer, with early returns indicating a strong position in the contest.
Dauphin County District Attorney Carl B. Shelley prepared evidence for a grand jury inquiry into the Earle administration. Charles J. Margiotti, former attorney general, aided in shaping petitions and witness lists.
WPA branch office managers received orders from State Administrator J. Banke Hudson to extend relief supervision to the maximum extent possible. The regulations, effective yesterday, apply to all future proposals but do not affect offices already in operation.
London dispatch quotes La Nation Belge on discovery of serious espionage along the Belgian French frontier. An auxiliary of the French treasury reportedly connected to Britain’s services is implicated in the unnamed case.
United Press reports Britain seeks Italian aid to pressure Nationalists to stop bombing ships. If Mussolini agrees, a Britain Italy accord may be saved. Rome predicts terms like recognition of Nationalists or limits on Allied ships. Also notes Palestine martial law and Ben Joseph execution, plus Bolivian Paraguay talks.
The Works Progress Administration completed the large storm sewer job started December 17, 1930. Project cost exceeded 140000, with 154 workers through winters 1930s 27 28. Supervisor A G Merce reports the sanitary sewer work includes rip rap reinforced conduit and channel realignment to aid drainage. Federal funds total 118004 with city match 27402001, as streets and pavements along the route await post construction work on East South and Pleasant streets.
A powerful typhoon hit Japan causing violent floods and landslides, disrupting rail and telegraph services. Ninety thousand Tokyo homes were flooded or submerged. a Yokosuka landslide buried twenty show girls, with two confirmed dead and the rest rescued.
Corry set for a quiet Independence Day with minimal observance. A weekend trip pattern and reduced town events mean the anticipated baseball game with Union City shifts to travel, while industry ramps down for a longer break.
Frank P. Bleckner, 72, a retired railroad employee, was sentenced to six to 12 years in prison for the murder of his wife Gellevieve, 22, and her sister Alyce, 18, in their apartment on April 29. Bleckner pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the double shooting.
Brooke county citizen announces that Portmaster Ganerp Jumny Warley will resign in December amid imminent changes in naval administration and port duties. The notice names Farley May as a possible successor and indicates a smooth transition plan.
Unemployment compensation funds totaling $30,689.80 have been distributed to applicants through the Corry office of the State Employment Service since February 1. A weekly distribution of 199 checks totaled $1,945 and brought year to date to $30,689.80. Nearby towns show larger totals, with statewide checks issued since February 1 nearing 83,090,703.
Chester, June 29. Robert H. Jackson says American political life rests on a mosaic of minorities none dominant enough to threaten liberty. He reads a Roosevelt message praising Americans of Finnish origin and notes Chester was once called Finland. He cites Finnish pioneers shaping U S history.
The Senate committee investigating campaign expenditures meets to study possible political implications of Deputy WPA Administrator Aubrey Williams remarks. Chairman Morris Sheppard says the panel will seek a transcript from David Lusner of the Workers Alliance for details of Williams address.
June 29 Harrisburg Republicans prepare for the fall contest. State Chairman James P Parrance will meet in Philadelphia to map the gubernatorial bid with Judge Arthur H. James, Sen. James J. Davis, Samuel S. Lewis, and William S. Livengood. Committees will be announced after the meeting.
Work began yesterday on an improvement program at the passenger station. The building will be repainted inside and out with exterior work already progressing. A railroad painting crew recently finished repainting the BB R freight station on First Avenue.
Veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic gather at Gettysburg for a last encampment. The aging survivors return to the battlefield once more to honor the 75 year old memories and honor fallen comrades as they walk the grounds in dusty uniforms.
Harrisburg June 29. Hearing on the validity of Pennsylvania's full crew act resumed in Dauphin county court. A Kulp, deputy president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, claimed the Pennsylvania Railroad overestimated costs to conform with the law. He said the railroad overestimated by 1,000,000 dollars for extra brakemen who would not exceed 3,900,000 dollars annually.
A group including G D Banmett Theo Williams Lawrence Thomas and others departed by air from Elmira M Y this morning to attend a glider meet. They expected to reach New York City within about an hour, aiming to participate in the event today.
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